All the responsibility lay upon her shoulders.

She ripped the cover from the packet and read the note.
"Kathlyn: If not heard from I'm held captive in Allaha.

Sealed document can save me.

Bring it yourself to Allaha by first steamer.
"Father." "I knew it," said Kathlyn calmly.

The fear in her heart had, as the brown man had anticipated, blinded her to the fact that this was not her father's characteristic blunt scrawl.
"Oh, Kit, Kit!" "Hush, Winnie! I must go, and go alone.