? ? ? ? Very shortly he returned with an extra revolver and ammunition belt strapped about his waist.
? ? ? ? "Are you ready?" he asked.
? ? ? ? "Quite ready," replied the girl.
? ? ? ? "Then come and throw yourself limply across my left shoulder," and Werper knelt to receive her.
? ? ? ? "There," he said, as he rose to his feet. "Now, let your arms, your legs and your head hang limply. Remember that you are dead."
? ? ? ? A moment later the man walked out into the camp, the body of the woman across his shoulder.
? ? ? ? A thorn boma had been thrown up about the camp, to discourage the bolder of the hungry carnivora. A couple of sentries paced to and fro in the light of a fire which they kept burning brightly. The nearer of these looked up in surprise as he saw Werper approaching.
? ? ? ? "Who are you?" he cried. "What have you there?"
? ? ? ? Werper raised the hood of his burnoose that the fellow might see his face.
? ? ? ? "This is the body of the woman," he explained.
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