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FTEB, bury
ing the ele
phant tusks,
and dieving
taken, caro care
ful notes of
i tlie bearing!
nnd peculiar
ities of the
countryse J
that I blight be
atle te And the
'Spot again, we
prececded'pn our,
journey. Ter a
month or mere
we trekked along
the line which
., sew divides the Orange Free state from
unquaiand west, ana uie xrnnsvaai irem
lABechuanaJand.
A X found the country almost entirely
K depopulated. Net very long befere Me-
S aUikatzithe Liep, (Jljnka's general, had
ft mrent n'rrrmi (t In bin nrnrrrexa toward
K what is new Mtttanelcland. His feet-
'Y& sfatv wam fivMitn finnnrrli Tlmn lltvm
j
t-f i
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JMtttfvvri
m f ., veairnai
iv rautK7 a .ij..
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Ws time 1 trekked up te what had evidently
beca the sites of the Kaffir kraals. New
the kraals wcre ashes And piles of tum
bled stones, and strewn ajxiut among
be rank-grass wcre the bones of hun
dreds of inen. women .nnd children, all
of whom had kissed (he Zulu assegai.
Wl-m4V trelrfclhir nnmllpl with tlie
wf Kekmg river when a herd of blcsbdck
bft J .1.. a 1 YilA ... ... 4l....
frj uvw.' iuu imuni ijjiwitiuuuui iiiuu
Cvc ana mm Denmu. is. ganepeti noeut a
thousand TardsTttlth theTcst of the herd.
pi? then lay devvn. Jls we wcre in want of
a few dayBjasf, 1 jumped en te my re
maining horse, and, telling Indaba-zimbI
that 2 'would overtake tlie wngenri or
meet, them en the further side of a rise
about uu hour a trek away, i started
after" Clie wounded "buck. As seen as
I came within n hundred yards of it,
beijy;erv5t jumped up and ran away as
fast as though, it were untouched, only
,"& te wraewn itisiin at n
utsiance. 1 101
strencth would
U& lowed. j,t4iinUliiL' that
p- seen fail it. This liappeucd lluee times.
IVl On tliQ.thini'occasien It vanished behind
'&y a ridge, aud llieugh by new 1 was out of
'... uuut. tuuin:r. juuu ikuichcq lueugut i
'& might as well ride te the ridge and 6ca if
x ceuia get n biiei. m it en me lurtncr
ide. - s ,
yyr l rescnen the nqge, which was strewn
L&lwithMifenes.' footed ever It. and saw a
llTZultrltmpll
nW I ruhljsd JHU.OVOA nnd Innkd nentn.
md, Yes, there iwis.ne. doubt of it. They
8i werehaUednboutatheiisandyardsaway,
by tlJO.water; soiue were lylngdew n.some
p wcre coeuiug ni nrcs, eiucrs wcre suliic
fe;i. ing about with spears nnd shields in their
g, handrthfed'hilgUt liuve been two thou theu
fJk sand of them in all. While I was wen-
dringS;and that, wjth no little uneasi-
Sff UX Dinlftn.) 1 1w...1 . f 1,1 h 4 41. -
righiand left ?t me. J glanced llrst ene
K ";, ".n "iwimi. tum v-iti.i: biuu
ffi1 iwe greai-vuus wure eearing ueivn en
EKr me, uieir.nmau stabiiu)g assegais aloft,
g andajlack-hieIdsin'their lcff hands. The
in rnanrrp iiik ngri; was aiKiiic iirtecn yards
W awitTJin a thn left wnH lint mrirn (h.iii
P' ten. On they came, their fierce eyes nl-
i-4 mesfcMartmg out of their heads, and I
a leit, with koala thrill of fear, that inaii-
fe' ether three seconds (hese crcat "haiicr.
v. wans" mlflht be buried in my vitals.
K$j, On such occasions we .(jfe,,I suppose,
3 thcre is no time for thought. At uny
ji raic, 1 ureppeu my loins, auu, raising
fey my gun, fired point blank nt the left-
, nanqman. :a tn tjuijct struck full in the
mldoTe If his' slitelT, piOrce."l it and
passed through him, aud ever lie rolled
unen the veldt. I swnni? rnunil In (1m
?!L anilflll. mnsf lintinltv ti.v li.rn .ia rt.
W.J -WM-"wf -"-"'- -,1'1".J 'J nw.nw KIU ..v.-
5rt custemed te itaudIngV6tiU when IJlred
K from his bacU,iayx hi w.-t nl Jsuj prised
Bj, he did net (4mw(litc.l wny q bhy.
g- u iL-. d ivii(;ii .ia iuiiiu.il im me. Ilia
, outstretched bhield touched the muzzle
Ftr. rtt inV (Till. fl T ltlllail llk iwvi. nf lii.
li left bt(f'M tBHl(Jf4 M13 JTjer
Ki? my lijroe dead, his enear fassintr iust in
front of mv face.
Pf Without waitine te lelead. or een te
mi' leek if the main body of the Zulus had
yjt .v.. .uu UUI UMuyif1 VU btlHJlS, J
turned my horse and drote my heels
into his sides. As been as I v as down
the ejopefcf thetborimlledallttlo ter
the jlgut in mder te Jntercejit the
wasrens befoie tlie"ZuliisiLiw thiin. 1
-;'" lmd nnf imnn f!AA n.,1. :.. II. U ...... .11
& i
H. .w .ww kww wv iu...a mu ItltU 11UV Hi'
rectien heu, te my utter asteuUhment,
m!f 'I Btruck n trail
marked with wagon
1 wiwjfa
SSlKiftMsi:
)f oxen. Of wag
eth'at least clL'ht.
ena
w-and Beveral hundred cattle, jroepjer.l
Miejr jmu H1&5I.U wiiniii iweive lipUCbl 1'
fc. couiuifuiuasjiiviwie UPOer. tThrti'liiln.1
fjf derstoed thn imtii w.i fnllniftnr. il.e
11-. 1...1. 11 . 1 1 ,, ,
n.ii-i. ui me wagons, wmen in au preua
& l irect ff n vlan nnd ilinm (iKnni Acn .
iM r V' "",",vtl -"""; """"
ciivjige a , euw 1110 nuens urawu up
in a rough laager upon the hanks of tha
i&n river, There, tee, were my own wagons
trekking down the slope towards them.
" In nuether fle minutes I was there.
y rTbe Beers for Beers they were w cre
f','Lltlflinr-nllnllt. niltaliln tlm tiffin lnnirnr
iratclung the approach of my two wag-
i called te thetn, and they turned
eaw me. The very first man my
fell en was a Beer named Hans
whom I had known well years
in the Gape. He was net a bad
en pf his class, but a very restless
b, with a great objection le author-
or, as he expressed it. "a leve of
freedom." He had joined n party of the
inigrant noers seui) years (before, but,
tiaa'I learned presently, had auarreled
;w.m tes -4j;Cfc3U(l-WaS Jiow ireKKing
57irftV llltil tin. wllilfritn.c In fn,in,1 n III.
