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rshadbeenobeyedandthatTomandJerryhadgoneforward
withtheportersasIjudgedfromvariousindicationssuchasthestateof
thecooking-firenotmuchmorethananhourbefore.Thereforethere
wasnothingtodobutfollowtheirtrailwhichwasbroadandeasyeven
in the low moonlight.
Onw mbt lami civiar blackemarchedaccordinglyalwaysuphillwhichmadeourweary
progressslow.Atlengthcamethedawnahotstilldawnandafteritthe
sunrise.Byitsbrightlightwesawtwothings:ourporterscampingatthe
appointedspotabouthalfamileawayamongsomerocksjustabovea
poolofwaterthatremainedinadryriver-bed;andbehindusperhaps
twomilesofftrackingourspooruptheslopethatwehadtravelleda
party of white-robed Arabstwenty of them or more.
NowweareinforitIsaid.ComeonHansthereisnotimeto
spare.
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Chapter6
KANEKE'S FRIENDS
Iknowofnogreaterpick-me-upforatiredmanthanthesightofabody
ofenemiesrunningonhisspoorwiththeclearanddefiniteobjectofput-
tinganendtohismortalexistence.Onthisoccasionforinstancesud-
denlyIfeltquitefreshagainandcoveredthathalf-milewhichlay
betweenusandthecampinalmostrecordtime.Sodidtheothertwofor
the three of us arrived there nearly neck and neck.
AswescrambledintotheplaceIobservedwithjoythatTomandJerry
hadtakeninthesituationforalreadytheporterswereengagedinpiling
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