HAD] ANO 



had been a chief of high standing in 

 Algeria, where, in accordance with a 

 tribal custom, he had worked off an 

 old family blood-feud with a neigh- 

 bouring tribe, and, after a well- 

 fought single combat, had slain his 

 man. But he had forgotten that 

 Algeria was now a civilised country 

 a part of France in fact and the 

 result was that 



The coroner he came, and the justice too, 

 With a hue and a cry and a hullaballoo, 



and poor Had] Ano was sent across 

 the seas to expiate his crime on board 

 the hulks in New Caledonia. 



By some means he ultimately 



effected his escape and returned to 



his people ; but, finding Algeria too 



dangerous to live in, in safety, with 



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