If Eben had been tired, those words of praise would have been enough to take away all feeling of fatigue.
Ethan made out a list of the men he wanted and gave each boy a copy.
"Keep as quiet as you can. Whisper your instructions. All you need say is, 'The moon will rise tonight,' and then the answer will be, 'At what time?' to which you will reply, 'As early as you are ready to see it.' That is all you need say."
"Will they come here then?"
"Yes, at once."
Warner hurried home to see that all was in readiness there to withstand an attack, and he left a speedy messenger to hurry to Allen's house in case the sheriff should go to Warner's first.
The first man met by Eben was Silvanus Brown.
"Silvanus, the moon will rise to-night."
Silvanus looked at the boy for a moment as though bewildered, but that feeling passed away, and he asked:
"At what time?"