witchcraft, lest we put thee to the flaming torment. The fire bites deeper than the black ants. Hau!...
“Stop, my children!” cried Nteya, standing over the prostrate man and extending his arms as though t...
liberty he had yet to pay—to pay pretty smartly, too, but this was only fair and might be looked upo...
sacrificing the man he—well, did not like.“Where is ‘The Home of the Serpents,’ Josane? Do you know?...
no mean antagonist, even had he been similarly armed, and he was unarmed.“No, I do not fear you,” he...
of bush and rock held the lurking remnants of the Gcaléka bands who were still under arms, and shoul...
Chapter Forty Seven.Into Space.“Heavens! What a glorious thing is the light of day!” exclaimed Hoste...
from the ground and there’s nothing lying about for them to step on. Not even a monkey could climb u...
Chapter Thirty Five.Eustace becomes Unpopular.The state of excitement prevailing in Komgha during th...
Chapter Twenty Three.“Onward they ply—in Dreadful Race.”The Kafirs, with their spoil, had disappeare...
Chapter Fourteen.A Curtain Secret.The settlement of Komgha—called after an infinitesimal stream of t...
All of a sudden Josane turned. He sent one keen searching glance straight in front of him, and anoth...
“Hlangani, the valiant—the fighting chief of the Ama Gcaléka—the herald of Sarili—is dead. Hau!” The...
Every eye was bent upon the spot, eager and expectant. But nothing moved. Then the leader took a car...
“Here is food for you, Umlúngu,” said one of them. “And now you can rest until—until you are wanted....
their number—the poor young fellow who had met his fate with the patrol under Shelton, and had been ...
stag at bay they gave way but to close up again. In a trice the man’s kerrie was struck from his gra...
Kind regards to Mrs Carhayes—and keep this from her at present.Yours ever, Percy F. Hoste.Carefully ...
success, and every native from Natal to the Great Fish River would be up in arms. The news would fla...
“Find him, Inyoka!” snarled the hag.“Find him! Find him!” echoed the deep-toned chorus.But the pause...
“Eanswyth—my darling—my love! Did you come to meet me?”“O Eustace! I had begun to think you were nev...
came into sight. “He thought he could manage to save it. I didn’t. But he was right.”“Ha-ha! I belie...
A grim, massive face, a pair of fierce, rolling eyes, which seemed to sparkle with a cruel and blood...
will. And, I say. You’d better take a ride round presently and look after the sheep. I’ve been oblig...
harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, that arise directly or indire...
had crawled up behind him, and had stabbed him between the shoulders with a broad-bladed assegai—rig...