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THE RESCUE.
The second Quabie advance did not begin till about half-past seven.

Even savages love their lives and appreciate the fact that wounds hurt very much, and these were no exception to the rule.

Their first rush had taught them a bitter lesson, of which the fruit was evident in the crippled or dying men who rolled to and fro baked in the hot sun within a few yards of the stoep, not to speak of those who would never stir again.

Now, the space around the house being quite open and bare of cover, it was obvious that it could not be stormed without further heavy losses.