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Rh writes to him constantly. I wonder how that poor woman will take the news when she hears how he has been cut down?" And he heaved a long sigh.

It was past midnight when the party returned to the encampment of the first battalion. Fortunately Surgeon Fallox was with the battalion and in a position to give Lieutenant Gilmore his immediate attention. The injured man was made as comfortable as possible, and the surgeon made a careful examination of the case.

"The wound is not a serious one, although he has lost considerable blood and is greatly weakened thereby," he announced. "His back, though, is bad, and it may be many a day before he is able to walk again."

"But he will eventually recover?"

"I think so, although his back may be weak for years."

Ben found that Inez Garabella and Barnabas Moval had been taken care of by Major Morris, who was greatly interested in all the male prisoner had to say. "This Moval is a sly one," said the major to the young captain. "I am trying to pump him about General Adoz, but it is precious little I can get out of him."