Evening star., 1909-02-14

be trouble with tle white people. Din
eaan will be satisfied when we show him
the moocha, and sleep in peace hence
forth. She must really have been tagati
(uncannyp.. that little Noie. for otherwise
although it is true she was pretty, why
should Dingaan, who has all Zululand to
choose from. have fallen in love with her
and why should she have refused to enter
his house and persuade all her kraa1 to
ran away? For my part, I don't believe
that she is dead now. notwithstanding the
moocha. I think that she is a witch, and
has changed into something elsa bird
oT IA snake, perhaps. Well, the rest OF
them will never change into anything. ex-
cept black mold. Let us see. We have
killed every one; al the common people
the mother Of Noie, the dwarf wizard
Seyap her father, and her other mothers,
four OF them, and her brothers and sisters
twelve in all
At these words Noie again trembled be-
meath her Sedweed. so that the water
shook all about her.
There is d fish there said the first
kaffir. Il it rise. 1t is "a small pool,
shall we try to catch it?''
NO. brother answered the other
only coast people eat fish. am hungry,
but l Will wait for mans food. Take that
fish. and he threw a stone into the pool
which struck Rachel on the side and
caused her fair hair 10 float about among
the yellow seaUeed.
Then the two of them got UP and went
away. walking arm in arm like friends
and amiable men. as they We're in their
own fashion.
For a long time the girls remained be-
meath their seaweed. fearing lest the men
or others should return. until at length
they could bear the cold Of the water no
longer. and crept out OF it to the brink OF
the little pool, where, StiIl wreathed H.
seaweed. they sat and warmed themselves
In the hot sunlight. Now Mole seemed 10
be half dead; indeed, Rachel thought that
she would die.
Awake" she said. life is still before
YOU"
Would that it were behind me. lady
nloaned the poor girl. You understand
our tongue-did you not hear? Ny father.
brothers and sisters all killed. all killed
for my sake and | left living. OH YOU
meant kindly, but why did you not let
Bomba pass his spear through me? 1t
would have been quickly over, and now
should sleep with the rest
Rachel made no answer. for she saw
that talking was useless in such a case.
only she took Noie's hand and pressed Il
n silent sympathy, until at length the
poor girl. utterly outworn with agony
and the fatigue of her long flight. fell
asleep. there in the sunshine. Rachel let
her sleep, knowing that she would take
no harm in that warmth. Quietly she Sa.
a. her side for hour after hour while the
mead with seaweed. dried her garments.
A. length the shadows told her that mid.
day Was past and the water which
began to trickle over the surrounding
rocks that the tide was approa ching its
fu!I. They could stop there no longer
unless they wished 10 be drowned.
Come She said to Noie. the Zulus
have gone. and the sea is here. We must
swim 10 the shore and go back TO nay
fathers camp
.'NNilat Mace have I in your lr4aI
LADY, asked the girl when her senses
had returned to her
Il Will tinG YOU a place" Rachel ar
swcrcd; you are mine now"
Yes, lady. that is true said Noie
heavily. Il am yours and no ore else's' -
and taking Rachei's hand She pressed it
10 her forehead.
Then together once more they swan the
pool and not too soon, for the tide was
pouring into il. Reaching the shore In
safety. no easy task for Rachel. who
must hold the heavy gun above her head,
Mole tied k&Chei's towel about her mid
die To take the place "f her moocha. ami
very cautiously they crept up tine kloof.
fearing lest some of the Zulus might still
be lurking in the neiGhborhood
NJ length they came II the pool into
which they had thrown the soldier Bonn
ba. ana saw TWO yrocudiles doubtless
those that had eaten him. lying asleep in
tie sun upon ia; rocks at it's edge Here
they were oplic crd "a leave tie kloof. bot
because they fcareG To pass the croco-
lilies, and for be reason that their road
90 the camp ran another Nay So they
climbed up the Gin and looked about,