Then he do hyaena dodge and hook it."
Alan inspected the articles, nor did any shadow of doubt enter his mind.
"Certainly he managed very well," he said, "especially for a London-bred
man, but, Jeekie, what can have been his object?"
"Oh! who know, Major? Mind of man very strange and various thing; p'raps
he no bear to see you and Miss Barbara together; p'raps he bolt coast,
get ear of local magistrate before you; p'raps he sit up tree to shoot
you; p'raps nasty temper make him mad. But he gone any way, and I hope
he no meet Asiki, poor fellow, 'cause if so, who know? P'raps they knock
him on head, or if they think him you, they make him prisoner and keep
him quite long while before they let him go again."
"Well," said Alan, "he has gone of his own free will, so we have no
responsibility in the matter, and I can't pretend that I am sorry to
see the last of him, at any rate for the present. Let that poor beggar
loose, there seems to have been enough flogging in this place, and after
all he isn't much to blame."
Jeekie obeyed, apparently with much reluctance, and just then they saw
one of their own people running towards the camp.
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