astonish them considerably, if he chose. But he did not choose.“We’ll loaf round the village present...
half-concealed and contemptuous grin spread across the broad countenance of his retainer in no wise ...
“Eanswyth, darling—my darling. What is it? Do not give way so! There is nothing to be alarmed about ...
was enough to provoke half a dozen fights, especially in that room, frequented as it often was by Po...
came into sight. “He thought he could manage to save it. I didn’t. But he was right.”“Ha-ha! I belie...
leg through the fearful pathway up to the thigh. An involuntary cry escaped him as, grasping a stem ...
Eustace merely assented. He saw that something was coming, and prepared to listen attentively.“Do yo...
entertained of their escape. In fact, their fate was placed beyond the shadow of a doubt, for the Ra...
to join her. She was lucky in getting it, for by now every hole or shanty in the village is full up....
Chapter Five.The War-Dance at Nteya’s Kraal.The sun has just touched the western horizon, bathing in...
himself from ducking violently as the head of a huge puff-adder noiselessly shot up horribly close t...
concealed in the long grass. Down it came, plunging heavily forward on its nose, and shooting its ri...
“Tsh—tsh—tsh! Shut up, man alive, shut up!”This was said in a low, warning whisper, and the speaker’...
unimpeachable kind and shot while attempting to escape. This had occurred forty years earlier.So whe...
“Eustace—dearest—must we really part now?” she murmured in a broken sob, clinging to him more closel...
potentially ungrateful country. And it was idyllic. There was quite enough to do on the place to kee...
as swerve, they poured such a deadly cross-fire upon the compact onrushing mass that in a second the...
knew the other’s impetuous temper, and by wearing out his patience reckoned on obtaining a sure and ...
rattle of the hideous performance goes up to the heavens, cleaving the solemn silence of the sweet A...
Chapter Forty Seven.Into Space.“Heavens! What a glorious thing is the light of day!” exclaimed Hoste...
It proceeded from a tall, athletic Kafir, who, barely ten yards off, stood calmly surveying the pair...
None followed him—at the moment. But Hlangani mixed unperceived among the crowd, whispering a word h...
of the river anyway?”“He’s a Gcaléka, as he said, and a petty chief under Kreli; and the Gaikas on t...
quick—sharp—at once, or you’re dead men!”“Don’t do anything so foolish, Tom,” said a voice at his si...
Great was Eanswyth’s consternation and astonishment when he...
They stood for some moments watching the receding figure of the Kafir in silence. Eanswyth was the f...