"Abner Fingal."
This took the breath of both of the boys.
"Fingal!" exclaimed Matt.
"His real name is Sixty," explained the girl, "and he is my father's brother. He is captain of the schooner that has been helping the revolutionists, and he has sworn vengeance on all those who had anything to do with my father's capture."
"That means us, matey," and Dick turned for an apprehensive look through the timber in the direction of the path. "I never dreamed of anything like that," he added.
"It's not generally known," said the girl, "that Captain Fingal and Captain Sixty are in any way related. They have both been helping the revolutionists, and, if the uprising was a success, they were to be rewarded."
"You ran away from the rebel camp in order to avoid Fingal?"
"Yes."
"Why was that?"
A flush ran through the girl's haggard face.