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"Very," assented Miss Allenthorne, when the officer had finished; and then she added, almost immediately, "Don't you think it's getting very warm? Wouldn't we better ride back now?" "Just as you say," the officer answered. Then he helped her to mount, mounted his own horse, and they rode home. That evening Miss Allenthorne was invisible.
They did not seem to mind her in the least, and one of them a handsome young woman near her when she looked up and saw that the stranger was an American, smiled, and said something in a language which Miss Allenthorne did not understand; but from the expression on her face the American felt sure that what the woman said was meant as a welcome.
"I've found out all about it, Miss Allenthorne," the Lieutenant exclaimed. "There is a story which it seems the natives believe, that years ago there was once, where we now stand, a river which ran down past the fort and emptied into the sea. To give access to this river there was then a gate in the wall of the fort, directly opposite where we are now.
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