Mrs. Dare was holding the baby, and she looked up as he entered. “Did he get off, Howe?” she asked.
“Yes; he’s far across the water by this time, and the villains are just beginning to look for him. I fancy I see the torches coming this way,” he replied.
“Thank God,” she said; “it would have been a disgrace to our people. Oh, if my father were only here! What is to become of us all?”
“You will hear soon enough,” was the reply. “Here comes our gallant new governor; it is best to be ignorant about Ranteo.”