's a queer man! You'd never take any notice of him, if you didn't
know who he was, but I'd rather have one flash of approval from those
solemn eyes of his than whole dictionaries of praise from all the other
generals I know."

"I saw him at Bull Run, when he saved the day."

"So did I. The regiment that I was with didn't come up until near the
close, but our baptism of battle was pretty thorough, all the same.
Hark! did you think you heard anything, Kenton?"

Harry listened attentively.

"Yes, I hear something," he replied. "It's very soft, but I should say
that it's the distant beat of hoofs."

"And of many hoofs."

"So I think."

"Then it's our friends of the North, coming to take what we want to
keep. A few minutes more, Kenton, and they'll be here."

They slipped back toward the warehouse, and Harry's heart began to throb
heavily. He knew that Sherburne's words would soon come true.

CHAPTER II. THE FOOT CAVALRY

Captain Sherburne told Captain McGee that the invaders were coming,
and there was a stir in the ranks of the defenders. The cavalrymen,
disciplined and eager, said nothing, but merely moved a little in order
to see better along the road over which the enemy was advancing. The
original defenders, who were infantry, talked in whispers, despite
commands, and exchanged doubts and apprehensions.

Harry walked up and down in front of the warehouse with Captain
Sherburne, and both watched the road.

"If we only had a little artillery, just a light gun or two," said
Sherburne, "we'd give 'em such a surprise that they'd never get over
it."

"But we haven't got it."

"No, we haven't, but maybe rifles and carbines will serve."

The hoofbeats were fast growing louder, and Harry knew that the head of
the Northern column would appear in a minute or two. Every light in the
warehouse or about it and all in the village had been extinguished, but
the moonlight was clear and more stars had come into the full sky.

"We can see well enough for a fight," murmured Captain Sherburne.

Everybody could hear the hoofbeats now, and again there was a stir in
the ranks of the defenders. The dark line appeared in the road three or
four hundred yards away and then, as the horsemen emerged into the open,
they deployed rapidly by companies. They, too, were trained men, and
keen eyes among their officers caught sight of the armed dark line
before the warehouse. The voice of the trumpet suddenly pealed forth
agai