CHAPTER XIII

PHARAOH'S KINE "And now to business," said Master Freake. "To pleasure, sir," said the Colonel. "Business is over." He was leisurely filling his pipe, an example which Margaret, with a smile and a nod, gave me permission to follow. "Tell us how you escaped," said Margaret. "Master Wheatman cannot too soon begin to learn the tricks of the trade. Sorry, dad," bending to kiss his hand; "you needn't look at me in German. I mean rudiments of the profession." "A woman who calls soldiering a trade ought to be forcibly mar…