Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 76
hair from theface. Uttering an exclamation, he bent over him: Well, I 11 be dinged! This is the kid Lieu-tenant Lewis sent up to the lake ! How in tarna-tion did he get to us from this direction? The igi?.] THE SECRET OF THE LAKE 605 men silently exchanged glances, each remember-ing their fruitless… … A SLENDEK FORM TOTTERED THROUGH THE BUSHES. and although Piang did not understand the lan-guage, he responded to the kind tone with aweak smile. Slowly getting to his elbow, he mo-tioned toward the garrison: Hombre! (Man!) he muttered. It wasthe only Spanish word he knew, and the soldiersguessed…
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