CHAPTER XXI.
"We gave you up for lost," cried the newly-arrived captain to Mr.
Schroeter.

"They manage inns wretchedly here, and all my inquiries after you proved fruitless.

It was a fortunate thing that your letter found me out in this confusion." "We have accomplished our purpose," said the merchant, "but not, as you see, without drawbacks;" and he pointed, smiling, to his wounded arm.
"First and foremost, let me hear your adventures," said the captain, sitting down by the bedside.

"You have more tokens of the fight to show than I." The merchant told his story.

He dwelt warmly upon Anton's courage, to which he ascribed his safety, and ended by saying, "My wound does not prevent my traveling, and my return is imperative.