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Two small ocean steamers were sighted from the heads soon after daylight, and Jan, seated on the Bungalow's verandah, watched them cross the bar as he ate his breakfast. He guessed their mission without difficulty, and his suspicion was presently confirmed by the appearance of an approaching cavalcade upon the road, travelling townwards from the "Folly." First, in a cloud of dust, trotted six troopers trailing carbines across their saddle bows. Then came a double-seated buggy, and lastly, six more troopers bringing up the rear, accompanied with a dozen cavaliers, whom Jan recognised as members of the Employers' Association. The buggy contained Major Reay and his son Jack, Dr.
Culgin, and Mr. McStuart Higgs.