Ferodia
look to himself. Let him live upon the fatness of the land. Let him
enjoy his gains until Kalulu comes back, then by Soltali's ashes, by the
grave of Mostana, by the black ruins of Katalambula's village, I shall
have fullest revenge. I have spoken."

"Good--good--good," cried all at once, and Selim sprang up and embraced
him, while Simba and Moto took each a hand and shook it eagerly, while
little Niani jumped and hopped about as though he were a real monkey,
whereas he was only a monkey in name, and Abdullah, after Selim released
him, insisted also upon the same right to embrace him, and promised upon
the Kuran to come back with him to Watuta and see him righted. There
was such joy in the little camp, closed in by that impenetrable jungle
hedge, such as we are certain was never seen before, and never will be
seen there again.

"There is one other little thing I should like to see Kalulu do," said
Selim, smiling, but looking on the ground nevertheless.

"What? anything else for me to do? Well, I will do it. Speak," replied
Kalulu, lifting Selim's head up with his hand so that he could see his
face.

"Thou art so good, Kalulu, to promise me so many things before thou
knowest what it is I am going to ask. Thou knowest that I am very timid
and fearful, and I could not sleep to-night quietly with that ugly head
so near me, and--"

Kalulu rose immediately, and taking hold of the head by the hair, he
tossed it into the middle of the jungle hedge, where, rolling through a
little, it remained fixed in the forks of a thorn-bush situated exactly
in the middle of the hedge, where it was more effectively buried safer
from all living creatures than were it buried ten feet deep in the
earth.

"Good--good," cried Abdullah and Selim, really more rejoiced and feeling
safer from Tifum than they liked to confess.

"Now," said Simba, when each person's feelings were calmed, "let us talk
of other matters. Kalulu, thou knowest this country. How can we get
away to Zanzibar?"

"But where is Zanzibar?" asked Kalulu, surprised.

"It ought to be east directly from here, just where the sun rises every
morning," answered Simba.

"I can show the way to Urori; but what lies beyond Urori I do not know,"
said Kalulu.

"We are too small a party to be able to go through Uhehe alone," said
Simba. "That won't do. What do you suggest, Moto?" he asked of his
friend.

"If I were anywhere on the track of the traders," answer