V-H.S11. f. I,.n.1 , , ,,
Ie colony of his own." Teer fellow! It
P, rwas his last trek.
t J& "Rftwiln i-,1lrt, Malnl,,,'.. TI,ll.Vt T
, 55. w.. w rf ,vi -v.,.,vv. .'iwia. 4
.aldtojiiiijiyeji. s, t j
iua aiaiswoeiuuj ui me, loeiccu again,"
Lthen, startled out of his Dutch stolidity.
lf cried te las wif, uihe.rf na ee alfd en the
$. box of the rt agin: ri i? l
"Come here,.f CAM, t3pme.- Jlere isAl-
fi.On of the 'Preilic-niit-' ITnw rnei If-.
EJHeer Quatermaiu, and w hat is the news
'ji ctewn (n the CejMt yonder?"
-U 4IT A?rt lm.,1, ...Ln ,I.a ..,... L , Jl..
t,T "! v wnw!- njJUV WIU liUD 19 III IJIU
fr?!Cape, Hans." I nnsweied. selemlv: "but
5 the
news here U that tlicie is a Zulu
jjtejpl jijwn your spoor nnd within two
-wiles of the wagon. That I knew, for I
, Mre justtihottwe-Qf their sentries," nnd
I showed him my uuiuty cun.
r,"'Cv ?ar wneiit the was a silence of
HMWHiinvnt, and. I uw the bronzed
face of the men turn pale beneath their
Ian, while Oe or two of the women
j0W a little ftiream, and the children
ewj te their tidi,'.
1 AlHl8lty cried Hans, "that must
hi IV Uutya regiment tUtUiugaaa
lijh baity belonged te, a patty .of emigrant
gjf Beers. j J 1
f. . Tbo'epeijr of the wagons rau lii'tl(e'dil
pp rectien I wished te go, se I fellow ed it.'
About a mile further en I came te the
5nr-
e
eaiagMOM ine rMUiiuuu(wne ceuiu
BOcetBOBinemuecnumiui me luaruiira,
aad se were afraid te return te Kululand
aad struck north te join Mesilikanyc."
("Laager up, Carle! Laager up" for
your lives, nnd ene of y6u jump en n
htrse and drife in the cftttle."
Lt that membnt my own wagons came
up. Indaba-timbl was sitting en the box
,d the first, wrapped In h blanket. I
'dlled hlni and told him the news.
" '"111 tidings, Macuraezalm," he said;
"foicre will be dead Beers about (o-mer-rqw
morning, but they will net attack
till dawn, then they will wlpe out tlie
Jahgcr se," nnd he passed his hand be
fore his mouth.
)"Step tliat creaMf C. you white headed
crew," I said,' though I kncw'thatOila
words ftre, triev't AVliat cliatlde bad a
laager el ten wntferts albfeld against nt
least two the)UBatid of -the bra'Viit savages
ii the world J i
r "Macumeaann will you )ake my nd nd
vlce this time" Indaba-eimbi said, pres
ently. 1
'Whatbj it" Tasked. ' '
, "Tills. lioave your wagons here, v
jump en that horse, jnd let us two run
for it as hard a we can go. Tlid Zulus
won't fellow nj tlicy w III lie looking of"
tcr tha Beers." ' ,
''I yvenVleave lheHether white meny
I said; t'it Would be the act of a coward.
If Idle, IdlO." - -
"Very well, Macumnzihn, tncn(stnyi'
snd 1)0 lled,'' he answered, taking a
phtch of snulf. "Come, let us see nlxiut
the wagons," 'and we walked towards
tlie laager.
ljcre everything was in confusion.
Hriwever, 1 get held of Hans Betha and
pui it te iiltn if it would net be best te
desert the wagons and make a run for
life.
'Hew can we de It?" he answered;
"two lef tlie women nre tee fat le go n
mile, ene is sick in childbed, nnd we
havoienly six horses among us. Besides,
'if We did we Bheuld starve in the desert.
Ne, Hccr Allan, we must fight it out
with the satngrs, and Ged help us."
'Ged help us, indeed. ThtuJ of the
children, Uniisl"
'',1 can't bear te think,", he answered,
In n broken voLe, looking nt his own
litt)e girl, a sweet, curly haired, blurt
eyed child of (1, named Tela, whom 1
had often nursed as a baby. "Oh, Hcer
Allan, jour father, the Predicant, al
ways warned me ngniustttekking north,
and I never would listen te him because
I thought him a cursed Englishman;
new I see my felly. Uecri .Allan, if you.,
carl, try te save my child from these
black devils) if jeu lle longer than
de, or if jeuican't save her, kill her,"
nnd he clasped my hand.
"It hasn't ceme te that yet, Hans," I
said.
Then we set te work en the laager.
The wagons, of which, including my
two, Ihere wcre ten, were drawn
into the form of n sjuare, nnd the
disselhoem of each securely lashed
with reins te, the undcrweiks of
(hat in front of it. The wheels also
were locked, and Iho sp.ee between the
ground and the bed, pi inks of the wng wng
eni was Mulled with linitjcliefl of thn
'wait a bit" thorn that fortunately giuw
near in considerable uantiticRs Ju this
way a hairier was formed 4ef no mean
strength ns iigiiliml a feo unpievided
with flrearmsijilaccs being left for (he
men te (lre fietn. In a littfe ever, nn
hour Qverylhlng was denq that could be
doneand a dlscussiqu arese as tq the
disposal of tie cattle, which had been
driven up close, te the camp. Seme of
the Beers wcre anxious te get tlieui into
the laager, small ns it was, or nt least as
many, of (hem as it would held.
I nrgued btreigly against lids, point
ing out that the brutes would probably,
beBcled wjth a'paulu ns seen ns the fir
ing began, and traiuple the defendeis of
the Innger under feet. Ah an altei nallve
plau I suggested that porno of the natUe
servants Bheuld drive the herd along the
valley of the river till they reached a
fiicntlly tribe' or soine ether place of
rafety,. Of course, If the Zulus saw them
they would be taken, but the nature of
the ground was fnteruhle, and it was
KMil!e that they might escape If they
started nt ence. The preposition was nt
once agreed te, aud, wh.it is mere, it was
settled that ene Dutchman nnd such of
tlie Women and ihildieu as could travel
should go with them. In half an heur'd
tlunf t elve of them started w ith tlie Ma
th ef, the Beer in ch.uge, nnd the e.ittle.
Thrce of my own men went with the
kilter, the threoetherrtnud IudaUvzimbi
stepped with me in the laager.
f iTIiep-irtingwiwn heart biiMUngBcene,
Upen w hieh I de net care le dw ell. Tlie
women wept, the men grained, and, the
children looked en with beared white
faces. At length they were geno, and I
for bne was thankful of it. There re
mained in the lunger seventeen white
men, four nathes, the two Boer frnus
who weru twosleut te travel, Iho woman
In childbed and her baby, nnd Hans
ueinas nine u.mgiitcr Teta, w Hern ie
ceuiu net make up ins muiu te part witn.
Happily, her mother was already dead.
