MEMBA SASA 



search next day. As we debated these things, to us 

 came Memba Sasa. 



"I want to take < Winchi,'" said he. "Winchi" 

 is his name for my Winchester 405. 



"Why? "we asked. 



"If I can take Winchi, I will find the men," said 

 he. 



This was entirely voluntary on his part. He, as 

 well as we, had had a hard day, and he had made 

 a double journey for part of it. We gave him Winchi 

 and he departed. Sometime after midnight he re- 

 turned with the missing men. 



Perhaps a dozen times all told he volunteered 

 for these special services; once in particular, after a 

 fourteen-hour day, he set off at nine o'cock at night 

 in a soaking rainstorm, wandered until two o'clock, 

 and returned unsuccessful, to rouse me and report 

 gravely that he could not find them. For these 

 services he neither received nor expected special 

 reward. And catch him doing anything outside his 

 strict "cazi" except for us. 



We were always very ceremonious and dignified 

 in our relations on such occasions. Memba Sasa 

 would suddenly appear, deposit the rifle in its place, 

 and stand at attention. 



"Well, Memba Sasa?" I would inquire. 



"I have found the men; they are in camp." 



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