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He tackled me, saying, "If you respect the Word of God, you must admit that the world is flat." "If the Word of God stands on a flat world " I began. "What!" cried he, losing himself in a passion, and making as if he would run me through with an assagai. "What!" he shouted in astonishment and rage, while I jumped aside to dodge the imaginary weapon.
They were all dressed in leopard-skin muchas, with bracelets, armlets, garters, and anklets of cows' tails; all wore keshlas; and each man carried a long shield and three throwing assagais in his left hand, while in his right he held a stabbing assagai with a terrible double-edged blade about six inches wide and eighteen inches long.
In almost less time than I take to describe it, one of them, a good-looking, frank young fellow in an officer's uniform, rose in his stirrups and made a snatch at my arm; but, in answer to a touch of the heel, Sandho leaped forward, and my would-be captor passed me, riding on several horse-lengths before he could turn and come at me again; while, by a quick leap aside, Joeboy avoided the man who came at him, and stood with his back to a great stone, with his assagai raised to strike.
Joeboy walk 'long o' vorloper. Tell 'im Joeboy 'tick assagai in um back if he talk, and drive right 'way." "Ha!" I said, with a heavy expiration of the breath. "But do you understand what he means?" "Oh yes, I understand," said Denham, laughing; "but where are the Doppies going to be all the while?"
For it was Joeboy on the war-path, ready in his own opinion to slay all the Boers in the state. "Why, Joeboy," I cried, wiping my eyes, "you're splendid. But where's Echo Nek?" "Dah!" he said, pointing behind him with the dangerous-looking assagai he carried. "Did you see me coming?" He nodded, it being one of his habits to say as little in English as he could.
One of us must have him in front of the saddle as we retreat." "No, no," I said. "Here, wait a minute. Joeboy!" I shouted, and, shield and assagai in hand, the black dashed to my side as if to defend me from some attack. "Can you carry this officer on your back down the valley, Joeboy?" I said. "Um!" was the prompt reply. "You take my spears." "Yes. Hang them to my saddle," I said. "Quick!"
Soldiers tell Joeboy." "And you followed him?" "Um? Yes," came, accompanied by a nod. "And you've killed him with your assagai?" I said, with a shudder, as I glanced at where three of the deadly weapons lay at the side of my rough couch, across his shield. "Um? No. Nearly kill Joeboy." "Ah!" I cried, with a curious feeling of relief.
"Don't you know " "Come, quick, to mother!" cried the girl, interrupting. No more was needed. In a moment Conrad was in the central enclosure, where, crowded under a rude erection of planks and boxes, were the women and children. An assagai had penetrated an unguarded crevice, and, passing under the arm of poor Mrs Marais, had pinned her to the family trunk, against which she leaned.
He waited until Stephen had drawn a lump of tobacco from his pouch which latter he took care to turn inside out to show there was nothing else in it. Rising quietly, the trader advanced with a peaceful air, holding the tobacco out to the Bushman, who looked suspicious and distrustfully shook his assagai; but Stephen took no heed.
No; Boss Val mustn't make Doppie come. Joeboy say `Trek, and they no trek, he 'tick assagai in um back." "No, no; there must be no bloodshed." "Um? Blood? No; only 'tick in little way. Make um go like bullock. Make um go like what Boss Val call `'tampeed. Black Kaffir boy not say `Won't go. Be 'fraid o' Joeboy." I thought it very probable, and said no more.
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