"I have to get a good horse. The most dangerous part of the business is getting to Valmosa, because I must go near the rebel lines."
"Good luck to Ruiz!" cried all his comrades, emptying their glasses as they spoke.
"Thank you, gentlemen, thank you. My good fellow, your wine was excellent. If you should hear a horseman gallop past your hut to-night, don't be alarmed. It will only be me."
Scarcely had they gone, when Dan Daly rushed out.
"Faith, it's more than flesh an' blood could stand. Arrah! but me mouth watered when I heard the glasses clinkin'. The spalpeens!" he cried in dismay, "they've not left a drop for me."
"There's plenty."
Dan gazed in amazement at the hoard of liquor that had been discovered.
"What a find! It's meself could put in a week here in this blessed hut."
"But you won't."
"Eh?"