"I wanted to be dead sure," resumed the old hunter artfully, "for yer captain left a message for ye, and he wanted me to be particular that no other sogers got it."
"Naturally," assented Hal unsuspiciously.
"Jest above here," continued the hunter, "yer captain turned his men to the left and went off over the rocks, kinder careful like, as though he didn't want any other sogers to see where his men was going."
"Yes; of course," agreed Hal. "That's part of field manœuvres."
"The word yer captain left with me, soger boy, was that he was going to camp his men—hidden, of course, ye understand—on that peak yonder to-night. That's where he said ye two soger boys was to join yer company. Reckon ye kin travel over that-a-way? There ain't no trail to that peak, ye understand?"
"Yer Company's Going to Camp Yonder, On That Peak."
"Of course we can, sir," Hal answered respectfully. "If the rest of the company can go to that peak we can follow our comrades there."