And here I may state that ten of the
w omen and children, together w ith about
half of the cattle, escaped. Tlie Zulu
I Umpi never saw them, and en the third
' day bf travel they came te the fortified
fplacpef a Oriqua chief, who sheltered
tlicni en receiving half the cattle in pay
ment. Thcnee by clew degrees they
journeyed down te the C.me Colony.
I reaching n civilized region within n Itttln
J liiO;re lhan a year from the date of the
ir.iauu uu inu i.tager.
The afternoon was new drawing to te
wind evening, hut ntlll there were no
slgnSef the impl. A wild hope struck
us that they might have geno en nbeut
their business. 12 tr since Iudaba-zimbi
had heard that the regiment was sup
posed te belong te the Umtetwa tribe,
he had, I noticed, been plunged in deep
thought. Presently he came te me and
volunteered te go out and spy upon their
movements. At first Hans Betha wai
against this idea, baying that he was a
" ei domde Bwartzel" an accursed black
crcature and would betray us. 1 point
ed out Unit there was nothing te betray,
The Zulus must knew where the wagons
were, but It was important for us te
gain information of their whcrc.ilxnits.
Se it w us agreed that Indaba-zimhi should
go, I tekl lnm UiK He nodded his white
lock, said "All light, Slacumiizahn," and
titarled. 1 noticed with soiue surprise,
however, that beferu he did se iie w ent
te the wagon and filched hu "nieuti,"
or .medicine, which, together with his
own magical apparatus, he nlways car car
irled in'a skin bag. I asked him why he
'did this. He answered that It was te
make himself Invulnerable againbt the
tpcarsef the Zulus. I did net in the
least lielleve his explanation, for in my
heart I was bure that he meant te take
the opportunity le makea belt of it, leav
ing mq te my fate. I did net, however,
interftrote pievcnt this, for I had an
affection for the old fellow, and sincerely
hoped that he might escape the deem
which overshadowed us.
Se Indaba-zimbI sauntered eflt, and as
I looked at his retreating ferul thought
tliat I should never see It again. But I
was mistaken, and little knew that he
was risking his life, net for the Beenij
whom he hated ene nnd all, but for me,
i wnem in ills queer w ny he loved.
i When he had irnrin un rniiiidetpd our
rreraratlenft mr ui,r,,nHri nrrent'irimimi
the wagons aud the thorns beneath with 1
- --. . .vvv, .. ..... -'-e
earth nnd stones. Then at sunset we
ote and drank as heartily as we could
under the circumstances, and when we
TOT LANCASTER fcAlLY INTIBLLTGBNOBR, SATURDAY, JANUARY
nan none, linns ixfttut, as neau et tne
pi rTy'itT',r?Jnip praJer"te Hed for our
pi ;'M'rviiili)hkr It paVH I0ilql)iift slihtt
e( tlnHhtlrljj Diitbllitthn.thisfhat of, M
bidirMlitVbykhelait rays of the
se ting sun, praying aloud in homely,
sii uple language te Illtu who alone could
'sa.-e us from the slK'ars of n cruel f(M.
' 1 1 ctflcldDcr (hhVtlie Ihii sentence of his
fit lycr was, "Almighty, it wu must be
bl led, save the weuicn and children and
ru r little girl Teta from the accursed
Zi l(is and de net let us be tortured." c
! echoed the request very cm nestly In
nv - own heart, that I knew, for in com
mit! willi the ethers I was dreadfully
nfi aid, and it must be admitted net witlf witlf
eu reason.
"lien the darkness came en, and we
tot k up our appointed places, each with
a t Ifle In his hands, nnd peered out into
th gloom in silence. Occasionally 6ne
of lie Beers would light his plpe with a
brand from the smoldering fire, nnd the
glijvv of it would shlne for a few mo me
tiujnts en lila pale, anxious face.
Behind me ene of the stout "f rails"
lay upon the ground. Cven the terror
of bur position could net keen her hcivy
,Vch from their accustomed sleep, nnd
liil snercil loudly. On the further side
of her, just by the fire, Iny little Tela,
wrapped li a karess, Slie was asleep
nlBO, her thumb In her mouth, and from
tinte te llme her father would ceme te
leek at her,
Se the hours were en whlle we wait
ed for the Zulus. But from my in
timate knew ledge of the habits of ttd- '
lives I had little, fear that they would jit
tack us at night, though, had. they done.
se, tliey.ceuld have compasd'veur d(rP
stinclieb with lajt small less, te tlieml
seWes. I'ta not'tliAtnbitef (Ma leep1qV?
they like ,te fight In the HgUt'pt day atj
dawn for Vrcferejlc-. t
About llo'cleck, just as Iw-nsrieddlng
ft lijlle nt Biy l03t, I heard n IeWav histldi
mitMile;lhd laager. Instantly 1 was wlde?
aw ake, ami all nloni,the Jlne I heard tha
clicking of'(eckS3fts the liecrs cocked
Ihclr gnnJ.N '
"Jlai;nma7ahn," Raid neIce, thovefco
of Indabtrisimlil, "are you thurei'.' 1 9-
",Ycs,"ipnsncrcu,t
"I lien yield u jlglitjfce tliat I can sce 1
hew le tlJrrib InWthVlaager he Said, ft
"Yuhlnhl held 'n light," put In,
oneiof thti Bocra. "I don't trust ;tbi),X
blatjk Rchcbscl "of ybura, Hcei Quatef-"'
main: he iu.iv have ftome of bin ceuutrvi.
nicil wltliiihji." Ac&fdlngly" alnuterin
warf iirfHlilc'tid anil' held "towards .. the
vehic. Thrre"'Was Iiidaha-zlmqi ftl6ne.
Wu'let hlni Inte the laager and asked
hint the new s. '
"This Is the news, whlle mcu," he
said. "I waited till dark, and ctceplng
up le the place where the Zulus are en
caniH;(l, hid myself bqhiuil it stone mid
listened. They nre a great regiment of
Umtetwas, ns Buur Betha jendcr
theilght. They struck the spoor of Iho
wagons lluee days age and 'followed it.
Te-night they sleep upon their spears,
to-nlerrovv ntilajhicak they will 'attack'
the laager ehil kill overledy. They
are yery hitler against the Beers, bec.ime
of tlie l ittle at Bleed riv er and Iho ether
llghU, and (but is why they followed the
wagons lnste.nl of going straight north
after Moslliknayye."
A kind of groan went up from the
greifpjf listening Dutclimeii.
, "I tell you what It' Is, heeren," I said,
"Instead of welting te be butchered here
lll.e n buck in a pltfajl, let us go put new
ami fall upon the Impl whlle it bleeps."
This preposition oxclted seme diKcus diKcus
sien, but in the end only ene man could
Ihj fduiul te vote for it. Beers, ns a itile,
lack that dash which makes great sol
dim 8;; such forlerA h6pcs hre net in their
line, and rather (ban 'embark upon them
they prefer te take their chaucq in. a
laagfr, however peer that chant'e tuny
be. Ter my own part, I firmly believe
that, had my ndvice been Uiken, we
bheuld have touted the Zulus, Seven
teen desperate white men, armed with
l guns, w euld ha e produced no small ef
fect Upen it ciiuip of sleeping H,iYnges.
