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than the French had, for it was dark behind him, 

 and there would be some Hght on their side. So 

 at last they brought some combustibles and blew 

 it all up. Three days after that we took the town. 

 Some of our soldiers were sent to dig out the 

 tunnel, and with them was Shamus Mackenzie.' 



INNISHAIL 



' And they never found the Black Officer,' I 

 said, thinking of young Campbell in Sekukceni's 

 fighting koppie. 



' Oh, yes,' said the boatman, ' Shamus found 

 the body of the Black Officer, all black with smoke, 

 and he laid him down on a green knoll, and was 



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