noon
Dawn broke and nothing happened . Not a shot rang out and only the smoke of the guerillas ' fire showed in the peaceful mouth of the Gap . Dan wanted to attack the guerillas , but Jerry persuaded him to wait until he could learn how the land lay , and disappeared in the bushes . At noon he came back . `` The Yankees have found out Daws is thar in the Gap , '' he said , `` an ' they are goin ' to slip over before day ter-morrer and s ` prise him . Hit do n't make no difference to us , which s ` prises which -- does it ? '' So the rebels kept hid through the day in the bushes on the mountain side , and when Chad slipped through the Gap next morning , before day , and took up the guerilla pickets , Dan had moved into the same Gap from the other side , and was lying in the bushes with his men , near the guerillas ' fire , waiting for the Yankees to make their attack .