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ftJST GOSSIP
'Second Assembly Will Be Given TomVhr. in
illroom of the Bellevue-Stratford Pageant
toise neiu m upera nouse- Ivy Ball
i lonUht we are to have the second
f jifwmMy; and dinners, my deare,
f hire i areamcu m ou many, a
(Ulpect that every one -who. sun-
I to the bU Will no w ineu mm uinea
fc.rtd. Any way, 1 minK jou win
Fit my opinion nhen you have read
t tome of tno uiniiein tuiii iiu umjf
i .r Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wharton
toCOtt Will eniMuuu .." ".. uu
iTnder Randall will give a din-
iior Mr. and Mrs Samuel Kox, Jr.,
Bifonlnlaw and daughter; Comman-
, jff(rds F. Lelpcr nnd Mr. helper
i tive a dinner for Frances helper nnd
r Aihhursi; me v-imi .. " vm.
Itrtaln tor Helen Jamei, nna me
itlM Francis uummeys ior omrKarct
Then sir. ana mm. Tom Kitis-
trill RUe n dinner for Eleanor
ird, rf New xorK; irn. ;vruiur
will entertain ior ner oauRnier,
it; Brock, and Mary nnd Elisabeth
will 06 glon uinncr uy i ran-
Wood. The George Harrison i rnziers,
i liedyard Heckschers ana me Antony
illns will alsn ge dinners, unnr-
I Rush and John Drayton, whose en-
nent was announced last ran, win be
lined by Mrs. Norman Jackson.
Hits these affairs, the Yorke Steven-
i will give a dinner and muslcale nnd
, ind Mrs Charles Hart n dinner for
eth McMlchael. And there aro.nny
Bier of others whoso nanies I have not
tmy finger tips for the moment. Mrs.
Tllthman has recovorca rrom tne
breakdown which prevented her
i receiving at the first Assembly, so
ik probable that no patroness will have
1 1 replaced tonight. Iast time, vou
1 remember, Mrs. Cap Morris replaced
, Tilghman.
Lib ball will be v ery gay, for since the
ffcft one the Troopers have returned from
iborder and there will bo many there.
JEN we have the pageant up at the
Afetropolltan, where Mrs. I.lojcl is to
Siartient Youth In "Realization," nnd
nlc Llod to ride upon a camel bor-
a for the purpose from the Zoo?
Mary Mitchell and Almee Hutchln
i and I don't know bow many Assem-
rltta are to take pirt. Methinkn 'twill
i quite come spectacle, hut I doubt If
krtMojd makes any better appearance
in ihe did last night and the night be
Itre at "An Evening In Rococo."
tt. -
JESIDES the Aasemblv and the pag-
P.eint'ne have the Ivy Ball, which will
tfUen put at Welghtman Hallnnd so
Mny of the jounger set will want to be
tare that I am wondetlnc how In the
r)d people will bo able to divide them
Via Into three and even four and at-
ad dinners, pageant, ivy ball and As-
nbly. How can thej do It?
1REAT excitement was caused at a re-
ff cnt supper dance when one joung
In the room pi educed from his'
iclcet ten one hundred cjollar bllh and
plied them gayly to his friends
ement spiead about and finally
wy person In tho room had heaid about
i,and necks woio craned and much dodg.
; about pillars done that the curious
iht see this devil'may cup young gen-
nan who carried a thousand dollais
e In his pockets I wonder what his
Hot wa? I have alwavs been taught
was rather vulgar to dlsDlav one's
tlth, and so I carry my little hundred
piuands modestly In my pocketbook and
ridoa bring It to the light of day, much
pp (o the ejes of my many friends Its
nlatake. Tke f from me, that man
l asked bv no les thnn tpn "frlanrW
feloan them various sums from $10 to
gMthat very evening. I do not know If
comp'ied. NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
?Mr. and lira Joseph Wharton I.lpplncott,
,i4 npruce siren, will entertain at
er anient heforo the Assembly. Their
'tS Will Include Mr. nnd Mm ThenHnrs
Jul, Mr, and Mrs T. Wlatar Brown, Mr
f Mra. Charles Henry. Mr. and Mrs
Howell V. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. William
Muuut, Jr. Mr. and Mrs Edward Hop-
"n, Mr. ana Mrs Sydney Martin, Mr.
