The other was speared on two different occasions.

Both were bullies, wherefore there was a streak of cowardice in them, and in the end they had to give up.

They were chased away--literally chased away--by their own niggers.

And along came poor Hughie and me, two new chums, to take hold of that hard-bitten gang.
We did not know the situation, and we had bought Berande, and there was nothing to do but hang on and muddle through somehow.
"At first we made the mistake of indiscreet kindness.

We tried to rule by persuasion and fair treatment.