Aren't you willing to do it ?" "Why, course," said Long Jim.

"Like ez not Standish will shoot at us when we knock on his door, but let's try it." The others nodded assent.
"How far back from the river is the Standish house, Sol ?" asked Henry.
"'Bout three hundred yards, I reckon, and' it ain't more'n a mile down." "Then if we pull with all our might, we won't be too late.

Tom, you and Jim give Sol and me the oars now." Henry and the shiftless one were fresh, and they sent the boat shooting down stream, until they stopped at a point indicated by Sol.

They leaped ashore, drew the boat down the bank, and hastened toward a log house that they saw standing in a clump of trees.

The enemy had not yet come, but as they swiftly approached the house a dog ran barking at them.