Finally, old Squire Davis's son overtook him, and they had a regular hand-to-hand fight; but the little one, as usual, came out at the top of the heap." "Did he kill young Davis ?" "Yes, as dead as a smelt; stuck a bayonet clean through his heart.

But I must be going.

Keep an eye out for him!" "All right," answered the man on the portico; and the horseman rode off.
What Frank's feelings were, as he lay there in the bushes, and listened to this conversation--every word of which he overheard--we will not attempt to say.

But it showed him that his enemies feared him, and dreaded to meet him single-handed; and that, if he were retaken, his life would not be worth a moment's purchase.

He had all along been perfectly aware that his case was desperate, and that he had undertaken something at which many a person, with twice his years and experience, would have hesitated.