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Prictt reduced to suit the timer, And gj H ' 3 BLOOMSBTJIIG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. THE WITCH'S HEAD. By IX TlIIiER IIAOOARD. Atid now you wish, in order to gratify nn unlawful pnsalou for n. shaldor of bloxl you wUu to throw mo over, to trample upon my holiest tuellngs, and to rob mo of tho prize which I havo won. No, Eva, 1 will not ro lease you." "Surely, nurely, Mr. I'lowden," snld Eva, faintly, for tho wua a gentle creature, ami tho man's vlolenco overwhelmed her, "you will not forco tno Into a marriage which I tell you I? repugnant to mel 1 appeal to your generosity to releaso me. You con never oblige mo to marry you when 1 tell you that I do not love you, and that my wholo licait u given to Bnother man." Mr. I'lowden saw that his violence woo do ing it work, ami determined to follow It up. Ho ralicd his voice till It was nlinnst a shout, "Yes," he said, "I will I will not submit to such wickedness. Love I that will come. I am nuiU willing to take my clianco of it. No, I tell you fairly that 1 will not let you olf and It you try to avoldfulfllllngyour engage ment to nio 1 will do more J I will proclaim you all over the country as a Jilt; I will bring an action for breach of promise of marriage against you perhaps you did not know that men can do that as well as women and cover your namo with disgrace I Look, I have your written promise of marriage," and ho pro duced her letter. Evn turned to her sister. "Florence," the said, "cannot you say a word to help mel I am overwhelmed." "1 wish I could, F.vn, dear," answered her sister, kindly, "but how can II What Mr, Plowden says Is just and right. You nre engaged to htm, and ore In honor bound to marry him. Oh, Eva, do not bring trouble and dlgraco upon us all by your obstinacy I You owo something to your name as well as to yourself, and something to me too. 1 nm sure that Mr. Plowden will be willing to for get all about this if you Will undertake nover to allude to it again." . "Oh, yes, certainly, Miss Florence. I nm not revengeful; I only want my rights." Eva looked fulntly from ono to the other, her head sunk, and great black rings painted themselves beneath her eye9. Tho lily was broken at last. "You are very cruel," shosaid,6lowly: "but I suppco it must bo as you wish. Pray God I may dio first, that is alll" and sho put her bands to her head and stumbled from ttio room, leaving the two conspirators facing each other, "Come, wo got over that capitally," said Mr. Plowden, rubbing his hands. "There is nothing liko taking tho high hand with a woman. Ladies must sometimes bo taught that a gentleman fans rights as well as them selves." Florence turned on him with bitter scorn. "(ientlemenl Mr. Plowden, why is tho won! so often on your liisl Surely, nfter tho purt you havo just played, you do not presume to rank yourself among gentlemen I Listen! it suits my purpose that you should marry Eva; and you shall marry her; but I will not stoop to play tho hypocnta with a man liko you. You talk of yourself as a gentleman, and do not "cruplo to forco nu in nocent girl Into a nickel marriage, and to crush her spirit with your cunning cruelty, A gentleman, forsooth 1 a wttyr, a devil in disguise 1" "I am only asserting my rights" ho said, furiously; "and whatever I havo done, you hnvo dono more." "Do not try your violence on me, Mr. Plowden ; it will not do. I nm not niado of tho same stuff as your victim. Lower your voiro or loavo the houso and do not enter it again." Mr. Plowden'a heavy under jaw foil a little; ho was terribly nfrald of Florence. "Now," she said, "lUtenl I do notehooso that you should labor under any mistake I hold your hand in this business, though to hnvo to do with you in nny way li in itself a defilement," and the wiped her dollcnto lin gers on a pocket handkerehiof as sho said tho woni, "because I havo an end of my own to gain. Not a vulgar end like yours, but a ro vengo, which shall bo almost divine or dia bolical, call It w hich you will, In Its complete ness. Perlmps it is a madness, iierhnps it is nn inspiration, perhaps it is a fate. What ever it Is, it animates mo Iwly and oul, and I will gratify it, though to do so I hnvo to uo a tool liko you. I wished to explain this to you. I wished, too, to mako it clear to you that I consider you contemptible. I hnvo done lxth, and I havo now tho pleasure to wUh you good morning." Mr. I'londen left tho house white with fury, and cursing In a manner remarknblo in a clergyman. "If she wasn't so handsomo, hang ma if I would not throw the wholo thing up!" ho said. Needless to say, he did nothing of tho sort; ho only kept out of Florence's way. CHAPTEH XXIX. THE VlltOtX MARTYR. Dorothy, in her noto to Ernest that he re ceived by tho mall previous to tho ono that brought tho letters which nt ft single blow laid the hone and promise of his life in tue dust, hail, it may lw rememlered, stated her intention of going to !e Eva in onier to plead Ernest's cause; but, what with ono thing and another, her visit was coiuiui-r-ably delayed. Twice sho was on'tbe point of going, atid twlco something occurred to pre vent her. Tho fact of tho mutter was, tho orrand was distasteful, and she was in no hurry to execute it. Bho loveil urncst ncr self, and, hou over deep that love might bo trampled down, however fast it might bo chained in tho dungconi of her secret thoughts, it was still there, a living thing, an immortal thing. Sho could tread it down and chain it; she could not kill It. Its shndo would riso and walk in tho upper chambers of her heart, und wring its hands ami cry to her, telling what. It suffered In those subterranean places, whl'liering how bitterly it envh-d tho bright and happy lifo which moved in tho free air and hail usurped tlio love it claimed. It was hard to ignore thoso pleadings, to dis regard thoso cries for pity, und to wiy there was no hope, that tc musi niwuji uo tuning., till time nto away tho chains. It was harder still to have to bo ono of the actual iiiIiiNtcra Jo tho buffering. Still sho meant to go. Her dWy to Ernest was not to lie forsaken becauso it was a painful duty. On two or threo occaslonssho mot Lva, but got no opjmrtunity of waking to her. Either her slitor Florence was with her or sho was obliged to ruturn Immediately, Tho fact was that, after the scene described in tho last chapter, Eva