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were all searched, and of course to no purpose ; but the 

 leader, who knew more about these matters than I did, 

 laid hold of the ' bom -bom ' ' (here Charlie wished to 

 break loose and annihilate the speaker) " and turned it 

 upside down. Out of it came my ducks. And that 

 gentleman was the young man that played the ' bom- 

 bom/ " 



Here Charlie made another effort to escape those 

 who held him; however, in this he was foiled. So, 

 as he could not vent his wrath in that manner, he bade 

 the company good-night, earnestly vociferating as he 

 departed that it was all " a confounded lie." 



Next morning Charlie was discovered to have trecked 

 to the Kaminyani, where he was an especial favourite. 









