CHAPTER XI.
RESCUED.
Augusta woke up just as the dawn was stealing across the sodden sky.

It was the smarting of her shoulders that woke her.

She rose, leaving Dick yet asleep, and, remembering the turmoil of the night, hurried to the other hut.

It was empty.
She turned and looked about her.

About fifteen paces from where she was lay the shell that the two drunkards had used as a cup.