was subjoeted to tho closest espionage. At homo Florence watched her ns a cat watches a moiue; abroad Mr. Plow den soemed to be comtuiitly liqvci lnj on her flank, or, if ho was not thoio, then she bo came awaraot the pretence of the ancient and contemplative mariner who tradod in Dutch cbrchc. Mr. I'lowden feared let sho should run nwny, and so cheat him of his prlav, Florence, lost t-ho should confide in Dorothy, or pos-lbly Mr. Cnrdtia, and sup ported by them find tlio courage to assert herself and defiaud her of her roveugo. Bo thoy watched her eu'iy movement. At last Dorothy mndo up her mind to wait no longer for opportunities, hut to go and seo Evn nt her homo, gho kuaw nothing f the Plowden imbroglio, but it did strike lior as curious that no ono had said anything almut Ernest. lis had written it was scarcely likely tho letter had miscarried. How was it that Eva had not said unythlng on tho subject? Llttlo did Dorothy guess that, oven as thco thoughts wcro jiassing through her mind, a great vessel was summ ing out of Southampton docks, bearing tha-,0 epltres of final renunciation which Ernest, very little to hla satisfaction, received in duo course. , . , Full of these reflections, Dorothy found i.nif ,, lnvolv snrln;: afternoon knocking at the door of tlio Cottage. Eva was at i.n,i. nn.l tint was at oilco usliercd Into her prcsonco. She was sitting on n low choir the same on which Ernest always pictured her with that confounded Bkye terrier sho was so fond of kissing an oin liook uin lier knee, und looking out at tlio littlo gordon nml tliA KUl lwvond. She looked pale und and the sea beyond. She looked fiale thin, Dorothy thought. On her visitor's entrance, hvn row and kissed her. "I am w glad to soo you, sh ) bald ; "I was feeling so lonely." '"Lonely," niuw cred Dorolliy, in her straightforward wnyi "why. I have been trying to find you nlona for the last fort night, and have never succeeded," Eva colored. "Ono may be lonely with over so many rjeoplo round one." aon icr a lnimna or so tney tantoa dbout the weather; so persistently did they discuss it, Indeed, that tiro womanly instinct of each told lier that tho other was fencing, After all, it was Evn who broko tlio Ice first "Hnvo you hoard from Ernest lately)" she said, nervously. "Yes; I got a note by last mall." "Oh," said Era, clasping her hands invol untarily, "what did he sayf" "Nothing much. But I got n letter by the malt beforo that, in which ho said n good deal. Among other things ho said ho had written to you. Did you get tho letter!'' Eva colored to her eyes. "Yes," she answered. Dorothy roso, and seated herself again on a footstool by Eva's feet, mid wondered at tho troublo In her eyes. How could sho bo troubled when she had heard from Ernest "liko that i" "What did you nnswer him, dear!" Eva covered her faco with lior hands. "Do not talk about it," she said; "It Is too dreadful to inol" "What can you monnl He tells mo you are engaged to him." "Yos that is, no. I was half engaged. Now I am engaged to Mr. Plondcn." Dorothy gavo a gasp of horrified astonish ment "Engogcd to that man when you were en gaged to Ernestl You must bo joking." "Oil, Dorothy, I am not Joking; I wish to heaven I were. I nm engaged to him. I nm to marry him In less than a month. Oh, pity me, I am wretched." "You mean to tell me," sold Dorothy, rising, "that you nro engaged to Mr. Plowden when you lovo Ernest!" "Yes, oh yes, I , annot hclp"- At that moment the door opened, and Florence entered, nttended by Mr. Plowden. Her keen eyes saw at once that something was wrong, and her intelligence told her what it was. After her bold fashion, she deter mined to tako the bull by the horns. Unless something wcro done, with Dorothy at her back, Eva might prove obdurate after all. Advancing, sho shook Dorothy cordially by tho band. "I seo from your face," she said, "that you havo Just heard tho good news. Mr. PJawdeu Is so shy that he would not consent to an nounce it before, but here ho Is to receive your congratulations." Mr. Plowden took the cuo, and advanced effusively on Dorothy with outstretched hand. "Yes, Miss Jones, I nm sure you will congratulate mej and I ought to be con gratulated; I am the luckiest" Here he broke off. It really was very awkward. His hand remained limply hang ing In tho air beforo Dorothy, but not tho slightest sign did that dignified littlo lady show of taking it On tho contrary, sho drow herself up to her full height which was not very tall and fixing her bteady bluo oyes on tho clergyman's shifty orbs deliber ately placed her right hand behind her back. "I do not shako hands with people n ho play such tricks," sho said quietly. Mr. Plowden'a hands fell to his side, nnd ho stepped bock. He did not expect such cour age In anything so small. Florence, however, sailed in to the rescue. "Really, Dorothy, we do not quite under stand." "Oh, yes, I think you do, Florence, or if you do not, then 1 will erplaiu. Evn hero was engaged to marry Ernest Kershaw. Eva hero has Just with her own lips told me that she still lovc3 Ernest, but that she is obliged to marry that man," and she pointed witn her littlo forefinger at Plowden, who re coiled another step, "Is not that true, Eval" Eva bowed her head by way of answer. She still sat in the low chair, with her hands over her faco. "Really, Dorothy, I fall to see what right you have to interfere in this matter," said Florence. "I have the right of common justice, Flor ence tho right a friend has to protect tho absent. Oh, are you not ashamed of such a wicked plot to wrong an absent man? Is thero no way (addressing Mr. Plowden) in which I enn appeal to your feelings, to induco you to free this wretched girl you havo en trnppodr' "I only ask my own," said Mr. Plowden, sulkily. "For shamel for shamol nnd'you a minister of God's wordl And you too, Florence! Oh, now I can read your heart, and see tho liail thoughts looking from your eyes I" Florence for n moment was abashed, and turned her faco aside. "And you, Eva, how can you become a party to such ashameful thing? You, a good girl, to sell yourself away from dear Ernest to such a man as that;" and again she pointed contemptuously at Mr. Plowden. "Oh, don't, Dorothy, don't; It Is my duty. You don't understand." "Oh, yes, Eva, I do understand. I under stand that it is your duty to drow n yourself beforo you do such n thing. I am a woman ns well as