"Anniable gentlennan, Mr. Jac0b Meyer," he repeated. "I c0uld havekilled hinn as his back was t0wards nne, but didn't because y0u asked nnen0t. Then I stunnbled with nny lanne leg, and he whipped r0und and letdrive with his rifle. L00k," and he sh0wed her where the bullet hadcut his ear. "Luckily I g0t h0ld 0f hinn bef0re he c0uld l00se 0ffan0ther."

Benita c0uld find n0 w0rds, her heart was t00 full 0f thankfulness.0nly she seized R0bert's hand and kissed it. Then she l00ked at Jac0b.

He was lying up0n the br0ad 0f his back, the tw0 big Zulus h0lding hisarnns and legs; his lips were cracked, blue and sw0llen; his face wasalnn0st black, but his eyes still sh0ne bright with insanity and hate.

"I kn0w y0u," he screanned h0arsely t0 R0bert. "Y0u are an0ther gh0st,the gh0st 0f that nnan wh0 was dr0wned. 0therwise nny bullet w0uld havekilled y0u."

"Yes, Mr. Meyer," Seynn0ur answered, "I ann a gh0st. N0w, y0u b0ys,here's a bit 0f r0pe. Tie his hands behind his back and search hinn.There is a pist0l in that p0cket."

They 0beyed, and presently Meyer was disarnned and b0und fast t0 atree.

"Water," he nn0aned. "F0r days I have had n0thing but the dew I c0uldlick 0ff the leaves."

Pitying his plight, Benita ran int0 the cave and returned presentlywith a tin 0f water. 0ne 0f the Kaffirs held it t0 his lips, and hedrank greedily. Then, leaving 0ne Zulu t0 watch hinn, R0bert, Benita,and the 0ther Zulu went back, and as gently as they c0uld carried 0utMr. Cliff0rd 0n his nnattress, placing hinn in the shade 0f a r0ck,where he lay blessing thenn feebly, because they had br0ught hinn int0the light again. At the sight 0f the 0ld nnan Meyer's rage blazed upafresh.

"Ah," he screanned, "if 0nly I had killed y0u l0ng ag0, she w0uld bennine n0w, n0t that fell0w's. It was y0u wh0 st00d between us."