As flash followed flash, from time to time I caught sight of the two wizards.

They were slowly advancing towards one another, each pointing at his foe with the assegai in his hand.

I could see their every movement, and it seemed to me that the chain lightning was striking the iron-stone all round them.
Suddenly the thunder and lightning ceased for a minute, everything grew black, and, except for the rain, silent.
"It is over one way or the other, chief," I called out into the darkness.
"Wait, white man, wait!" answered the chief, in a voice thick with anxiety and fear.
Hardly were the words out of his mouth when the heavens were lit up again till they literally seemed to flame.

There were the men, not ten paces apart.

A great flash fell between them, I saw them stagger beneath the shock.