“From whom?” inquired Dean curiously.
The other dropped his voice to a whisper:
“From the High President himself!”
CHAPTER III
THE MASKED VISITOR
It was close upon noon on the following day when Captain Robert presented himself before the prisoners. He was eager and excited.
“Are you ready to receive the visit I spoke of last night?” he asked.
“Ah!” exclaimed Mortimer, with a slight show of interest, “is His Mightiness, your famous High President, here?”
“Yes,” replied Robert; “he arrived just before daylight and has been busy during the morning around the camp.”
“Arrived before daylight!” repeated Mortimer. “Your High President is an early traveler.”
“Those who come to this camp,” answered Robert gravely, “invariably arrive before daylight. I don’t think I’ll betray any very special information if I tell you in confidence that he was picked up at a distant point from here and arrived by air-ship.”