"That the woman I love can deliver me to death—"
"You doubt it?"
"I had not believed it possible."
"I'll show you."
Jennie stepped to the door and pulled the old-fashioned bell-cord.
A servant appeared.
In strained tones the girl said:
"Go to Captain Welford's office and ask him to come here immediately with two soldiers—"
"Yassam—"
The negro bowed and hurried from the house, and Jennie sat down in silence beside the door.