I MrS. W. W. Tlnrffn .Tt 1r nn Xfi-a
injlla Ingersoll. Mr. and Mrs John Ollpln.
sna mrs I'atrlck Grant, Mr. and Mis
ep Sims, Mr and Mrs John Forsjth
s.M, Mr. and Mrs Robcit Hare Dals,
- .rKuerue Aiizias de Turenne. Mr
I Mrs KdnxrH VV rlml A fl. tTKu
"LrlntOn. MI8K TTarrlttt nniA. 1!!.,
Jjry Alice Clay, Mr. R. Elllston Thompson,
gr. Allen Butler. Mr. John Brock. Mr. Nell-
"iwaras. Mr. William Paul O'Neill and
nni rord Todd, U. S. N.
and Mra WI11ln Ttll. g.ii
fhtOO Place. Ovurhrnnlr. will anhrialn
jM Informal luncheofi on Sunday after-
'" ho"r of Colonel Andre Kalpach-Wff-Camac.
of h nmnin n r-..
E'i",J"ake an '"'dreas at the home of
Station. yn; ,i ,:"'.,ioi." "0CK:
JWMciiniitott wero ,,.U6d recently Tn.
Thomson, of Corker Hill, Merlon:
riV. "V S.rllham Thomson. Miss Cells
., ut jm0W Xorkt and, Mr. and Mrl
.. i?.nl '"'Paehnlkoff will ba the
aV!-7.i" w'- .
Bf -.""- ,"" '""n commiiieo or
lr. and Ufa tr , . . ..
f ..-7-.. "" twK, ia. wno
Mr ItV,1 wS)iB oPylng the home
t"v. Mrs. W. Rnllah rllo
Rlckon avemiA in rsAm.K . -
rXLr.WJle.,.A!LI.' . .Turenne. of
rk iii ' ' r, ana Mrs.
IVff ""Py their nsw home, orf Lin.
nT, in Bt. Martins, in a couple of
LV .
PK ftf? !"'i entrt'n t dinner be.
Ptna danC, to ,yen washlnatcn's
the Oermantown Cricket Club.
lfeivi.Te.n BJ'oe Runk' " nve
B;rL".uv".2eV"v a1""
ff$Ww, ;&.""' wn,en
hiPP!"mI CIUb concert tomorrow
at tne Academv nf mr...t k. nau
w, nw, up of, member, who nave re
.?' Plod of fifteen year, or more
rrSS"?. m ..!rW th.
2S wiU laelud.! Mr. Ale Wider Van
a t tn f' " nman Kuhn, Mr,
R!lI2,SS Kr' S"nt 3. PhUUps!
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MISS CORNELIA LEIDY
Miss Leidy, who is the daughter of
Dr. nniiMrs. Joseph Leidy, is wear
ing the fantastic ccstume in which
shenppeared last night in the
Junior League performance of
"An Evening in Rococo."
William Poller. Mr William S Robinson,
Mr Edward If Trotter, Mr Francis J
enn, air Charles I) Harney Mr James
W Cooke, Mr LMward A Catej, Mr WIN
Ham T Elliott, lii Thomas II Kenton
Mr nnd Mrs John M Parker nnd (heir
daughter, Mli Marlon Karle. and Mr Jack
Parker, of 1.11 Township line, Jenklntown,
have taken a house nt Oak Lane, which
they will shortly occupj.
Mr and Mrs Clayton Ingiaham of
Chicago, Inxe taken a houe on ("loverly
lane Ilydal which they will occtipv about
March 1 nnd where they will make their
home In the future
Mr and Mrs Henry CotTIn, of Hansberry
stieet Oermantovin will give a dinner at
the Oermantoon Cricket Club February 22
Ihe guests will Include Mr and Mr' Charles
Youngman Dr and Mrs lames Nlchol
Mr It H Newbern, Mrs Burton Etherlng
ton Miss Hnzel Coffin wilt leave on Sunday
for Boston where she will visit friends for
several weeks
At the muslcale to be given Sunday after
noon at the l'lavs and PIaers the follow
ing hi lists will be heard Miss Kdna Har
wood Haugher, Mr Alton K Dougherty, Mr
Henry M. Uratz, Mr Frederick bharpe nnd
Mrs Logan Feland
Mr and Mrs Clarence Brush, of Car
penter street, fiermanloHti, gave a dinner
last night before the Creshelni Dancing
Class Theli guests were Mrs Herbert
Bane, Miss Miriam Partridge, Mrs Paul
II Dennlston. Mr W Price Hull, Mr Allan
Earnshaw and Mr Vincent Brecht
Mr and Mrs J W, Hammond, of Ml!
