24/34 "Compton, cover that Arab Hassan with your rifle, and Venning, take the man to the right. If they move their weapons, shoot." Hassan snarled and turned a furious face to the Belgian. "This is your folly!" he hissed. "Why didn't you fire at once ?" Mr.Hume repeated his orders in the native tongue, and the cowed men, using their paddles, turned the long canoe round. Follow them"-- this to the boys, who immediately picked up their sculls. |