heavy body lying across me.

I partly struggled out of this position, partly found myself dragged
out, and then, in a half-stunned, confused fashion, I yielded, as I was
dragged through the dark forest, the twigs and boughs lashing my face
horribly.

I had kept tight hold of my gun, and with the feeling strong upon me
that if I wished to avoid a second captivity I must free myself, I
waited for an opportunity to turn upon the strong savage who held me so
tightly in his grasp and dragged me through the bush in so pitiless a
manner.

He had me with his left hand riveted in my clothes while with his right
hand, I presumed with a war-club, he dashed the bushes aside when the
obstacles were very great.

My heart beat fast as I felt that if I were to escape I must fire at
this fierce enemy, and so horrible did the act seem that twice over,
after laying my hand upon my pistol, I withdrew it, telling myself that
I had better wait for a few minutes longer.

And so I waited, feeling that, after all, my captivity would not be so
bad as it was before, seeing that now I should know my father was near
at hand.

"I can't shoot now," I said to myself passionately; "I don't think I'm a
coward, but I cannot fire at the poor wretch, and I must accept my
fate."

My arm dropped to my side, and at that moment my captor stopped short.

"No hear um come 'long now," he said.

"Jimmy!" I cried; and for a moment the air seemed full of humming,
singing noises, and if I had not clung to my companion I should have
fallen.

CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR.

HOW JIMMY AND I WERE HUNTED LIKE BEASTS.

"Jimmy!" I panted, as soon as I had recovered myself to find that the
black was feeling me all over in the darkness.

"Not got no knock um chops, no waddy bang, no popgun ball in um
nowhere," he whispered.

"No Jimmy, I'm not wounded," I said. "I thought you were one of the
black fellows."

"No, no black fellow--no common black fellow sabbage," he said
importantly. "Come long fas, fas."

"But the doctor and the prisoner and Ti-hi?" I said.

"All run way much fas," said Jimmy. "Gyp, Gyp, see black fellow come
long much, for Jimmy do and nibblum legs make um hard hard. Gib one two
topper topper, den Jimmy say time um way, take Mass Joe. Come long."

"But we must go and help the doctor," I said.

"Can't find um. All go long back to big hole. Hidum. Say Mass Joe
come back long o' Jimmy-Jimmy."

It seemed probable that they would