It came to him
through a spume of dust and flying sand, and the rattle of
accouterments, and the plaints of frenzied camels, and the yells and
curses of the strangely-assorted company of deliverers as they plunged
across the desert towards the Well of the Seven Hills. And its
discordant shriek was, "Too late! Too late! The gods have frowned on
the pillagers of Saba, and the wrath of the gods is everlasting!"
CHAPTER XVIII
THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE
Royson, a soldier by instinct if not by training, realized the folly of
dashing blindly into a fray the nature of which was hidden from him.
Though the plight of his erstwhile companions must be desperate--though
the lengthening shadows warned him that the time ran short--it was all-
important that he should learn the manner and direction of the attack,
and the means adopted by von Kerber for repelling it, ere the presence
of the relieving force became known. He had heard much of the fighting
qualities of the Hadendowas. They were brave, but they were not given
to throwing their lives away uselessly.
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