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15 - The Map of Blood · Tarzan and the Golden Lion

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  Speaker 1: Chapter fifteen, The Map of Blood. After Esteban and Oasa
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  Speaker 1: had buried the gold, they returned to the spot where
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  Speaker 1: they had left their five boys, and, proceeding with them
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  Speaker 1: to the river, made camp for the night. Here they
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  Speaker 1: discussed their plans, deciding to abandon the balance of the
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  Speaker 1: party to reach the coast as best they might while
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  Speaker 1: they returned to another section of the coast where they
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  Speaker 1: could recruit sufficient porters to carry out the gold instead
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  Speaker 1: of going all the way back to the coast for porters,
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  Speaker 1: asked Esteban, why could we not just as well recruit
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  Speaker 1: them from the nearest village. Such men would not go
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  Speaker 1: with us way to the coast, replied o Waza, They
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  Speaker 1: are not porters at best. They would but carry our
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  Speaker 1: gold to the next village. Why not that, then, inquired
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  Speaker 1: the Spaniard. And at the next village we could employ
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  Speaker 1: porters to carry us still farther until we could employ
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  Speaker 1: other men to continue on with us. O Waza shook
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  Speaker 1: his head. It is a good plan, Buana, but we
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  Speaker 1: cannot do it because we have nothing with which to
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  Speaker 1: pay our porters. Esteban scratched his head. Chew all right,
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  Speaker 1: he said, but they would save us that damnable trip
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  Speaker 1: to the coast and return for some moments in silence,
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  Speaker 1: thinking I have it, at last, exclaimed the Spaniard. Even
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  Speaker 1: if we had the porters, now we could not go
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  Speaker 1: directly to the coast, for fear of meeting Flora Hawks's party.
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  Speaker 1: We must let them get out of Africa before we
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  Speaker 1: take the gold to the coast. Two months will be
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  Speaker 1: none too long to wait, for they are going to
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  Speaker 1: have a devil of a time getting to the coast
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  Speaker 1: at all with that bunch of mutinous porters while we
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  Speaker 1: are waiting. Therefore, let us take one of the ingots
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  Speaker 1: of gold to the nearest point at which we can
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  Speaker 1: dispose of it for trade goods. Then we can return
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  Speaker 1: and hire porters to carry it from village to village.
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  Speaker 1: The Bana speaks words of wisdom, replied Ohaza. It is
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  Speaker 1: not as far to the nearest trading post as it
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  Speaker 1: is back to the coast, and thus we shall not
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  Speaker 1: only save time, but also many long hard marches. In
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  Speaker 1: the morning, then we shall return and unearth one of
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  Speaker 1: the ingots. But we must be sure that none of
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  Speaker 1: your men accompanies us, for no one must know until
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  Speaker 1: it is absolutely necessary. Where the gold is buried. When
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  Speaker 1: we return for it, of course, then others must know too.
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  Speaker 1: But inasmuch as we shall be with it constantly thereafter
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  Speaker 1: there will be little danger of it being taken from us.
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  Speaker 1: And so upon the following morning, the span Yard and
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  Speaker 1: Owaza returned to the buried treasure, where they unearthed a
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  Speaker 1: single ingot. Before he left the spot, the Spaniard drew
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  Speaker 1: upon the inner surface of the leopard skin that he
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  Speaker 1: wore across his shoulder, an accurate map of the location
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  Speaker 1: of the treasure, making the drawing with a sharpened stick
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  Speaker 1: dipped in the blood of a small rodent he had
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  Speaker 1: killed for the purpose. From Owaza he obtained the native
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  Speaker 1: names for the river and of such landmarks as were
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  Speaker 1: visible from the spot at which the treasure was buried,
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  Speaker 1: together with as explicit directions as possible for reaching the
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  Speaker 1: place from the coast. This information, too, he wrote below
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  Speaker 1: the map, and when he had finished, he felt much
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  Speaker 1: relieved from the fear that should aught befall o Waza,
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  Speaker 1: he might never be able to locate the gold. When
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  Speaker 1: Jane Clayton reached the coast to take passage for London,
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  Speaker 1: she found awaiting her a wire staying that her father
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  Speaker 1: was entirely out of danger, and that there was no
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  Speaker 1: necessity for her coming to him. She therefore, after a
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  Speaker 1: few days of rest, turned her face again toward home
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  Speaker 1: and commenced to retrace her steps of the long, hot,
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  Speaker 1: weary journey that she had just completed. When finally she
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  Speaker 1: arrived at the bungalow, she learned to her consternation that
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan of the Apes had not yet returned from his
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  Speaker 1: expedition to the city of Opar after the gold from
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  Speaker 1: the treasure vaults. She found Korak evidently much exercised, but
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  Speaker 1: unwilling to voice a doubt as to the ability of
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  Speaker 1: his follow to care for himself. She learned of the
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  Speaker 1: escape of the Golden Lion with regret, for she knew
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  Speaker 1: that Tarzan had become much attached to the noble beast.
