. On the road to Bagdad, a story of Townshend's gallent advance on the Tigris. ver,but Sultan made nothing of it. Indeed, in a littlewhile Geoff had drawn quite close to the man, and,swinging Sultan round, was soon riding beside the same time he turned, and drawing his revolveremptied it at the two men still pursuing. Whetherhis bullets went wide of their mark or narrowlyescaped meeting a billet he never knew, but theireffect was excellent, for the men pulled in their horses,and, having fired in return without result, swung theirmounts round and galloped off to join their com-panions. *
. On the road to Bagdad, a story of Townshend's gallent advance on the Tigris. ver,but Sultan made nothing of it. Indeed, in a littlewhile Geoff had drawn quite close to the man, and,swinging Sultan round, was soon riding beside the same time he turned, and drawing his revolveremptied it at the two men still pursuing. Whetherhis bullets went wide of their mark or narrowlyescaped meeting a billet he never knew, but theireffect was excellent, for the men pulled in their horses,and, having fired in return without result, swung theirmounts round and galloped off to join their com-panions. *Who are you? demanded Geoff, pulling inSultan. ** An Armenian, Excellency. * And why with the Turks? You are not a soldier,said Geoff, noticing that the man was in civiliancostume. ** A soldier? No, Excellency. A messenger merely,one who bears a missive to the British. ^Then a friend of the British, eh? asked Geoff. ** A friend? Yes, always. In the service of aBritish Pasha these many years. A friend, at heart,of England. Geoff stared at the man, and then, setting Sultan in. C834 GEOFF TLRXKD, AND, URAWJNG HIS REVOLVER, IT ATTHE TWO MEN STILL PURSUING Esbul, the Armenian 225 motion, rode along, the man trotting his horse besidehim. ^ A message, eh? asked Geoff after a while, havingpondered deeply. ** For the British, you say? * For the British, Excellency, for any whom it mayconcern. News of an English pasha who came butlately to this country. ** Oh, whom? The name? For whom is the messageintended? * Excellency, I was to find the British force invadingMesopotamia. I was to hand my missive over to anofficer of distinction, and I was to search amongst theofficers who came from India for one, a youth, whomight be with them. ^ His name? asked Geoff, now beginning to tremblewith excitement, for who could this white man be whohad sent a message? Who could the pasha be towhom this Armenian referred? Could it be JoeDouglas, his guardian, that excellent fellow who hadbefriended
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