But Grau was not satisfied.

He went over the papers again and then turned to face the other officer.
"What do you think, General ?" he asked, hesitatingly.
"Suspicious!" was the reply.
"I think so, myself," said the colonel.

"Mark you: Here's a man who claims to come from Sangoa, a place no one has ever heard of; and the other has endorsements purporting to come from the highest officials in America.

Huh! what does it mean ?" "Papers may be forged, or stolen from their proper owners," suggested the squinting general.

"This excuse of coming here to get the wife of a hurt Belgian seems absurd.