When the wagon bearing the corpse arrived at Osborn's picket post, he accepted the letter but refused the dead body.

After noon, Chivington's men captured the picket post and then found the main force behind them.

"We'll have the first of the picket posts set in a bit, ser," said Fierral.

He was gone, past a series of hedges when an electric lantern glared through the picket posts.

"His sentries are four hundred yards to the east of the picket posts."

The Regent couldn't even tell exactly when they passed where the picket posts or the sentries had been beyond that except that she could sense.

After capturing a picket post, Swift was assassinated by one of the defenders, whose weapons he had not confiscated.

All they were supposed to do was run a picket post out here and advise the Earth of any unusual occurrences.

As The Shadow swung from the steps, shots broke out from picket posts along the street.

Others at picket posts were alert as they saw the action of the men across the street.