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Presently Saduko arrived, looking very stately and coave Panda the "Bayéte"--the royal salute

"Be seated," said the King "I have words for your ear"

Thereon, with theand without undue

delay, Saduko crouched hi on the ground, as only a native kno to do without

looking absurd, and waited

"Son of Matiwane," said the King, "I have heard all the story of how,

with a su and most of the men of the

Amakoba, and ate up their cattle every one"

"Your pardon, Black One," interrupted Saduko "I a It was Macuht me how to snare the Amakoba, after they were decoyed from

their mountain, and it was Tshoza, my uncle, who loosed the cattle fro, except to strike a blow or tith a spear when I must, just as a baboon throws stones at those who

would steal its young"

"I alad to see that you are no boaster, Saduko," said Panda "Would

that more of the Zulus were like you in that s about little things At least, Bangu was

killed and his proud tribe hulad