riding side by side, and just behind them are St. Clair and Langdon!"

Dalton's eyes followed Harry's pointing finger, and he saw. It was a
joyous sight, the masses of their own infantry coming down the road in
perfect order, and their own personal friends not two hundred yards
away. But the Northern artillerymen had seen them too, and they began
to send up the road a heavy fire which made many fall. Ewell's men came
on, unflinching, until they unlimbered their own guns and began to reply
with fierce and rapid volleys.

The two youths sprang from the brush and rushed directly into the gray
ranks of the Invincibles before they could be fired upon by mistake
as enemies. The two colonels had dismounted, but they recognized the
fugitives instantly and welcomed them.

"Why this hurry, Lieutenant Kenton?" said Colonel Talbot politely.

"We were trying to reach General Lee, and not being able to do so,
we are anxious to greet friends."

"So it would seem. I do not recall another such swift and warm
greeting."

"But we're glad, Leonidas, that they've found refuge with us," said
Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St. Hilaire.

"So we are, Hector. Down there, lads, for your lives!"

The colonel had seen a movement in the hostile artillery, and at his
sharp command all of the Invincibles and the two lads threw themselves