"No; I did not wake him!"

"Take him around to the tent of the general," said Branch, addressing the driver.

"Ay, ay, sir!"

"Shall I go along?" asked the attendant.

"Yes, you may attend upon him for the present. Treat him well, as I wish him to recover."

"Oh! I'm a kind o' doctor, and I'll do the best I can by him," was the reply.

In a short time Hayward was brought to the tent of Price.

"Is he conscious?" asked the general.

"No!"

"Place him in that vacant tent, and let a surgeon attend him. It is highly important that he should live. Have you searched him for papers?"