"Now I am minded to kill you," said the captain in wrath, "because you

have suffered this youth to escape me. Without doubt it is

"It is no fault of mine," said the headmen. "These young men are

wizards, who can pass hither and thither at will. But I say this to

you, captain of the king, if you will go on the Ghost Mountain, you

must go there alone with your soldiers, for none in these parts dare

"Yet I shall dare to-morrow," said the captain. "We grow brave at the

kraal of Chaka. There men do not fear spears or ghosts or wild beasts