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"And a crown of Glory," I suggested. "Yes, of course, a crown of Glory very large, since I shall be a martyr; but I hope one will only have to wear it on Sundays, as I never could bear anything heavy on my hair; moreover, it would remind me of a Kaffir's head-ring done in gold, and I shall have had enough of Kaffirs.

"And I give you leave to become a kehla a wearer of the head-ring although, as you have said, you are still but a boy, and with it a place upon my Council." "Bayéte! As the King pleases," said Saduko, still apparently unmoved by the honours that were being heaped upon him. "And, Son of Matiwane," went on Panda, "you are still unmarried, are you not?"

"Not since the son of Tondusa assumed the head-ring," answered the other. "And now a greater is about to assume the head-ring," went on the first speaker, "even Ncute, the son of Nondwana." "The brother of the Great Great One?" "The same," asserted the first speaker, in that sing-song hum in which natives, when among themselves, will carry on a conversation for hours.

"Macumazahn, nothing happened at all. My hand seemed to go through his head-ring and the skull beneath, and to shut upon itself while he went on talking to someone else, a captain whom I recognised, yes, one Faku, whom in the days of Dingaan, the Black One's brother, I myself slew upon the Ghost-Mountain.

Hadden laughed, and passed on towards the stream where he proposed to bathe. Just as he reached it, he caught sight of Maputa riding along the footpath, his head-ring covered with mud, his lips purple and his black face livid with rage. "There goes an angry man," he said to himself. "Now, how would it be " and he looked upwards like one seeking an inspiration.

His form was bent, and the little hair which he still retained was quite white. His battered head-ring, being attached only by one side, shook as if it would fall off on account of the motion caused by his walking. He appeared to be nearly blind.

Casting one more look at the cave, and satisfying himself that the monster had not emerged, Laurence went down to examine the body. It was that of a man in the prime of life and wearing the head-ring. It was lying on its back, the throat upturned and protruding.

But the Chief now felt safe from the avenging wrath of Tshaka. Three of the Zulus were, however, still alive. Kondwana the induna, Senzanga the man without a head-ring, and one other, had fallen into an old elephant-pit, the surface of which was completely covered over with brushwood. Dry leaves and twigs had accumulated at the bottom, and thus the shock of their fall had been lessened.

Dunn, but doubtless before the sun is high I shall know much." As he spoke a sudden gust of wind struck us, and tore the nodding ostrich plume from its fastening on Umbelazi's head-ring. Whilst a murmur of dismay rose from all who saw what they considered this very ill-omened accident, away it floated into the air, to fall gently to the ground at the feet of Saduko.

Alphonse also got himself up to kill, giving an extra turn to his enormous moustaches. Even old Umslopogaas, who was not in a general way given to the vain adorning of his body, took some oil out of the lantern and a bit of tow, and polished up his head-ring with it till it shone like Good's patent leather boots.