The choice lay between you and Sid Russell, and I chose you, because I shall need a very rapid walker a little later to carry a still more important despatch, I fancy." "It's a despatch, then," said Bob.
"Yes, a despatch to General Jackson.

You'll find him at Mobile, and it isn't more than sixty or seventy miles across the country.

I bought three compasses in Pensacola to-day, and you can take one of them with you.

I can't give you my map, but I'll copy it for you on a sheet of paper.

Go to bed now, and be ready to start at daylight.