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共 23 段- Then he carried out his intention. He called the boy Ahmed,
- "That is no better than to light a beacon," said Ahsan. "The
- "You ask what we do, my father--we of Lumsden Sahib's Guides
- "Rahmut does not wish it ever to be said of you, 'He takes o
- "Hai! Sherdil was ever a liar," he said dolefully, when amid
- And then he went on to describe an ailment from which he had
- The hut was one of a row, beneath the parapet of the wall, b
- Major Lumsden felt that he could trust the Guides. They were
- They marched on steadily for an hour or more, then took a sh
- But Ahmed galloped past, throwing a mere word of greeting to
- In the course of an hour he had reason to wish that the idea
- When midday came he was tired and hungry, and returned to th
- "The Feringhis came out, and laughed with joy when they saw
- Some time elapsed before the three officers rose to depart.
- Alipur was eight miles distant on the Karnal Road. While Lie
- "And thou art a Pathan, too, by thy speech, O banijara," sai
- "In Allah's good time, sahib. They are waiting on the Ridge;
- Nowhere did the fight rage more fiercely on that night than
- "Hai! that is strange. Nor that a fakir departed from the ci
- Meanwhile, at the Mori bastion, Colonel Jones had been met b
- Once more the enemy in the lane were emboldened to climb the
- The roofs and windows of the surrounding houses were deserte
- When the Guides marched to Hoti-Mardan Ahmed was not among t