WHILE WANDERING THROUGH A VILLAGE WITH A BOAR-SPEAR IN HIS HAND, HODSON CAME ACROSS A LOW BUILDING WITH LOCKED DOOR. HE BURST IT OPEN WITH HIS FOOT, AND DISCOVERED TEN ARMED MEN. INSTEAD OF MAKING A JUDICIOUS RETREAT, HE LAID EACH ONE LOW BY A SPEAR THRUST AS HE EMERGED FROM THE DOORWAY.

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