guardline

Updated: July 20, 2026

They saw the rag move straight toward the guardline, and pass under the log on which the sentry walked when he paced his beat across the branch. It finally disappeared in a bunch of willows. Presently a bigger rag came out from the willows, in response to the backward movement of the long cat-brier, and crawled slowly back under the log and into camp.

John McElroy - Si Klegg, Book 3 : Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures