Across the Cameroons
cried
t he reeled backward as
you everywhere, and had almost given up hope of findin
Braid burs
work of Go
he hailed a taxi, and the driver looked somewhat astonished when this ragged pau
coals. Braid, leaning forward, held out his hands before the cheerful blaze. As Harry looked at him, a great feel
aten a meal. Braid fell upon his food like a wolf.
the verge of double pneumonia. Within twenty-four hours he was in a raging fever, and for days afterwards the doctor despaired of savi
he spring was well advanced, that one afterno
at Jim Brai
near thing though. One night the doctor gave you up.
benefactor, but his hea
me what has happened sin
-when the weather was bad--lodging at wayside inns. At first, I was glad to get here. In a great city like this
d Harry. "I can't think how my
laid a trap for me from which I could not escape. Had I known why h
Harry. "I am sure of it. It
" said Braid.
ia. No one knows of its value but my uncle, von Hardenberg,
raid
rove my innoce
est of your life. I know my cousin to be guilty; I will not rest until I have proved him
ed," said the other
y n
left England
nd!" echoed
e a turban. They took the boat train from Charing Cross. It was I who
cried Harry, jum
t was happening, Harry had seized him by the shoul
o Africa? They are after the treasure of which the Sunstone is the key. I don't know who the native is, but he is probably some interpreter or
this Sunstone got somet
pounds. To-morrow morning I will return to my uncle, to Friar's Court, and tell him what you have told me. I will ask him to allow me to follow von Hardenberg to the West Coast, to keep upon his
he little sitting-room--three steps this way and three steps that--and every now an
riar's Court. He had promised to return the following day. In the meantime, Harry had given instructio
the second day Harry
unstone back. He has given me leave to fit out an expedition. Preparations, however, will take some little time. I am to be supplied with letters of introduction to several influential persons on the West
ld out h
"for what you have done! You have saved my lif
reat task in front of us; we must stick to each othe
fore they could start upon their journey, war descended upon
cals--paid in proportion to the information they obtained--were living by the score under the protection of the British flag, within sound of Big Ben, in every colony, dependency, and dominion. Moreover, it h
y had the whip hand at the start, that Belgium, Poland, and Serbi
eeks of the declaration of war. Braid was also willing to enlist. On talking the matter out, however, with Mr. Langton, it was decided that the quest of the Sunstone was as patriotic a
the War Office authorities for his two protégés to visit the West African scene of operations. All this took time; and it was not until the beginn
way to Ushant. The Lizard light flashed good-bye from England, and the dark sea, as they knew quite well