HADJ 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 huUaballoo, 



and poor Hadj 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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