Forging the Blades: A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion
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Mitford Bertram. Forging the Blades: A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion
Chapter One. The Tragedy
Chapter Two. The Mystery
Chapter Three. The Girl
Chapter Four. The Trading Store
Chapter Five. The Temptation
Chapter Six. The Police
Chapter Seven. The Chief
Chapter Eight. The Prospectors
Chapter Nine. The New Arrival
Chapter Ten. Impressions
Chapter Eleven. Developments
Chapter Twelve. Treachery
Chapter Thirteen. Discomfiture
Chapter Fourteen. Forging the Blades
Chapter Fifteen. The First Day
Chapter Sixteen. Drawing in
Chapter Seventeen. Retributive
Chapter Eighteen. The Mating
Chapter Nineteen. The Forest
Chapter Twenty. Sergeant Dickinson’s Find
Chapter Twenty One. Sapazani “At home.”
Chapter Twenty Two. Bluff – And Counterbluff
Chapter Twenty Three. Revelation
Chapter Twenty Four. Verna’s Dilemma
Chapter Twenty Five. Volcanic
Chapter Twenty Six. Concerning Battle
Chapter Twenty Seven. Of the Bush Road
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Naked Impi
Chapter Twenty Nine. Left Behind
Chapter Thirty “Curtain.”
Chapter Thirty One. Envoi
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For some time the thought uppermost in the mind of the survivor was that of relief. An incubus had fallen from him; a plague spot that for the last two or three years had been eating into and embittering his life, and rendering its otherwise achieved success null and void.
He did not regret what he had done. He had given the other every chance, and the other had refused to take it. If ever an act of self-defence had been committed it was this one. Self-defence, yes; for sooner or later the dead man’s exactions would have culminated in his own ruin and suicide. Even from the physical side of it the other had drawn a weapon upon him. And, in sum, what more loathsome and poisonous animal exists in the world than a blackmailer? This one had richly earned his fate.
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“This is the best I can offer you. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried it, but it’s rather good, always provided it’s fresh.”
“Yes, I have once. Thanks awfully. Well, here’s luck.”
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