But it vvns het taken, se it is no use talk
ing about it.
After that wu went back te our pests,
aud slew 1) the weary night vvore en to te
vvnids tha dawn. Only these who have
watched under similar elicumstauees
wille they waited the advent of almost
certain and cruel death, can knew the
terttuing Biispcnse of theso heavy benis.
But they went somehow, and at last hi
the far east the sky began te lighten,
while tlie cold In e.ttli of dawn btiued the
(ills Of the wagons and ehllled me te the
lienet. The fat Dutch worn in behind
me Weke with a yawn, then, lemoinbor lemeinbor lemoinber
ing all, moaned aloud, while hci teeth
chattered with cold aud fear, liana
Betha went te hU wagon and get a bot
tle of peach brand), from which he
poured into a tin puutlkin, giving us
each n stiff draw, aud making attempt
te be cheerful as he did se. Hut his af
fected jocularity only seemed tedepiess
, his cetm .idea the mere,
Certainly it op-
h cased uie.
row tne ugni was gi owing, ami we
,cetild see some way into thu mist which
still hung densely ever the river, and
new ah I theie it was. Frem the ether
lido of the lidl, a thousand jaidser inote
fieui the huger, eimiri.v faint .humming
sound. It glow and grpvv till it gathered
te n chant -tlie awful (Warvh.int of llw
Zulus. Boen I qeuid catch the vveids.
I'liej w cre simple, eneugh:
I We fit-ill Bluy, A a shall kl ly la It net se, my
Ifrutlu'isl (t ,
OuriLarakluUI lilubli Ikxnl rivl. U It uet no, mjr
j lirotlierc? , (J
I t'nr v lira tha sucklings of GilsVn, tilixxl U ear
j mllU, my tiretlicrs
' Avtnl.1 clilMrtu uf tba Umtetwa, naV:el
ri... ...i... .. 1.,1. 1i. 1..L..1 ..i. .,...,..
uv .id,,,,,, un, uiu jawftai bililia Ulllll, J
wvakii, clilmreii 'or the Unitctwu trr aloud, ye
rtiiRcJ men; ? V
thcre U tha tee.twi) bliall 'iliy-Uieni. U it uet te.
I my brotheraf ,. 'j
B-kve! B'gtt' .S'fc-el v A
I BulIi is n rdugh translation of that
1 aateful chant which I often hear 'te this
i rety diy in uiy dreams. It does het
j .oek puticiilarly imposing en papei, but
' f the leader could have heard it ns it
I 'elletl tlueugh the still air fiem the
Jiraits nf nearlv thrne thou md warriors
singing all te time, he would have found
It impresslve enough.
New the shields began te appear ever
the brew of the rise. They came by
companies, each company nbeut a hun
dred etreng. Altogether tliere were
thirty-one companies. I counted them,
i When nil were ever they fetmcd them
selves Inte a triple line, then liotted
down the slepe toward us. At a dis
tance of a hundred and fifty j nrds, or
just out of shot of such guns ns we had
in theso dajs, they halted and began
singing again:
Yonder li'the kraal of tlie white man a little
Kraal, uiylirethcrsj '
We shall rat it up, we shall traraple It flit, my
hrethuni.
But u litre are the white mail's cattlovvhcre are
Ids oxen, mjr brothers?
j Tills question seemed te puzzle them n
geed deal, for they sang the song again
and again. At last a herald came for fer
vrard, a great man with ivory rings en
' his arm, and putting his hands te his
mouth, called out teu3. asking w here our
. cattle w ere, '
Hans Betha climbed en te the top of a
, wagon nnd reared out that they might I
answer that question themselves. )
4 Theu the herald called again, saying
t that he saw that tlie catnip had been sent
, away. t
"We shall go nnd find the cattle," he
satu, "thou we shall ceme and kill you,
bocause without cattle you must step
where you are, but if we wait te kill j ou
lWere we cet the cattle. tliev mav have
.tnkfcad tee far Jer.us te I eltavr. Jlutlf
ji u ry te, , run, away jre shall cosily
let tch you white menl"
j flils slruck me a a very odd speech,
' fr r the Zulus generally attack an enemy
fii st and.tak Ins cattle afterwards; still,
0 crq was, n ccriatn amount of plausl
bi ity about It. Whlle I was still won wen
d ring what it all might mean, the
Zalns began te run pest us in companies
teWards the river. Suddenly a shout
at neuueed that they hed found the spoor
bf the cattle, and. .the whele imjii of
tli :m started down it at a run till they
i itshcd ever a rise about n quarter of a
m le away. ,
iVe waited fpr half an hour or mere,
bu t nellilng could we see of them.
'New I wonder If tlie devils liave
rci 11? gene, said Hans Betha 'te rue, '
"I Is very strange." '
'I will go and Scd," said Indaba-zimbI,
"i you will ceme wlth,me,.Macum.v
zain. We can creep te the top of the
rlt go and leek ever' '
. It'flrst I Iiesitaled, but curiosity ovcr evcr ovcr
cntne me, I, was young In theso days
anil weary with suspense.
T Very well," I said, "we will go."
Se we started I had my clcphantgtin
nn I ammunition. Indaba-zimbI had his
rh( diolne bag and an assegai. We crept
te he top of the rise like sportsmen stalk
in; n buck. .The slope en tlie ether side
win strevvn with rocks, among which
gri w bushes and tall grass.
tj ' They must have geno down the Don Den
ga " I said te Indaba-zlmbi, "I can't scq
en of them." , ,
j s J sK)ke thcre came a rear of men
all ureund me. irem every rock, from
evi ry tuft of grass rese a Zulu warrior.
Be ere I could turn, befere I could lift a
gu i, I was seized nnd thrown. ,
Held hlni! Held the white spirit
fasH" cried a veice. "Held him, or he
wlB slip, nway like a snake. Don't hurt
blip, but held hiul fast. Let iDdaba
.i.ji.i ...nii. i... i.i .!,i..
, l,l,U.k,4,IV J IHDIUU
fJv
turned en Indaba-zimbI. "Yeu block
u
il, you have betrayed me!" I cried.
.Walt and BCe,Macumazalni," he nn
b wired, cepHy. "New the fight Is going
e Begin." , , ,
CHAPTEItV.
t . w.'. .... J . .
UAHfUU With
wonder and rage.
What did that
scoundrel Indn-ba-rimbi
mean?
Why had f been
drawn out of the
laager and Belted,
and wliy, licing"
geJffXdwas I net
instantly killed
They- called md"
the "Whltp
Spirit" Could it
lx thai they wcre
koepliiK tneltbj
mase me into mcuiciner i-naa neera ei
sucb things being done by -Zulus and
kindred trities, and my bleed ran cold nt
the thought. 'What 'an end! Te be
pounded up, rhade medicine of, nnd
eatiinl ' i -.
