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It ht that, as a sequel to this somewhat remarkable scene in

which I was absolutely bowled over--perhaps bowled out would be a better

ter enius

to drop me before I repented, as she kneould do so soon as her back

was turned, therebyme look the worst of fools, thatlady would have been strained But not a bit of it When

next we , she was just her easy,

natural self, attending to my hurts, which by noere almost well,

joking about this and that, inquiring as to the contents of certain

letters which I had received from Natal, and of some newspapers that

came with them--for on all such matters she was very curious--and so

forth

Ie could

act with such finish Well, friend critic, that is just where you are

wrong When you come to add it up there's very little difference in all

e and yourself

To begin with, by what exact right do we call people like the Zulus

savages? Setting aside the habit of polygahly civilised peoples in the East, they have a

social syste, their

nobles, and their commons They have an ancient and elaborate law, and