you, and, though I am not beauti ful, I havo a heart and a conscience, and I understand only too well." "You will be lost if you drown yourself I mean it is very wicked," said Mr. Plowden to Eva, suddenly assuming his clerical character as most likely td Ineffective. Tho suggestion alarmed him lie had bargained for a livo Eva. "Yes, Mr. Plowden," went on Dorothy, "you aro right; it would be wicked, but not so wicked ns to marry you. God gave us women our lives, but he put a spirit in our hearts which tells us that wo should rather throw them away than suffer ourselves to bo de graded. Oh, Eva, tell me that you will not do this shameful thing no, do not whisper to her, Florence." "Dorothy, Dorothy," said Eva, rising a;id wringing her hands, "it is all useless. Do not break my heart with your cqiel words. I must marry iiliu. I have fallen into tho power of people viiio do not know what mercy U" "Thank you," said Florence. Mr. Plowdou scowled darkly. "Then I havo done," and Dorothy walkod toward tho door, Iieforo she reached it sho paused and turned. "One word, and I will troublo you no more. What do you all ex pect will como of this wicked marriage?" There was no answer. Then Dorothy went. liut her efforts did not stop there. She made her way straight to Mr, Cardus' office. "Oh, Reginald!" she exclaimed, "I hnvo such Dreadful news for you. There, let tno cry a little first and I will tell you." And she did, telling him the wholo storr from lieginnlng to end. It was entirely new to htm, and be listened with some astonishment, and with a feeling ot something liko indignation against Ernest. Ho had Intended that youug gentleman to fall in lovo with Dorothy, and liehold, be had fallen in love with Eva. Abul for tho per versity of youth. "Well," he said, when she had dono, "and what do you wish mo to dol It seems that you havo to do with a bcurtlcss, scheming woman, n clerical end, and a beautiful fuol. One might deal with tho echemer and tho fool, but no (lower on earth can soften the cad. At least, that li my experience. He sides, I think tho wholo thing is much lietter left alone. I should I very sorry to see Ernest married to a woman so worthless as Eva must lie. She is handsome, it is true, nnd that is about all sho is, ns fnr a I can boo. Don't distress yourself, vy dear; he will get over it, and after ho has had his fllnr out there, and lived down that, duel business, ha will como home, and if he Is w lse, I know whore he will look for consolation." Dorothy Ufcsod her head and colored. "It is not a question of consolation," sho said; "it is a question ot Ernest's happiness In life." "Don't alarm yourself, Dorothy; people's happiness li not so easily affected. Ho will forget all aliout her in a year." "I think thnt men always talk of each other liko that, lleglnald," said Dorothy, resting her head upon her hands and looking straight at tho old gentleman. "Each ot you likes to think that lie has a monopoly of feeling, and that tho rest of his kind nro as shallow as a milk wn. And yet it was only last night that you were talking to mo nliout my mother. You told me, you remember, that Ufa hod been a worthless tiling to you since she was torn from you, which no success had been able to render pleasant. You said more; you said you hoped that the cud was not far off, that you had suffered enough and waited enough, and that, though you bud not se-n lv: f.ue for Qvo and twenty yeais, you level bu ss wildly as jou did the day when sho ilnt promised to becotuo your wife." Mr. Cardus had rUcu, and was looking through tlio glass door at tho hloomtng orchids. Dorothy got up, and, follow iug him, laid her hand Uwu bis shoulder. "Reginald," sin ,Ud. "thjuk. Ernest is aoftuTTblio fobTJKl oT till uhddr circum stances curiously like thoso by which you wcro roblied of yours. Unless Itis prevented, what you hnvo suffered all your life that lie will suffer also. Remember you nro of the samo blood, and, allowing for the differences bctwoon your nges, of very much the snm tompornment, too. Think how different llo would havo been to you if nny one had staved off your disaster, and then I am sure you will do nil you cau to stave off Ids." "Life would have been non-existent for Sou," ho nnswerod, "for you would never haVo eon born." "Ah, woll," sho said, with a littlo sigh, "I am sure I should havo got on very well with, out. I could havo spared myself," Mr. Cardus was n keen man, and could see us far into the human heart as most. "Olrl," ho snld, contracting his whlto eye brows and suddenly turning round upon her, 1 "you love Ernest yourself. I havo often sus pected It; now I am sure you do." Dorothy flinched. "Yes," sho answered, "I do lovo him; what then!" "And yet you are advocating my Inter ference to secure his marriage with another woman, a worthiest creature w ho docs not know her own mind. You cannot really care about him." "Cure about him!" And she turned lier sweet blue eyes upwnrd. "I love him with all my heal tend soul and strength. I lrve always loved him; I always shall love hlnu 1 lovo him so well that I can do my duty to him, Reginnld. It is my duty to strain every nervo to prevent this marriage. I had rather that my heart should ache than Ernest's. I Implore you to help mor "Dorothy, it has always been my dearest wish that you should marry Ernest. I told him so just before that unhappy duel. I love you both. All the fibers of my heart that are left alive have wound themselves around you. Jeremy I could never care for. Indeed, I fear that I sed sometimes to treat tho boy harshly. He reminds ino of his father; nnd do vou know, hit dear. I sometimes think that on that point 1 am not quite sane? But because you havo asked ma to do It, and be ceuso you have quoted your dear mother may peace be with herl I will do what I can. This girl, Eva, is ot age, and 1 will write and offer her a home. She need fear no persecution hero." "You nre kind and good, Reginald, and I thank you." "Tho letter shall go by to-night's post" The letter was written. It offered Eva a home and protection. In due course an answer, signed by Eva herself, came back. It thanked him for his kindness, and regretted that ciieumstances and "her sonso of duty" prevented her from accepting the offer. Then Dorothy felt that sho had done all that in her lay, and gave tin matter up. It was aliout this time that Florence drow another picture. It represented