Will you and your comrades tell us all that you have seen and heard ?" The five felt a decided change in the atmosphere.

They were no longer possible Tories or renegades, bringing an alarm at one point when it should be dreaded at another.

The men drew closely around them, and listened as the tallow wicks sputtered in the dim room.

Henry spoke first, and the others in their turn.

Every one of them spoke tersely but vividly in the language of the forest.