“I fear it will rain before we can get back,” he said.

“Not till we return,” answered a native woman.

“Why not?”

“The rainmaker is with us, and he only can bring rain!”

“Where is he?”

The woman pointed to a chief named Kone.

“What about rain, Kone?”

“It cannot rain, so do not fear.”

“But I think it will rain.”

“You need not fear; let us start.”