The simplicity of the Indian nature is remarkable.

He could easily have deceived them and made them believe he was content in captivity.

Probably, in attempting to escape again, he has been killed as was poor Andrew." Brother and sister gazed with dark, sad eyes into the fire, now burned down to a glowing bed of coals.

The silence remained unbroken save for the moan of the rising wind outside, the rattle of hail, and the patter of rain drops on the roof..