Do you recognize this fellow ?" "Ay," and from the muffled tone he must have been bending over the body, "that is 'Tough' Sims, a lieutenant of 'Red' Fagin; there's one more devil gone to hell.

But when did the attack occur?
We left here after dark, and all was quiet enough then.

Claire--" "She was here then?
I hardly believed it possible." "I talked with her--quarrelled with her, indeed.

Perhaps that was why she refused to accompany us to Philadelphia.

But what did you mean, Colonel, when you said you hardly believed it possible she was here?
Did some one tell you ?" "Yes; we caught a fellow in the house when we arrived.