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With Wolseley To Kumasi - A Tale Of The First Ashanti War (1907) (Paperback)
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With Wolseley To Kumasi - A Tale Of The First Ashanti War (1907) (Paperback)
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CHAPTER III A Mining Expedition Dick could have shouted with
merriment as the two strangers whom he had rescued after their
upset in the surf came up the steep steps of Government House to
greet him. and still more was his merriment roused as the stout
little man came forward to shake him by the hand. For this rotund
and jolly-looking individual was dressed in immaculate white, with
an enormously broad red cummerbund about his middle, making his
vast girth even more noticeable. His round, cleanshaven face beamed
with friendly purpose, while there was about him the air of a
leader. He struggled to appear dignified. He held his head high,
and showed no sign of feeling abashed, or ashamed at the memory of
his conduct aboard the boat. "Ah, ah!" he gasped, for the climb had
taken his breath away. "Bud id is hod for walking, Meinheer Dick,
and zese steps zey are sdeep. I greed you brave Englishman as one
brave man would anozer. I render zanks for your aid. I am proud to
shake ze hand of mine comrade who came into ze wild sea to give me
ze help." "Goodness!" thought Dick, "he speaks as if he had
actually been attempting to save his friend, and had not really
been the means of almost drowning him." He glanced furtively at the
second stranger, as the fat man grasped his hand and pumped it up
and down, while at the same time he vainly endeavoured to mop his
streaming forehead. But Dick could read nothing in the face of Mr.
Pepson. Perhaps the keen sunken eyes twinkled ever so little.
Perhaps that twitch of the thin lips was a smile suppressed. Beyond
that there was nothing. Mr. Pepson gazed at his rescuer with
evident interest, and seemed barely to notice the presence of his
companion. At length, however, he moved forward a step and
addressed himself quietly to Dick. "Let ...
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