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All except a dozen , '' says he , `` whom I select as a bodyguard . '' And there and then he picked twelve lusty savages for his guard , while the rest without a cheep stacked their spears and guns forenent the big drum . '' ` Then he turned to us and spoke in English . `` Get back to the mines hell-for-leather , and tell them what 's happening , and see that you get up some kind of a show for to-morrow at noon . I will bring the chiefs , and we 'll feast them . Get all the bands you can , and let them play me in . Tell the mines fellows to look active for it 's the chance of their lives .