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only by my ordering him back to his quarters. On 

 the whole, I believe, that in spite of their dishon- 

 esty and petty meanness, they have a certain amount 

 of affection for their huzurs (highnesses), as they 

 call us, and certainly much pride in our respective 

 shooting accuracy and trophies ; and I am sure they 

 do their best for us if only for their own credit. One 

 day when we were practising at a small target at 

 two hundred yards' range, and Perry was peppering 

 all around it, I took a single shot with the 30-40 

 Winchester, putting the bullet squarely in the bull's 

 eye, quite by luck at so long a range, and then, not 

 wishing to jeopardize at once my suddenly acquired 

 reputation, sauntered away as if nothing unusual 

 had occurred. You should have seen Kadera. His 

 chest-measurement visibly increased, and he walked 

 on air for a week, not deigning to look at Salia or 

 any other members of Perry's party. 



Kadera, by the way, is one of those whose fea- 

 tures will not bear too close a scrutiny, lest they tell 

 of advancing years, and such a disclosure would be 

 of great harm to him in his profession. His face is 

 deeply lined, and he has no teeth left, which renders 

 his enunciation difficult to grasp; and on steep 

 ascents after game he is soon left painfully gasping 

 in the rear ; but as his head is always carefully tur- 

 baned, and as his beard is stained a beautiful bright 



