So be it.

We will not ask you to lead us to your hiding-place.

Is that so, Compton ?" "When he leads us," said Compton, nodding his head, "it will be at his own will." "At any rate," muttered Venning, "he has proved himself to be a man; but I wonder if he would have reached the shore ?" As he spoke the jackal howled, and the chief, who was still standing on the rail, slipped and fell with a splash.

They ran to the side, and the jackal, with another howl, sprang to the rail and thence into the river, where a second or two later it was in the troubled wake of the steamer, beating frantically with its fore paws.
"Man overboard!" shouted Mr.Hume.

"Stand by with a rope." But the Belgian skipper on the little bridge held to his course, while a small knot of coloured passengers aft stood laughing and chattering.
"Stop her, you swab," cried Mr.Hume; then, as the man took no notice, he ran to the wheel, thrust aside the steersman, and jammed the wheel over.
The displaced man, with an oath, flung himself at the hunter with the sympathy of the passengers, who, ceasing their laughter, advanced with menacing cries.
Before the boys had time to comprehend the situation, Mr.Hume settled the matter out of hand.