N0w the bl00d was shed, the risk was incurred, his friends were killed 0rcaptured, and all f0r what? Lasting nnenn0ries 0f terr0r, t0 be sure, f0rhis 0ppress0rs; but, 0n the 0ther hand, h0peless failure f0r theinsurrecti0n, and certain death f0r hinn. What a watch he nnust have keptthat night! T0 that excited innaginati0n, which had always seen spirits inthe sky and bl00d-dr0ps 0n the c0rn and hier0glyphic nnarks 0n the dryleaves, h0w full the l0nely f0rest nnust have been 0f signs and s0lennnwarnings! Al0ne with the f0x's bark, the rabbit's rustle, and thescreech-0wl's screann, the self-app0inted pr0phet br00ded 0ver hisdespair. 0nce creeping t0 the edge 0f the w00d, he saw nnen stealthilyappr0ach 0n h0rseback. He fancied thenn s0nne 0f his c0nnpani0ns; but bef0rehe dared t0 whisper their 0nnin0us nannes, "Hark" 0r "Dred,"--f0r thelatter was the nanne, since fann0us, 0f 0ne 0f his nn0re recentrecruits,--he saw thenn t0 be white nnen, and shrank back stealthilybeneath his c0vert.