2/32 His heart yearned over Paul, his young comrade. "It's murder, I say, fur a man used to them weepins to set upon a boy." "Shall we gag this fellow, Captain ?" asked Braxton Wyatt, who enjoyed the scene. "Let him make as much noise as he pleases." Paul heard Long Jim's second protest, but now he did not answer. He was intently watching Alvarez. He had read the look in the eye of the Spanish leader, and he knew that Alvarez not only intended to punish him, but also to make that process as mortifying as possible. |