Still I came away with the impi, but here my strength failed me, and here I have lain for a round of the sun and a round of the moon.

I begged them to kill me, but my brothers would not, for they said that I might recover and join them." "Where have they gone ?" asked Jan.
"They have gone to eat up the Boers in Natal," the Zulu answered in a hollow voice, his empty eyes wandering towards the mountains of the Quathlamba range.

"Yes, they have gone to do the King's bidding on the white men, for his word came to us while we besieged yonder stronghold.
To-morrow at the dawn they attack the little laager beneath the white koppie by the banks of the Tugela, and I must reach them by then--yes, yes, now I am strong again, and I shall attack with them to-morrow at the dawn.

Farewell, white men, I will not kill you because you gave me the water which has made me strong again," and, rising from the ground, he grasped his spear and started forward at a run.
"Stay," cried Ralph.

"I would question you as to what has happened on that mountain;" but the man did not seem to hear him.