Alvarez seems to have a big place here, a sort of feudal estate." It seemed to Paul that he had come into another world; the difference between this and Kentucky was so enormous.

There, in the little settlements, every man spoke his mind and the life was all freedom.

Here, fear and suspicion abounded, there were degrees of importance, and Alvarez was an autocrat who could make or mar as he pleased.

It was an atmosphere heavy to Paul's lungs, and, like Long Jim, he longed for the great forests of the Ohio River country.

Behind the chateau were some low, heavy out buildings of logs, and Paul and Long Jim were thrust into one of these, the door being fastened behind them with a huge padlock.