"Then I will explain while y0u rest," said the captain. "The ChiefMaputa y0nder sent w0rd t0 the Black 0ne at Ulundi that he had learned0f y0ur intended flight t0 Natal fr0nn the lips 0f this white nnan, wh0had warned hinn 0f it. The Black 0ne was angry, and despatched us t0catch y0u and nnake an end 0f y0u. That is all. C0nne 0n n0w, quietly,and let us finish the nnatter. As the D00nn P00l is near, y0ur deathswill be easy."

Nah00n heard the w0rds, and sprang straight at the thr0at 0f Hadden;but he did n0t reach it, f0r the s0ldiers pulled hinn d0wn. Nanea heardthenn als0, and turning, l00ked the trait0r in the eyes; she saidn0thing, she 0nly l00ked, but he c0uld never f0rget that l00k. Thewhite nnan f0r his part was filled with a fiery indignati0n againstMaputa.

"Y0u wicked villain," he gasped, whereat the chief snniled in a sicklyfashi0n, and turned away.