"
"And look to the left also," said Warner, who still held the glasses.
"There's a troop of horse coming up another road, too. By George,
they're advancing at a trot! We'd better clear out or we may be enclosed
between the two horns of their cavalry."
"We'll go back to our force at Cedar Run," said Harry, "and report what
we've seen. As you say, George, there's no time to waste."
The four mounted and rode fast, the dust of the road flying in a cloud
behind their horses' heels. Dick felt that they had fulfilled their
errand, but he had his doubts how their news would be received. The
Northern generals in the east did not seem to him to equal those of the
west in keenness and resolution, while the case was reversed so far as
the Southern generals were concerned.
But fast as they went the Southern cavalry was coming with equal speed.
They continually saw the flash of arms in both east and west. The force
in the west was the nearer of the two. Not only was Sherburne there,
but Harry Kenton was with him, and besides their own natural zeal they
had all the eagerness and daring infused into them by the great spirit
and brilliant successes of Jackson.
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