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  Speaker 1: It was the second day after her return that the
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  Speaker 1: Waziri who had accompanied Tarzan returned without him. Then, indeed,
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  Speaker 1: was her heart filled with fear for her lord and master.
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  Speaker 1: She questioned the man carefully, and when she learned from
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  Speaker 1: them that Tarzan had suffered another accident that had again
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  Speaker 1: affected his memory, she immediately announced that she would set
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  Speaker 1: out on the following day in search of him, Commanding
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  Speaker 1: the Wazir who had just returned to accompany her. Korak
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  Speaker 1: attempted to dissuade her, but, failing in that, insisted upon
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  Speaker 1: accompanying her. We must not all be away at once.
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  Speaker 1: She said, you remain here, my son. If I fail,
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  Speaker 1: I shall return and let you go. I cannot let
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  Speaker 1: you go alone, mother, replied Korak. I am not alone
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  Speaker 1: when the Waziri air with me, she laughed. And you
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  Speaker 1: know perfectly well, boy, that I am as safe anywhere
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  Speaker 1: in the heart of Africa with them as I am
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  Speaker 1: here at the ranch. Yes, yes, I suppose, he replied,
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  Speaker 1: But I wish I might go, or that Mariam were here. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I too wish that Mariam were here, replied Lady Greystoke. However,
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  Speaker 1: do not worry. You know that my jungle craft, while
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  Speaker 1: not equal to that of Tarzan or Korak, is by
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  Speaker 1: no means a poor asset, and that surrounded by the
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  Speaker 1: loyalty and bravery of the Wazirri, I shall be safe.
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  Speaker 1: I suppose you are right, replied Korak. But I do
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  Speaker 1: not like to see you go without me, And so,
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  Speaker 1: notwithstanding his objections, Jane Clayton set out the next morning
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  Speaker 1: with fifty Waziri warriors in search of her savage mate.
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  Speaker 1: When Estebon and Oaza had not returned to the camp
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  Speaker 1: as they had promised, the other members of the party
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  Speaker 1: were at first inclined to anger, which was later replaced
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  Speaker 1: by concern, not so much for the safety of the Spaniard,
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  Speaker 1: but for fear that o Waza might have met with
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  Speaker 1: an accident and would not return to take them in
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  Speaker 1: safety to the coast. For of all the blacks, he
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  Speaker 1: alone seemed competent to handle the surly and mutinous carriers.
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  Speaker 1: The Negro scouted the idea that Owaza had become lost,
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  Speaker 1: and were more inclined to the opinion that he and
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  Speaker 1: Estabon had deliberately deserted them. Luvini, who acted as headman
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  Speaker 1: in Oaza's absence, had a theory of his own. Oaza
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  Speaker 1: and the Buena have gone after the Ivory raiders alone.
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  Speaker 1: By trickery. They may accomplish as much as we could
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  Speaker 1: have accomplished by force, and there will only be two
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  Speaker 1: among whom to divide the ivory. But how may two
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  Speaker 1: men overcome a band of raiders? Inquired Flora skeptically. You
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  Speaker 1: do not know Oaza, answered Lubini. If he can gain
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  Speaker 1: the ears of their slaves, he will win them over.
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  Speaker 1: And when the Arabs see that he who accompanies Oaza
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  Speaker 1: and who fights at the head of the mutinous slaves
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  Speaker 1: as Tarzan of the Apes, they will flee in terror.
