complain of?”“I don’t say they have anything in that line,” said Eustace. “My remark about treating ...
grave—victims to the bullet and assegai of the savage.The days went by and grew into weeks, but ther...
exercised during the period of hostilities and resulting in the saving of several European lives, th...
intervals, several circular clumps of bush. One of these conceals a spectator. The latter is seated ...
will. And, I say. You’d better take a ride round presently and look after the sheep. I’ve been oblig...
horsemen shot like an arrow from the bow, and having the advantage of a down-hill course they left t...
burning eyes as she pressed to her lips, forehead, and heart, a little bit of cold and tarnished met...
Kind regards to Mrs Carhayes—and keep this from her at present.Yours ever, Percy F. Hoste.Carefully ...
withal more delicate than the last.The enchantment of the hour was upon Eanswyth to the full—the lon...
red firelight. Suddenly, upon the black gloom of the night, far away to the eastward, there gleamed ...
And that approval he had gained to the full. Eanswyth, watching her cousin during the year that he h...
Chapter Sixteen.“A Madness of Farewells.”One afternoon Eanswyth managed to steal away for a solitary...
Chapter Thirty Five.Eustace becomes Unpopular.The state of excitement prevailing in Komgha during th...
Still, one would hardly have suspected it. Eanswyth was perfectly calm and composed. There was a tir...
all this excess of sociability, Eanswyth was becoming a trifle weary.To begin with, she could obtain...
Mrs Hoste, with her two young daughters, were at the door as the party drove up. They received Eansw...
The last dread act was drawing on. The stealthy steps of the approaching foe were now more distinctl...
He had struck a listening attitude. Eustace, his recent experiences fresh in his mind, felt depresse...
“Hlangani, the valiant—the fighting chief of the Ama Gcaléka—the herald of Sarili—is dead. Hau!” The...
wise in time.”“The words of Ixeshane are always the words of wisdom,” said the Kafir, rising in obed...
and unhappy away from her, and at present it was impossible to remain near her. The chances and exci...
husband.The fact was that where her strongest, deepest feelings were concerned, Eanswyth, like most ...
state of the canvas.”“Oh! A dismal jest and worthy the day and the hour,” rejoined the other, liftin...
of bush and rock held the lurking remnants of the Gcaléka bands who were still under arms, and shoul...
liberty he had yet to pay—to pay pretty smartly, too, but this was only fair and might be looked upo...
curious look pass between his two friends. But it mattered nothing.Leaving the body of the dead Gcal...