footsteps were heard. Again Frank counted
moving figures to himself.
"Twenty more," he muttered. "Where on earth did they all come from? By
George! They certainly are taking a long chance marching around like this.
Well, the more we can get the better."
At the door of the cabin the Germans halted. Three of their number stepped
forward and went inside. This was not at all in line with Frank's plans,
and he realized now that the situation of young Cutlip, inside, was
dangerous in the extreme. Something must be done to protect him.
As the Germans went inside the house, the others, meanwhile, standing
guard, Frank gave the signal agreed upon, a soft whistle, like the call of
a bird of the night. The British began to move from their hiding places
and to draw closer to the Germans, standing there in the open.
"Well," Frank muttered to himself at last, "I guess the sooner we get busy
the better."
He sprang to his feet and leaped forward.
CHAPTER XX
THE BATTLE
Meanwhile, inside the cabin young Cutlip was facing the Germans cooly
enough. He rose to his feet as the door opened and the first German stuck
his head inside. The latter surveyed the interior rapidly, and seeing a
single figure there, advanced quickly, gun in hand.
"Oho! It's the boy," he said in clumsy English. "And where is your
father?"
"I don't know," answered the boy. "He went away."
"But did he get the food?"
Cutlip motioned to the sacks of provisions on the floor.
"Good!" said the German, rubbing his hands.
He returned his revolver to his belt and motioned his two companions to
enter. They closed the door behind them.
"You have told no one of our presence here?" asked the first German, as he
stooped over to examine the sacks.
"No."
"How about your father?"
"He has told no one, either."
"It is well. For if you had, we would kill you now."
Young Cutlip said nothing, but he knew by the hard look in the man's eyes
that he told the truth. In spite of the fact that the boy knew
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Reverend Nehemiah Adams (born February 19, 1806; died October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. He was ordained as co-pastor of First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that same year. In 1832, he married Martha Hooper.
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Joanna Baillie (September 11, 1762February 23, 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well-known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, her cottage at Hampstead was the centre of a brilliant literary society. Baillie died at the age of 88, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last.