ford, Del , announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Man Wood Hammond, and
Mr Harrison l'arl Baldwin of New Haven,
Conn Mr Baldwin was graduated from the
Unlveislty of Pennsylvania with the class
of 1915
A surprise reception was given at the
home of Mrs William J McAvoy. 2105
South Third street, on Tuesday evening,
February 13 to welcomo her husband,
.Sergeant William J. McAvov. of Battery C,
Second Pennsylvania Field Artlliers
Tho sergeant told of his experiences on
the border In the Big Bend district, where
hie company did patrol duty for several
months
Supper was served at 1030 o'clock The
dining room was beautifully decorated with
the nation's colors and signs of welcome
Speeches of welcome wero made by tho Rev
David Leyshon nnd Mr Samuel Savage, Jr
More than thirty guests were present
Mr and Mrs Harry P Harkness, of 1720
North Twenty-eighth street, entertained at
dinner followed by dancing last evening
Mr and Mrs Andrew Wilson, of 828
North Twentv-fourth street, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss Anna
K. Wilson, to Mr, Raymond G. Pennington,
of Colwjn, Pa.
Mrs John Koiel of 2617 North Orkney
street, gave an afternoon tea on Wednesday
from 3 until 5 o'clock The guests Included
Miss Hnzel Bleshing, Miss Gertrude Goss
and Mrs John Smith.
The marriage of Miss Esther M. Len-
non, daughter of Mrs M. Lennon, of 5131
Westminster avenue, and Mr. Bradley Q
Cook, of 57 North Fifty-second street, took
place on Wednesday morning at 10 -o'clock
In the Church of Our Mother of Sorrows.
The ceremony was performed by Father
Moihea. Tho bride was attended by Miss
Edith Lennon, a sister, as maid of honor,
and Mr, James Lannon was the beat man.
After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs Cook
will live at 5131 Westminster avenue.
'Caught In a Trap," a comedy In four
acts, under the direction of Mr. Joseph P.
Mooney, will be given on Monday night In
St. Columba's HalL Twenty-third street and
Lehigh avenue, In aid of the Church of the
Holy Souls. Among those who will par
ticipate will be Mr. James Duncan. Mr.
Harry Olbbs, Mr. Peter Glbbs, Mr. Daniel
Taylor, Mr. Michael Harrington, Mr, Mon
tague Vaughn, Mr. Stephen Denby. Mr. John
niedemann. Mr, Robert Endy, Mr. Walter
Rledemann, Mr. Jo.eph P. Moonoy, Mr. J
James A. liergan, iur. jjtury ruoiu, ur.
William A. Bruckner, Mr. Paul Allen, and
Mtas Nora Rutledge, Miss Sarah reabody,
Mlas Ethel Cartwrlgnt, Miss Amy Cart
wright, Miss Alce Harrington, Miss Doro
thy Spratt, Mtas Flora O'Neill, Miss Amelia
Cleres, Mlas Marlon E. Wilson and Mlas
Anna R, McKeever. '
The master of properties Is Mr, Vincent
Coll; assistant, Mr. Leonard Cleres; master
electrician, Mr. Joseph E. McKeever and
assistant, Mr. George McHugh.
Mr. Albert L. Francis, of 8t North
Twenty-fourth street, entertained his class
of the Philadelphia Textile School at his
home last evening. Among those present
i.re Mr. Philip Errlcson, Mr, Cecils all
more, Mr, Sidney Morganstern, Mr. John
Haggerty, Mr. John Hurst. Mr. Adolph
Campbell, M,r. Robert Relnhardt, Mr.
Nelson Newmark, Mr. Donald Brown, Mr.
F. George Fr&nola, Mr. Charles Jencks,
Mr.i Frederlok Speacht, Mr, Sidney Kapp
and' Mr. Louis Hary.
A TaudeviUe and dance to be given under
the auspices of the Western Union Educa
tional Society In Moose Hall. 1312.1 North
Broad street, tomorrow evening, at lilt, for
whlohi rehearsals have been In progress for
some weeks, gives promise of a fine enter
talnment. .Th , eftlre cast,- consisting of
frty.Ave ruW mtt nd womn,f has beta
PITTSmmr.u ronrroc I
PITTSBURGH GROCERS
WON'T SELL POTATOES
Retail Men Drop Them Off List
When Price Jumps to
$3.75 a Bushel
PITTSBURGH. Feb 16 -Retail grocer,
n many parts of the olty have refuaed to
handle Potatoes as the price hit 13.78 a
bushel, the highest In history. Declaring
that housewives have enforced a boycott,
the grocers asnert that the vegetable Is a
dead Hoc' on their hands.
