An hour later Sam came back in mild triumph, at 

 the head of the Sh.mgaan gang ; and, ' clothed in a 

 little brief authority/ stood guard and superintended 

 ,. v"^ while they collected their scattered goods all except 

 the axe that caused the trouble. That they failed to 

 find. The owner may have thought it wise to make 

 no claim on me ; Sam, if he remembered it, would 

 have seen the Shangaans and all their belongings 

 burned in a pile rather than raise so delicate a 

 question with Jim ; I had forgotten all about it 

 being anxious only to end the trouble and get the 

 Shangaans off ; and that villain Jim ' lay low.' At 

 the first outspan from Barbcrton next day I saw him 

 carving his mark on the handle, unabashed, under my 

 very nose. 



The next time Jim got drunk he added something 

 to his opinion of Sam : 



" Sam no good : Sam leada Bible ! Shangaan, 

 Sam ; Shan^a.m ! " 



