"I am his wife," she replied, "and this is our child."
"And where is——" Smith stopped suddenly, knowing what the answer must be.
"He is dead," she replied. "He fell in the defence of the Alamo."
"Might he not be among the prisoners?" suggested Obed White gently.
"Prisoners!" she replied. "There were no prisoners. They fought to the last. Every man who was in the Alamo died in its defence."
The five stared at her in amazement, and for a little while none spoke.
"Do you mean to say," asked Obed White, "that none of the Texans survived the fall of the Alamo?"
"None," she replied.
"How do you know?"