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As it came nearer she could see the bobbing heads of Emus, popping up above the dust, and she could see some of the birds running round the little cloud. "What is the cause of all that dust?" she asked the Emu. "Sheep!" it answered with a merry chuckle. "But what are the Emus doing with the sheep?" asked Dot and the Kangaroo, now fully interested in the Emu's manoeuvre.
'Among them were, perhaps, some curious native shoes, made of emu's feathers they are called Interlinia or, by white men, Kurdaitcha shoes? 'I don't remember the name, said Miss Markham, 'but he had quite a number of them. The natives wear them to conceal their tracks when they go on a revenge party. Merton's guess was now a certainty.
Logan, or rather Fastcastle, does not unto this day, know the secret of the Emu's feathers, though, later, he sorely tried the secretiveness of Merton, as shall be shown in the following narrative. I. At Castle Skrae 'How vain a thing is wealth, said Merton.
"What a wedding present I would make her," proceeded Fanny, brightening perceptibly; "I would give her my best Indian table, only I always meant that for Ermine. I think she must have the emu's egg set in Australian gold." "If she were to be induced by the bribe," said Colonel Keith, laughing, "I think Ermine would be sufficiently provided for by the emu's egg.
They found Captain Somers at home, in a neat little room for which he looked too big; a room furnished like the cabin of a ship, and decorated with the various things usually seen in a seaman's dwelling some emu's eggs, a lump of brain coral, baskets of tamarind seeds, and bunches of blackened seaweed.
As it came nearer she could see the bobbing heads of Emus, popping up above the dust, and she could see some of the birds running round the little cloud. "What is the cause of all that dust?" she asked the Emu. "Sheep!" it answered with a merry chuckle. "But what are the Emus doing with the sheep?" asked Dot and the Kangaroo, now fully interested in the Emu's manoeuvre.
About nine o'clock on the morning following Logan's arrival at Kirkburn Merton was awakened: the servant handed to him a telegram. 'Come instantly. Highly important. Logan, Kirkburn. Merton dressed himself more rapidly than he had ever done, and caught the train leaving King's Cross at 10 a.m. II. The Emu's Feathers
Another fact, not so noteworthy in view of the general perversity of inanimate things, is, that you never see a mirage when you are watching for it to decide an argument. It always presents itself when you have no interest in it. In this quality of irredeemable cussedness it resembles the emu's nest.
'We must risk it, he said. 'And, in the changed circumstances, the tin might be raised on a post-obit. But he won't bid high; you may double safely enough. On considering these ideas Logan looked relieved. 'Now, he asked, 'about your plan; is it following the emu's feather? Merton nodded. 'But I must do it alone. The detectives must stay here.
When they were coming back he heard them singing the Song of the Setting Emu, a song which whoever finds the first emu's nest of the season always sings before getting back to the camp. Deegeenboyah jumped up as he heard the song, and started towards the camp of the Mullyan singing the same song, as if he too had found a nest.
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