roops would have sallied out
in pursuit; but Harry dissuaded him from permitting it.

"They must have lost, altogether, over a thousand of their men; but
they are still vastly more numerous than your people, and nothing
would suit them better than that you should follow them, and give
them a chance of avenging the loss they have suffered."

"But the rajah will come again. He will never remain quiet, under
the disgrace."

"He will trouble you no more," Harry said. "I shot him myself, and
six or seven of his principal chiefs."

"You are indeed my friend!" the rajah exclaimed, earnestly, when
the words were translated to him. "Then there is a hope that I may
have peace. The death of the rajah, and of so many of the chiefs
that have joined him, will lead to quarrels and disputes; and the
confederacy formed against me will break up and, while fighting
among themselves, they will not think of attacking, again, a place
that has proved so fatal to them."

The rajah had some difficulty in allaying the enthusiasm of his
men; but he repeated what Harry had said to him, and added that,
since it was entirely due to their white guest that they had
repulsed the attack, there could be no doubt that his advice must
now be attended to, since he had shown himself a master in war.

"Be content," he said. "Wherever our language is spoken, the Malays
will tell the story of how three thousand men were defeated by five
hundred; and it will be said that the men of Johore surpassed, in
bravery, everything that has been told of the deeds of their
fathers. There is no fear of the enemy returning here. The rajah
and many of his chiefs have fallen, by the hand of our white
friend. Henceforth, for many years, you will be able to rest in
peace.

"In a month you will have rebuilt the houses, and sown again the
fields that have been burnt. After that, we shall have leisure, and
a treble stockade shall be built, stronger and firmer than that
into which they forced an entry. Your first task must be to carry
the bodies of our enemies far out beyond the town, where their
skeletons will act as a warning as to what welcome Johore gives to
its foes. A present of money will be given to each man, this
afternoon, to help him to rebuild his house, and make good the
damages that he has suffered."

The interpreter had rapidly translated the speech to Harry as it
went on and, as the rajah ended, and the applause that greeted him
subsided, Harry said a few