"Yes; but that is all he did do."
"Well, General Dickinson didn't say very much more, and surely our night's work wasn't so dangerous after all."
"Weren't we chased and fired at?"
"Yes; but not hit."
"Then I suppose if we had been killed they would have thought we had done something wonderful," Jacob grumbled.
Enoch did not care to enter into any argument with his friend concerning a matter which, in his opinion, had already been fully discussed, and put an end to the conversation by extending his hands to his comrades as he said:
"Good-by, fellows! If nothing happens to me, and the Britishers do leave Philadelphia, you'll see me precious soon after they have gone."
"Try mighty hard to be the first to bring us the news," Seth said in a cheery tone as he pressed Enoch's hand warmly, and Jacob added:
"You two fellows seem to be having all the luck, even though I am the one who does most of the work."
"You get just as much luck as any of us," Enoch replied, "and perhaps more than Seth did, for he had to walk all the way to Valley Forge, and you rode. Now you have a good opportunity to enlist, and I hope you will do so instead of moping because matters are not exactly to your liking."