CHAPTER 22. GOGOOMY FINISHES ALONG KWAQUE ALTOGETHER
“I wonder what has become of Tudor. It’s two months since he disappeared into the bush, and not a word of him after he left Binu.”
Joan Lackland was sitting astride her horse by the bank of the Balesuna where the sweet corn had been planted, and Sheldon, who had come across from the house on foot, was leaning against her horse’s shoulder.
“Yes, it is along time for no news to have trickled down,” he answered, watching her keenly from under his hat-brim and wondering as to the measure of her anxiety for the adventurous gold-hunter; “but Tudor will come out all right. He did a thing at the start that I wouldn’t have given him or any other man credit for—persuaded Binu Charley to go along with him. I’ll wager no other Binu n****r has
