Chief—let the amapakati count.At the production of this damning “pièce de conviction,” a shout of fu...
For a few moments neither spoke. Eanswyth was busying herself arranging some of the things in the ro...
With much inward trepidation a warrior stepped forward.“Thy weapon is bewitched!” cried the hag, in ...
Chapter Thirty Nine.From the Dead!Eustace and the overseer were sitting on the stoep smoking a final...
men tried to rein in for a snap shot at the flying Kafirs. “Never mind them. Head the cattle round f...
whole group would turn in eager scrutiny of the surrounding veldt. For strung out upon the hillsides...
Hoste—who, with other of his neighbours, was occupied with the armed tending of his stock in laager—...
The chief shook his head with a troubled expression.“Let her go, too!” he said emphatically. “Let he...
The cry broke from Shelton. All started, so great was the state of tension that their nerves were un...
Mrs Hoste in astonishment.“No. Not at present, anyway. I’ve no quarrel with Jack Kafir; rather the r...
confidence in their leaders. They understood the natives, and were as much at home on the veldt or i...
elective. Besides, they were under orders to return straight home, which was practically disbandment...
“Find him, Inyoka!” snarled the hag.“Find him! Find him!” echoed the deep-toned chorus.But the pause...
Kafirs sank down into a squatting posture where they were.“First we will smoke,” he said, handing hi...
more than is absolutely necessary.”They followed, worming their way in the same fashion about a doze...
their number—the poor young fellow who had met his fate with the patrol under Shelton, and had been ...
wise in time.”“The words of Ixeshane are always the words of wisdom,” said the Kafir, rising in obed...
“No, Baas. Bomvana. I’m Jonas. I’m a loyal Mission-station boy.”“Oh, the devil you are! Now, then, J...
Eanswyth shuddered, but said nothing. She nestled rather closer to his side, as he continued:“Now to...
in this lot safe. Whoever of us are not on horse guard will be on cattle guard.”They were joined by ...
enemy is dead!”By this time they had returned to the brink of the pit. But there was no sign of Hlan...
The slight emphasis on the “you” did not escape Eustace’s quick ear, coming as it did so close upon ...
ruined homesteads rose from the fair plains of British Kaffraria, and by night the lurid signals of ...
To Eanswyth Carhayes, however, this very isolation constituted an additional charm. The solemn grand...
when to the radiant enchantment of the Present should have succeeded the woe of a never-ending and r...
hissing jaws made a dart straight at the face of a man in the rear rank of the line and near the end...