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begun?" st n, in addition _ to the terrific
"Stand by Lejaune," replied Mich- heat and monotony of hardship.
.ael. `.`France expects that every half- "Go and look for Bolidar," said my
penny legionary this' day will do his brother after a brief silence. "I'll hunt
dooty." round too. Bring him here if you
"It'll be too late to save Lejaune find him, We'll ask him what's likely
if we're awakened by rifle -shots and to happen if they mutiny tonight.
`alarums' and excursions without', Then we cane; up a plan of action
won't it?" I observed. with St. Andre and the others."
'"That won't be our fault," said.Mi- I went back to the barrack -room,
chael. "If they murder Lejaune and Bolidar was deep in conclave with
the others, all we can -do is to decline Schwartz, Brandt, Haff, Vogue; De -
to join the mutineers." larey, and one or two others, round.
"If we survive and they desert, I Schwartz's bed.
suppose the senior soldier will carry . I pretended to go to nay paquetage
on as Commandant of the fort," T" for something, d then retired and
mused. "That will take some deciding
reported to Michael.
if only: St. Andre, Maris,. Cordier, you P
and I are left. . . ."
"St. Andre has been -a French of-
ficer," observed Michael..
"Yes -but they'll select you, old.
chap," I said.
"Then I'll use my powers to ap-
point St, Andre," smiled my brother.
Someonep asscl and repassed
us in
the dark, and then waited near the
lantern by the quarter -guard, to iden-
tify us by its baht.
Schwartz.
It was Sh v
"See here, -yon," .he said as : he rec-
ognised us. `Come with me.... Now
. What are .you going to do if
someone kills .Lejaune without doing
himself the honor of consulting your
lordships?"
"Nothing," .replied Michael, as we
walked away from the light. "We
shall continue in our•duty as soldiers.
We shall obey the orders of the sen-
ior person remaining true to his salt
and the Flag."
"The devil burn .their filthy Plagl"
snarled Schwartz. "I spit on it"
"A pity you came under it, if that's
what you think," .said..Michael.
"Then you and your gang of cow-
ards and blacklegs will not interfere?"
asked Schwartz.
`If you will desert, ,you will desert,"
replied my brother. "That is . not our
affair. If we know what you are .go-
ing to do, we shall report it, if we
can't stop it. If we can prevent mu-
tiny and murder we shall. . . . As
for deserting -I should say the Le-
gion would be well rid of you."
"Oh, you do, do you, Mr. Preach-
er?" replied Schwartz, whowas evi-
dently putting great and unwonted re-
straint upon himself. "What I want
to know is whether you are going to
fight us or not?"
"Certainly—if ordered to;" replied
Michael.
"And if there is no one to order
you?" sneered Schwartz.
"Then obviously we shall not be or-
dered to, my good ass," was the un -
soothing reply. "And we certainly
shan't hinder your departure. . .
Far from it," he added.
Schwartz turned to go.
"Look to yourselves! I warn you!
Look to yourselves," he growled.
"Oh, we shall. Don't you worry," .
replied lvlichael.
"They'll do it tonight," he added, as
we watched Schwartz disappear. "We
must secure our rifles and we must
keep awake."
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"That's .all right then," he said.
"Whatever the fools ilx up for to-
night will be reported to Lejaune to-
night, and he will know what to do.'
"We'll have a word with Bolidar
though, by and by," he added. "Noth-
ing like knowing. what's going to hap-
pen."
Half an hour later, we returned to.
the reeking, stifling room. Most of
the men were lying on their cots.
Bolidar was sitting on a bench, pol-
ishing his bayonet.
"Will you polish mine too?" T said,
going over in toim
h
"Follow me out," .I whispered, as
I gave him my bayonet.
T strollsback d to my cot, began to
undress, and then, taking my mug,
went out of the room as though for
water.
Watching the lighted doorway I
waited in the darkness. Ten minutes.
or so later Bolidar came out.
"Well?" I asked.
"Lejaune does not believe a word.
about the diamond not being'here,"
he said, "and the mutineers are going
to shoat him and all the non-coms.
on morning parade tomorrow :iestt.ad
of at night. They think he will be ex-
pecting it at night, as some inform-
er must have told him that is the plan.
.:. He'll be off his guard.... They
are going to kill . Dupre and Boldini
simultaneously with Lejaune.... If
your party is a big one they are go-
ing to Ieave you alone, if you leave
them alone. They will load thein -
selves up with water, wine, food, and
ammunition, and march out at sun-
set.
