He climbed down and told his brother that he had seen the campfires of the British.
“Good,” said Tom. “But, what are you going to do next, Dick? How are you going to get into their encampment?”
“I decided on my course, Tom,” he said, “before I started out.”
“What are you going to do?” eagerly.
“I'm going to enter the British encampment boldly and tell them that I want to join the army.”
“Goodness! That will be dangerous, brother!”
“Yes, but one can't do spy-work without encountering danger.”
“I know that. Do you think that you can succeed, Dick?”
“I'm going to try.”
“Will they take you into the army–a boy like you?”