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  Speaker 1: I believe he is right, muttered Krasky. It sounds just
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  Speaker 1: like the Spaniard. And then suddenly he turned upon Levini.
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  Speaker 1: Can you lead us to the raiders camp, he demanded, Yes,
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  Speaker 1: replied the Negro. Good, exclaimed Krasky. And now, Flora, what
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  Speaker 1: do you think of this plan? Let us send a
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  Speaker 1: swift runner to the Raiders, warning them against the Waza
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  Speaker 1: and the Spaniard, and telling them that the latter is
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  Speaker 1: not Tarzan of the Apes but an impostor. We can
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  Speaker 1: ask them to capture and hold the two until we come,
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  Speaker 1: and after we arrive we can make such further plans
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  Speaker 1: as the circumstances permit. Very possibly we can carry out
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  Speaker 1: our original design after we have once entered their camp
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  Speaker 1: as friends. Yes, that sounds good, replied Flora. And it
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  Speaker 1: is certainly crooked enough, just like you yourself. The Russian
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  Speaker 1: blushed birds of a feather, he quoted. The girl shrugged
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  Speaker 1: her shoulders indifferently. But Blueber, who with peoples in Throck
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  Speaker 1: had been silent listeners to the conversation, blustered. What do
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  Speaker 1: you mean buds with feathers? He demanded. Hoove's a crook,
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  Speaker 1: I tell you, mister Carle Krasky, I am an honest man.
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  Speaker 1: That is fun thing that no man don't say about
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  Speaker 1: Adolf Blueber. He is a crook. Oh, shut up, snapped Krasky.
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  Speaker 1: If there's anything in it, you'll be for it. If
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  Speaker 1: there's no risk. These fellows stole the ivory themselves and
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  Speaker 1: killed a lot of people probably to do it. In addition,
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  Speaker 1: they have taken slaves, which we will free O well,
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  Speaker 1: said Blueber, if it is fair and equivotable, fine, all right,
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  Speaker 1: but just remember, mister Krasky, that I am an honest man.
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  Speaker 1: Blay Me, exclaimed Throc.
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  Speaker 2: We're all honest. I've never seen shut a downy bunch
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  Speaker 2: of parsons in ormy life. Sure we're honest, roared John
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  Speaker 2: Peebles and anyone it says we ain't. It's his baldy
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  Speaker 2: head knocked off and here we are. And that's that.
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  Speaker 1: The girl smiled wearily. You can always tell honest men,
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  Speaker 1: she said. They go around telling the world how honest
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  Speaker 1: they are. But never mind that. The thing now is
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  Speaker 1: to decide whether we want to follow Krasky's suggestion or not.
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  Speaker 1: It's something we've got all pretty well to agree upon
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  Speaker 1: before we undertake it. There are five of us. Let's
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  Speaker 1: leave it to a vote. Do we or don't we?
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  Speaker 1: Will the men accompany us, asked Krasky, turning to Luvigni.
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  Speaker 1: If they are promised to share of the ivory, they will,
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  Speaker 1: replied the black How many are in favor of Karl's plan,
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  Speaker 1: asked Flora. They were unanimously for it, and so it
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  Speaker 1: was decided that they would undertake the venture, and a
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  Speaker 1: half hour later our runner was dispatched on the trail
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  Speaker 1: to the raider's camp with a message for the raider chief.
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  Speaker 1: Shortly after, the party broke camp and took up its
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  Speaker 1: march in the same direction. A week later, when they
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  Speaker 1: had reached the camp of the raiders, they found that
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  Speaker 1: their messenger had arrived safely and that they were expected
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  Speaker 1: Esteban and Owasa had not put in an appearance, nor
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  Speaker 1: had anything been seen or heard of them in the vicinity.
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  Speaker 1: The result was that the Arabs were inclined to be
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  Speaker 1: suspicious and surly, fearing that the message brought to them
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  Speaker 1: had been but a ruse to permit this considerable body
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  Speaker 1: of whites and armed blacks to enter their stockade in safety.
