At this moment an officer came down, and said that the governor wished to see Colonel Mendez and Major Kennedy, at once.

As they entered the room, they saw the governor walking up and down in a state of great agitation.
"I hear, Colonel Mendez," he said, stopping before that officer, "that you have, on your own authority, placed several of the commissariat storekeepers under arrest.

What does this mean, sir ?" "It means, sir, that Major Kennedy has discovered enormous deficiencies in the stores, and there can be little doubt that a number of persons must have been concerned in the matter, besides those in charge of the storehouses.

Wholesale bribery must have been practised, by those who supplied the goods to those whose duty it was to receive them." "I shall order a commission of enquiry to sit at once, and beg that you, Colonel Mendez, will send me in a detailed report of the matter, which is, I need hardly say, one of extreme gravity." "I was right," Colonel Mendez said, as they left the governor's house.

"I suspected that something was wrong, ever since he refused to allow me access to the magazines.