"I thought they wouldn't ha' made such a rout about the
officer, when they had his scalp already in their
pouch-belts."

"What a set of prating fools ye are," interrupted the
leading sergeant; "who ever saw an Ingian with light
hair? and sure this hair in the neck is that of a
Christian."

At that moment Captain Erskine, attracted by the sudden
halt produced by the falling of the body, came quickly
up to the front.

"What is the meaning of all this, Cassidy?" he sternly
demanded of the sergeant; "why is this halt without my
orders, and how comes the body here?"

"Carter stumbled against a root, sir, and the body rolled
over upon the ground."

"And was the body to roll back again?" angrily rejoined
his captain.--"What mean ye, fellows, by standing there;
quick, replace it upon the litter, and mind this does
not occur again."

"They say, sir," said the sergeant, respectfully, as the
men proceeded to their duty, "that it is not Captain de
Haldimar after all, but an Ingian."

"Not Captain de Haldimar! are ye all mad? and have the