THE NATIVE BATTLE
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two men, and some sort of a machine they've got stuck up on stilts? See it?"
"Sure. Those are the two Englishmen—my rivals! They're taking pictures, too!"
And then, with a crash and roar, with wild shouts and yells, with volley after volley of firearms, clouds of smoke and flights of arrows and spears, the native battle was in full swing, while the young inventor, sailing above it in his airship, reeled off view after view of the strange sight.