HjovvevtJ',, I had little tlme for further
redaction, for tievv1 the whble iihpl was
peuilrig back from the Denga nnd river
banjeswhere it had hidden whilothelrruse
we J carried '6ut, and bnce ihore formed
1 Up dn tin) side of the slope. I was taken
te the crest of the slepe nbd placed in
the center of the reserve line in the espe
cial charge ef'n hutje 'Zulu nanitd Bem-
byahe, the same nian who had ceme for
ward ns a herald. This' lirute seemed te
regard me with an nffectionate curidslty.
Nev and ngain he rioked me in the ribs
'with the handle 6f hls'esseijai, lis though
te .-(ssure himself that I vas solid, and
sevdral times he asked ihd te be se geed
as ii prophesy h6vv many Zulus would
be killed befere the "Amaboena," as
they celled 'tlie' Beers, were "eaten up."
At first 1 took no notlce of hint be bo be
yend scowling, but presently, goaded
iritojenger, I ptephesied that he would
be dead ill nn hour!
He only laughed aloud. "Oh! whlle
spirit," he said, "is it se? Well, I've
walkcd a long way from Zululatid, nnd
shall be glad of a rest."
I And lib get it shortly, as will be seen.
I New the Zulus began te Blng again:
We have caufjht the white spirit", my brother, my
lirethurl
Iren iongue wliHpercil of him, he smelt lilm out,
my brother.
Kew the Maboeua are ours they are already
, dead, my brother.
I Set that treacherous villain Indaba
zlmbi had betrayed me. Suddenly tlie
chief of thu impl, a gray haired man
named Sususa, held up ills nbsegai, nnd
Instantly Ihere was silence. Then he
speke te seme indunUB who steed near
him. Instantly they ran te tlie right
tind left down the first line, saying a
word te the captain of each cpmpany as
theyi passed him. Presently they wcre
at the respective cuds of the line, and
simultaneously held up their spears. As
they did be, with nil awful rear of "Bu
lala Amaboena" ("Slay' Iho Bedrs"), the
entire line, numbering nearly a thousand
men, bounded forward like a buck start
led from its form, nnd rushed down
upon (he little laager. It was n splen
did sight te see them, their assegais glit
tering in the sunlight its (hey iose and
fell nbove their blitek shields, their war
plumes bending back upon the brecre,
and their fierce faces set intently en the
fee, whlle the solid earth shook beneath
the thunder of their rushing feet. I
thought of my peer friends the Dutch
men, and trembled. What chance had
they ngninst se many?
New the Zulus, running in the shape
of a bow se us te wrap tlie laager round
en tiiree sides, were within seventy
jards, and new from every wagon breke
tongues of Hre. Over rolled n number
of the Umtetwa, but the rest cared little.
On they rushed right up tlie laager,
striving (e ferce a way in. But the
Beers piled them with volleyr.fter vol
ley, nnd, rucked as the Zulus were, the
elephant guns leaded with blugs nnd
small bhet did frightful execution. Only
ene man ever get en te u wagon, and ns
he did se I saw a Beer woman strike
htm en thu head w itli nn ax. He fell
back, and slowly, nmidhowlsef derision
from the two hues en the hill side, tlie
Zulus drevy Kick.
"I.et us go, fatlicrl" shouted the sol
diers en the slope, among whom I was,
te their chief, w he had ceme up. "Yeu
have sent out the little gitls te light, nnd
they are frightened. l.et us bhevv them
the way."
"Ne, nel" the chief Sueusa nnsvv ered,
laughing. "Wait a minutuiind tlie little
girls will glow te women, and women
nre geed enough te fight against Beens!'1
Tlie attacking Zulus he.irk the mockery
of their fellows, and rushed forward
again with a tear. But the Beers in thn
laager had found llme te lead, nnd they
met with n warm reception. Keserving
their Iho (ill the Zulus wcie packed hl.e
sheep In a kraal, thev loosed into them
with the reers, nnd the w anion fell in
little heaps. But I bavv that the bleed of
the Ututetwas was up; they did uet
mean le be lieateu back this time, and
the end was near, beet six mcu had
lea t ou te the wagon, slain the man be
mud it and sprung into the Linger, limy
were killed there, but ethen followed,
and then I turned my head. But I could
uet shut my ears te the cries of rage and
death, and the terrible S'geet S'gee! el
the savages as they did their work el
murder. Once only I looked up nnd
saw peer Hans Betha standing en a
wagon smiting down men with the butt
of his rifle. TJien assegais shot up to te
wards him like tongues of bteel, aud
.wnen i joeKca again he was gene.
, I turned, sick with fear and rage. But
alast' what could I de? They were all
dead new, and probably my own turn
was coming, only my death would nel
be se swift.
Tlie fight was ended, and the two
lines en the slepe breke their order, and
moved down te tlie laager. Presently
wc wcre there, and n dreadful sight il
was. Many of the attacking Zulus wcrt
dad pille fifty, I should say and at
least a hundred and fifty were wounded,
60me or. them mortally. The chief, Su
stlsa, gev e an order, tlie dead men were
picked up and piled in a heap, wbila
ttiose who wcre slightly hurt walked off
te1 get Bomeeno te tle up their wounds.
But the mera serious cases met with a
different treatment. Tlie chief or one
' efihis Indunas considered each case,. and
if it was In any way bad, the man wa
taken up and thrown Inte the rivet
which ran near. None of them offered
any objection, though ene peer fellow
swam te shorn again. Hu did net step
there long, however, for they pushed
him back and drowned him by force.
The strangest case of all was that el
the chief's own brother. He had been
captain of the line, and his ankle was
smashed by a bullet. Sususa came up te
hlin, 'and having examined the wound
rated him soundly for, falling in the first
onslaught.
Tlie peer fellow made the excuse thai
it Was net his fault, as the Been had hi(
him in the first rush. His brother ad'
milted the truth of this and, talked te
him amicably. ,
'.'Well," he said at length, offering
him a pinch of snuff, "you cannot walk
ncatn.'l i i . 1 1 i , i i . I
'.'Ne, chief, said the wounded man,
looking at his ankle.
"And, te-morrow .we .must walk for,"
wdnt en Sususa. , , , , ,
'Yes, chief."
TSay, then, will you sit here en tin
veldt,' or" and he nodded towards tin
river.- i
'.'be man dropped his head en hii
bu ast for n miuute as though in thought.
Presently he lifted it and looked Sususa
str light in the face.
' 'My nnkle pains ine, toy brother," he
sal 1; "I think I will go back te Zululand,
for thcre is the only kraal I wish te see,
ev n if I creep about it like a snake,"
' It is well, my brother," said the chief,
"Best softly," and having shaken hendt
vyl(h him, ho'gave an order te ene of tha'
injunas,'and turned awny. '
hen men came, aud, supporting the
wounded man, helped hlni down te tha
banks of the stream. Here, at his re
quest, they tied n heavy atene round his
ncak, nnd then threw bltu .into n deep
it. l saw mew nete saat ccne, nuu
the victim never even 'winced. It was
im tossibletnot te ndmire the courage of
tlin ninn. nr i e rurnlrl Iwltltr idmnlf with
the cold-blooded cruelty of hisJirether,
tliejchief. And yet the net was neccs-
Eary from his point of viewj Tjie man
muft either die swiftly or bojleftt te per
ish let starvation, for no Zulu ferce will
eiiLlunberf itself with wounded men.