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  Speaker 1: Jane Clayton and her Waziri, moving rapidly, picked up the
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  Speaker 1: spore of Flora Hawks's safari at the camp where the
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  Speaker 1: Wazii had last seen Esteban, whom they still thought to
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  Speaker 1: have been Tarzan of the Apes. Following the plainly marked
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  Speaker 1: trail and moving much more rapidly than the Hawks Safari,
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  Speaker 1: Jane and the Waziri made camp within a mile of
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  Speaker 1: the ivory Raiders only about a week after the Hawks
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  Speaker 1: party had arrived, and where they still remained, waiting either
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  Speaker 1: for the coming of Owaza and Esteban or for a
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  Speaker 1: propitious moment in which they could launch their traitorous assault
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  Speaker 1: upon the A Rabs. In the meantime, Luvini and some
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  Speaker 1: of the other Blacks had succeeded in secretly spreading the
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  Speaker 1: propaganda of revolt among the slaves of the A Rabs.
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  Speaker 1: Though he reported his progress daily to Flora Hawks, he
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  Speaker 1: did not report the steady growths and development of a
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  Speaker 1: little private plan of his own, which contemplated, in addition
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  Speaker 1: to the revolt of the slaves and the slaying of
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  Speaker 1: the Arabs, of all the whites in the camp, with
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  Speaker 1: the exception of Flora Hawks, whom Luvini wished to preserve,
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  Speaker 1: either for himself or for sale to some black sultan
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  Speaker 1: of the north. It was Luvini's shrewd plan to first
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  Speaker 1: slay the Arabs with the assistance of the whites, and
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  Speaker 1: then to fall upon the whites and slay them after
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  Speaker 1: their body servants had stolen their weapons from them, that
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  Speaker 1: Luvini would have been able to carry out his plan
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  Speaker 1: with ease. There is little doubt had it not been
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  Speaker 1: for the loyalty and affection of a young black boy
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  Speaker 1: attached to Flora Hawks for her personal service. The young
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  Speaker 1: white woman, notwithstanding the link to which she would go
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  Speaker 1: in the satisfaction of her greed and avarice, was a
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  Speaker 1: kind and indulgent mistress. The kindnesses she had shown this
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  Speaker 1: ignorant little black boy were presently to return her dividends
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  Speaker 1: far beyond her investment. Luvigni had been to her upon
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  Speaker 1: a certain afternoon to advise her that all was ready,
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  Speaker 1: and that the revolt of the slaves and the murder
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  Speaker 1: of the Arabs should take place that evening, immediately after dark.
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  Speaker 1: The cupidity of the whites had long been aroused by
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  Speaker 1: the store of ivory possessed by the raiders, with the
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  Speaker 1: result that all were more than eager for the final
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  Speaker 1: step of the conspiracy that would put them in possession
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  Speaker 1: of considerable wealth. It was just before the evening meal
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  Speaker 1: that the little Negro boy crept into Flora Hawk's tent.
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  Speaker 1: He was very wide eyed and terribly frightened. What's the matter,
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  Speaker 1: she demanded sh He cautioned, do not let them hear
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  Speaker 1: you speak to me, but put your ear close to
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  Speaker 1: me while I tell you in a low voice, what
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  Speaker 1: Luvini is planning. The girl bent her head close to
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  Speaker 1: the lips of the little black You have been kind
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  Speaker 1: to me, he whispered, and now that Luvini would harm you,
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  Speaker 1: I have come to tell you. What do you mean,
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  Speaker 1: exclaimed Flora in a low voice. I mean that Luvini,
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  Speaker 1: after the Arabs are killed, has given orders that the
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  Speaker 1: black boys kill all the white men and take you prisoner.
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  Speaker 1: He intends to either keep you for himself, or to
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  Speaker 1: sell you in the north for a great sum of money.
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  Speaker 1: But how do you know all this, demanded the girl.
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  Speaker 1: All the blacks in the camp know it, replied the boy.
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  Speaker 1: I was to have stolen your rifle, on your pistol,
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  Speaker 1: as each of the boys will steal the weapons of
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  Speaker 1: his white master. The girl sprang to her feet. I'll
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  Speaker 1: teach that nigger a lesson, she cried, seizing her pistol
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  Speaker 1: and striding toward the flap of the tent. The boy
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  Speaker 1: seized her about the knees and held her. No, no,
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  Speaker 1: he cried, do not do it, Do not say anything.
