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coseems to bhe making for our tent, Frank,” I excliumed to Denviers, as we stood gazing over the sand which Tay between us and - the town of Ghuzni, which towered before us on a rock three hundred fect above

the surrounding plain. “The fellow

runs magnificently,” answered my com- panion, in a tonc of admiration: “ but for all that T am mclined to think his cfforts arc being made m vain. lLook at that Afghan Dbe- hind him: he i1s almost within strik- ing distance of the fugi- tive !

FF'lecing across the plain was a man whose aquiline nose, mtense black cyes, and swarthy com- plexion disclosed the characteristics of the Hebrew race from which the crowd of Afghans, who hotly I)Lusuul him, clamed their descent. On they came, rushing like a horde of barbarians, while they wildly flourished their sabres and daggers, or whatever weapons they had been able to hastily snatch up.

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The man's body, although slender, was well proportioned, and in spite of the evident danger mowhich he was in T could not help noticing as he gradually neared us the picturesque cffeet of the garly which he wore. Round his loins was passcd a many-colourcd scarf, which drew close to his form an cm- broidered carment which formed a loosc

covering for the

upper part of his body, leaving his

bronzed chest partly exposed, and then hung down covering him as far as the knees. A sash, made of the

same material o as the scarf, bound his hcead like a

turban, the end of 1t fluttering be- hind him, its huc contrasting [orcibly with the Afehan’s

heavy cye- brows and ) black Deard. By his side

hung a curved scimitar, shap- el Tike that which Per- slans usually wear, but which he made no attempt to use, for, against ficree lmw]mw e mob which fo]l()\\ul him, he knew that it would be worse than uscless for him to endeavour to make a stand. “Hassan!” shouted Denviers to our guide, who was within the tent preparing some food for us, *“what 1s the cause of this?”