him down. We had chased him
four or five miles, and McMillan had fired nineteen shots, of which two
had hit. The rifle practice throughout had been remarkably good, and a
treat to watch. Personally, besides the fun of attending the show, I got
a mighty good afternoon's exercise.

We loaded the game aboard and jogged slowly back to the house, for the
mules were pretty tired. We found a neighbour, Mr. Heatley of Kamiti
Ranch who had "dropped down" twelve miles to see us. On account of a
theft McMillan now had all the Somalis assembled for interrogation on
the side verandas. The interrogation did not amount to much, but while
it was going on the Sudanese headman and his askaris were quietly
searching the boys' quarters. After a time they appeared. The suspected
men had concealed nothing, but the searchers brought with them three of
McMillan's shirts which they had found among the effects of another, and
entirely unsuspected, boy named Abadie.

"How is this, Abadie?" demanded McMillan sternly.

Abadie hesitated. Then he evidently reflected that there is slight use
in having a deity unless one makes use of him.

"Bwana," said he with an engaging air of belief and candour, "God must
have put them there!"

That evening we planned a "general day" for the morrow. We took boys and
buckboards and saddle-horses, beaters, shotguns, rifles, and revolvers,
and we sallied forth for a grand and joyous time. The day from a
sporting standpoint was entirely successful, the bag consisting of
two waterbuck, a zebra, a big wart-hog, six hares, and six grouse.
Personally I was a little hazy and uncertain. By evening the fever had
me, and though I stayed at Juja for six days longer, it was as a patient
to McMillan's unfailing kindness rather than as a participant in the
life of the farm.

XXVIII. A RESIDENCE AT JUJA

A short time later, at about middle of the rainy season, McMillan left
for a little fishing off Catalina Island. The latter is some fourteen
thousand miles of travel from Juja. Before leaving on this flying trip,
McMillan made us a gorgeous offer.

"If," said he, "you want to go it alone, you can go out and use Juja as
long as you please."

This offer, or, rather, a portion of it, you may be sure, we accepted
promptly. McMillan wanted in addition to leave us his servants; but to
this we would not agree. Memba Sasa and Mahomet were, of course, members
of our permanent staff. In addition to them we picked up anothe