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Drifting

           

           Whiletheboatdriftedwithrapidityinthisnarrowpartoftheriver,HerculesrelatedwhathadpassedsincehisflightfromthecampontheCoanza;how,withoutbeingseen,hehadfollowedthekitandainwhichMrs.Weldonandhersonwere;howhehadfoundDingowounded;howthetwohadarrivedintheneighborhoodofKazounde;howanotefromHercules,carriedbythedog,toldDickSandwhathadbecomeofMrs.Weldon;how,aftertheunexpectedarrivalofCousinBenedict,hehadvainlytriedtomakehiswayintothefactory,morecarefullyguardedthanever;how,atlast,hehadfoundthisopportunityofsnatchingtheprisonerfromthathorribleJose-AntonioAlvez.Now,thisopportunityhadoffereditselfthatsameday.Amgannga,ormagician,onhiswitchcraftcircuit,thatcelebratedmagiciansoimpatientlyexpected,waspassingthroughtheforestinwhichHerculesroamedeverynight,watching,waiting,readyforanything.

           Tospringuponthemagician,despoilhimofhisbaggage,andofhismagician’svestments,tofastenhimtothefootofatreewithlianeknotsthattheDavenportsthemselvescouldnothaveuntied,topainthisbody,takingthesorcerer’sforamodel,andtoactouthischaracterincharmingandcontrollingtherains,hadbeentheworkofseveralhours.Still,theincrediblecredulityofthenativeswasnecessaryforhissuccess.

           Duringthisrecital,givenrapidlybyHercules,nothingconcerning

           DickSandhadbeenmentioned.

           "Andyou,Dick!"askedMrs.Weldon.

           "I,Mrs.Weldon!"repliedtheyoungman."Icantellyounothing.

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