“They have got two sentries up there to the house, dog-gone them, and I guess they must be waiting for me,” said Dan, as he began to undo the fastenings that confined Leon’s mouth. “They think I’ll come back after awhile, but they don’t know Dan Newman.”
When Leon felt the gag removed from his mouth he coughed once or twice and acted as if he was about to expel the contents of his stomach; but after awhile he was able to reply to Dan’s question.
“It makes you sick, don’t it?” asked Dan.
“Yes, and that shirt would make anybody sick. I suppose they have got the sentries there in order to catch you when you come back.”
“But I say they don’t know me,” retorted Dan. “I didn’t go near the house till I had looked around a bit, and then I saw those men there and I came away. They won’t let me get even a shirt. I wonder if they have got Cale?”
“Where was Cale when the men came up to capture you?”
“He was in the house and fast asleep.”
“Then of course they have got him. He didn’t come out of the front door or I would have seen them. It rather bothers a man to be up all night, don’t it?”
“Who said I was up all night?” asked Dan.
“I do. You were up all night, and held a conference with that rebel captain.”