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  Speaker 1: It will only mean that they will kill the white
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  Speaker 1: men sooner and take you prisoner. Just the same, every
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  Speaker 1: black boy in camp is against you. Luvini has promised
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  Speaker 1: that the ivory shall be divided equally among them all.
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  Speaker 1: They are ready now. And if you should threaten Levini,
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  Speaker 1: or if in any other way they should learn that
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  Speaker 1: you were aware of the plot, they would fall upon
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  Speaker 1: you immediately. What do you expect me to do, then,
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  Speaker 1: she asked, There is but one hope, and that is
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  Speaker 1: in flight. You and the white men must escape into
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  Speaker 1: the jungle. Not even I may accompany you. The girl
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  Speaker 1: stood looking at the little boy in silence for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: and then finally she said, very well, I will do
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  Speaker 1: as you say. You have saved my life. Perhaps I
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  Speaker 1: may never be able to repay you, and perhaps again
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  Speaker 1: I may go now before suspicion alights upon you. The
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  Speaker 1: Black withdrew from the tent, crawling beneath the back wall
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  Speaker 1: to avoid being seen by any of his fellows, who
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  Speaker 1: were in the center of the camp, from which the
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  Speaker 1: front of the tent was in plain view. Immediately he
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  Speaker 1: was gone, Flora walked casually into the open and went
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  Speaker 1: to Krasky's tent, which the Russian occupied in common with Blueber.
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  Speaker 1: She found the two men, and, in low whispers apprised
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  Speaker 1: them of what the Black had told her. Cresky then
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  Speaker 1: called Peebles and Throck. It was decided that they should
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  Speaker 1: give no outward sign of holding any suspicion that aught
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  Speaker 1: was wrong. The Englishmen were for jumping in upon the
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  Speaker 1: Blacks and annihilating them, but Flora hawks dessuaded them from
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  Speaker 1: any such rash act by pointing out how greatly they
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  Speaker 1: were outnumbered by the natives, and how hopeless it would
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  Speaker 1: be to attempt to overpower them. Blueber, with his usual
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  Speaker 1: cunning and shrewdness, which inclined always to double dealing where
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  Speaker 1: there was the slightest possibility for it, suggested that they
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  Speaker 1: secretly advised the Arabs of what they had learned, and
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  Speaker 1: joining forces with them, take up as strong a position
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  Speaker 1: in the camp as possible, and commenced to fire into
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  Speaker 1: the Blacks without waiting for their attack. Again, Flora hawks
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  Speaker 1: vetoed the suggestion. It will not do, she said, for
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  Speaker 1: the Arabs are at heart as much our enemies as
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  Speaker 1: the Blacks. If we were successful in subduing the Niggers,
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  Speaker 1: it would be but a question of minutes before the
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  Speaker 1: Arabs knew every detail of the plot that we had
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  Speaker 1: laid against them, after which our lives would not be
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  Speaker 1: worth that. And she snapped her fingers. I guess Flora
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  Speaker 1: is right as usual, growled peebles. But what nail are
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  Speaker 1: we going to do wandering round in this heated jungle
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  Speaker 1: without no niggers to hunt for us, or cook for us,
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  Speaker 1: or carry things for us and find our way for us?
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'd like to know. And here we are,
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  Speaker 1: and that's that. No, I guess there ain't nothing else
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  Speaker 1: to do, said Throc, But blow me if our locks
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  Speaker 1: to run away, says I least twise, not from no
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  Speaker 1: dirty niggers. There came then to the ears of the whites,
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  Speaker 1: rumbling from the far distance in the jungle, the roar
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  Speaker 1: of a lion. Oy oy, cried Blueber. If you go
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  Speaker 1: out all alone and dut jungle mine got, I'd just
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  Speaker 1: as soon stay here and get killed like a whiteman.
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  Speaker 1: They won't kill you like a white man, said Krasky.
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  Speaker 1: They'll torture you if you stay. Blueber wrung his hands
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  Speaker 1: and a sweat of fear rolled down his oily face.
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  Speaker 2: Oi fight, did I dun it?
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  Speaker 1: Fight?
