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 to meet, in a moment. The fourth girl was married; Mrs. Mendell.

Her husband, Mendell, was a stolid appearing person to be a pilot; he had a strong, heavy frame which seemed slow; but he surprised me by speaking quickly and by the flash in his small, scheming eyes when we looked each other over. The brick-red haired youth, who was as tall as Pete or Donley, went by the name of Kinvarra, of which he was proud; for he spelled it, to me after Bane pronounced it.

These two patently teamed in a sort of foursome with Boggs and Donley; and I recognized in them the nucleus of Bane's accepted corps of assistants. They were a heterogeneous quartet but they displayed one strong characteristic in common; each man meant to get for himself what he was after.

Not that I received the impression of discord between them. Quite to the contrary, all was amity; for of course they needed to work together and they all realized it.

In fact, they evidently appreciated the advantage of further re-inforcement; so they