"This one's got blood in her too, I tell you that." Dunwody made no answer except to turn and walk down the deck.

The captain, pondering on matters entirely beyond his comprehension, but forced to accept the assurances of men such as these who had appeared as guardians of this mysterious young woman, now returned to his own quarters.

"I reckon it's none of my business," he muttered.

"Some high-class forger or confidence worker that's beat the government somehow, maybe.

But she don't look it--I'll be damned if she looks it.