“No. But why did not Stolburst come away with you?”
“That’s something I cannot understand,” replied Enoch. “I called to him to follow. I guess Ajeeb and his friend intercepted poor Stolburst’s flight.”
“Who is Ajeeb’s friend?”
“An English crook.”
“His name?”
“Stolburst told me he learned the fellow’s name was Billy Barry.”
“I know him,” said Burt; “and I can’t understand how he came to know this heathen priest.”
“He is the chap that engineered the job that led to Stolburst’s capture.”
“How was that job worked?”
Enoch related the story as he heard it from Stolburst. The latter still believed that the beautiful Zulima was a party to the plot. As he had once almost loved the girl, the poor captive now loathed her.