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This is a very old, historic town of France, and the sentiment of the French people would not have it shelled. So we lay these weeks within cooee of a nest of our enemies, who were permitted the safety and comfort of a peaceful home almost within our lines. There are other places along the line where we are under the same disadvantage.
Later on, he wondered a little how far the apparent inconsequence of her next question was the result of chance. "What about Cooee?" she asked, in a voice as low as his own had been. He hesitated. Then he looked up at her steadily. "Miss Mellen, I am sure I don't know," he answered gravely. "Beastly shame that the Boers hadn't buried themselves instead of the guns!"
It had taken him eleven days to cover the seventy miles to and fro, and he had had very little to eat. However, to his surprise, one morning, on his way back he heard a cooee from the opposite bank of the Creek, and saw Pitchery, the chief of the friendly blacks, beckoning to him to come to their camp. Pitchery made him sit down by a fire, upon which a large pile of fish was cooking.
"Cooee Dent!" "Yes, dear." The girl's tone was nonchalant, even while the telltale color came into her cheeks. "What are you doing here?" "Visiting you, of course." "Visiting me! But, Cooee, I really don't know where I can put you." With perfect composure, Ethel passed her hand over the surface of the cot. "Oh, I think this nutmeg-grater will carry two.
My cooee was answered by natives within the forest, and, shortly afterwards four men came running out of it, and approached us most familiarly. They spoke English tolerably, knew the pipe, tobacco, bread, rice, ponies, guns, etc.; and guided us to a fine lagoon, which I named after the leading man of their tribe, "Nyuall's Lagoon."
About a couple of miles out, the old woman alighted and slipped a rail; and having passed the only other house within cooee, they drove through a paddock, but at a walking-pace, because of the thousands of rabbit-burrows that perforated the ground. Another slip-rail lowered, they drew up at the foot of a steepish hill, beside a sandy little vegetable garden, a shed and a pump.
Then he heard a swift intake of the breath, followed by Carew's voice, the drawling, languid voice which Weldon had learned to associate with moments of deep excitement. "Say, Weldon, some beggar has hit me in the shoulder!" Then of a sudden Weldon realized that at last he knew what it meant to be under fire. "Oh, truce! Truce!" Alice Mellen protested. "Don't talk shop, Cooee."
At this time a fine water-hole was at hand, and invited us to stop and make our luncheon on dried beef and a pot of tea. Whilst I was preparing the tea, Brown went to shoot pigeons; and, whilst thus employed, he was surprised by the cooee of a Blackfellow; and, on looking round, he saw one on the opposite bank of the creek making signs to him, as if to ask in what direction we were going.
I cooeed, which disturbed the dogs of the camp; but the cold wind blew so strong from the east, that I feared Charley would either not hear my cooee, or I not his. The discharge of his gun, however, showed me where he was, and we were soon together again. We passed the camp; the fires sparkled most comfortably in the cold night. We examined the creek, but saw neither natives nor water.
I need not point out to you that your refusal to answer will prejudice your case considerably in any future proceedings which may arise. "Witness: I must still refuse. "The Coroner: I understand that the cry of 'Cooee' was a common signal between you and your father? "Witness: It was.
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