“‘Come back with me,’ I sed, skeered.
“‘Do what I tell you,’ he sez; and when I started to go, he slipped away to the left, up the hill. Well, I went on, gettin’ more and more skeered, till I saw the house, then I jes’ hid away and waited for Jim. Bymby, in the afternoon, here he came running, and I run to meet him when he slowed down.
“‘Whatjer see?’ I asked him.
“‘Nothin’,’ he sez.
“‘Whatjer run for, then?’
“‘To keep warm,’ he sez, though the sweat were running off him.
“Well, when we got to the clearin’ we met Jake hauling on a big stump.
“‘Well, youngsters,’ he says; wiping his forehead with the back of his hand; ‘had a good time?’
“‘Jake,’ said Jimmie, ‘there’s Kaffirs over yonder.’
“‘What’s that! Are you joking?’