"Stas, don't go there," Nell begged; "a lion might be there."
The boy, who was something of a swashbuckler and who from the previous day had taken extraordinary offense at lions, replied:
"A great thing. A lion in daylight!"
However, before he approached the passageway, Kali's voice resounded from above:
"Bwana kubwa! Bwana kubwa!"
"What is it?" Stas asked.
The negro slid down the stalk of the climbing plant in the twinkling of an eye. From his face it was easy to perceive that he brought some important news.
"An elephant!" he shouted.
"An elephant?"
"Yes," answered the young negro, waving his hands; "there thundering water, here a rock. The elephant cannot get out. Great master kill the elephant and Kali will eat him. Oh, eat, eat!"