"Dorothy, speak,--what is it?" her brother demanded. "Hugh?" and he turned questioningly, as Dorothy threw herself into his arms. "He called me a British spy," she sobbed, "and tried to shoot me!" He held her closer, while he listened to Hugh and Captain Southorn as they told him of all that had passed. It appeared that Hugh, returning through the woods from his mission to the outposts, had found a horse tied not far away from where they were now standing. This struck him as something unusual; and looking about, …
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