"How did you discover the deception ?" "By merest accident.

Happened to mention meeting him to old Trevor, and he was up in arms in a minute.

Seems Atherton married his niece, and the fellow here couldn't be the major, for he was shot in a skirmish three weeks ago, and has been in the hospital at Athens ever since.

He's there now; rode over to Pemberton's headquarters to make sure, and met Gregory, Chief-of-Staff.

He saw Atherton Saturday, and he wasn't able to sit up yet.