Then, as fast and fleet as ever savage ran, he hied him back to the palace.
Few had more stentorian lungs than Kaloomah!
"The queen has gone! The white queen has fled!"
That shout awakened one thousand armed men to action, and in less than an hour they were on the warpath.
[CHAPTER XXVII--THE FIGHT AT THE FORT]
So toilsome was the road to trace, and so far away was the fortified camp of our heroes, that the sun was almost setting before Benee arrived with his precious charge.
Why should I make any attempt to describe the meeting of Roland and Dick with the long-lost Peggy?
Roland and she had always been as brother and sister, and now that they were once more united, all her joy found vent in a flood of tears, which her brother did what he could to stem.
It seemed hardly possible that she should be here safe and sound, and in the presence of those who loved her so well and dearly.
And here, too, was Brawn, who was delirious with joy, and honest Bill with his meerschaum.