The Maroon. Reid Mayne

Maroons

      As soon as they were gone out of sight, the hunter turned towards Herbert, his eyes sparkling with gratitude.

      “Master!” said he, making a low obeisance as he spoke, “after that, words are but a poor way of offering thanks. If the brave white gentleman who has risked his life for a coloured outcast will let me know his name, it will not be forgotten by Cubina, the Maroon.”