“Keep still, Ben, I want to hear about this,” said Jock.
“The next afternoon two men, their names were Baldwin and Campbell—”
“Good names!” interrupted Ben, again.
“—came back and reported that a gunboat and fifteen loaded bateaux were coming up the river. The gunboat was the Spitfire—”
“That’s a good name, too,” remarked Ben.
“At once there was great excitement among the American men. They arranged a force to cut off all retreat, and then started for the enemy. Before they fairly knew it they were all taken.”
“Who?”
“The British,” replied Bob.
“Were they dead? Did they like it?”