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Updated: May 13, 2025
"This was while he was yet a long way off, but when he came nearer, within three or four hundred yards, of a sudden I caught the outline of his face against a good background, and knew it for that of Magepa. "'My God! I said to myself, 'it is old Magepa the Buck, and the bundle in the mat will be his grandson, Sinala! "Yes, even then I felt certain that he was carrying the child upon his back.
Inside of it was little Sinala, spluttering out water, but very evidently alive and unhurt, for presently he set up a yell. "'No, I said, 'he lives, and will live. He overheard our talk. The King's slayers came. Gita held the door of the hut while I took the child, cut a hole through the straw with my assegai, and crept out at the back.
"'Where are their fathers? I asked, patting the little boy who, his mother told me, was named Sinala upon the cheek, an attention that he resented. "'They have been called away on duty, answered Magepa shortly; and I changed the subject. "Then we began to talk about old times, and I asked him if he had any oxen to sell, saying that this was my reason for visiting the kraal.
At least you might come. "'What! And leave my people to be killed? Macumazahn, you did not use to talk so. Still, hearken. Macumazahn, will you do me a service? I will pay you well for it. I would get my daughter Gita and my little grandson Sinala into safety. If I and my wives are wiped out it does not matter, for we are old.
I have known the face of war and seen many a little one like my grandson Sinala assegaied upon his mother's back. "'Very good. But if I do this for you, you must do something for me. Say, Magepa, does Cetewayo really mean to fight, and if so, how? Oh yes, I know all you have been telling me, but I want not words but truth from the heart?
I never saw anyone carrying weight who could run quite so well as he," and Quatermain turned his head away as though the memory of this incident affected him somewhat. "What became of the child Sinala?" I asked presently. "Oh! I sent him to an institution in Natal, and afterwards was able to get some of his property back for him. I believe that he is being trained as an interpreter."
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