”...And the World is Changed.”...

“Here is food for you, Umlúngu,” said one of them. “And now you can rest until—until you are wanted....

announced the necessity of making a start that afternoon.“The time will soon pass,” he said. “It is ...

“Why, what’s the row with you, old chap!” said Carhayes one day in his bluff, off-hand manner. “Sick...

of the river anyway?”“He’s a Gcaléka, as he said, and a petty chief under Kreli; and the Gaikas on t...

He saw the gleam of assegai points, the deadly glare of hatred in the sea of rolling eyes closing in...

of bush and rock held the lurking remnants of the Gcaléka bands who were still under arms, and shoul...

sound of that slow, crawling glide—to discern an indistinct and sinuous shadow moving in the subdued...

efforts proved futile; indeed, Eanswyth could hardly disguise the fact that their visits were unwelc...

“Ukiva.”He looked with new interest at the warrior in question, in whose name he recognised that of ...

He had struck a listening attitude. Eustace, his recent experiences fresh in his mind, felt depresse...

or be visited by a neighbour—the latter not often. The bulk of the surrounding settlers were Boers, ...

sides were broken up into a grand panorama of soaring krantzes and wild rocky gorges, which latter, ...

“Eanswyth—my darling—my love! Did you come to meet me?”“O Eustace! I had begun to think you were nev...

of the man invariably made itself felt by all with whom he was brought into contact in the affairs o...

“And Kreli?”“The Great Chief is in one of his red moods,” answered Josane, in a different tone to th...

The slight emphasis on the “you” did not escape Eustace’s quick ear, coming as it did so close upon ...

to the speaker. But a glance was enough to reassure him. The chief advanced toward him, holding noth...

darkness and weight—a feeling as though the cavern roof might crush down upon us, and bury us there ...

withal more delicate than the last.The enchantment of the hour was upon Eanswyth to the full—the lon...