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Over seventy miles of veld the gleam of the helio by day and the flash of the signal lamps at night marked the steady flow of the British tide. Here and there the columns came in touch with the enemy and swept him before them. French had a skirmish at Wilge River at the end of January, and Campbell another south of Middelburg, in which he had twenty casualties.
Boer pæan of victory Rations cut down Sausage without mystery The "helio" moves east Sick and dying at Intombi Famine prices at market Laughter quits the camps A kindly thing by the enemy Good news at last Heroes in tatters The distant tide of battle Pulse-like throb of rifles Two sons for the Empire British infantry on Monte Cristo Boer ambulances moving north "'Ave you 'eard the noos?"
I don't know the Morse code of flash telegraphy, and for aught I know it may not have been Morse; but it certainly was a signal, and when I tell you that it came from the Ting Yuen, and from the same cabin, so far as I can judge, as the `helio' message was sent from at Tien-tsin, you will see why I thought it best to call you." "You were quite right, Drake," replied the captain.
No wonder I delayed my departure! I left at last, however not without the loaf of bread and made for the camp. I had not gone far before I met one of the burghers, who told me Steyn and De Wet had gone up to the helio post a little while before. What would they say when they found me absent from my post!
Mingled with his voice, the Inter-Allied announcer was saying: "Greater-New York 10.32 Martian Helio, via Tokyohama: Little People Proclamation " A man standing near the tape switched off the droning voice. At the receiving table, every few seconds came the buzz of the laboratory's call. Wrangel Island again calling Robins; but no one paid any heed. Argo finished at the mirror.
The message that the helio twinkled out was as follows: "Thirty large vessels, apparently transports, approaching from direction of Cherbourg and Brest about ten miles south-east by south." "Very good," said the Admiral, rubbing his hands. "Of course they think we're beaten. I've got five French cruisers that they'll recognise.
But the mail news, before I could even begin to handle my section of it, was far overshadowed. Venus, now at 8:44 was calling us by helio. The message came in the inter-planetary code, was decoded at National Headquarters, and from there flashed to us. The ruler of the Venus Central State was murdered! An almost incoherent message.
He had scarcely uttered the last word when a helio began to twinkle from the hill above Foreland. "That's bad news," said the Admiral, "but wait now, there's something else. It's a good job the sun's come out, though it doesn't look very healthy."
Ever know a Pathan commit a breach of hospitality?" "No. But it looks queer." For by now their audience had practically disappeared. The village wall was empty, save for one crouching figure, that sprang suddenly and silently to its full height, and brandished a bared sword: the blade flashing like a helio in the strong light. "What's the mutlub of that theatrical interlude?"
Years of planning, with plans maturing slowly, secretly, and bursting now like a spreading ray-bomb upon the three worlds at once. In Venus, the Cold Country had conquered its governing Central State. Tarrano's army there was in full control. The helio station in the Great City was now reinstated. The Tarrano officials had already set up their new government.
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