Women were not spared: and-- if all that I have heard of Hayti be true--some of them did not deserve to be spared.

The noble old French buildings of the city were ruined--the Corsican said, not by his artillery, but by Salnave's.

He had slain Salnave himself; and was now going back to France to claim his rights as a French citizen, carrying with him Salnave's sword, which was wrapped in a newspaper, save when taken out to be brandished on the main deck.

One could not but be interested in the valiant adventurer.

He seemed a man such as Red Republics and Revolutions breed, and need; very capable of doing rough work, and not likely to be hampered by scruples as to the manner of doing it.