Years of merciless wnrf are had f se har
dened these pcople that they looked en
dcelh as itipthing, and (Wordy tee them
justice, unwilling te meet it themselves
ns If) infllet it en ethers. When this very(
impl had been seat by the Zulu King'
Din'gaau, t consisted of seme nine tlieu-j
sanu men. ' New It numberqd abeut:
three: oil the rest .wcre dead. ' Tliey. tee
Milfl tw l i 1 il f cfu-tri luii slnnil I WlttifA
dfd H matter? They llVcd )y war, te dle
inboed.l It was their natural cniil "Kill
'till : ou oreUllod." That is'tho'rnettdof
the Zulu beldler. ,H has thu 'merit of
siui ilicity. - ' I '
f.mwhile thef warriors yvcije looting
ivagens, including my ewp, having
thrown nil (the dead Beers' Inte a
heap. 1 looked nt the heap; all of them
werp thcrcj jncluding thq twp stout frnns,
peer .things. But I missed oue body,
that of Iho Hans Betha's daughter, little
Teta. A vv lid hepe came Inte my heart
that she might have escaped; but no, it
was uet possible. I could only pray that
she was already at rest.
Just then the great Zulu, Bombyane,
whq hed left my side te indulge in the
congenial occupation of looting, came
out of a wagon crj ing that he had get
tlie ''little white one." I looked; he was
carrying the child Teta, gripping her
frock in ene of his lingo black bauds.
He stalked up le where we wcte, and
held the child before the chief. "Is il
dead, father?" he paid.
New, as J could well see, the child was
net dead, hut had been hidden away, and
fainted w ith fear.
The chief glanced nt it carelessly, nnd
said:
"Find out with your kerrle."
Acting en this hint the black devil
held up the child, aud was about te kill
itwitli his knebstick. Tills was mete
than I could bear. I sprang at him and
struck him with all my ferce in the face,
little caring if I was speared or net. He
dropped Teta en (he greuud.
"Qhl" he said, putting Ids hand te his
nose, "the white spirit has n hard fist.
Come, spirit, I will fight you for the
child,"
The soldiers cheered and laughed.
"Yesl jeal" they said, "Jet Bemb and
fight the w Inte spirit for the child.. Lei
them fight w ith assegais."
Fer n moment I hesitated. W'hal
chance had I against this black giant
But I had premised peer nans te save
the child if I could, and w lint did it mat
ter? AS well die new as later. How
ever, Iliad wit enough left te make a
favor of it, and intimated te the chic!
through Indaba-zlmbi that I was quite
w filing te condescend le kill Bombyane,
en condition that if I did se the child'i
life should be given tome. Indaba-zimbI
interpreted my words, but I noticed thai
he w euld uet leek en me ns he speke.
hut covered his face with his hands and
speke of me as "the ghost" or the "ser
of the 6pirit." Fer some reason that I
have never quite understood, the chiel
consented te the duel. I fancy it w.u
becausohebeliovedmo'tobo mero thai
mortal, and was anxious te see tha last
of Bombyane.
"IM them fight," he said. "Givetheia
assegais and no shields; tlie child bIliI'
be te him w he conquers."
"Yes! yesH cried the soldiers. "Lel
them fight. Don't Ih afraid, Bem
by ane; if hq is n spiilt, lie's a very pmal
one."
"I never was frightened of man ei
beast, and I am net going te run anaj
from a white ghost," answered the re
doubtable Bombyane, as he examined
the blade of his great bangwunar 6t0b
blng assegai.
Then they made a ring round us, gavt
me a similar hssegal nnd set us seme tec
paces apart. I kept my face as calm ai
1 could, and tribd te bhevv no signs 'el
fear, though in niy heart I vns terriblj
afraid. Humanly speaking, my doeit
w as en me. Tlie giant w arrler liefore uu
had used the assegai from a child I liai!
nocxK.Tienceof the weapon. Moreover
though I was quick and active, he inns
have I icen at least twice as strong as t
w as. Hew ever, there was no help for itj
be, setting my teeth, I grasped the greai
spear, breathed a prayer, and walled.
Tlie giant steed avvhlle looking at me
and, as he btoed, Iudaba-zimbi walkcj
across the ring behind me, muttering n
he passed, "Keep cool, Macumazahn, nn
"wait for him."
As I had net the slightest Intention ei
commencing the fray, I thought Mil
geed ndvice.
Heavensl hew long that half lulnuti
28. lWlrMnr
i it nsMieeedasaar-years .
but the whole scene rises up before mj
cKes as I write.- 'There 'behind .us ws
the bloodstained laager, and near It la)
the pilea of dead) round us was ran)
'upon rank of plumed savages, standlni
lb silence te wait pie issue of the duel
id (n the center steed the gray li&rrcil
chief and general, Sususa, hi all lib
, war finery, a cloak of , leopard skin upe
Ids shoulders. At his feet lay tlie sense
less form of little Teta, te ray left squat
ted Indabar.lmbl,t . nodding his wtiltt
lock and muttering something preba
bly spells; while In front vras! 'mjr giani
antagonist, his 'spear aloft' t'aild hti
plumes bending In tlie gentle .breexev
Then ever, all, ever' grassy, slepe, rivet
and keppic, eyer the. wagons ,of the
laagcri the piles of dead, the dense ranki
xt tlie living the swooning child, evci
all shena the bright'impartlel 'Sun.'loelp
Irig down like the great' indifferent 'ey
of heayen upon thd loveliness of nelur'
' and the cruelty '6f matt ' Down by tht
'riyc'rgrewUiern .trees, and from, them
floated the ,swcet sccnt.ef thomlmesi
flower, nnd came tlie sound of coelnj
ttirtle doves. I never smell the ene ei
hear th A ether without the scene flask--I
ing into my mind again, complete in iti
every detail.
Suddenly, without a seutid, Bembyant
slioek'hisfcisegal elid rushed straight at
me. I saw his liuge' form come; like a
man in a dream, I saw the bread, spcai
flash en high; new he was en me. Then,
prompted te it by some prevideutial.im
pUlsc, I dropped te my knee and quick
asj light stretched out- my spear. H
droveatme; the blade "passed ever mj
head. I felt a weight en' my assegai; il
I Vis wrrenched f rem my band, bis .great
lltnbsl knocked .igiinU'rid. I glantcd'
round, liombyane wab staggering alone
' 'with head thrown back nnd outstretched
nrjns froth wlllcTi"his' sjieir 'liKU fallen.
