These troopers and he were
hunters now.
The column turned presently into another road and advanced with speed in
the direction of Grant. Colonel Hertford asked Dick many questions about
Slade.
"I've been hearing of him since we were on this raid," he said. "He's
more of a guerilla than a regular soldier, but he may be able to gather a
considerable force. I wish we could cut him off."
"So do I," said Dick, but his feeling was prompted chiefly by Slade's
determined attempts upon his life.
Colonel Hertford now pushed forward his men. He, too, was filled with
ambitions. He began to have an idea of Grant's great plans, in which
all the Union leaders must cooperate, and he meant that his own little
command should be there, whenever the great deed, whatever it might be,
was done. He talked about it with Dick, who he knew was a trusted young
staff officer, and the two, the lad and the older man, fed the enthusiasm
of each other.
This attack deep into the flank of the Confederacy appealed to them with
its boldness, and created a certain romantic glow that seemed to clothe
the efforts of a general so far from the great line of battle in the
East.
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