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Suarez had sufficient tact not to make this statement publicly He

told Christobal, and the doctor passed on the information to the

captain Both lasses, and carefully

examined the coast line

Courtenay was the first to break an oppressive silence, and his low

pitched voice announced stirring tidings

"Do you see those canoes yonder?" he said

"There were three under the trees before Suarez discovered the smoke on

Guanaco Now I fancy I can h they are

not launched, they have been put there for so Mr Boyle to summon all hands on deck?

He knows exactly what to do Reard you and Miss

Maxwell as non-combatants, and expect you both to remain in the saloon

If these painted devils really et

hurt, and then your services will be of greater value than in the

fighting line And, if I do not see Miss Maxwell before the trouble

begins, please tell her she need fear no alarm We shall be able to

beat off our assailants with comparative ease"

When the captain of the Kansas spoke like that there was no

gainsaying him Even Christobal, whose jealous suspicions were ever

ready to burst into flaallantry