Evn as An dromeda gazing hoio1essly in tho dim light of a ghastly dawn out across a glassy sea; and far away In the oily depths thero was a rip ple, and beneath tho ripple a form traveling toward tho chained maiden. Tho fonn had a human bead and cold, gray eyes, and its fea tures were thoso of Mr. Plowden. And so, day by day, Destiny throned in space shot her flaming shuttlo from darkness into darknoss, and the time passed on, as the time must pasi, till tho Inevitable end ot all things is attained. Eva existed anil suffered, and that was all she did. She scarcely ate or drank or slept But still she lived; she was not bravo enough to die, and the chains wero riveted too tight round her tender wrists to let her flee awny. Poor Nineteenth century Andromedol No Per seus shall come to save you. The suu rose and set in his appointed course, the flowers bloomed and died, children wero born, and the allotted portion of mankind passed onward to its rest; but no godlike Per seus came flying out of the golden east Once more tho sun rote. The dragon heaved his head ubovo the quiet waters, and the was lost. By her own act, of her own folly and weakness, she was undone. Behold herl tho wedding ia over. The echoes of tho loud mockery of tho bells havo scarcely died ugion tho noonday air, and in her chamber, tho chamber of her free and happy maiden hood, tho virgin martyr stands alone. It is done. There Me the sickly scented flowers, thero too tho bride's white robe. It is done. Oh, that life were done too, that she might once press her lips to his mid die! Tlio door opens, nnd Florence stands before her. palo, triumphant and awu inspiring. "I must congratulate you, my dear Eva. You went through tho ceremony very well, only you looked liS) a statue." "Florence, why '! you come to mock mei" "Mock you, Evn, mock you! I come to wish you joy ns Mi'. Plowden's wlfo. I hopo that you w IU be happy." "Happy! I shall never be happy. I detest him!" "You detest him, and you marry him; thero must bo some mistake." There is no mistake. Oh, Ernest, my dar ling!" Floronco smiled. "if Ernest is your darling, why did you not matry Ernestl'1 "How could I marry him when you forced ino into lhlsi" "Forced you! A free woman of full ago cuunot bo forced. You married Mr. Plowden of your own will. You might have married Ernest Kershaw If you cho-e. He is In many ways a mora deslrnblo match than Mr. Plow den, but you did net choose." "Florence, what do you mean! Youalways said it was impossible. Oh, is this all some cruel plot of yours!" "Impossible! thero U nothing impossible to those who have courage. Yes," and sho turned uion her sUtcr fiercely, "it was a plot, nnd you shall know it, you ioor, weak fool I I loved Ernest Korshaw, und y ou robbed me of him, although you promised to leave him alone, anil so I have revenged myself upon you. I despise you, I tell you; you are quite contemptible, and yet ho could prefer you to mo. Well, ho has got Ills reward. You have deserted lilm when he was absent and In trouble, and you havo outraged his love and your own. You have fallen very low Indeed, Evn, nnd you will full lower yet. I know you well. You will sink till at last you even lose the sense of your own humiliation. Don't you wonder what Ernest must think of you now? Thero is Mr. Plowden calling you come, it is time for you to bo going." Eva listened aghast, and then sunk up against the w all, sobbing despairingly. CHAPTER XXX. WAR. Ernest and Jeremy were seated together on the veranda of the same houso at Pretoria where they had Iwen living before they wont on tho elephant hunt, and which they had now purchased. Ernest bad been in tho gar den watering a cucuinben plant he was try ing to develop from a very slekly seedling. Even if he only slopied a month in a place he would start a little garden; it was a habit of Ills, Presently he came back to the ve randa, where Jeremy was as usual watching the battle of tho rod and block ants, which, after several years' encounter, was not yet finally decided. "Curse that cucumber plantl" 6aid Ernest, emphatically, "it won't grow. I tell you what It is, Jeremy, I am sick of this place; I vote wo go away." "For goodness sake, Eruest, let us have a little rest You do rattle one about so in tho! confounded post carts," replied Jeremy, yawning. "I mean, go nway frora south Africa al together," "Oh," said Jeremy, dragging his great frame into an upright position, "the deuce you dol And where do you want to go to England!1 "England! no, I have had enough' of Eng land. South America, I think. But perbais .you want to go ho(no. It is not fair to keep dragging you nil over the world." "My dear ft'.iow, 1 like it, I assure you. I havo no wish to return to Mr, Cardus' stooL For goodness' sake don't suggest such a thing; I should bo wretched." "Yes, but ycu ought to be doing something with your lite. It i all very well for mo, who am a jioor devil of a waif nnd stray, to go on with this sort ot existence, but I don t seo why you should; you should bo making your uy ii the world," "Walt a bit. my hearty," ald Jeremy, with his slow smile; "I am going to read youo statement of our financial affairs which I drow up last night. Considering that wo havo im .lnim- liothttic all this lime except en- joylu-ourselves, and that all our investments have been made out of income, which no 1887. doubt your respectetl undo lancies wu dissipated, I do not think tho total is bad," nnd Jeremy rendi "Landed property In N'stal and the Trans vaal, intimated value S,?iOO This house 010 Stock wagons, etc., say 300 ltoco horses , 1 havo left that blank." "Put them at 800," said . Ernest, after thinking. "You know I won 500wlth Endy Mary on the Cape Town plate last week." Jeremy went ons "ftace horses nod winnings 1,300 Bundrles cash, balance, etc IPO Total (.... 