CHAPTER XI.
SERGEANT FORREST.
The Brownbie party returned, after their midnight raid, in great discomfiture to Boolabong.

Their leader, Jerry, was burned about his hands and face in a disagreeable and unsightly manner.

Joe had hardly made good that character for "fighting it out to the end" for which he was apt to claim credit.

Boscobel was altogether disconcerted by his fall.

And Nokes, who had certainly shown no aptitude for the fray, was abused by them all as having caused their retreat by his cowardice; while Sing Sing, the runaway cook, who knew that he had forfeited his wages at Gangoil, was forced to turn over in his heathenish mind the ill effects of joining the losing side.