Everybody in the building recognized her, and a wild yell of terror went up.
Down upon their faces went all save Leo, who was thunderstruck, but not frightened in the least.
Azurma glided to him, and, placing her hand upon his shoulder, said:
“Come, my Leo; I will take you to your cousin Dick, who yet lives.”
Hardly knowing what he did, the boy followed her from the building.
No one barred their progress, and in a couple of minutes they had entered one of the numerous passages, and were lost to view.
Leo followed Azurma through the passage without saying a word.
He was very much mystified at the girl’s sudden appearance.
Over a year before she had been condemned to death, and he had seen her with his own eyes go shooting into the turbulent stream that flowed through the Devil’s Kingdom.
He remembered Azurma’s last words, as he followed her along, and he began to think that not only the Land of Hez was one of mystery, but the ones who lived in it mysterious, also.