n't know; I can only suppose that there is a
passage for it underneath the building. We will take both our guns,
Bertie, and our pistols. That there are no demons we are quite sure,
but the place may have been used as a hiding-place for outlaws and
brigands, who could find no better spot, as there was no fear whatever
of its being discovered. We will take some bread and meat in our
haversacks and a flask of spirits. Perhaps we shall be away longer than
we expect, Dias, but at any rate we will not stop there after dark."

Tears were in the Indian's eyes as Harry and Bertie said good-bye to
him and started, and when he saw them enter the ravine he sat down with
his elbows on his knees and cried unrestrainedly. His wife went up to
him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Do not sorrow, Dias; as for me, I have no fear, though I love them as
well as you do. I do not say that there may not be demons in the
castle--everyone says there are;--but though these may strangle our
people who break the orders that were given that none should go near, I
do not believe they can hurt our white friends. You saw that they had
no fear; you know how brave they are, and how they laughed at the idea
of the demons having any power over them. Do you think I could smile
and talk if I thought they were in danger? Still, as there is no need
to prepare dinner yet, I will tell my beads over and over again. We
shall know if any harm comes to them if we hear them fire their guns,
for it is certain that they would do so. Even if a legion of demons
attacked them they would never run away, but would fight till the last."

"I love them," Dias said; "I love them as my own sons. At first, when
they came to me from Senor Barriett, it was for his sake that I
consented to accompany and aid them; but from that night when they
saved my life by rushing, with no weapons save their sticks, into the
midst of five men with drawn knives, I felt how noble they were, and I
loved them not only for the sake of my life, but for their bravery.
Since then my feelings ha