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Saduko walked away as though he did not hear

"Who is he?" I asked

"One of high blood," answered Uht be a chief

to-day had not his father been a plotter and a wizard Dingaan smelt him

out"--and hethe Zulus

means much "Yes, they were killed, almost every one; the chief, his

wives, his children and his headmen--every one except Chosa

his brother and his son Saduko, whom Zikali the dwarf, the

Smeller-out-of-evil-doers, the Ancient, as old before Senzangakona

becas, hid him There, that is an evil tale to talk

of," and he shivered "Come, White Man, and doctor that old Cow of ive me no peace for months"

So I went to see the Worn-out-Old-Cow--not because I had any particular

interest in her, for, to tell the truth, she was a very disagreeable and

antique person, the cast-off wife of some chief whom at an unknown date

in the past the astute Umbezi had married from motives of policy--but

because I hoped to hear more of Miss Mae hut, I found the lady so impolitely named "the Old Cow"

in a parlous state There she lay upon the floor, an unpleasant object

because of the blood that had escaped from her wound, surrounded by a