He found his friends all there with very ample accommodations assigned to them.
From them he learned that Doc Clancy was to be hanged the next morning at sunrise.
[CHAPTER XXII.]
THE EXECUTION AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
Our friends were up and on hand before sunrise the next morning.
A vast crowd had already assembled about the spot where the execution of Doc Clancy was to take place.
Van and his companions took up a position in the rear of the crowd.
Though none of them were desirous of seeing the execution, they could not resist the temptation to be present.
It was now generally known throughout the city that Van was the son of the president of the board of officers, and many were the looks that were cast upon the boy by the city's inhabitants.
Just as the sun arose, Doc Clancy was led to the rudely constructed gallows that had been erected solely for his execution.