Can you hear us talking ?" "Hardly.

Will you be long ?" "Another minute." He descended and told Mir Jan what the miss-sahib said.

The native was about to make a search when Jenks stopped him.
"Here,"-- he handed the man his revolver--"I suppose you can use this ?" Mir Jan took it without a word, and Jenks felt that the incident atoned for previous unworthy doubts of his dark friend's honesty.

The Mahommedan cautiously examined the back of the house, the neighboring shrubs, and the open beach.

After a brief absence he reported all safe, yet no man has ever been nearer death and escaped it than he during that reconnaissance.