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The Search Party

           

           Atlengththesignalcameasharprattleofmusketry,andlikeoneman,anansweringvolleytorefromthejungletothewestandtothesouth.

           Thenativesinthefielddroppedtheirimplementsandbrokemadlyforthepalisade.TheFrenchbulletsmowedthemdown,andtheFrenchsailorsboundedovertheirprostratebodiesstraightforthevillagegate.

           Sosuddenandunexpectedtheassaulthadbeenthatthewhitesreachedthegatesbeforethefrightenednativescouldbarthem,andinanotherminutethevillagestreetwasfilledwitharmedmenfightinghandtohandinaninextricabletangle.

           Forafewmomentstheblacksheldtheirgroundwithintheentrancetothestreet,buttherevolvers,riflesandcutlassesoftheFrenchmencrumpledthenativespearmenandstruckdowntheblackarcherswiththeirbowshalfdrawn.

           Soonthebattleturnedtoawildrout,andthentoagrimmassacre;fortheFrenchsailorshadseenbitsofD’Arnot’suniformuponseveraloftheblackwarriorswhoopposedthem.

           Theysparedthechildrenandthoseofthewomenwhomtheywerenotforcedtokillinself-defense,butwhenatlengththeystopped,parting,bloodcoveredandsweating,itwasbecausetherelivedtoopposethemnosinglewarriorofallthesavagevillageofMbonga.

           Carefullytheyransackedeveryhutandcornerofthevillage,butnosignofD’Arnotcouldtheyfind.

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