CHAPTER V.–An Important Capture.
Dick and Bob set out upon their horses for the general's quarters, and upon reaching Broadway met the girls coming along on horseback.
"I am afraid we cannot give you much attention now, girls," said Dick. "We are going to the general's quarters, and then to rout out the thieves, who make a rendezvous of the stone house and I think we shall be very busy for sometime."
"You might go up to the camp and cheer Patsy's heart by a visit," laughed Bob. "He is fond of the girls."
"You want us to get the poor boy in trouble, I see," said Alice. "You would get so jealous that Patsy would have no peace."
"You know what Carl says when he disagrees with any one, don't you, Sis?" asked Bob, with a sly wink.
"Come, my dear," replied Alice. "I think we shall be able to do without their company for a time. We ought to be resourceful enough for that."
"But, Alice, brother and Bob have business to attend to, and—"
"And you are a dear little matter of face goose and can't see a joke," laughed Alice. "You would spoil both those boys, but it needs me to put them in the right place."