“He and I were chums at college.”
“And you are Curtis Remington?”
“The same. This is a glad surprise to me. I little dreamed of meeting you.”
“I wish that Harry were here. He used to speak of you often, and he told me how you once saved his life. It seems like meeting an old friend.”
“Thank you. So Harry is in the army. I have not heard from him since we left college. The war broke out soon after and I enlisted at once.”
“I shall be glad when this cruel war is over,” she exclaimed with a shudder. “But look! there is a body of horsemen coming this way!”
“It is Captain Dermot’s company!” declared Curtis Remington. “Can it be possible they have tracked me here?”
“They are coming directly this way. They are riding fast, too.”
“Then I must leave you at once. Many thanks for your kindness. Ah,” he added, suppressing a groan as he staggered to his feet, “my race is almost run.”