CHAPTER XXIII—Dick And Arnold
When Dick Dare was confronted by General Arnold and Colonel Riggs, in the Sprowl home, he realized that it would be useless to offer resistance. So he simply sat there quietly, and made no move toward trying to get away. He was chiding himself, however, for not having been more careful, and see to it that Sprowl did not bring some redcoats back with him.
“Good evening, General Arnold,” said Dick, quietly. “I wasn’t expecting you.”
“I suppose not,” sarcastically. “But I’m here. That was a very shrewd plan of yours, to get Sprowl to secure information for you, and it might have succeeded, had it not been that I became suspicious when he told me about you, and I jumped to the conclusion that likely you were Dick Dare, so came to investigate.” Then he turned to Sprowl, who had entered with them, and said:
“Get a rope and bind his arms.”
Sprowl went to the kitchen and came back with a piece of rope, and he quickly tied Dick’s wrists together behind his back.
“Now, Dick Dare, you will answer a few questions, if you please,” said Arnold.
“What are the questions?” the youth asked.
“First, how many men are there in the rebel force?”
Dick shook his head. “I won’t answer that question,” he said.