n, und dink of noting bud eat und drink und shleep
demselfs as long as ever dey gan; dot is all. You can neffer make a
whide man oud of a plack man, if you wash him mid all der zoap in der
world. Now den, der tog is right, und der horse, und die pullocks, so
you shall gom to my shdore."

He led the way to a barn-like building, where he kept the supplies he
dealt in and prospered over, settlers and travellers coming from far to
purchase of the old fellow again and again, for he bore the proud title
of honest man--a title that is known abroad as soon as that of rogue.
And here Dyke produced his list, and corn, meal, bacon, tea, sugar,
coffee, and salt were measured and weighed out by the help of a Kaffir
boy, and set aside till all was done, when the old man, who had kept
account all through with a clean, smooth box-lid and a piece of chalk,
seated himself on a cask, added up and presented the wooden bill to
Dyke.

"There," he said; "it is a creat teal of money, und I feel ashamed to
jarge so motch; but you dell der pig bruder it gost me as motch as effer
vas to get die dings oop to mein haus. I zend dwo wagon all der vays do
der down, und dey are gone for months, und die men und die pullocks all
haf to cad, und zomdimes die lions ead die oxen, und zomdimes die wheels
gom off, und dere is vloods und die wasser, und I lose a creat deal. I
gannod jarge any less for mein dings."

"My brother knows all that, sir," said Dyke frankly, as he paid the
money at once. "He said he would send me to you instead of to Oom
Schlagen, because, he said, you would be just."

"Did your pig bruder say dot?" cried the old man eagerly.

"Yes. He said I should come to you, though it was twenty long miles
farther."

"Ach! den now I shall go und shmoke mein piggest bibe for a dreat. Dot
does me goot. Oom Schlagen is a pig fool; zo ist effery man who does
not lofe his neighbour and zay his brayers effery night. You
oondershtand, mein younger vriend."

Dyke nodded, feeling at first half amused, then impressed by the
simple-hearted old German's manner.

"Zom men gome out here into die veldt and zay: `Ach! it is a pig open
blace, und nopody gan zee me here, und I zhall do whad I like,' und den
dey rob und sheat, und kill die plack poys, und drink more as ist goot
for demselfs, und all pecause they are pig fools. For you haf read for
youselfs, mein younger vrient, dot God is effery where und zees effery
dings, und you gannot hide yo