"Tell Joeboy when he hear Doppie.

Joeboy tell Boss Val too." "Right," I said; and we went on again so silently that I did not hear my own footsteps in the sandy earth.
There was no risk of meeting with any impediment, for the veldt from the old fortress right away to the place where I had marked down the wagons was a smooth, undulating plain.

What we had to dread was coming across a Boer outpost or patrol; but I had little fear of that without ample warning, for I had had frequent experience in hunting expeditions of the keenness of Joeboy's senses of sight and hearing.

I was just beginning to wonder how long it would be before he gave me warning of any danger being near, when he stopped short again.

I closed up so that I could lay my hands upon his shoulders.