Evpp the wealthy class refuaes to pay
the exoibitant price demanded for tubers
and has substituted rice, the grocers say.
Hucksters say they are unable to dispose
or their potatoes, aa customers will not pay
the price and take a chance on getting
frozen potatoes. "
As the result of the stand of the grocers,
potato prices tumbled and quotations as
low as 3 a bushel were found at several
places.
Late yesterdaj, as the result of the stand
Sf.?iiC-r" 1 10tn" Prces tumbled and
quotation, as low K. 3 a bushel were
found at several places
A report was current that rice producers
had cornered the potato market In order to
dispose of their abundant rice supply, but
produce men laughed at this and said that
the Increased export to Europe was the real
cause of the boost In prices
Hcquest to I'resbyterlan Missions
CARLISLE. Pa. Feb. 10 -The Tresb
terlin Board of Missions profits under the
will of D Green, late of Carlisle, which
has been filed here One.slxth of his es.
tate, which Is estimated at about 150,000,
goes to mission work and the remainder to
his wife and Hlster Of tho sum for mis
slons, 47 per cent Is to be for foreign and
81 per cent for home missions 15 per cent
of this latter amount golnu to tho Penn
sylvania Ssnod
Farmer Smith's
Column
; THE HUMAN SIDE
Dear Children Once upon r time I
worked on a newspaper where then- was
a city editor whom 1 regarded an IN
HUMAN He used to roar aroun 1 like a
I on
A city editor my dears is n man the
ONB man on a newspaper who knows the
cltv directory by heart and who cubs evcrv
tody in town by their first names lie
can see through safes, brick walls smiles.
frons and such things That Is, I think
he can
Well one day 1 did a ver funny thing
to this city editor I cave him something
I did not want inself In fact, 1 wanted
to get rid of It I ifg.irded It as useless
But that city edltoi smiled and was simply
tickled to death with m present
IT TOUCHED HIS HUMAN SIDE
(Grown-ups must not read beyond herei
tills is a secret for my own dears )
Did you know that ever one not only
tills city editor hut ever one has a
HVMAN SIDE, If ou can only find It?
That big, fat polkeman on the corner
has a human side, jes, he has Perhaps
be has children of his own I know bits
of GRUFF policemen who have lovely chil
dren That "step lively'.' conductor on the trol.
ley tar has a human side if vou will but
look for It.
How my heart goes out to those children
who J-'EAR their father, for he, even your
father, no matter how low he has sunk,
has a HUMAN SIDE Will jou look
for It?
And now, have YOU a human side? I
want to touch It with this talk Have I
succeeded?
Your loving editor,
FARM I... SMITH.
MISS ANN GORA GOAT
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By Farmer Smith
"Hello !"
Pause
"Yes, this Is Billy Bumpus "
Pause
'Oh, it's you, Miss Ann Gora! Well. I
AM glad to hear jour cheery voice this
morning "
Pause during which Billy shifts from
one foof, to the other
see. jou want me to send you fifty
dollars for the dress YOU SAY I spoiled.
What? I did, did I? I'm so sorry, real
ly "
Pause, during -which Billy 'beckoned to
his wife
'Tell her you will buy her another dresa "
whispered Mrs Bumpus In her husband's
ear.
"Yes, I see Now, I tell you what I will
do. Miss Ann Gora, I'll buy another dress
for you. Yes. la there anything else you
can do for me. WHAT?"
Pause
"No, I did not say WHEN I would buy
you another dress I simply promised you
a dress AVhen I say a thing I mean It. A
promise Is a promise Oood-by"
Billy hung up the recelvei and wiped
the perspiration from his forehead.
"When you once make people a lot of
trouble It crops up In all directions I sup
pose we will never hear the last of that
paint pot you spilled on Miss Ann Gora's
dress " Mrs Bumpus sighed. '
"Suppose jou buy her a new dreaa Will
a dollar be enough?,' Billy felt In his
pocket.
"You dear, why a dollar would not .buy
a buttonhole for a dreas "
"Maybe It would buy a button and she
could sew the dress around the button," sug
gested BUI)-, still feeling in his pockets for
mone "I tell you what I'll do I'll give
you fifty dollars and you can give me back
the change."
