They shook hands and withdrew slowly. At the edge of the field, Dick
turned to wave another farewell, and he found that Harry, actuated by the
same motive at the same time, had also turned to make a like gesture.
Each waved twice, instead of once, and then they disappeared among the
woods. Dick returned to Colonel Winchester.
"While we were under the flag of truce I met my cousin, Harry Kenton,"
he said.
"One of the lucky fortunes of war."
"Yes, sir, I was very glad to see him. I did not know how glad I was
until I came away. He says that we can never beat Jackson, that nothing
but death can ever stop him."
"Youth often deceives itself, nor is age any exception. Never lose hope,
Dick."
"I don't mean to do so, sir."
The next morning, when Dick was with one of the outposts, a man of
powerful build, wonderfully quick and alert in his movements, appeared.
His coming was so quick and silent that he seemed to rise from the earth,
and Dick was startled. The man's face was uncommon. His features were
of great strength, the eyes being singularly vivid and penetrating.
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