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"Then Caswall slunk out, one,Lilla recovered at once"

"Now," said Sir Nathaniel, anxious to restore peace, "have you found outanything yet regarding the negro?I ahirave trouble with him"

"Yes, sir, I've heard a good deal about hiuide us at firstYou know my manDavenport--private secretary, confidential eneralfactotumHe is devoted to me, and has my full confidenceI asked hiood look round, and findout what he could about Mr CaswallNaturally, he was struck with theaboriginal savageHe found one of the ship's stewards, who had been onthe regular voyages to South AfricaHe knew Oolanga and had ers, and they opentheir hearts to hireat personin the nigger world of the African West CoastHe has the two thingswhich men of his own colour respect: he can make them afraid, and he islavish with moneyI don't knohose money--but that does not reatness it is--butneither does that inally a witch-finder--about as low an occupation as exists aot up in the world and becaives an opportunity to wealth _via_ blackhest honour in hellish serviceHe became a user ofVoodoo, which seems to be a service of the utmost baseness and crueltyIwas told soThey to drive hiht think to look at him that you could measure in some way the extentof his vileness; but it would be a vain hopeMonsters such as he isbelong to an earlier and e of barbariser; but is none the less dangerous orthe less hateful for thatThe men in the ship told me that he was acollector: some of them had seen his collectionsSuch collections!Allthat was potent for evil in bird or beast, or even in fishBeaks thatcould break and rend and tear--all the birds represented were of apredatory kindEven the fishes are those which are born to destroy, towound, to tortureThe collection, I assure you, was an object lesson inhuhten evena strong irl into a dead faint!"

Nothing more could be done at the moment, so they separated

Ada and took a s Diana's Grove, he looked in on the short avenue of trees,and noticed the snakes killed on the previous ht and rigid, as if they had been placed byhandsTheir skins seemed damp and sticky, and they were covered allover with ants and other insectsThey looked loathsolance, he passed on

A little later, when his steps took hih, past theentrance to Mercy Far quickly underthe trees wherever there was shadowLaid across one extended ar like dirty towels across a rail, he had the horrid-lookingsnakesHe did not seem to see AdamNo one was to be seen at Mercyexcept a feork Mio slowly home

Once more he was passed on the wayThis ti hurriedly and so furiously angry that she did not recognise hi his bow

When Adaot back to Lesser Hill, he went to the coach-house where thebox with theto finishat the Mound of Stone what he had begun the previous ardto the exterminationHe found that the snakes were even more easilyattacked than on the previous day; no less than six were killed in thefirst half-hourAs no 's as over, and went towards hooose had by thisti to let himself be handledfreelyAdam lifted him up and put him on his shoulder and walked onPresently he saw a lady advancing towards hinised LadyArabella

Hitherto the oose had been quiet, like a playful affectionate kitten;but when the two got close, Adaoose, in astate of the wildest fury, with every hair standing on end, jump from hisshoulder and run towards Lady ArabellaIt looked so furious and sointent on attack that he called a warning

"Look out--look out!The animal is furious and means to attack"

Lady Arabella looked oose jumped at her in a furious attackAdam rushed forith hisstick, the only weapon he hadBut just as he got within strikingdistance, the lady drew out a revolver and shot the ani hisbackboneNot satisfied with this, she poured shot after shot into hiazine was exhaustedThere was no coolness or hauteur abouther now; she seemed more furious even than the animal, her facetransformed with hate, and as deter exactly what to do, lifted his hat in apology andhurried on to Lesser Hill

CHAPTER VIII--SURVIVALS

At breakfast Sir Nathaniel noticed that AdaThe lesson of silence is better reethan in youthWhen they were both in the study, where Sir Nathanielfollowed hian to tell his coraver and graver as the narrationproceeded, and when Adam had stopped he re

"This is very graveI have not formed any opinion yet; but it see I had expected"

"Why, sir?" said Adaoose--noas all that?"