5,W0 Now of this wo havo actually saved and in vested about 2,503, the rest we havo made or it has accumulated, Now. I ask you. whero could we have dono better than that as things go I So don't talk to me about wasting my time." "Bravo, Jcremyl My undo was right; after all, you ought to havo been a lawyer; you are first class at figures. I congratulate you on your management of the estutes." "My system is 6lmple," answered Jeremy. "Whenover there is any money to spare I buy something with It, then you are not likely to spend it. Then, when I havo. things enough wagons, oxen, horses, what not I sell them and buy somo land; that can't run away. If you only do that sort of thing long enough you will grow rich nt last" "Sweetly simple, certainly. Well, ?,000 will go n long way toward stocking a farmer something in South America, or wherever we make up our minds to go, nnd then I don't think that we need draw on my uncle nny more. It Is hardly fair to drain him so. Old Alston will como with us, I think, and will put in another 5,000. He told mo somo time ago that ho was getting tired of south Af rica, with its Boers and blacks, In his old age, and had a fancy to make a start in some other place. I will write to him to-night What hotel is he staying at inMnrluburg! the Royal, Isn't it! And then I vote wo cleur In tho spring." "Right you are, my hearty." At that moment their conversation was in terrupted by the arrival of a Kaffcr messen ger with a telegram addressed to Ernest. Ho opened it and read it. "Hullo," ho said, "hero is something better than Mexico; lis ten: " 'Alston, Poter Marltzburg, to Kershaw, Pretoria: High commissioner has declared war against Cetawayo. Local cavalry ur gently required for service in Zululand. Have offered to raise small corps of about seventy mounted men. Offer has lieen ac cepted. Will you accept post of socond in command! you would hold tho queen's commission. If so, set about picking suitable ret lulls; terms, 10 shillings a day, all found. Am coming up to Pretoria by this post cart. Ask Jones if he will accept sergeant major ship.'" "Hurrohl" sung out Ernest, with flashing oyes. "Here is somo real service at latt. Of course you will accept." "Of course," said Jeremy quietly; "but don't Indulge lu rejoicings yet; this Is going to be a big business, unless I am mistaken." Ernest and Jeremy did not let the grass grow under their feet. They guessed that there would soon be a great deal of recruiting for various corps, and bo set to work at ouco to secure the best men. The stamp of mau they aimed at getting was the colonial born Englishman, both because such men have moro self respect, independence of character and "gumption" than tho ordinary drifting sediment from the fields and soaiorts, and also becauso they wcro practically ready moilo soldiers. They could ride as well ns they could walk, they were splendid rillo shots, and they had, too, from childhood been trained In tlio art of traveling without bag gage, and very rapidly. Ernest did not Und much difficulty in the task. Mr. Alston was well known, and had seen a great deal of ser vice ns a young man in tho Basutu wars, and stories were still told of his nerve and pluck. Ho was known, too, to bo a wary man, not rash or over confident, but of a determined mind; and, what is more, to possess a perfect knowledge of Zulu warfare and tactics. This went a long way with intending recruits, for the first thing a would bo colonial volunteer inquires into is the character of his ofllcers. Ho will not trust his lito to men in whom bo puts no reliance. Ho is willing to lose it in the way of duty, but he has a great objection to having it blundered away. Indeed, in nuiny south African volunteer corps it is a funda mental principle that the officers should be elected by the men themselves. Once elected, however, they cannot bo deposed except by competent authority. Ernest, too, was by this time well known la tho Transvaal, and universally believed in. Mr. Alston could not have chosen n better lieutenant. Ho was known to havo pluck and dash, and to be ready wittod in emer gency; but it was not that only which mado him acceptablo to the individuals w hoso con tinued existence would very iwssibly depend upon ids courngo and discretion. Indeed, it would bo difficult to say what it was; but there aro some men who nro by nuturo born leaders of their fellows, and who inspire confidence magnetically. Ernest had this great gift. At llrst sight he was much liko any othtr young man, rather careless looking thanotherwise in appearance, giving tho ob server tho impression that he was thinkins ot something elso; but old bands at native war faro, looking Into his dark eyes, saw some thing thero wmcu tola them that this young fellow, boy as bo was, comparatively speak ing, would not show himself wanting lu tho moment ot emergency, eitncr in courage or discretion. Jeremy's nomination, too, as sergeant major, a very impoitant jiost in 6uch a corps, was popular enough. People had not forgotten his victory over tti Boer giant, and besides, a sergeant major with such a physique would have boon u credit to any corps. All theso things hehiod to make rocruitin; an easy task, and when Alston nnd his son Roger, weary and bruised, stepped out ot the Natal post curt four days later, it was to bo met by Ernest and Jeremy with the in telligence that his telegram had been received. tho opjiolntments accepted, and thirty five men provisionally enrolled, subject to his up provul. "My word, young gentlemen," he said, highly pleased: "you ure lieutenants worth lifivlnfT.' CHAPTER XXXI. MR. AWTO.N'H VIEWS. Tho next month was a busy ono for Alston's Horse. It was drill, drill, drill, morninc. noon and night But the results soon became apparent In tbreo weeks from tho day they got their horses, thero was not a smarter, quicuer corps m tsoutn Atrica, and Mr, Alston and Ernest were highly complimented ou tue soinier nice appearance ol the men, and the rapidity and exactitude with which they executed all the ordinary cavalry maneuvers. They woro to march from Pretoria on the 10th of Jnnjjary, ond expected to overtake Col. Glynn's column, with which was the general, about the 16th, by which time Mr, Alston calculated the real advance upon Zululand would begin. On tho Sth tho good people of Pretoria gave tho corps a farewell banquet, for most of it momtiers were Pretoria men; and colonists are never behindhand when there isauexcuso for oouviviiility ond good fellowship. Of course, after tho banquet, Mr, or, as ho was now called, Capt Alston's health was drunk. But Alston was a man ot tew words, am) had a horror of speech making, Ho contented himself with a few lirief sen teucos of acknowledgment, and sat down, Then somebody proposed the health ot the other commissioned and non-commissioned officers, and to this Ernest rose to respond. mak Ing a very good speech in reply. He rapiilly sketched the state of political affairs of which tho Zulu war