“Ready?” said Sprowl. “Go ahead. Give ’im a lickin’ thet’ll last ’im a lifetime.”
Herbert Miller set his teeth and waited.
CHAPTER VIII—Tim And Fritz At Work
Soon after Dick, Tom and Ben left the patriot encampment, to go in search of the British army under General Arnold, Tim and Fritz got to discussing the matter, and they decided that they could do some good work in that line also.
“Vy can’t ve go und make un efford to find der retgoads, Tim?” was Fritz’s query.
“Sure an’ there’s no reason why we can’t, Dootchy,” said Tim. “An’ it’s mesilf has a good moind to go an’ ask the captain to let us go an’ look fur the ridcoats.”
“Yah, go und ask him, Tim,” urged Fritz, eagerly. “I vould lige to go on such a trip as dot, und verily dot is so.”
So Tim, thus backed up, asked Captain Morgan to let him and Fritz go in search of the encampment of the redcoats.
“Why, the Dare boys and Ben Foster have just gone to do that,” said the captain.
“Yis, but there is no tellin’ what direction to go to foind the ridcoats, captain,” said Tim, “an’ we can go a different directions an’ mebby will foind the encampment av the inimy before the other byes do.”