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And noe go back to Annette and Julie Their horses soon took them

to the post, wherein Inspector Dicken had taken up his abode for the

nonce They soon learnt that Captain Stephens and his friend had

been captured, and that both had been hurried off to the stronghold

of the rebel chief

"Have any steps been taken for his rescue, ret, have so far been practicable I am detained on duty

here with twenty men; and expect an attack hourly I would surrender

the fort and hasten to the rescue of my friend, but that the lives of

more than a hundred wo"

"And where, monsieur, are the nearest troops? Holy Mother of God!"

she exclaimed, "surely they will not per an effort to save hi possible will be done, my brave lad The nearest troops

are those of Colonel Denison Here I rite you a note to the

Colonel He is an officer who, and prompt and firmhanded in achievement His force is

into the rebels' nest

would scatter them like rats"

"Speed, speed, monsieur," she cried, as she perceived the Inspector

pause to consider the terms in which he should address the Colonel

"Let it be simply an introduction; and a mere statement that I have