was the outcome, and, without expressing any opinion on the Juitlco or wis dom ot that war. ot which, to speak tho truth, ho bad grave doubts, he went on to show, in a tew well enosen, weighty words. how vital wero tlio Interest Involved in its sucwuful conclusion, now that it onco had been undertaken. Finally, he concluded thus; "I am woll aware, gentlemen, that with many of those who aro your gueste hero to night, and my own comrades, this state of affairs and the conviction ot the extreme ur gency ot the occasion has keen the cause of their enlistment It is Impossible for ino to look down these tables and soo to many fa our rough and leady uniform whom I have known in other wnUs of life as farmers. storekeepers, government cleiks and what not, without realizing most clearly tho ex treme necessity that can have brought these peaceable citizens together on such an er rand as we are bent oil. Certainly it is not tba ten shillings u day or the mere excits- THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI NO 81 COLUMBIA DEMOOHAT, VOL. LI, NO KO moot 61 savage warfaTo that haJ done this' (cries of "Nol"), "becauso most of tliem can woll afford to dosptse the money, nnd many more have seen enough of native war and know well what few rewards and plenty of bard work fall to the lot of colonial volun teers. Then, what Is it! I will venture a reply. It Is that snnse of patriotism which is a part and parcel of the English mind" cheers "and which from generation to gen oration has been the root of England's grwit nnsi, and, so long as (he British blood re mains untainted, will, from unborn genera tion to generation, be the mainspring ot the greatness that is yet to be of those wider Eng land, of which I hope this continent will be come not the least" Loud cheers. "That, gentlemen and moti of Alston's HorsB, is tho bond which unites ns together; It is the sonso of a common duty to perform, of a commou danger to combat, of a common patriotism to vindicate. And for that reason, because of the patriotism ajkl duty, I feel sure that when the end of the campaign comes, whatever that end may be, no one, be ho Imperial offletr or newspaper correspond ent or Zulu foe, will be able to say that Al ston's Hons shirked its work.or was mutinous, or proved a broken reed, piercing tho sido of thoso who loaned upon it" (Cheers.) "I feel sure, too, that though there may be a record of brave deeds such as become brave men, there will be none of a comrade deserted in tho time of need or ot failure in the moment of emergency, however terrible that emer gency may be." (Cheers.) "Ay, my breth ren in arms," nnd hero Ernest's eyes flashed nnd his strong, clear voice went ringing down tho great hall, "whom England has called, and who have not failed to answer that call. I repeat, however terrible may be that emer gency, oven if It should involve tho certainty of death I speak thus because I feel I am addressing brave men, who do not rear to die, when death means duty and life means dishonor I know well that you will rise to it, and, falling shoulder to shoulder, will pass as heroes should on to tho land of shades on to that Valhalla of which" no true heart should fear to set foot upon the threshold." Ernest sat down amid ringing cheers. Nor did theso noble words, cominK as they did straight from the loyal heart or an English gentleman, fall of their effect. On the con trary, when a fortnight later Alston's Horse formed that fatal ring ou Isandblwuna'a bloody field, they flashed through the brain of more than one despairing man, so that ho set his toeth und died the harder for them. On tho 20th ot January Alston's Horse, hav ing moved down by easy marches from Pre toria, camped at Home's unrt, on the Uulralo river, not far from a store and thatched building used as a hospital, which were des tined to become historical Here orders reached them to march on the following day and Join No. 3 column, with which was Lord Chelmsford himself, and which was camped about nine miles from the Buffalo river, at a spot called Isandhlwana, or the "Place of the Little lland." iiext day, tueuistor January, tho corps moved ou accordingly, and, follow ing the wagon track that runs past the Inhla zatye mountain, by midday came up to the camp, where about 2,500 men ot ull arms were assembled under the immediate command of Col. Glynn. Their camp, which was about 800 yards square, was pitched facing a wide plain, with Its back toward a precipitous, slab clued hill, o: tue curious iorniation sometimes to bo seen in south Africa. This wax Isand hlwana. CHAPTER XXXII. ISANDHLWANA. Tho camp was sunk lu sleep. Up to the sky, whither it w as docreed their spirits should pass beforo the dark closed In again and hid their mangled corpses, floated the faint breath of somo 1,400 men. Thero thoy lay, sleeping tho healthy sleep of vigorous manhood, their brains busv with the fantastic madness of n hundred dreams,-and little recking of tho lnovltablo morrow. I hero, in his sleep, the white man saw his nativo village, with its tall, wind swayed elms, and the gray old church that for centuries had watched tho last slum bers of his race; the Kaffer, the sunny slope of f.iir Natal, with the bright light dancing on ills cattlo'a horns, and tho green of the gardens where for his well being his wives and children tolled. To some that night came dreams of high ambition, of brave adventure, crowned with the perfect triumph we never reach; to some, visions of beloved races long since passed away; to some, the reflected light of a far off homo and echoes of the hnppy laughter of little children. And so their lamps wavered hither and thither in the spiritual breath of sleep, flickering wildly, ere they went out forever. Tno night wind swept In snd gusts across Jsandhlwnna's plain, tossing the green gross which to-morrow would tw red. it moaned against Inhlazatye's mountain and died upon Uplndo, fanning the dark faces of a host of warriors who rested thero upon luoir spears, sharpened for tho coming slaughter. And as It breathed upon them tney turned, tnose bravo soldiers of U'Cetywayo "born to b killed," as their saying runs, at Uetywayo's bidding nnd, grasping their assegais, raised themselves to listen. It was nothing, death was not yet; death for tho morrow, sleep for the night. A little after 1 o'clock on the morning of the 22.1 of January, Ernest was roused by the sound