“They slipped out behind us, all but the one inside,” said Royds, ruefully; “I’m hanged if I know yet how it happened - but we were on them next second. Before that the nigger had made us hide him in the grass, but the old devil ran straight into him, and the one fired as the other struck. It’s the worst bit of luck in the whole business, and I’m rather disappointed on the whole. I’ve been nursing the job all this week; had my last look round this very evening,
“They slipped out behind us, all but the one inside,” said Royds, ruefully; “I’m hanged if I know yet how it happened - but we were on them next second. Before that the nigger had made us hide him in the grass, but the old devil ran straight into him, and the one fired as the other struck. It’s the worst bit of luck in the whole business, and I’m rather disappointed on the whole. I’ve been nursing the job all this week; had my last look round this very evening,
