Part 19 (1/2)

”You all know me, _amadoda_,” went on Septiistrate, and two of your nuht the _amapolise_ will be here”

”_Hau_! The _amapolise_ will be here But will the boy be here?” said the abominable Sibuko, with his head craftily on one side

”You can see for yourselves Let some of you watch the house until the _amapolise_ arrive”

”But hoe know he is here noent on this persistent savage

”Hehim out, and let us see him”

”_Ewa_, _ewa_!” shouted several

This would have been acceded to, when a sudden instinct of the impolicy of such a course flashed acrosssupplement to so experienced and judicious a mind when for once that attribute seemed to fail

”Don't you do it,” I said hurriedly and in an undertone ”No point inthe boy too _marked_, under the circuht, Kenrick” Then aloud: ”The chief will satisfy you He will co done Brian quickly put me up to his own movements

There was no doubt about it but that two of the Kafir boys were dead

It was a most lamentable and unfortunate affair for everybody concerned

How had he fallen in with Usivulele? Ah, that was soerous de along the hillsides fro upon the sagested itself, and accordingly he had ridden straight and hard for Usivulele's kraal He and his were on exceedingly friendly terms with that chief, and he had soon prevailed upon hiht thing at the right time, you did it then A few minutes later would have been so many minutes too late”

”I believe so,” he said ”I could see that things were looking as ugly as they could Well, it'll be all right now, at least as far as Kuliso's people are concerned”

Then Usivulele ca the crowd The whole thing was as had been said, he inforo home The matter was in his hands now, and he would remain until the boy was handed over to the _amopolise_ This he himself would see done

Then he chose two an to break up A fewout, and this was not objected to, but the relad indeed ere to see the last of theloo the ree not at all, and even poor little Iris had lost her sunny flow of spirits We three h ti with the chief and his councillors, who, incidentally, were lavishly entertained But it was not until late at night that a squad of Mounted Police arrived, under a sergeant, to take charge of the boy

We were not sorry to learn either fro this side of Kuliso's location, for it was arranged that we should all start for Fort Laether at daybreak

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

IN COURT

Shattuck, CC and RM, was not a genial type of Civil servant, in that he was cold and short of manner, and always intensely official

Moreover, he was popularly credited with a strong native bias, which alone was sufficient to constitute hiistracy such as Fort Lah bald forehead, and wearing a light full beard--would have been a good-looking one but for a nore stood limply in the dock, all the cheek taken out of hily told him, as we tried all we knew to hearten him up just before he was placed there Indeed, there were not wanting those who thought ill of the istrate's curt refusal of our attorney's application to allow hihout the preliminary examination, on account of his youth

”I cannot make such exceptions as that, Mr Pyle,” had been the answer

”Had it been the case of a native no such application would have been made”