His spear had"railen;but the1 blade el
muie Btoed out between his shoulders 1
liaU transfixed ,hjm. , He stepped, svvtmg
reiind slowly as though te leek at ipc,
thein wllh n sigh the giant sank down
deid. ' ' ' "t
or a moment thcrci VaS''siIence; the'n
a great cry rese a ery of "Bombyane is
dean, The white spirit has slain Bomb Bemb Bomb
yaeo. Kill i the .wizard, kill tha ghost
who has slain Bombyane by witchciaft.t'
Instantly,! was i burreunded byi fierce,
facesaud spcnis llaslied, befere my eyes, i
I feldetl my arms and stoe(d calmly .wait
ing) the end. In a moment jt ,vpuld,
have come, for tlie vvariiers jw qre, mad
nt beeing their champion qvcrthreun i
thus easily. Buti presently through the
tunult I heard the high cracked veice of,
Indnha-zlmbl. , , ., ,, ,
"Stand back, ypu foewl" itcrlejl; "epp
a si hit then bq.kllled?" , ' .
" jpear hl'Ul spear, ,!iimi" fhpy reared,
in 'ury. "Ittus. ,sqe If'iiq.isasp'irit
He' v did n ppjrit slay Berabyanq ,w ith an
nssi gai?, Spear bin), rain maker, nndiwpi
Bha 1 see." , r i i i i i
" Staiid back," cried Irtdaba-zlmbi
aga n, "and I?vill Bhqvy ypq,if,he c.-yu, Ve ,
killtd. I will kill him myself, and call
bin back te llfq4 n gain. befere jeiir ryes., ,
Mm umazahn, trust (, he w;hlspered
in ny car in ti(e SIsutu tongue, ,wliiqli
theZul,s did net understand.. "Tru6t,
lira; kneel en the grass liefore me, and
whdn,I strikq,at jeu with the, spear, roll
ever like quo dead; flij.'ii,,v hen you hear
my ivojee again, get up. Trust' me it is
your only hope."
I Lav inir no choice. I nodded mv head
ill assent, thqugh J had net 0ie .faintest .
1,1., r ., linf lit, .,-ria nlkfint: tn fir. 'I'ltr.
U.. W. ....... ,V .. .....Vj.W . -iwj
tumult lespened omevvhat, and ence
-mere tlie w arriers drew back. ,ci
"Great vvhite.rjpiiit spirit qfictep',"
Rntil Ttiilnlin.yimlif. niliiie.sRiiiD-twe nleUrL
and covering liis.eyes j-vvith his hand1!
near me aim lorgive me. juiesu cun
dreA are blind with filly, and UhiAk
theq mortal bocause thpu'halt dealt death
upon a mortal vvhe'dared te stand agatn&t '
thed. Deign te k'neel'dewn tbofer6 'me
i..i i.i ..;..... it... il .".... tl. i.:-5
illlU tub UIU Jlltll.U Liy I'r.tt V i.it ,IIU9
spear; then, when I call upon thee, arlse
unhlirl." &
1 knelt down, net because I w ished te,
but because I must. I had net overmuch
faith In Indnba-rimbl, and thought it
prebable' that he was in truth about te
make an end of me. But really I vas
be Wern with fears, and the horrors of
the night and day bad se shaken my
nerves, that I did net greatly care what
befell me. When I had been kneeling
thus for nbeut half A mintite lndaba
zimbl spoke. '
"People of the Umtetwa children' of
T'Chaka,4 he said, "draw taek a little
space, lest an evil fall en you, for hew
the air is thick with 'ghosts."
They drew back a space, lcav ing us in
a circld'abeut twelve jards hi diameter.
'Loek en him who kneels befere yen,"
went en Intlabu-zirhba, "arid listen te
my words, te the words of the witch
finder, the words of the rainmaker,
Iudaba-zimbi, whose failie is known te
you. He seems te be a man, does he
net? I tell, du, children of the Umtet
wa, he is no man. Hu is the spirit who
gives victory te the white men; he it is
who gave them assegnis that thunder
nnd taught them hew te slay. Why
were the impis of Dingau rolled back- at
the Bleed river? Because he was tiiere.
Why did tlie Amaboena slay the peeple
of Mesilikaaye by the thousand? Be
caueo he was there. Aud se I say te
j ou that, had I net drawn him
from tlie laager by my magic but
three lieun age, jeu would hnve been
conquered yes, you would have been
blown away like the dust liefore the
wind; you would have been burned up
like the dry gross in the winter when
the fire is awake among it. Aye, be
caueo he had but been there many of
our bravest weru slain in overcoming a
few n pinch of men who could be
counted ou the fingers. But because I
loved jeu, becaus5 our chief Sususa it
my half brother for had we net one
father? I came te jeui I warned you.
Then you prajed me nnd I drew the
spirit forth. But jeu were net satisfied
when the victory was yours, vvhen the
spitit of .ill veu had taken asked but one
little thing a white rhild le take away
and sacrifice le himself, te make the
mediclue of his magle of"
Here I could hardly restrain mjsell
from interrupting, but thought bettei
of It.
"Yeu jsa(d him uav ; you said, 'Let him
fight w ith our bravest man, let him light
with Banibvane, the giant, for thediild.'
And Iiq deigned te slay Bombjane us jeu
hav e bf en, and new, y ou saj 'Slaj- hiui
he is no spirit.' New I will bhevv you il
he is a bpirit, for I will slay him befeit
jour eyes, and call him te life again.
But jeu, have brought this upon your
selves. Had jeu believed, hed j-eu of
fered no insult te the spirit, he would
havebtajed with jeu, and you should
have bccgiue unconquerable. New h(
will arise and lcav e jeu, and wee be or
jeu if jeu try te stay him. New all
men," he w ent qn, "leek for n spacoupen
this assegai that I held up," and helifted
the luugivan of the deceased Betubynnt
high nbove his head, se that all tb
multitude could see it Bvcry ej
was fixed upon the breed, bright spear,
Fer a while he held it still, then he
moved it round and round in a circle,
muttering as he did be, und still theii
gaze fellow ed it. Fer my part, I fellow
cd liia movements with tlie greatest
anxiety. That assegai had already beer
nearer my person than I found at all
pleasant, aud I had no desire te make s
further acquaintance with it. Ner, in
deed, was I sure that Iudaba-zimbi wai
unt run II v creiucr te till inn. I cnuld linl
IA.
a.
IsU vreWMtfiaM at Ui: MM M
tot, I jMdapf MUsh.pUurfatCltlMM
s tJM te his 'saakicsd Viwrtefcta I
'Iteakl lDekllaefcr.hasnWaOit I ' III
I Then suddenly the great rrrar Aatrhril
awn towards my breast. I felt nothing,
tit seemed as though it bad rissnl
through .cue. . -i . x.ua
"Beet" reared the Zulus. "ladatts-.
' mbl Ms'tpeared liltn; th red ahifij'
stands out behind bis back."
"Bell,, aver, Macumaxahn,! IndaVa-,i
bl hissed in my ear, "roll ever aad
tend te die quick I quick I"
I lostne time in following these Strang "
tractions, but falling en my side,'
row my -arms wide, kicked my legs'
iut, and diet ns artistically as I could..
