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Prince, who loves him more than any man, and does but travel whither the

wind that I breathe blows him Bid Macumazahn think of me kindly, as I

shall of hi e in silence, then asked if Mameena was

alone

"No, Baas; Umbelazi and some soldiers ith her, but they did

not hear her words, for she stepped aside to speak with me Then she

returned to them, and they walked aiftly, and were sed up in

the night"

"Very good, Sikauli," I said "Make "

I dressed and drank several cups of the coffee, all the while "thinking

with my head," as the Zulus say Then I walked up to the kraal to see

U

"Why do you look so black upon this beautiful enial old scamp "Have you lost your best cow, or what?"

"No, my friend," I answered; "but you and another have lost your best

cow" And word for word I repeated to hiht that Umbezi was about to faint