Eventhe best of us needs a little luck, he thought, then heard faint butexcited cries from far behind. The second trooper fired andthis time they saw dust fly. He peeredout cautiously. He looked for the pitfalls and snares thatAbdullahi was setting for him, as he had done for Abdel Kerim, butfound none.
Tothis day the poorer classes in Korea depend for shelter upon pitscovered with thatch or strong oil-paper. Those flagswill be the first thing that the relief force sees when they come upthe river. Thethis was a mere three hundred yards off the bank. It is almost time.
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