Anything else ?" "Powder.

We're nigh out of powder," replied the man addressed.

"And we might jes as well make ready fer a high old time.

The red devils hadn't been quiet all this last hour fer nothin'." Silas passed along the narrow hallway which led from the bastion into the main room of the block-house.

As he turned the corner at the head of the stairway he encountered a boy who was dragging himself up the steps.
"Hello! Who's this?
Why, Harry!" exclaimed Silas, grasping the boy and drawing him into the room.