Now, point me out which
are the four men that belong to this gang that brought you down here."
"The man who has just died was one of them," Denis replied. "None of
the other three are here, so I expect they fell in the cabin. They
were in the front of the fight. I saw one go down just as I grappled
with our captain."
"So much the better," Ralph said. "As to their leader, there will be
no difficulty in getting evidence about him. The regiment he belonged
to is in Dublin, and they can prove the shooting of his officer;
beside, they can get any amount of evidence from Galway."
"Ay; they will be ready enough to speak out now the whole gang are
down," Denis Moore said. "They would not have dared to open their lips
otherwise. The other prisoners all belong about here. One of their
party is the captain's brother. That's how it is they came to take us
in. But I think they would have been glad to get rid of us, for the
Red Captain's lot were too bad for anything; and it isn't because men
are ready to cheat the king's revenue that they are fond of such
villains and murderers as these."
In a short time the doctor arrived. He had brought a case of
instruments with him.
"There's nothing for it but amputation here," he said when he examined
the wounded soldier. "His legs are just splintered. The sooner I do it
the better.
Pages:
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307