Tell me about that stick--that long stick with a knob at the top, and the nicks cut on it.

Has it not something to do with Frank Muller ?" The Hottentot's face instantly grew evil.

"Yah, yah, missie!" he said, reaching out a skinny claw and seizing the stick.

"Look, this big notch, that is my father, Baas Frank shot him; and this next notch, that is my mother, Baas Frank shot her; and this next notch, that is my uncle, an old, old man, Baas Frank shot him also.

And these small notches, they are when he has beaten me--yes, and other things too.