swing up an' roun' as if he's a-openin' his
chest to slaughter lots.

"Ou' Wolf he hear dat an' he yust make one yump an' land right roun' wid
his head where his tail was. He tinks it's nawtin' else but Ou'
Baviyaan is drawed him on an' in to it, as Ou' Jackalse ses. `Dat's why
you wanted my tail tied so fast, is it?' ses he. `Dat's it, is it?' an'
he ramp an' he yerk, an' car' on.

"`It ain't, fathead! big fathead!' ses Ou' Baviyaan, rearin' an' yankin'
to pull Ou' Wolf roun' again to face it. `Dat's yust Ou' Jackalse's
lies to scare you.'

"But Ou' Wolf he see Ou' Jackalse comin', a-skippin' an' a-runnin', wid
de axe a-frolicin' in his han', an' he yust gi'es one yank an' lan's Ou'
Baviyaan a yard back. Baviyaan he try to hold him, but about dat time
Ou' Jackalse gets dere, an' he 'gins to yump an' dodge roun', an' all de
time he's shoutin' out, `Stan' over a bit, Nief Baviyaan; stan' wide a
bit till I gets a cle'r biff at him. Yust shift you' head de oder side
till I gaps him one wi' dis yere axe.'

"Den dere was de fuss. De more Ou' Baviyaan try to hol' back de more
Ou' Wolf yerks him away, an' de wusser Ou' Jackalse sings out, till at
last Ou' Wolf he get dat ter'fied he fair yanks Ou' Baviyaan right into
de air an' over an' over, an' den streaks out straight for de koppies,
wid him on de end of him like a dog an' a kettle.

"`I tink dat's about de finish to dat little lot,' ses Ou' Jackalse,
watchin' de dust an' de hair fly."

Old Hendrik paused, looked the little girl very seriously in the eye;
and then concluded, using his most impressive tones: "An' if you don'
b'lieve me, den you yust look at Ou' Baviyaan's tail nex' time he comes
stealin' in de garden--you'll see de kink yet where it ain't never
straighten out f'm dat day to this."

CHAPTER TWO.

OLD JACKAL AND YOUNG BABOON.

"Ou' Ta'," said the eldest boy the next evening, as they waited at the
kraal for the coming of the cows to the milking, "you never told us what
Old Bobbyjohn said to Old Wolf that time when he stopped running away
from Old Jackalse at last."

"No," replied Old Hendrik, with a droll, droll leer; "an' I'd hatto be a
mighty sight smarter dan I ever 'members bein' if I was to tell you dat.
For when Ou' Wolf stopped at last, den Ou' Baviyaan yust looked at him;
yust stopped an' looked an' untied his tail an' crawled off. As you'
daddy ses--`not a word, not a sound; not a whisper of a noise said he'.
Ou' Baviyaan yust