In the meantime, Stella told Ted the
details of her capture. Since she had been a prisoner she had been well
treated, so far as most of the men were concerned, although Shan Rhue
had insisted on seeing her every day, and had told her that he was going
to take her away to the North and make her marry him. She had defied
him, and had scorned him so scathingly that he had put many petty
persecutions on her, and had deprived her of her liberty for revenge.
"How did you happen to find me?" asked Stella, after she told all that
had happened to her.
"Little Dick was captured by an Indian, and while he was being brought
here the pony Spraddle stumbled and threw him. A small looking-glass
which was slung around his neck fell off, and Dick picked it up and
brought it to camp."
"The Indian was Pokopokowo," said Stella.
"That was his name."
"I tried in every way to get a message out to you, but it seemed
impossible. Then I hit upon the mirror, ripped the back off it, and made
my cryptogram on it with a pin.
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