troops in our front now. What's the news from Hooker, Harry?"

"He's moving northwest to head us off, but I don't think he has any
clear idea where we're going."

"Where are we going, Harry?"

"It's more than I can tell. Maybe we're aiming for Philadelphia."

"Then there'll be a big stir among the Quakers," said Happy Tom.

"It doesn't matter, young gentlemen, where we're going," said Colonel
Talbot, who heard the last words. "It's our business to be led, and
we know that we're in the hands of a great leader. And we know, too,
that whatever dangers he leads us into, he'll share them to the full.
Am I not right, Hector?"

"You speak the full truth, Leonidas."

"Aye, aye, sir," said Harry. "It's sufficient for us to follow where
General Lee leads."

"But we need a great victory," said Colonel Talbot. "We've had news
from the southwest. The enemy has penetrated too far there. That
fellow Grant is a perfect bulldog. They say he actually means to take
our fortress of Vicksburg. He always hangs on, and that's bad for us.
If we win this war, we've got to win it with some great stroke here in
the east."

"You speak with your usual penetration and clearness, Leonidas," said