Look at the terrible knocks the Romans
got! Why the Gauls nearly ate 'em alive two or three times, and for
years Hannibal whipped 'em every time he could get at 'em. But they
ended by whipping everybody who had whipped them. They whipped the whole
world, and they kept it whipped until they played out from old age."
Dick laughed cheerily.
"Now, you shut up, George," he said. "You've talked too much. What's
the use of going back as far as the old Romans for comfort. We can win
without having to copy a lot of old timers."
He dropped the flap of canvas and rode on listening to the sounds of the
combat. A powerful figure stepped out of the bushes and stood beside
his horse. It was Sergeant Whitley, who had passed through the battle
without a scratch.
"What has happened, Sergeant?" asked Dick, as he sat in the rain and
listened to the dying fire.
"There has been a fight, and both are quitting because they can't see
enough to carry it on any longer. But General Kearney has been killed."
The retreat continued until they reached the Potomac and were in the
great fortifications before Washington.
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