hunting for him all over. He is no Glipper at all, but a spy and a very dangerous character. Give him to me, and I’ll see that he is properly taken care of.’ I saw by this that resistance would be useless, so I very meekly followed him out of the tent. Once outside, he blindfolded my eyes, tied my hands, and led me what seemed a long distance. At last we entered this house. Upstairs we climbed, and inside this room he uncovered my eyes. ‘We’ll see if thou art a Glipper!’ he said, and proceeded to wash off all the stain. ‘Now we will pay off some old scores of long standing!’ he added, and with a heavy switch, he gave me such a beating as I never had in my life before.”
“He beat thee!” exclaimed the girl, her eyes blazing in the dark. “Oh, I could kill him for it!”
“Yes, but I did not cry out!” replied Gysbert proudly. “Not one moan did he hear from me, till at last he stopped from sheer
