Evening star., 1909-02-14
CHAPTER V.-Continued.

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Help me to throw him into the Wa
ter said Rachel.
The girl understood and with dcs-
perate energy they seized the dead
soldier. dragged him to the edge of the
little cliff and thrust him over. He fell
with heavy splash into the pool and
vanished.
''Crocodiles live there said Rache..
Il saw one as I passed. Now take the
shield and spear and follow me"
She obeyed. for with hope her
strength seemed to have returned To
her. and the two of them scrambled
down the cliffs into the kloof As the =
reached the edge of the stream. they
found that Rachel was riSht-croco-
dies lived there.
Now she said. throw your moocha
on that rock. They Will find il and
think
Noie nodded and did so. rending its
fastening and Wetting it in the xater
Then quite naked She took RacheHs
hand and swiftly, swiftly, the two OF
them. leaped from stone 10 stone, so a.
TO leave no footprints, heading for the
sea. Only the fugitive stopped oncf 10
drink of the fresh water. for she was
pefish!ng with thirst. Now when Rd-
cAei was bathing she had observed
upon the farther side of her pool AN
pocket IN the rock. where the wafer
vas not more than three feet deep and
covered by dense growth of bearr!-
i"i Seawccd, some black and some RIB
bpn-like and yellow. The pool was
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round II they would be obliged to ex-
pose themselves upon the sand. and
mus become visible from a long wa.
off @ "'
Noie. i''''''ei 10
Again She nodded and the two If
'hen slipped into the water and swan,
me pool TIL they reached the
pocket-iike place on the edge of Viii n
they sat down. covering Themselves
with the SeaWecd
Ihey had not been there five minutes
"heh they heard the sound of voices
drawing near down the lloof ,,; =.
once slid into the water coverir,rtb ~,
serves IN II in such fashion tlat n,,,.
thelr heads remained above the s1,r
','e, niAed with the black and ycIIov,
t"eed' so that without Close. scar,
none could have said which ~ 49, :.
dhd which was weed
me /ulus, said Noie Shiycrinc so ina.
t.'e water shook about her .thev SEEK
Lie stiN then" answered Rac,,a, ~
can shoot now. the gun is wei
ne voices died away and The two Girls
.Iousht mat the speakers had sou. Inn
ehueFed cautious, still remained hidden
IT WIS Well TOR them thai
''.tA d!d so. for presently they heard tra
.oiceS again and much nearrr TIN
<uiIS were walking round the uooI ,rvo
"i ulenl came quite close 10 thci- Iitfla
hiIlhS pace, and sat down on some rock,
10 rest and talk. Peepinc throi,ab En.
covering of sesaweed Rachel could 80.
l.iem, great men who had red sorars in
their hands ~. a. III
You are a fool" said one or then, 20
the other, "and have given us This VIZ
'or nothing, as though our feet were ,,n,
sore enough already. The crocodtIas have
tAat Mole, her witchcraft could not save
ner from them: it was 4 balloons enonr
You saw IN the mud. not "A woinan's'
IL would seem SO, brother" answered
the other 'as We found the moocha. Still
u 50. where is Bomba. who WAS rl.nnin.,
her down? And what made thai blood
mark on the grass
Doubtless. replied the first man
Bomba came up with her there and
wounded her. whereon being a woman and
coward she from him ami Iumncd
into the pool in which the crocodile ia-
ished her. As for Bonba | expect that
he has gone back 10 Zululand Or is asIcep
somewhere resting. The OF her spnor we
saw was thar Of a white woman who puts
skins upon her feet. There IS a catnU
of them up yonder. bat YOU rcmember
our orders were not To touch any Of ths
people of George. 50 We need not troubls
oouf them.
''Weli brorher. IL yotl A." sure. W. had
better % starting bach. les; there shoald