"'Fraid he going to tell us Asiki come attack," said Jeekie, shaking his
head. "Hope they give us time breakfast first."
"No doubt," answered Alan nervously, for he feared the result of that
attack.
Then the man arrived breathless and began to gasp out his news, which
filled Alan with delight and caused a look of utter amazement to appear
upon the broad face of Jeekie. It was to the effect that he had climbed
a high tree as he had been bidden to do, and from the top of that tree
by the light of the first rays of the rising sun, miles away on the
plain beyond the forest, he had seen the Asiki army in full retreat.
"Thank God!" exclaimed Alan.
"Yes, Major, but that very rum story. Jeekie can't swallow it all at
once. Must send out see none of them left behind. P'raps they play
trick, but if they really gone, 'spose it 'cause guns frightens them
so much. Always think powder very great 'vention, especially when enemy
hain't got none, and quite sure of it now. Jeekie very, very seldom
wrong. Soon believe," he added with a burst of confidence, "that Jeekie
never wrong at all. He look for truth so long that at last he find it
_always_.
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