“Who did it? He did it, the terrible lion, the black-maned lion with the white face.
“He gave the slavers to the sword; he doomed their captain to death.
“He loosened the irons of the captives. Now they shall eat the bread of freedom.
“Praise him, ye people, who broke the strength of the oppressor.
“Praise him, the Shepherd of the Shepherdess, who led her from the house of the wicked.
“Praise him, ye Children of Mavoom, in whose hands are death and life.
“No such deeds have been told of in the land. Praise him, the Deliverer, who gives you back your children!”
“Ay, praise him!” said Juanna, who was standing by. “Praise him, children of my father, since but for him none of us would see the light to-day.”
At this juncture Leonard himself arrived upon the scene, just in time to hear Juanna’s words. All the people of the Settlement took up the cry, and hundreds of other natives collected there joined in it. They rushed towards him shouting: “Praise to thee, Shepherd of the Shepherdess! Praise to thee, Deliverer!”
Then Leonard, in a fury, caught hold of Otter, vowing that if he dared to say another word he would instantly break his neck, and the tumult ceased. But from that day forward he was known among the natives as “The Deliverer,” and by no other name.