"LITTLE Half-brother" 71 



hot water and treated with carboHc acid and used 

 unguentine, but the flesh, burned to a crisp, came off 

 in great wads. Three days and nights, Ndundu, Osa 

 and I worked over him, for all the other natives were 

 afraid of him, as something accursed. We had to 

 relieve each other, for no man could stand for long 

 that horrible stench of burned and decaying flesh. 



The third day, lockjaw set in, and I knew there was 

 no hope. At midnight he died and next morning I 

 summoned the boys to help with the biu-ial. With 

 scared looks they edged off from me and ran into the 

 forest. I did the dreary job alone, putting human 

 pity ahead of impulse. 



