Evening star., 1909-02-14
but could see only pair of oribe buck.
one Wing down under a tree. and one

| but could see only a pair of oribe buck,
one lying down under a tree. and one
eating grass quite close to its mate.
The Zulus have gone or there would be
no buck here" said Rachel. Come, now.
| hold the shield before you and the spear
| in your hand. to hide that you are a
woman, and let us go on boldly
So they went till they reached the crest
| of the next rise. and then sprang back
behind it, for lying here and there they
saw people who seemed to be asleep.
The ZuluS resting" exclaimed Rachel.
Nay" answered the girl with a sigh.
MY people. dead, See the Vultures gath
cred round them"
was so. Without word they walked
| forward and as they passed each body
| Mole gave II its name. Here lay broth
| er. there a sister. yonder four folk of her
| handsome woman Of middle age. and she
| shivered as she had done in the pool and
| said in an Icy voice:
| THE mother who bore me-
| few more steps and in a patch of high
| grass that grew round an ant-heap. they
found two Zulu soldiers. each pierced
| through with spear. Seated against the
| ant-heap also, as though he were but
resting, was lisht-colored man, dwarf
in stature, spare of frame, and with
| any, seemed to have been removed from
| him, for he was almost naked, and
| Rachel noticed that no wound could be
seen on him.
Behold my father said Mole in the
| same icy voice.
But" whispered Rachel, ''he only
sleeps. No spear has touched him.
Not so, he IS dead, dead by the white
death. after the fashion OF his people
| Now Rachel wondered what this white
death might be, and OF which people the
man was one. That he was not Zulu
who had been stunted in his growth she
| could see for herself, nor had she ever
met native who at all resembled him.
Still she could ask no questions at that
! time: the thing was too awful. Moreover.
! Noie had knelt down before the body
| and. with her arms thrown around its
| neck. was whispering into it's ear. For a
| full minute she whispered thus. then set
| her own ear to the cold, StirlcSs lips, and
| for another minute or more seemed tC
| listen intently. noddins her head from
| time to time. Never before had Rachel
Witnessed anything SO uncanny, and. oddly
enough, the fact that this scene was
enacted in the bright sunlight added to
its terrors. She stood paralyzed forget
ting the ZIlus. forgetting everything ex-
ccpt that 10 all appearance the living was
holding converse with the dead.
At length Noie rose. and turning to her
companion said:
My spirit has been good to me: thank
my spirit, which brought me here before
il was TOO late for us TO talk together
| Now | have the message.
The message. OH what message?'
gasped Rachel.
An nscrutable look gathered on the face
( of the beautiful native girl.
1t is to inc alone" she answered. but
this | may say, much of it was OF you.
lnkosaZana- y-LoOia.
Who told you that was my native
name" asked Rachel. springing back.
1t in the message, oh thou before
whom kings shall bow.
exclaimed
have heard il from our people.
so be it, lady; | have heard it from
your people whom I have never seen. Now
let us 60 your father is troubled for you
Again Rachel looked at her sideways,
and Noie went
! Lady. from hencefOrth am your serv-
ant am | not? And that service will not
be light"
She thinks shall make her dig
thought Rachel to herself. the girl
continued i'll her low. soft voice:
Now | ask you one thnS-when | tell
YOU my story. let it be for your breast
alone Say only that am a common girl
whom YOU saved from the soldier.
WHY not?" answered Rachel. That
is all | have to tell.
Then once more they went on. Rachel
wondering If she dreamed. the girl Noie
walking at her side, stern and cold-face ed
d statue.
TO be continued tomorrow