"Blanc, who has been a sailor, is
going to lead them straight over the
desert to Morocco, by Lejanne's cow -
pass. . .
oau-pass... Schwartz is to be Captain;
Brandt and Haff, Lieutenants; Delar-
ey and Vogue ,Sergeants; and Glock
and Hartz, Corporals.... -There Nvill
be twenty privates.. .
"They are going to court martial
Guantaio, and if he is found guilty
they are going to hang him. . .
I know enough to get him hung, the
dirty traitor. ..."
"And you?" I asked,
"I am to shoot Lejaune," he replied,
"to prove my sincerity and good, faith.
If I don't, I am to be shot myself.
Guantaio has been maligning
me to Schwartz."
"Have you told Lejaune this?" 1
asked this, astonishing creature.
"I am just going to doso now,"
he replied, and I gasped.
"And suppose he'll arrest them to-
night?" I asked,
"Probably. If he believes me," was
the interesting answer.
"What if he doesn't?" I enquired,
and, at that, the wretch had another
"nerve -storm" or hysterical fit of
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gang to follow hi;n. , . . Lejaune's
prearranged plazas would probably
settle their business promptly. Would
Lejaune, then go and shoot whomso-
ever else he thought aright be better
dead?
Bolidar slunk off, and I went back
to the barrack -room,
Taking my Arabic copy of the
Q'
,,, ran from the shelf above my bed;
I winked at Michael, and opening the
book, seated t d myself beside him, and
began to read in Arabic, as we .often
did.
Havingreadverse, T went on 'n
a we ta
the same monotone, as though still
reading, and said in Arabic:
"Tomorrow. Morning. They will
kill. One nowo a in
goes give forma-
tion," and then went on with the?
next verse. I then gave the book tol
Michael, who followed the same plan.
Soon I heard between actual verses:'
`,'We have warned them..Say moth-,
ing. He will strike tonight, Do not
sleep. I will tell 'our friends," and
then another verse of the wisdom of
the Prophet, before closing the book.
Soon after' this, Bolidar entered the
room and began to undress. "
"What about my bayonet, you, Iiol
idar?" I called across to him.
"Oh -half 'a minute, Smith, he re-
plied, and began polishing it.
A little later 'be brought t t over,
and as he bent over my bed, to hang
the weapon on its `hook, whispered:
"I havenoti
told 'him. To-
morrow," and went back to his place.
Under cover of the "Lights Out"
bugle, I repeated this to Michael.
, <
, ,
'r
"That's all right `.en r he.e
t th saidW
g ,
Shall have a quiet night."
And then perfect silencedescenddd
on elle e .room as usu l
a.
It was an unpleasant night for me,
nevertheless, for I by no, means shar-
ed Michael's faith in its quiet.
What more likely, e ke y, I thought, than
that Lejaune should choose tonight
for his anticipatory counter -stroke?
He must have an iron nerve or very
great faith in his spies, otherwise he
could hardly continue thus to sit on
the powder -barrel when the fuse was.
alight.
Or had 'he other and surer sources.
of information, than the tales of Bol-
idar, and Guantaio's reports to Bol-
dini? Was one of Schwartz's most
trusted lieutenants merely Lejaune's
agent provocateee?
Could Schwartz himself be Le-
jaune's jackal? No, that was nonsense,
and this horrible atmosphere of
treachery and suspicion was poison-
ing niy mind. `Whereas Lejaune him-
self was wholly evil and was probab-
ly after Michael's fabulous jewel
patiently and renzorsely creeping to-
wards it along a path that led through
quagmires of treachery and rivers of
blood -Schwartz was a comparatively
honest and honorable brute, madly
thirsting for vengeance upon a sav-
age beast -tamer who had driven him
to utter desperation by injustice and
savage cruelty. And save for Bolidar
and Guantaio, his followers were like
him, brave men of average character,
de -humanised by an inhuman system_
and the more inhuman monster who
applied it.
And why did not the monster
strike? For what was he waiting, .
when every hour increased his dan-
ger? Surely it could not be merely
the love of the fearless man for pro-
longing a terribly menacing and pre-
carious situation?
Could it be that, before taking ac-
tion, he really wished to know abso-
lutely for certain what Michael and I
were going to dowhen the mutineers
rose?
Or was he waiting to be surer of
Boldini or Dupre?
