John Ames, Native Commissioner: A Romance of the Matabele Rising
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Mitford Bertram. John Ames, Native Commissioner: A Romance of the Matabele Rising
Chapter One. Madúla’s Cattle
Chapter Two. John Ames
Chapter Three. Shiminya the Sorcerer
Chapter Four. A Human Spider
Chapter Five. The Meeting of the Ways
Chapter Six. About some Dallying
Chapter Seven. The Voice of Umlimo
Chapter Eight. The Parting of the Ways
Chapter Nine. The Scourge – and After
Chapter Ten. The Igniting of the Flame
Chapter Eleven. Hollingworth’s Farm
Chapter Twelve. The Spreading of the Flame
Chapter Thirteen. What happened at Jekyll’s Store
Chapter Fourteen. The Long Night Through
Chapter Fifteen. In Savage Wilds
Chapter Sixteen. Mephisto – in Black
Chapter Seventeen. Of Peril and Fear
Chapter Eighteen. Haven between Storm
Chapter Nineteen. A Footprint in the Sand
Chapter Twenty. Alone
Chapter Twenty One. Trapped
Chapter Twenty Two “Accidents will happen.”
Chapter Twenty Three. Entombed
Chapter Twenty Four. What was Disclosed
Chapter Twenty Five. In State of Siege
Chapter Twenty Six. The Packet Marked “B.”
Chapter Twenty Seven. The Fight Outside
Chapter Twenty Eight. The King and the Age
Chapter Twenty Nine …And the Odd Trick
Chapter Thirty. Conclusion
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John Ames was Native Commissioner for the district of Sikumbutana.
Now, the area of the said district contained about as many square miles as did one half of England. It likewise contained some thousands of its original inhabitants, a considerable percentage of which were Matabele, and the residue Makalaka, the bulk of whom had, prior to the war of occupation, been incorporated into the ranks of Lo Bengula’s fighting-men. Indeed, they reckoned themselves as integral with the nation – as much so as the original Abezantzi, even then fast dwindling numerically – and by no means welcomed their so-called emancipation at the hands of the British with the acclaim our theoretically humane civilisation had striven to persuade itself they would. They were settled upon reservations there as in other districts under the charge of Native Commissioners appointed by the Government of the Chartered Company.
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“I did but mean the night of death,” replied the other, his head on one side, his eyes glittering with satanic mirth. “That may be when thou art old and tottering, Nompiza, or it may mean this night, for what is time but a flash, even as that of the summer lightning? The night of death will surely come.”
No relief came into the face of the sufferer. The awful fate predicted for her by Shiminya seemed to her just as certain as though it had already befallen her, and the recollection of the horrid animal tearing at her flesh was too recent. It was a form of superstition, too, not unknown among her people, and here everything seemed to bring it home – time, place, surroundings, and the horror of this gruesome being’s presence. But before she would utter further prayer or protest, a strange hollow, humming noise was heard, at sound of which Shiminya arose suddenly, with an eager look on his repulsive countenance, and crept out of the hut, taking care to secure the door behind him.
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