"Vat for you fret, Yacob?" growled one of the Boers.

No?" "Gott in himmel, Yacob, vait a minutes.

"Id's stealing from our freunds, Yacob.

"Don't cry, Yacob," cried Joost, coming to his master's side and shaking him by the shoulder.

"Come on, Yacob," said Jan gruffly.

There was Yacob, his master, a kindly man when not annoyed; there was Pedro, Yacob's nephew; and there was Medina-saroté, who was the youngest daughter of Yacob.

There was Yacob, his master, a kindly man when not annoyed; there was Pedro, Yacob's nephew; and there was Medina-saroté, who was the youngest daughter of Yacob.

There was Yacob, his master, a kindly man when not annoyed; there was Pedro, Yacob's nephew; and there was Medina-saroté, who was the youngest daughter of Yacob.

Presently he was for demanding her of Yacob and the elders in marriage, but she became fearful and delayed.

And it was one of her elder sisters who first told Yacob that Medina-saroté and Nunez were in love.

Her sisters opposed it bitterly as bringing discredit on them all; and old Yacob, though he had formed a sort of liking for his clumsy, obedient serf, shook his head and said the thing could not be.

Old Yacob had a tenderness for his last little daughter, and was grieved to have her weep upon his shoulder.

" Old Yacob was greatly distressed to find her inconsolable, and, besides what made it more distressinghe liked Nunez for many things.

One day when Yacob was present he returned to the topic of Nunez.

" "That is what I have always hoped," said old Yacob.

"Now, what affects it?" "Ah!" said old Yacob.

" "Yes?" said old Yacob.

" "Thank Heaven for science!" said old Yacob, and went forth at once to tell Nunez of his happy hopes.