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Doctor Fleming and Gregory joined him and, all cheering to encourage the Soudanese, made a determined stand. Gregory and Zaki kept up a steady fire with their Remingtons, and picked off several of the most determined of their assailants.
I believe that many of the captives who have been released will be sent down that way; and, of course, I shall be glad to give your sisters enough to keep them, for some time, at Berber." "My lord is too good," Zaki said gratefully. "Nonsense, Zaki! You saved my life, and I owe you a great deal.
They may be Colonel Parsons' force, and on the other hand they may be Dervishes, who have closed in behind him to cut off his retreat." "They are not Dervishes, master," Zaki said, after a long, steady look. "They have not white turbans. Some of their clothes are light, and some dark; but all have dark caps, like those the Soudanese troops wear." "That is good enough, Zaki.
"While you were away, Master, I had been walking through the town; and when I was passing near the outskirts, a woman came to a door, and looked very hard at me. Then she suddenly drew aside the cloth from her face and cried, 'Surely it is Zaki! "Then I knew her she was my elder sister. Then another woman came to the door it was my younger sister, and you can imagine my joy.
Soon after six o'clock, they rode down to the river bank opposite the town; and, in answer to their signals, a large native boat was rowed across to them. After some trouble the camels were got on board, and in a quarter of an hour they landed. "Take the camels up to my house, Zaki. I must go and report myself, at headquarters."
The next day, Zaki aided in carrying his sisters' goods down to the river bank, and saw them on board one of the native craft, which carried also fifteen or twenty other fugitives. "Now, Mr. Hilliard," General Hunter said, that morning, "you can devote yourself to the object for which you came here. Unquestionably, there must be many among the prisoners who fought at El Obeid.
Two competitors for the Crown appeared in the South, in the persons of Fateh Ali Shah's own father, and a son of Zaki Khan Zend; but both, as well as the Shekaki chief who advanced similar claims in the North, and Nadir Mirza, grandson of the great Nadir Shah, who had entered Khorasan from Afghanistan, and raised the standard of revolt, were soon defeated and driven into submission.
We will go quietly, till we are well away." Not another word was spoken, till they had gone half a mile. "We will mount now, Zaki. The horses can see better than we. We will go at a walk. I dare not strike a light to look at the compass, but there are the stars. I do not see the north star, it must be hidden by the mist, lower down; but the others give us the direction, quite near enough to go by.
It was just midnight when they saw the river before them. "We can't go wrong now, Zaki." "That is a comfort. How many miles are we above its junction with the White Nile?" "I don't know." They rode steadily on, and day was just breaking when he exclaimed: "There are some buildings opposite. That must be Khartoum. We shall be opposite Omdurman in another hour."
At the hour named, Gregory went on board the Zafir; Zaki accompanying him, with his small portmanteau and blanket. "I see you are punctual, Mr. Hilliard," the commander said, cheerily; "a great virtue everywhere, but especially on board ship, where everything goes by clockwork. Eight bells will sound in two minutes, and as they do so, my black fellow will come up and announce the meal.
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