“So I thought, sir, and that is the reason I was so eager to see the interior of the fort.”
After he had asked a few questions, General Greene told Dick he might go, but that any further information he could secure would be appreciated.
“I’ll reconnoiter the fort to-night,” said Dick. “I may be able to learn something further.”
Dick then rejoined his comrades, and told them the story of his adventure at the fort. They listened with interest, and uttered exclamations of wonder.
“Sure an’ they came moighty near to grabbin’ ye, thot toime, Dick,” said Tim Murphy.
“Yah, dot is so,” nodded Fritz Schmockenburg.
“But I was able to get a look at the interior of the fort,” said Dick, “and that was worth while.”
“Yes, indeed,” said Ben Foster. “Of course, you saw nothing of Tom?”
“No. If he is there, he was in a building somewhere, and so I would not have seen him.”
They talked about the adventure quite a while, and were agreed that Dick had acted in a daring manner in venturing into the fort.