“Nothing seems impossible with him. You could not have had a better friend come to your rescue. I am glad he has come. Trust in him and you will have little to fear. You had better get ready at once.”
“But what will become of you?”
“Oh, I shall get along all right,” he replied, carelessly. “Remember I shall be among friends. I wish you god-speed in your escape. If we never meet again, remember Boyd Wyman will never forget your kindness to him. There, you had better return to your friend as there is no time to be lost.”
Not without some reluctance Mara returned to the Wizard Scout.
“I am glad you have come,” he said. “I can think of but one way to escape. You will have to personate the colored servant who was here. I suppose she is allowed to go about the house at will and even out of it.”
“Oh, yes. She goes to the spring for water often.”
“I mistrusted as much. Now isn’t there one I can personate?”
After a moment’s thought she answered as her countenance brightened:
“Oh, yes; there is Pete. And they are together much.”
“They are just the ones then. We shall not have to separate. If you can manage to get some of their clothing I will arrange the rest. I am almost prepared for such a disguise. I was a darky all day yesterday. The day before an Irishman.”