ort of thunder roll.

"_Whau_!" said Mundula. "That is a strange sort of dog to own--a dog
that will not come, but growls at his master when he calls him instead."

"I have not had him long enough to know me thoroughly," said Dolf.
"Those two, who stole him from me, have taught him better."

"Call him in the other direction, Falkner," I said.

This he did, and the dog went frisking after him as he ran a little way
out over the veldt, and back again, both on the best understanding with
each other in the world.

"_Au_! the matter is clear enough," pronounced Untuswa. "The dog
himself has decided it. He is not yours, Udolfu. Yet, Iqalaqala, may
it not be that those with whom you last saw the dog may have sold him?"

"That is quite impossible, leader of the valiant," I answered. "From
those who own him no price would buy him. No, not all the cattle in the
kraals of the Great Great One. Further, he has not even got the sound
of the dog's name right," and I made clear the difference between the
"l" and the "n" which the other had substituted for it.

"_Au_! That is a long price to pay for one dog, fine though he is,"
said Untuswa with the same comical twinkle in his eyes. "Well, it is
clear to whom the dog belongs. You," with a commanding sweep of the
hand towards the riotous crowd who had first molested us, "go home."

There was no disputing the word of an induna of the King. The former
rioters saluted submissively and melted away. Dolf Norbury, however,
remained.

"Will the chief ask them," he said, cunningly, "why they had to leave
Majendwa's country in a hurry, and why they are bringing back about half
their trade goods?"

"We did not leave in a hurry," I answered, "and as for trade goods, the
people seemed not willing to trade. For the rest, we have plenty of
cattle, which are even now crossing Inncome, driven by boys whom Muntisi
the son of Majendwa sent with us."

"That is a lie," responded Norbury. "They had too many eyes, and looked
too closely into what did not concern them. They had to fly, and now
they will carry strange stories to the English about the doings on the
Zulu side."

This, I could see, made some impression upon the warriors. However, I
confined myself simply to contradicting it. Then Norbury asked the
chief to order the return of his weapons.

"I need no such order," I said. "I am willing to return them, but--I
must have all the cartridges in exchange."

He was oblig