human
I beg pardon for waking you, sir, he said, leaning close over Kent, as though fearing the guard might be listening at the door.
gpt
But I thought it best for you to hear about the Indian, sir.
human
The Indian?
gpt
Yes, sir--Mooie, sir. I am quite upset over it, Mr. Kent. He told me early last evening that he had found the scow on which the girl was going down-river. He said it was hidden in Kim's Bayou.
human
Kim's Bayou! That was a good hiding-place, Mercer!
gpt
A very good place of concealment indeed, sir. As soon as it was dark, Mooie returned to watch. What happened to him I haven't fully discovered, sir. But it must have been near midnight when he staggered up to Crossen's place, bleeding and half out of his senses. They brought him here, and I watched over him most of the night. He says the girl went aboard the scow and that the scow started down-river. That much I learned, sir. But all the rest he mumbles in a tongue I can not understand. Crossen says it's Cree, and that old Mooie believes devils jumped on him with clubs down at Kim's Bayou. Of course they must have been men. I don't believe in Mooie's devils, sir.
human
Nor I, said Kent, the blood stirring strangely in his veins.
gpt
Mercer, it simply means there was some one cleverer than old Mooie watching that trail.
human
During his mumblings, when I was alone with him, I heard him speak a name, sir. Half a dozen times, sir--and it was--KEDSTY!
gpt
You heard THAT, Mercer?
human
I am sure I could not have been mistaken, sir. It was repeated a number of times.