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Do, and when he woke at last fro, dreamless slumber, he was conscious of a curious quietness in the camp The doctor, who careeting

"His Excellency," he announced, "has received ione to meet an envoy from Dar-es-Salaam He will be away for three days He desired that you would reood of him," Dominey murmured "Is there any European news?"

"I do not knoas the stolid reply "His Excellency desiredthe banks of the river, southward, there are a dozen boys left and some ponies There are plenty of lion, and rhino may be met with at one or two places which the natives know of"

Dominey bathed and dressed, sipped his excellent coffee, and lounged about the place in uncertain mood He unburdened hiether late in the afternoon

"I a," he confessed, "and I feel like a horrible sponge, but all the saastein again Your silent chief rather fascinateswhich I have lost"

"He is a great man," the doctor declared enthusiastically "What he sets his ht have been like that," Dohed, "if I had had an incentive Have you noticed the likeness between us, Herr Doctor?"

The latter nodded

"I noticed it from the first moment of your arrival," he assented "You are very much alike yet very different The resemblance must have been still more remarkable in your youth Ti to your deserts"

"Well, you needn't rub it in," Do in," the doctor replied with unruffled calm "I speak the truth If you had been possessed of the saht have preserved your health and the things that count You ht have been as useful to your country as he is to his"

"I suppose I am pretty rocky?"

"Your constitution has been abused You still, however, have much vitality If you cared to exercise self-control for a few months, you would be a different man--You must excuse I have work"