Presently I gave a stage shiver and lay
.OIL' '" ' " ' "
"Seer said the Zulus, "he Is dead,. tha . .
snirlt is dead. Loek at the bleed neon . t
tbe assegai!" , T
f 'Stand back! stand back!" cried Inda- - 1
ba-zimbi, "or the ghost will haunt yea.
3ls; he is dead, and new I will call hitn .
bdek te life ngain. Loek!" and patting
dewtl bis hand Im plitcked the spear from
whenever It was fixed, and held it aloft.
"the snear Is red. is it net? Watch, mea.
, wi tchl It' grows vvhltel" . . , .
it , rrowsvjitte.n
Xcs, it erews white," they said, "unt
It groVislhlte because the bleed re-
a te wheoce it came, said Indaba-
ibl. "flew, great spirit, hear me.
u art dW,,the breath has gene tout
hy mount i Xtt hear me and ansa
l-nkc. wUteL snifit. awake and
thy pewcr.UH&w'aMt arise unhurt!'
I begantev.respmd cheerfully
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impesing: isvocaiieii. . v
Net se fast. uacuaazaun,T wins
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uun-suuyi. ' -if i .F."-r,M." l
kjfh? hint, aiidj first held upplb;
lcaiuieu my i neaa unu let ;ii. pa
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Idlers, Vtrickcn
no uvusni rosrea me
h lhertat'fckr?
i
Tlieii.ieVly and wthhe greatest
.nltV I 'gra4uMly',ai, stretched
, anlis, jitWtdi:llke Oft awaking f
hedvv slcea.!.turned?ind looked u oei
, .. "... rt ' 'v-r"Vi. . ,,
: tut m uncenccrncuir. ma i uiu se, i n
tied that 6Id 'Indaba-timbl was alt t
fai iting ffenif xlialislieu. Ucads or ic;
i.t .n,in Jin..Tii...,.. i.ilI i..ai i.iu ii r.f
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tre nbled Slid Bis breas heaved.- t ' 5$
slaw
te la
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ited
jarni, p
agsini.
(Til
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wit
1 4 ; s for jieulus,,Hhuy waited 'for ,,he
me re. Withfa howl jKterrer the wpele
regiment tjirtied and fled across the rise,
Se i hat prcsetftly we were left alone with
the dead nnd the swooning child.
' ' Hew en earth dtdj 6u de tliat'J tnuaba ,
1 riu bt?",l asked In amaze. ' ' ""' ' ', ,.,,
' Don't ask tup, M.iciipia?alin,", ,lie,,
gat ed. '.'Yeu vvlilte men ap very clever,
hut you dea't quite knew everything.-)') i
Tin re are men in the world who can
ma
e people believe they see ' things
wh ch they de net see. l Let tts be going
wh loWe'miy'.'i'dr when these- Umtetvyas
huv e get qvjr their fright'they ,will cetne
buelk te loot tliq wagons, and itlii;q pejf
hai s they will begin te ask questions that
I c; n't answer." j ' ,
nd here I mayas well i state that 'I
never getiiny ftirther information en JU
(hii matter'fniiu old lndaba-zimbl. ' But'" '
I 1 aye irty theory, arid here it Is for" '
wh itevpr it may be worth. I'b'pjig'vej'" u
tha; Iiulabe'-zltubi mesmerized jhew hole u j,
cre v d of onlookers, making them bejipve-, .i ,
itha; they saw the, assegai In, myJieart j
am the bleed upon the-blade.- Xlip reader i
ma'BinileaTid say "ImpessiblOp'bUt'lJ
we ild ask him hew tlie Indian jugglers'""
de lieirtricks unless' it is by'mesmerism.r
Tin sficctnters 'seem te'lsW the' bev' co"
tun erlhe basket inds tliere" pierced, with, t
dap ers they pepm tq spo,vyemen ,in's, .
trni ce supported in mid air upon the ... u
-,peii it of a single ovverd. In, themselves nt
'the e things are net possible; they vie-- i
late the luvvs of .nature, and therefore- "
mu t be illusion. 'And se; threugh-the '"
"gle nor 'threVvn upon them ' by Indaba-' '
1111 Ol lll, mu .1111 iiuiii ntT.-iin.-ii yi ctp j
uiejtransllxcd with au.nHsegai that nqver ,
tqutlicd me. At least, that is my theory; i .
if'iaiy ene has a lielter, let hlin adept H.
The explanation lien between illusion and
malio.el a most uiqiesiiig unar.iuier, unui v --
I pijefcr toacceptithe lirbtullciuattvu. . -
Centiftueil next Satutday.
dHI
PAGO'S MONUMENT TO GRANT.
,lt VVIIl lt tinilliil il. 1, 1890, and Is
tt lll.t lM t.
O i Sept 1 of tins veai Chicago's men-
uim nt te Ufcn, u. r. urant win no un
veil d. It will stand en an tfneiintihs
pedi stal, which is already in place, am,
willovcileok the beautiful Lake Slioie
duv l.
' Tlir. UONUJICNT.
IWbise is the sculptor, and when a
cemjnltlcreeentlv inspected his work
entire b.itihtactieu witu it was expressed.
Tlie -t.ttue lcpresents the genernl sitting'
quic ly in ills Saddle.
Tlie sculptor has Shown appreciation
of the fact that Uiaut was net a soldier
of k uiniice, but a calm, stem man of
prac ical ideal, (leu. Jeseph Stockton,
one pf thu tmstees of tlie statue com cem
mfttec, sejs:
"I remember new that at the battle of
Big Black Iliver Grant Kit en his horse
beide a peel of nuddy water, looking
just (ts this statue represents him. An
ollicea rede up nid said: 'General, they
ha.e'epened a lmtterj- en us, ever there,'
'Putnbiigiide in and take it,' answered
Giant, witlieut showing the least ex
citement" Amateur Kiitcrtiiliimenttf.
Met amateur entertainments are given
In placea where there are no regular
stages, and iu such a case a platform
should be built about thrce feet high and
ten or moie deep, the full width' of the
room. Curtaini of canton Manuel can
be used, or laige screens, if such are
i
mero convenient. While thuchaiaclers
are lieing peed for tableau, or the stage
being set for any scene, the phne or or
chestra can le plaveil as in a theatre.
and for that reason the piano bheuld ha
outside of the curtain or en the fleer. A
dressing room should be palled off en
each side of the stage.
There nre lioeks which have in iny
bright little comedies requiring two,
three or font characters. Among them
nie: "A Happy 1'e.ir," only requiring
two persons; "A 1'air Cnceunter," need
ing but two women, or "Weeping
Wives," needing four. This last win
translated from the French by Mrs.
Jauiqs H. Pitcher, of Short Hills, N. J.
There are hianj ethers which me bright i
and geed. Let the man iger bpvvnre of
tragic pieces, or "scenes" front "Mac
beth," "Maiy and Clizabetli."or"lbiiii'e
and Juliet." Let evci jthingef tliLs kind
be light and spnghtlj. It Is within the
possibilities for a man or w oinen w he is
a geed manager of jiarler entertain
ments tovvrite a piece that shall 16 full
of amusement, because uevtl and new,
and neve)ty Is te be sought for, Olive
Herner,
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