Three others weren't where I
told them to be, but we'll get along just as well without them. I arranged
it this way so that if any of you did decide at the last minute that you
didn't want to go...." He did not finish the sentence. Presently he said:
"I want no men who aren't anxious to be with me."
Tom could not see Andrews' face, but he liked his calm, pleasant voice.
Conversation stopped, except for Brown's remark, "It looks like rain," and
Andrews' answering, "Hm-m-m." For several minutes they plodded along the
road, hidden even from the intermittent light of the moon by the trees that
grew beside the road.
"Here we are," said Andrews presently. They stopped and waited for the
others; then turned off the road into a small opening in the woods. Andrews
went ahead of them, and called back, "Come over here."
They found him with two men. There came a rumble of thunder, so remote that
it seemed like an echo, but to the ears of Andrews' men it was a sharp
reminder of the troubles that might lay ahead of them.
"Hm-m-m! Perhaps you were right, Brown," said Andrews.
Thunder sounded again, this time nearer.
"Let's count heads," said Andrews. "Get in a semi-circle, just as close
together as possible.
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