CHAPTER XVIII

“Stasch, why do we always ride without finding Smain?” “I don’t know. Most likely he is traveling rapidly so as to lose no time in reaching the districts where he can capture the most slaves. Would you be glad if we could really join his division?” The girl nodded her little blonde head as a sign that she was most willing. “Why would you like it?” asked Stasch, surprised. “Because in the presence of Smain perhaps Gebhr would not dare beat this poor Kali so terribly.” “Probably Smain is no better. None of them has a…