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? ? ? ? "What proof did the Arab bring that she was your daughter?" asked Lord Greystoke.
? ? ? ? "None," replied the other. "That is why we thought best to consult you before organizing an expedition. The fellow had only an old photograph of her on the back of which was pasted a newspaper cutting describing her and offering a reward. We feared that having found this somewhere it had aroused his cupidity and led him to believe that in some way he could obtain the reward, possibly by foisting upon us a white girl on the chance that so many years had elapsed that we would not be able to recognize an imposter as such."
? ? ? ? "Have you the photograph with you?" asked Lord Greystoke.
? ? ? ? The General drew an envelope from his pocket, took a yellowed photograph from it and handed it to the Englishman.
? ? ? ? Tears dimmed the old warrior's eyes as they fell again upon the pictured features of his lost daughter.
? ? ? ? Lord Greystoke examined the photograph for a moment.
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