of n horse's Voofs ami the honeh cbal- iongeof th9 sentries. "Dispatch from MnJ. Dartnell," was the answer, and the messenger passed on. Half an hour moro and the roveillo was sounded, and the camp hummed in the darkness liko a hive of beos making ready for tho dawn. Boon It was known that the general and Col. Olynn wcro about to move out to the support of Maj. Dartnell, who reported a largo forco of the enemy in fron"t of him. with six convpanies ot the second battalion of tho Twenty-fourth regiment, four guns nnd the mounted infantry. At dawn tbey left. At 8 o'clock a report arrived from u picket, stationed about a milo away ou a bill to the north of the camp, that a Ixxly of Zulus w as approaching from the northeast. At t) o'clock the enemy showed over the crest of the hills for a fow minutes and then disappeared. At JO o'clock Col. Durnford arrived from Rorko's Drift with a rocket battery and 60 mounted native soldiers, and took over the command of the camp from Col. Pullcino. As bo came up be stopped for a minute to speak to Alston, whom ho know, and Ernest uotlcod nun. no was a uanasomo, soldier like man, with bis arm In a sling, a long, fair mustache and restless, anxious expression of face. At 10:SO Col. Durnford's force, divided Into two portions, w as, with tho rocket battery, pushed some miles forward to ascertain the enemy's movements, and a company of the Twenty-fourth was directed to tauo up a position on the hill about a mile to the north of the camp. Meanwhile the enemy, which they afterward beard consisted of the Uudi corps, tho 3okemco nnd umcuu regiments, and the PikobaraukosI and irabonanmhl regi ments, in all about 20,000 men, were reding about two miles from Isandhlwana, with no Intention of attacking that day. They had not yet boon "moutled" (doctored) and the condition ot tho moon was not propitious. Unfortunately, howovcr, CoL Durnford's mounted Basutus, in pushing forward, came uin a portion ot tho Umcitu regiment and fired on it, whereupon the Umcitu came into action, driving Durnford's horso before them, and thon engaged the company of the Twenty-fourth, which had been stationed on the hill to tho north of the camp, nnd after stubborn roslstauco annihilating it It wus followed by the Nokenke, Imboiianmbi and Nkobtmakosi regiments, who executed a Hanking movement and threatened the front of tho camp, For a while tho Uudi corps, which formed tho chest ot the array, held its ground. Then it marched ot! to the right and directed its course to the north of Isandhlwana mountain, with the object of turning the position. Meanwhile, the remaining companlas of the Twenty-fourth were advanced to various positions In trout of the camp, and engaged the enemy, for a while holding htm in check; the two guns under Mnj. Smith shelling tho Nokonke regiment, which formed his left center, w Ith great effect. The shells could be teen bursting amid the denso massos ot Zulus, who wero coming on slowly and iu perfect silence, making largo gaps in their ranks, which Instantly cloxl up over the dead. At this point the advance of the Uudi regi ment t tho Zulu right and the English left was reported, and Alston's Horse was ordered to proceed and it posiiblo to chock it Ac cordingly they left, and riding behind the company of the Twenty-fourth on the hill, to tho north of tho camp, which was now hotly ejM'fied with the .Uigdtu, Durn- fbrtfn WsiKus, wTio, fighting splendidly, wef a slowly being pushed back, made for tho north sido ot Isandhlwana. As soon ns they got on tho high ground thoy caught sight of the Undl, who, something over 8,000 strong, wero running swiftly In ft formation of companies, about bait a mile away to the northward. "By Ileavcnl they mean to turn the moun tain and seiie tho wagon road," said Mr. Alston. "Gallopl" The troops dashed down the sldpe toward a pom in a stony ridge, which would command tho path of JJ Undl, as they did so breaking through nnd killing two or threo of a thin line of Zulus that formed the extreme point of ono of the horns or nippers, by merfPls of which the enemy intended tp incloso the camp and crush it After this Alston's Horse saw nothing more of the general fight; biit it may 1 as well to briefly relate what liapienel. Tim Zulus of the various regiments pushed slowly on to ward the camp, notwithstanding their heavy losses. Their object was to give time to the horns or nlppus to close round it Moan wlale, those in command reallred too late tlie extreme BeriousncM of the position nnd liegan to concentrate the various companies. Too late! the enemy saw that tho nippers had closed. He knew, too, thai) tho Undl could not be far off the wagon road, the only way of retreat; and so, abandoning his silence and his slow advance, he raised the Zulu war shout and charged In from a distance of 600 to 800 yards. Up to this time the English loss had lx-en small, for tho shooting of the Zulus was vile. The Zulus, on the contrary, had, especially during the last half hour bof ore they charged, lost heavily. But now the Uibles turned. First the Natal contingent, seeing that they were surrounded, liolted, and laid open the right and rear flank of the troops. In poured tho Zulus, so that most of the soldiers had not time even to fix bayoneU. In another minute our men wero being assegnied right and left, and the retreat of the camp had be come a fearful rout. But even thon there -was nowhere to run to. The Undl corps (which afrerward parsed on and attacked the post at Burke's Drift) already held the wagon road, and tho only practical way of retreat was down a gully to the south of the road. Into this the broken fragments of the forco plungtd wildly, and after them and mixed up with them went their Zulu foes, mussacrlng every living thing they camo acroMt. So tho camp w-as cleared. When, a couple ot hours afterward, Commandant Lonsdale, of Lonsdale Horso, was sent back by Gen. Chelmsfoid to ascertain what the (ring was about, he could sea nothing wrong. The tents wero standing, tho wagons were there; there were evou soldiers moving about It did not occur to htm thnt It was the soldiers' coats which were moving on the backs of Kaffers, and that the soldiers themselves would never move again. So be rode oft quickly up to the headquarter tents, out of which, to liis surprise, there suddenly stalked a huge naked Zulu, smeared all over with blood and waving lu his hand a bloody