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"Now then, send on your Joeboy. Do you understand what for?" he now asked the black. "Um!" replied Joeboy. "Find the Doppies, and come back." "That's right," said Denham eagerly. "Creep up as close as you can, and then come and warn us. Oh, what a blessing to have a black skin, and no clothes to hide it!" "Joeboy go now?" "Yes.
Couldn't find at first," he said. "Joeboy went behind um. All out before Doppies." "Then you did find them?" I whispered joyfully. "Um? Yes, Joeboy find um. Went long way and then come back." "But how did you manage to find them in the dark?" "Um? Smell um," he said quietly. "Now, wait bit. Boss Val know what to say?" "Oh yes, I know," I said. "Get up," he whispered. "No Doppie here."
Hardly had this idea crossed my mind, sinking my spirits almost to despair, when a great figure loomed up before me. Joeboy was at my side. "Got um all, Boss Val," he said in a low tone. "Doppies come and stop us soon. Say, `Where you go?" "Yes; and we shall be turned back," I replied quickly. "Um? No.
"That's it, sir some one to tell the officer in command that we shall soon be on our last legs here; but if he'll como on and attack them in the rear, we'll be out and at 'em as soon as we hear the shooting; and if we didn't polish off the Doppies then, why, we should deserve to lose." "Briggs," said Denham warmly, "of course that's the plan.
I didn't think there were so many Doppies in the country. There are too many for us to kill, and so many that they won't run away. Why, we're nowhere. Yah! Cowards! That's the Boer all over. Look at them, lying down at a distance to pick us off. I don't call that fighting. Oh, Colonel, Colonel, this won't do!" He said the words to me, and the men within hearing laughed.
"Our fellows can ride, and there'll be no firing. The Doppies won't try to shoot for fear of hitting their own men, as it will be too dark for them to aim for us. Besides, we may steal through without being discovered." "Not likely," I said. "They'll be too cunning. Depend upon it, they'll have vedettes out all along the line."
"Plenty of prime beef and good fresh water, Briggs; but scarcely any cartridges." "That's right, sir; and so I took the liberty, when I got a chance, of saying a word to the Colonel." "What about?" "The Doppies' ammunition-wagons, sir." "Ah!" cried Denham, rising to his elbow.
Even if I had replied I should not have been able to finish my speech, for Joeboy now came up at a long loping run. He caught at Denham's bridle, checking the horse, while Sandho and the three troopers on my right stopped short, and the whole line of horsemen suddenly halted. "What is it?" said Denham. "Doppies all along," said Joeboy. "All this way; all that way," he continued, gesticulating.
But I was eating again heartily soon, the conversation of the men taking up my attention, for they were discussing what was to be done that evening. "It's only a reconnaissance," said one. "We're going to give the Doppies a stir-up to show them we're `all alive, oh!" "Nonsense," said another. "We shan't do anything; the Colonel don't care about working in the dark."
"Doppies'. All in a heap. Brought them all along."
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