How did you get here ?" "Just wandering, Mart," I answered.

"But Lord! I'm sure GLAD to see you." "Which way did you come ?" he asked, keenly.

I threw my hand toward the south.
"Not through that hollow ?" he asked incredulously.
"And some hell of a place to get through," Drake broke in.

"It cost us our ponies and all my ammunition." "Richard Drake," I said.

"Son of old Alvin--you knew him, Mart." "Knew him well," cried Ventnor, seizing Dick's hand.