Tying the mouth of the sack above his head, they lifted him shoulder high, and he soon felt the strange sensation of being whirled through space.
His senses were almost numbed when he realized that he was in water.
He had been thrown into the Nile!
CHAPTER XXIX.
SAVED!
Barbasson and Shula were walking along the banks of the Nile discussing the best way to assist the Mahdi.
Shula was for openly proclaiming the advent of the prophet, and calling on all good religionists to rally round his standard.
But Barbasson was crafty.
He was richer than Shula, and not so hot-headed.
“If the Mahdi wins that would be a good plan, but if he fails——”
“He won’t fail.”