? ? ? ? "Yes, Captain, but they did not admit that he was dead and as for his clothes and accouterments being in their possession--why more civilized peoples than these poor savage negroes strip their prisoners of every article of value whether they intend killing them or not.
? ? ? ? "Even the soldiers of my own dear South looted not only the living but the dead. It is strong circumstantial evidence, I will admit, but it is not positive proof."
? ? ? ? "Possibly your forest man, himself was captured or killed by the savages," suggested Captain Dufranne.
? ? ? ? The girl laughed.
? ? ? ? "You do not know him," she replied, a little thrill of pride setting her nerves a-tingle at the thought that she spoke of her own.
? ? ? ? "I admit that he would be worth waiting for, this superman of yours," laughed the captain. "I most certainly should like to see him."
? ? ? ? "Then wait for him, my dear captain," urged the girl, "for I intend doing so.
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