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The Boers swooped down on them with a shout, like hawks on a sparrow. John pulled up his horse and drew his revolver.
"Don't, don't! " cried Jess; "our only chance is to be civil; " whereon, thinking better of the matter, he replaced it, and wished the leading Boer good-day.