"How did you get hold of all this stuff, Overton?"
Hal told his story briefly.
"Great Scott! Bombshells and grenades, what a roaring joke on the enemy! Overton, you're a man worth having in B Company. Dark as the night is, your exploit would reflect credit on a trained Indian scout. Overton, I'm going to take you back to camp with me. I'll wake Captain Cortland to hear your report as to the enemy's position. And the captain will surely want to see this loot of the outpost and to hear your tale of how you got it. Here, let me have a couple of those rifles to carry for you."
Lieutenant Prescott led the way hack to B Company's camp. And he shook with laughter all the way.
CHAPTER V
THE CORPORAL WITH THE SHEEPISH GRIN
CAPTAIN Cortland heard the young scout's report without losing his gravity, though he decided against trying a night attack on the enemy beyond.
"Overton," he commented, "if you can do things like to-night's work very often there will be no doubt whatever that you have in you the making of a real genius for scouting. I commend you most heartily for this work."
It was only when he went back to his tent to lie down that Captain Cortland gave way to silent laughter.