I said I would give an ounce of silver to him, if he would hand the things to the prisoner for me.
"He said, at once, that he would do so.

He had heard that the whites always treated their wounded prisoners very well; and that there would be no difficulty about it, for that there was a window at the back of the hut where he was lying, and he could easily pass things in there without anyone noticing it.

If the prisoner was, as I said, a good man, it was only right that he should be helped.
"I told him that I should look out for him, and might want him to do the same, another day.

I think that he was an honest fellow, and might have passed the fruit in, even without a reward.

Still, everyone is glad to earn a little money.
"He told me that a strange thing had happened, last night.