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  Speaker 2: Did I dun it?
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  Speaker 1: He wailed? Why didn't I stay home in London for
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  Speaker 1: abby long? Shut up, snapped Flora. Don't you know that
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  Speaker 1: if you do anything to arouse the suspicion of these fellows,
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  Speaker 1: they will be on us at once. There is only
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  Speaker 1: one thing for us to do, and that is to
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  Speaker 1: wait until they precipitate the attack upon the a Rams.
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  Speaker 1: We will still have our weapons, for they do not
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  Speaker 1: plan to steal them from us until after the a
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  Speaker 1: Rabs are killed. In the confusion of the fight. We
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  Speaker 1: must make our escape into the jungle, and after that
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  Speaker 1: God knows, and God help us, Yes, blubbered Blueber, who
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  Speaker 1: was in a blue funk. God's help us. A moment later,
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  Speaker 1: Luvini came to them. All is ready, buanas he said,
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  Speaker 1: as soon as the evening meal has been eaten, be
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: in readiness. You will hear a shot that will be
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: the signal. Then open fire upon the Arabs. Good, said Krasky.
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: We have just been talking about it, and we have
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: decided that we will take our stand near the gate
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: to prevent their escape. It is well, said Luvini. But
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: you must remain here, he was addressing Flora. It would
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: not be safe for you to be where there is fighting.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: Remain here in your tint, and we will confine the
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: fighting to the other set of village, impossibly to the gate,
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: if any of them makes a break for escape. All right,
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: said Flora, I will remain here where it is safe.
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: Satisfy that things could not have worked into his hands
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: to better advantage than Black left them. And presently the
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: entire camp was occupied with the evening meal. There was
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: an atmosphere of restraint and high nervous tension throughout the
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: entire camp. That must have been noticeable even to the Arabs,
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: though they alone of the entire company, were ignorant as
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: to its cause. Blueber was so terrified that he could
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: not eat, but sat white and trembling, with his eyes
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: roving wildly about the camp, first to the Blacks, then
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: to the Arabs, and then to the gate, the distance
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: to which he must have measured a hundred times as
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: he sat there waiting for the shot that was to
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: be the signal for the massacre that was to send
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: him out into the jungle to be he surely thought
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: the immediate prey of the first hunting lion that passed
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: Peeples in throck ate their meals stolidly, much to Blueber's disgust. Krasky,
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: being of a highly nervous temperament, ate but little but
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: he showed no signs of fear, nor did Flora Hawks,
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: though at heart she realized the hopelessness of their situation.
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: Darkness had fallen. Some of the Blacks and Arabs were
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: still eating when suddenly the silence was shattered by the
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: sharps to caught a report of a rifle, and Arabs
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: sank silently to the earth. Crasky rose and grasped Flora
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: by the arm. Come, he cried, followed by peoples in throck,
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: and preceded by Bluebird, to whose feet Fright had lent wings.
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: They hurried toward the gate of the palisade. By now
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: the air was filled with the hoarse cries of fighting
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: men and the report of rifles. The Arabs, who had
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: numbered but about a dozen, were putting up a game fight,
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: and being far better marksmen than the Blacks. The issue
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: of the battle was still in doubt when Krasky opened
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: the gate and the five whites fled into the darkness
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: of the jungle. The outcome of the fight within the
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: camp could not have been other than it was, for
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: so greatly did the Blacks outnumber the Arabs that eventually,
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: notwithstanding their poor marksmanship, they succeeded in shooting down the
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: last of the nomads of the north. Then it was
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: that Luvini turned his attention to the other whites, only
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: to discover that they had fled the village. The Black
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: realized two things instantly. One was that some one had
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: betrayed him, and the other that the Whites could not
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: have gone far in the short time, since they had
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: left the camp. Calling his warriors about him, he explained
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: to them what had happened, and impressing upon them that
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: the whites, if permitted to escape, would eventually return with
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: reinforcements to punish the blacks. He aroused his followers, who
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: now numbered over two hundred warriors, to the necessity of
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: setting out immediately upon the trail of the fugitives and
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: overtaking them before they could carry word even to the
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: neighboring village, the nearest of which was not more than
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: a day's march distant. End of chapter