IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS COMPANIONS START FOR THE CASTLE.
"Who are you?" demanded the soldier who had hailed the boat, probably astonished to find himself answered in plain English.
"Friends," I replied.
"What is your name?"
"Phil Farringford."
"You are the boy that came on board the steamer this morning?"
"I am; have you seen any Indians to-day?"
"Not an Indian."
"You didn't go where they were," I added.
"We have been beating about the woods all day; but the Indians who captured the girl have dodged us."