Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 15, 2025
He should have been here to go on this journey with us; indeed, he was to be our guide and we cannot find him. Where is he and why is he not here?" "Have you anything about you that belonged to Dogeetah, Macumazana?" "No," I answered; "that is, yes," and from my pocket I produced the stump of pencil that Brother John had given me, which, being economical, I had saved up ever since.
I think it rather bores my respected parents-in-law. At any rate, 'Dogeetah' spends a lot of his time wandering about the New Forest, which is near by, with a butterfly-net and trying to imagine that he is back in Africa. There is a small lake in the Rectory grounds in which is a little island.
Well, he is our brother also, and it was by his invitation that we have come to visit you here, where he will meet us presently." "If Dogeetah is your friend, then you are my friends," answered Bausi, "for in this land he rules as I rule, he whose blood flows in my veins, as my blood flows in his veins. But you lie. Dogeetah is no brother of slave-dealers, his heart is good and yours are evil.
"I take note of them," answered Bausi, "and I swear by my mother on behalf of all the people, that they shall be fulfilled if Dogeetah comes." "Good," exclaimed Mavovo, and stalked on to the stake which had been pointed out to him. As he went he whispered something into Imbozwi's ear that seemed to frighten that limb of Satan, for I saw him start and shiver.
"Something, O Motombo. Many moons ago the god bit off the finger of our High Lord, the Kalubi. The Kalubi, having heard that a white man skilled in medicine who could cut off limbs with knives, was in the country of the Mazitu and camped on the borders of the great lake, took a canoe and rowed to where the white man was camped, he with the beard, who is named Dogeetah, and who stands before you.
All he had to say was that he had caused inquiries to be made along the route that ran to the coast and that certainly for a hundred miles there was at present no sign of Dogeetah. So as the Black Elephant was growing more and more enraged under the stirrings up of Imbozwi, it was obvious that that evening's ceremony must be performed.
"How can Bausi give up Dogeetah who is his blood brother, and you, his friend?" exclaimed the old general, indignantly. "Bausi sends me to his brother Dogeetah that he may receive the orders of the white man's wisdom, spoken through your mouth, lord Macumazana." "Then there's a good spirit in Bausi," I replied, "and these are Dogeetah's orders spoken through my mouth.
The white man Dogeetah, who is your blood-brother and whose word is your word among the Mazitu, will arrive here at sunset on the second day from now. I have spoken." Bausi looked at me in question. "Yes," I exclaimed, feeling that I must say something and that it did not much matter what I said, "Dogeetah will arrive here on the second day from now within half an hour after sunset."
"O Dogeetah and white lords," said Babemba, "the king invites your presence that he may ask your forgiveness for what has happened, and this time there will be no need for you to bring arms, since henceforward no hurt can come to you from the Mazitu people." So presently we set out once more, taking with us the gifts that had been refused.
However, I said nothing about it at the time, because Brother John asked sharply: "And is this priestess also dead?" "I do not know, Dogeetah, but I think not. If she were dead I think that we should have heard some rumour of the Feast of the eating of the dead Mother." "Eating the dead mother!" I exclaimed. "Yes, Macumazana.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking