n it.'

"I had noticed that this young man, and one or two others among the
headmen, were slightly paler in colour than the rest of the tribe, and I
told Mapana so.

"`Yes,' she returned. `Seleni is descended from the white man from whom
I descend, but by a baser branch. My forefathers come directly from the
white man who settled among the Umfanzi long ago, and married the
chief's daughter. That white man--Morinza, we call him--became ruler
over the tribe, taught us many things, and left the family of chiefs to
which I belong. I have sent for you,'--here she inquired my name, which
I told her--`to look upon the things which I have here. They were
Morinza's, and they have always been cherished in my family.'

"Here she took the circlet of coins from her neck and handed it to me.
She had also for my inspection the sword I have spoken of, and an
old-fashioned book, very handsomely bound in red leather, curiously gilt
and stamped. This book she took from a covering of soft hide, in which
it was carefully wrapped.

"I was intensely interested, and first examined the gold coins composing
the necklet. There were seven in all, four large and three smaller. I
recognised at once the head of Charles the First, and made out without
difficulty that the coins were twenty-shilling and ten-shilling pieces
of that king's reign. I next took up the sword. The scabbard had once
been handsome in leather and metal, but was now worn and battered. The
sword itself, a straight, narrowish rapier, was a very beautiful one.
It was in excellent condition and finely engraved. On the centre of the
blade were these words in old-fashioned lettering:--"

"Rupertus Mauritio Suo Bredae, 1638."

Latin for: "From Rupert to his Maurice. Before Breda, 1638."

"Now in the mind of every schoolboy," (said Cressey, pausing in his
narrative) "the names Rupert and Maurice always run together. They were
nephews of Charles the First, sons of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, and
they are well-known in English history. Since I came to Cape Town, I
have been to the library, and I find that Prince Maurice served his
first or second campaign in 1638 with the Prince of Orange at the siege
of Breda. Prince Rupert was there, learning the trade of war at the
same time. The meaning of the inscription on that sword--which I have,
and will show you presently--is to my mind perfectly clear.

"Well, to get on with my yarn. As I sat in Mapana's kraal with the