Their first discovery was
the dead body of the sentry, and a moment later one of the bravest
of them had entered the hut and discovered the absence of the
prisoner. These startling announcements filled the blacks with
a combination of terror and rage; but, seeing no foe in evidence
they were enabled to permit their rage to get the better of their
terror, and so the leaders, pushed on by those behind them, ran
rapidly around the hut in the direction of the yapping of the mangy
cur. Here they found a single white warrior making away with
their captive, and recognizing him as the author of numerous raids
and indignities and believing that they had him cornered and at a
disadvantage, they charged savagely upon him.
Korak, seeing that they were discovered, lifted Meriem to his
shoulders and ran for the tree which would give them egress from
the village. He was handicapped in his flight by the weight of the
girl whose legs would but scarce bear her weight, to say nothing of
maintaining her in rapid flight, for the tightly drawn bonds that
had been about her ankles for so long had stopped circulation and
partially paralyzed her extremities.
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