They think it so cowardly." "Let them, in their ignorance," I said.

"It seems to me far more cowardly to hide one's self behind a stone and bring down with a rifle a man who can't reach them." "Perhaps so.

But where are we making for ?" "That clump of rocks right out yonder, that looks like a town." "But they're making for that too," said Denham, shading his eyes by pulling down the rim of his soft felt hat.
"Yes," I said; "and there's another body behind us, and one on each flank.

We're surrounded." "Then why doesn't the Colonel call a halt and let us stand shoulder to shoulder and fight it out with the ring ?" "Because he wants to save all our lives, I suppose." "`He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day,'" said Denham, with a bitter sneer.

"Oh, I'm sick of it.