"Have you the nerve to stay near him while I try to get back to camp alone?"
"I have nerve enough to do anything that a soldier may be called upon to do."
"I was sure of it," Hal replied.
"But what's the game?"
"You are to keep close to that sentry until just before daylight," continued Hal. "Then, if nothing happens, slip out and make your way back to camp as best you can. But if Captain Freeman allows me to lead the expedition through that gully, you are to be on hand to silence that sentry at the first sound of our coming."
"I think I can do that," Sergeant Terry replied thoughtfully. "I'll either win out or give up my life without a murmur."
"Noll, if you prefer it, you can try to reach camp, and I'll stay by that first sentry inside the gully."
"No, Hal; I think you are far more apt to succeed in reaching camp than I. I'm satisfied with the second part in the game. Both parts are big enough."
"Very well! Good-bye, chum. Take care of yourself!"
They had yet a little distance to go before they came upon the Moro sentry beyond the inner mouth of the gully. As they approached him they strolled along in leisurely fashion.