"Explain."
"It was my sister's voice that I heard I saw her—I spoke to her."
"Could you not save her?"
"I would have done so, or died by her side. But she had other friends with her. I saw her with two men, one of them disguised as a rebel officer. Or, at least, so I suppose, for he led her to a horse, helped her to mount, and rode rapidly away, while the guard who had just come up, fired after them. She is on her way to the Union camp, and will reach it in a short time, if nothing happens."
"Are you sure those who rescued her were Union soldiers?"
"I can only judge by what I saw."
"What do you intend doing?"
"How is Fall-leaf?" asked Margrave.
"Me well—well!" answered the Indian.
"Why, how is this? I thought Fall-leaf was badly wounded."