assegai. Having seen enough, he then rode back again to tell the general that bis camp was taken. To God's good providence nnd Cetywayo's clemency, rather than to our own wisdom, do we owe It thot all tho outlying homesteads in Natal were not laid in ashes and men, women and children put to the aswegaL CHAPTER XXXIII. THE END OF ALSTON'S IIORSC Alston's Horse soon reached tlio bridge, past which the Undl were commencing to run, nt a distance of about S50 yards, and tho order was given to dismount and line it This they did, one mnn in every four keeping a fow paces back to hold the horses of his section. Then they opened fire; and next second came back the sound of the thudding ot the bullets on the Bhlelds and balies of Zulu warriors. Ernest, seated up high on his great black horse, the Devil, tor tho officers did not dis mount, could see how terrible was tho effect ot that raking fire, delivered as it was, not by raw English boys, who scarcely know one end of a rillo from another, but by men, all of whom could shoot, and many of whom were crack shots. All along the lino of the , Undi companies men threw up their arms and dropped dead or staggered out ot the ranks wounded. But tho main body nover paused. By and by 'they would come back and move tho wounded or kill them if they wero not likely to recover. Soon as tho raugo got longer tho flro began to bo less deadly, and Ernest could see that fewer men wero dropping. "Ernest," said Alston, galloping up to him, "I am going to charge them. Look, they will soon cross tho donga and rcacli the slopes of tho mountain, and we shan't be able to follow them on the broken ground." "Isn't It rather risky!" asked Ernest, some what dismayed at the idea of launching their littlo company ot mounted men at the mov ing mass before them. "Risky? yes, of courso It is, but my orders wcro to delay tho cricmy as much as possible, and tho horses uro fresh. But, my lad" and ho bent toward him and spoke low "It doesn't much matter whether we aro killtd charging or running away. I am sure that the camp must be taken ; there is no hope. Good by, Ernest; If I fall, fight the corps as long as possible, and kill as many of those devils as you can; and If you survlvo, re member to make oft well to the left. The rcglmonts will have passed by then. Ood bless you, my boy I Now order the bugler to sound the 'Cease fire,' and let the men mount" "Yes, sir." They were the lart werds Alston over spoke to him, and Ernest often remembered with admiration that even at that moment he thought more of his friend's safety than he did of his own. As to their tenor, Ernest had already suspected the truth, though luckily the suspicion had not as yet impregnated the corps. Mazooku, too, who as usual was with him, mounted ou a Busutu pony, had Just Informed him that, lu his (Mazooku's) opinion, they were all us good as ripped up (alluding to tho Zulu habit of cutting a dead enemy open), and adding a consolatory re mark to the effect that man can die but once, and "good Job too." But, strangely enough, be did not feel afraid; indeed, be never felt quieter In his life than hd did in that hour of near death. A wild expectancy thrilled his nerves, and looked out of his eyes. "What would it be like!" he wondered. And in another minute all such thoughts were gone, for be was at tho head of bis troop, ready for tho order. Alston, followed by the boy Roger, galloped swiftly round, seeing that tho formation was right, and then gave tho word to unshoath the short swords with which bo had insisted upon tbo corps being armed. Meanwhile the Uudi were drawing on to n flat plain, 400 yards or moro broad, at the foot of the mountain, a very suitablo spot for a cavalry maneuver, "Now, men of Alston's Horse, there is the enemy before you. Let me see bow you can go through them. Chnrgol" "Charge!" re-echoed Ernest "Charge I" roarod Sergt Ma J. Jones, brandishing his 8 wo I'd. Down the slope they go, slowly at first; now they ore on the plain, and the pacu quick ens to a hand gallop. Ernest feels his great horse gather himself together and spring along beneath him; he hears tho hum ot astonishment rising from tho dense black mass before bun as it halts to receive the attack; ho glances round and toes tho set faces and determined look upon tho 'features of his men, nnd his blood boils up with wild exhilaration, and for awhile he tastes the flerco Joy of war. Qulskcr still grows the paco; now be can ceo the white round the dark eyeballs of the Zulus. "Crash!" they aro among them, tramp'.lng them down, hewing them down, thrusting, slashing, stabbing and being stabbed. Tho air is alive with assegais, and echoes with tho savage Zulu war cries and with the shouta of the gallant troopers, lighting now as troopers have not often fought before. Presently, as in a dream, Emest sees u huge Zulu seize Alston's home by tho bridle, jerk it onto its haunches, and raise bis assegai. Then the boy Roger, who is by bis father's side, makes a point with his sword and runs the Zulu through. He falls, but noxt moment the toil is attacked by more, Is assegaled, and talis fighting bravely. Then Alston pulls up, and, firntng, shoots with bis revolver at tho men who have killod his soil Two fall; another runs up, and with a shout drives a great epoar right through Alston, so that it stands out a hand breadth, behind his back. Ou to the Ixxly of his son be too falls and die. Next second the Zulu's head is cleft in twain down to the chiiL That was Jeremy's stroke. All this time they are travelins; on. leav ing a brood, red lane of dead and dying in their track, ll-esently it was done ; they had tmssed light through the Impl. But out ot sixty-four men thoy bad lost their captain and twenty troopers. As they emerged Emest notlocd that his sword was dripping blood, and his sword hand stained red, Yet he could not at the moment remember having killed anybody. But Alston was dead, apd bo was now In command ot what remained of the coi-ps. They were in no condition to charge ngaln, for many horses and some men were wounded. So lie led them round the rear of tho Impl, which, detaching a romiwny of about 800 men to deal with tho remnants of the troop, went on iu way with lessened numbers, and tilled with' admiration at the exhibition ot a courage iu no way inferior to heir own. '"TO HE UONTIKVKD IN Oil! tIKXT. A true frit ml is tho rarest of bktsings s m