"Will you keep mum?"
"I will, and so will you, won't you, Joe?"
"Yes."
So it was arranged that nothing should be said, that the soldiers' little recreation might not be interfered with, for both boys saw that they had little pleasure at the best.
"A fine haul for you boys!" said Lieutenant Carrol, as he surveyed the catch. "I must go myself and try my luck. I haven't been fishing this summer."
"It's a splendid place for bites," said Joe.
"I know it. But you have to be careful up there. There's a nasty fall in the river. If you went over that you'd never come out alive."
"Yes, we saw the fall," answered Darry, and gave a shudder in spite of himself.
Again at sunset there was a parade, similar to that of the day before. After it was over the boys procured guns and had Lambert put them through their "paces," as he called it.
"First we'll drill a bit without guns," said the old soldier, for Lambert had seen sixteen years of service. "Toe this line, heads up, chest out, and little fingers on the seams of your trousers. That's all right. Now then, Eyes Right! When I say that turn your eyes to the right, but don't move your faces. Now, Eyes Front! That's good. Eyes Left! Eyes Front! That's first-rate."