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onarrcnvm A _ . wan.-r-1-nznnnvexxnw f_u’Anaamar' lked away Joseph

theinterrupted converse.-

,e.:‘w talking bout liar Int fiw. lilzfxtgreen. Yo: ahoul seejthe

. who lixegmcloae t§mrgK‘:_lg0x\_!_.

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HQ “most. doctors‘ v sm . e Be“ryi.lile°r!¥10DBy he makes.

‘ he drinks even kaflir beer now. _hc ca.n’t get a permit (or

1; wig then that Malcolm saw his opportunity. Thanks to the Reotmlle brothers he had. in a very short time, learnt a good deal about the

pean neighbours. There was no

‘ owing — it might be useful to know something about them.

"What 3, pretty girl Miss Chan-

nlng is.” he said rentatlvcly. and

tlvee oi.’ the district, but so far he __ very little oi the Recoulles :

.e~' Riddle the _ A "Riderless Horse_ gfiy ‘JEAN’ 1;. CYRIL cAsA‘us

u ~l:r~ouoh-t M‘!-nvs§:’t"§'n'K:d Marsha‘! gm 0

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Joseph promptly rose to the bait. “very very pretty," he agreid utily; “and very smart. Do ou

that she looks alter all er other’s cows She C r-ll/' stalled W0 years ago, an since then they ha\e id. it wasn't l.ke that beforfi. M!‘-

“I didn't know she'd been here such a short time. I thought she’= been on the farm all her life." '

.”‘Oh no. Her lather died when she was very young: and he made lis old friend. Mr. Loftus. the suarduan of Cynthia and her brother. In those days old George Loftus hadn ti

got the monev he has now. but be good to them. He spoilt \them.l :33 it wasn't his fault that Chan

loft school too early. and hnsn’t got}

polished like his pretty sister.

But Chan is.d0iX1B very well." he‘ 'went on; He is a good boy and a

good farmer. and even a better

taculator. He is doing a very bg business in Basutoland cattlem and 01 course he is 1ucky—he has

George Loftus to see that he d_:esn‘t' " m humbugged when he sends his

tattle on to be sold."

But Ma1colm’s education was cut yhort at this stage by Adhemfll"S and Corneille's retum. Joseph stayed tdsupper, and when at last he left.‘ Adhemar accompanied him. as W35 his custom. {or the way.

part Malcolm and Corneille had only ,iust= returned to the dinin room, after.

seeing the brothers of . when Mar-

aka came in. “Morena" he said. anxiety in his

voice. "Maraka him hear what the. white baas of him police him say. Malcolm was thinking aloud. garakn him airaid. Baas Mortimer‘ Then, suddenly. he leapt to his

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left side. Baas ortimer him makg scratch on him saddle because him scratch him made by spurs, and

scratch just -ctiing on him horse, Lr

Ito Brandfontein. did you happen to a

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PALMER 8. HASLAM n. J. 1-u.nn=:B. x. ‘:3.’

said Oomeillex “and what is itthat you’ro afraid of?” ‘fflgmufina. when Maroka

him use due and him bridle. and um.

him

when Jani him so him horse come

home not plenty ot. Mai-aka him to be afraid.

and helplto look on the mad, and Marsha him see him little marks of tlgms __ s and Maraka him plenty a .

"But what was wrong with the saddle and the bridle?" asked Cor-

neille.

Maraka tuned quickly towards the door. "Let the Baas wait. Maraka him 80 ietch saddle and bridle, and him show Baas." He was back in a few moments. "book. B885." he said. very grave- ly; “when Baas Mortimer him go to Brandiontein, him saddle and him bridle shine in the gun, plenty clean; Jani him say so. When him horse come back. him saddle got big scratch’ on him right side-so; tum him bridle lnm lenty dirty on him

Baas Mon mar him wear spurs. But Baas Mortimer him not make

getting ofl——hlm ride too plenty well. to make him scratch. S0,-Mar. ena_ Maralca him know Baas Morti- mer him {all on the road, and him fall on left side oi’ him horse."

“Yes. of course." said Corneille a little impatiently; "we are all agreed on that."

j'Yes. Morena, but look at him bridle,‘ lvlnraka held up the bridle in hiyrlght hand. and grasped the left ring of the snaffle bit with his left hand. “Him bridle him dirty this side, baas."

Csrncille was puzzling over these facts when Malcolm interrupted.

"But lcok her. Maraka." he said, “there's one thing I don't under- stand. How in all this stretch of country. in all the miles from he-.e

search that one 5 cl bit of ground where you ioun those tiny rowel marks?"

“Because. baas," Maraka answered simply, “him s it him onl piece of road. irom er to Brand ontein. where Baas Mortimer him must walk his horse."

There was. a moment's silence.

. .

“'Ilhe near ring of the bridle . . . and the of! side of the saddle . . ."

feet. , “By gosh. Mural-ta. I see! You mean he was pulled off!" Comet-lle swung round aghast. “What do you mean. Malcolm?

' How do you get. that?"

"Don't you see, old lad? If you fell off on the near side or your horse, and hu on to the reins. you'd pull the o i‘ side ring oi’! the bit into your horse's mouth. If Mortimer had had an ordinary (all. the scratches and the dirty ring would be on the same side. Morti- mer didn't pull that rimz into his horse's mouth. Someone else did." "But ii’ they did? Li’ someone tried wtstop him why didn't he lay him ou '

"The chances are that it wasn't just one pe.rson—that someone else did the pulling oi’! and the hitting; for he was carried. Those rowel marks are plain enough now."

“Now that the balls him know.’

named Maraka with apgrent

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