Of course, if he felt that in the
presence of the "diamond" no reliance
could be placed on either of these
two colleagues, and if, as a shrewd
and experienced judge of men, he es-
timated'Bolidar and Guantaio at their
trembling, with demented gesticula- true worth, or worthlessness - per -
tions and mutterings,
"What shall I do? What shall I
do?" he kept on. "What will become
of me? God help me. Help mel; Help
"I ook here" said I. "You tell me
and my brother everything -the abso-
lute truth, mind—and we'll save you
all right, provided you do nothing
against. us. No covering with your
rifle, mind 1"
He clutched my hand in his hot
shaking fists.
"You stand in honestly with our
party, and you'll be safe," I went on.
"We'll prevent the mutiny, and no-
body will be Milled. Neither you nor
anybody else."
I hoped I spoke the truth, Perhaps
if I now told Schwartz that I knew
about the new morning scheme, and
assured him that taejaune knew it
too, he'd own 'himself defeated and
give it all up., On the other hand,
he might run atitok,, yelling to his
sm
haps it was quite impossible for him
to act at all. If practically every one.
in the garrison belonged to one of
two parties ---the "honest" mutineers
determined to desert, or the rascally
thieves determined to steal the great
jewel and get away with it -what
could the man do?
Was he hoping to use the thieves.
to fight the mutineers and to deal
with the surviving party himself?
Hardly that, for the mutineers great-
ly outnumbered the thieves,
On the other hand, could lie not
quite easily secure the arms of the
mutineers, and arrest the men in their
beds by employing the thieves? He
could—but what then? The thieves
Would murder himand escape with
the jewel—probably releasing the mu -
tinders and organising ahem as the
"diamond,':" unsuspecting escort to
iorocco, And each man of the thief -
party (Boldin;, Guantaio, Colonna,
Gotto, and quite probably Vogue and
Dupre) would hope that by good
luck_ or` more likely by good manage-
ment—he would be sole survivor of
the thief -party.
I tried to put myself in Lejaune's
place.
What should I do if T were he, in
such circumstances? If 1 wished first
to . save my life, and secondly to se-
cure a gem of great price which' 1
believed to be reposing in the pone..
of one of the two or three men upon
whom of
w ora ' I could � depend in'' time
p
trouble?
And I found it easier to ask the
question than to answer er it, since one
party wanted my life and the other
party wanted the jewel.
Having tried to put myself in Le-:
jaune's place, I began to understand
his delay in acting. He did nothing
because he could do nothing.
I ahnost began to pity the man as
I realised his position. He had not
a soul to turn to in his loneliness and
danger, Well—he was now reaping
the reward of his consistent brutality
to all who were his subordinates ,as
well as of his beastly avarice,.
Hitherto he had always been back-
ed by the immeasurable power, and
authority of his superiors, and could
inevitably rely upon their inalienable
support and unswerving approval.
Now he bad no superiors, and, face
to face with the men whom he had
so long outraged, bedevilled, and
wronged, he must stand or fall alone.
ne
And . it looked as though " he must'
fall.
Then an idea occurred to me Had
he sent for outside help? Was a col-
umn already on its way from Tokotu,
where there were Senegalese as well
as a mule -mounted company of the
Legion? Was that what he was wait-
ing for?
No. .In the first place he would
sooner, I felt absolutely certain, lose
his life than an send out an appteal for
help against ta : the very men he wass
s
supposed to command, the very men
whose trembling disciplined fear of
him was his chief pride and loudest
boast. It would certainly be the end,
of all promotion ' for Adjudant Le-
jaune if he had to do such a thing
as that. In the second place it might
also destroy this chance of getting
the fabulous gem. It was only in very
troubled waters that he, in his "posi-
tion, could fish for that.
I decided that there had been no
S.O.S.. appeal from Zinderneuf to
Tokotu.
I tossed and turned •in my hot and
uncomfortable bed as the problem
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tossed and turned in my hot uncom-
fortable brain; and my attempt to de-
cide what I should do in Lejaune's
place ended in my deciding that I
simply did not know what I could
do.
It almost seemed best for Lejaune
to put himself at the head of the
'honest" mutineers, arrest t1 a thief -
party, and then appeal to the others
with promises of amendmentin his
conduct and reform of their condi-
tion. . . .
ondition.... But arrest the thieves for,
what? . And suppose the mut-
ineers laughedat the promised am-
elioration of their lot?
It was a hopeless impasse. i gave
it up and turned once more on to my'
other side. This brought my face to-
ward, the door and there, in the door-
way, stood-Lejaune.
(Continued next week)
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