? ? ? ? Together they went outside. Malbihn's boys were striking camp in preparation for a hasty departure. The stranger's blacks were conversing with them. Malbihn stood at a distance, angry and glowering. The stranger approached one of his own men.
? ? ? ? "Find out where they got this girl," he commanded.
? ? ? ? The Negro thus addressed questioned one of Malbihn's followers. Presently he returned to his master.
? ? ? ? "They bought her from old Kovudoo," he said. "That is all that this fellow will tell me. He pretends that he knows nothing more, and I guess that he does not.
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