spoken thus, he lifted up his head, looked at me, and with a great

"Now I passed out of the hut dragging the body of the dead girl after

me. In front of the hut were gathered many headmen waiting for the

end, and I saw that their looks were sullen.

"'The chief, my father, is dead!' I cried in a loud voice, 'and I,

Galazi, who am the chief, have slain her who murdered him!' And I

rolled the body of the girl over on to her back so that they might

"Now the father of the girl was among those who stood before me, he