human
Mercy! What has happened? and Iola Conroyal, her horrified eyes fixed on the face of the dead miner, came to a sudden halt by the side of Thure, with Ruth Randolph, round-eyed and white-faced, clinging to one of her arms.
gpt
Is--is he dead?
human
Yes, he is dead, Thure answered gravely.
gpt
Murdered for his gold. Then, seeing how white the faces of the two girls had suddenly grown, he added quickly:
human
You girls hurry right back into the house and tell your mothers that we found a miner, who had been robbed and stabbed, and started to bring him home with us, but that he died before we got here; and ask them to have some blankets laid on the floor of the sala for the body to lie on and a sheet to cover it. Now, hurry. We'll tell you how it all happened later,