"There will not be any change," said
Mrs. Bumpus firmly,
"What happens to the difference between
what the dress will coat and my fifty dol
lars?" asked; Bills'.
'That Is charged up to your experience.",
"Haven't you any experience cheaper than
that?" asked Billy sorrowfully.
EXPERIENCE Is always expensive," re
plied Mrs. Bumpus, "even if we profit by It."
"Oh, ms! Oh, my I" sighed Billy, as he
counted out the money,
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By H. niDHU HAGGARD
Author et "Iforle." ' Al Solomon's JUlars," "Sht,1
I'llAPTIlK Vl (Corttlnuert)
miIUS said the Child- 'Lift no hand
-Lngalnst the three who remain nnd what
thev shall ask, that give, for thus alone
shall mine of jou be s.ived from .lnn.i
and those who serve him, even thoug-h the
Guardian and the Child be taken aw.ty nnd
the Child Itself return to Its own place
These arc the words of the Oracle uttered
at the Feist of the Klit-tiults the Words
that cannot be dunged ami mayhap Its
last
Harut ceased and theie was silence whllo
this portentous message sank Into tho
minds ut his audience At length they
seemed to undci stand Its ominous nature
and fioin them all there nroso a universal
simultaneous groan As It died awaj the
two attendants dressed as Koddesses as
sisted the personification of the Ladv Ils
to ilse from her seat and opening the
robes upon her breast, pointed to something
beneath her throat, doubtless tint birth
mark shaped like the new moon which
made her so sacred In their eves, slnro
she who horo It and she alone could fill her
hoi) olllce
All the audience and with them tho
priests and priestesses bowed before her
She lifted tho sjmbol of the Child hold
ing It high above her head whereon onco
more they bowed with the deepest venert
tlon Then, still holding the effigy aloft
she turned and with her two attendants
passed .Into tho ancluiry and doubtless
thence !) a covered wn Into tho house
bevond At any rate we saw her no more
As soon ns Bbe was gone the congrera
tlon It 1 may call It so, leaving their
seats sn irmed down Into the oiitei court
of the teninlo through Its eastern gate
which was now opened Here the priests
proceeded to distribute among them the
offeiinKs tnkeu from the altar, giving n
grain of corn to each .of the men to eit
and a flower to each of the women, which
(lower she kissed and hid In the bosom
of her robe KWdently It was a kind of
sacrament
Ragnall lifted himself a little upon his
hands and knees, and I saw that his eyes
glowed and bis face was vciy pale
' What are joi going to do?.' I asked
"Demind that those people give mo back
mj- wife, whom they have stolen Don t
try to stop me, Quatermaln, I mean what
I sa " '
"But, but," I stammered 'they nover
will and wo are but three unarmed men"
linns lifted up his little vellow face be
tween us kJ
"Baas," he hissed "I have a thought
Tho I .old Baas wishes to get the ladj
dressed llko a bird as to her head and like
one for burial as to her body, who Is, he
sajs, his wife But for us to take her
from among so many Is Impossible Now
what did that old witch-doctor Harut de
clare Just now? He declared, rpeaklng for
his fetish that by our help alone the
White Kendah can resist the boats of tho
Black Kendah and that no harm must bo
done to us If the White Kendah would
continue to live So It seems. Baas, that
we have something to sell which the White
Kendah must bu, namely our help agilnst
the Black Kendah, for If we will not fight
for them, they believe that they cannot
conquer their enemies nnd kill the devil
Jana. Well now, supposing that the Baas
says that our price Is the white woman
dressed like a bird, to bo delivered over
to us when we have defeated the Black
Kendah and killed Jana after whloh they
will have no more use for her. And sup
posing that the Baas sajs that if they
refuse to pay that price we will burn all
our powder and cartridges so that the rides
we have are of no use 7 la there not a path
to walk on here?1-
"Perhaps," I answered "Something of
the sort was working in my mind but I had
no time to think It out."
Turning, I explained the Idea to Ragnall,
adding:
"I pray you not to be rash. If you are,
not only may we be killed, which does not
so much matter, but It Is very probable that
even If they spare us they will put an end
to your wife rather than suffer one whom
they look Alpon as holy and who Is neces
sary to their faith In Its last struggle to be
separated from her charge of tho Child."
This was a fortunate argument or mine
and one which went home
"To lose her now would be more than I
eould bear," he muttered
"Then will you promise to let me try
to manage this affair and not to Interfere
with ma and show violence?"
He hesitated a moment and answered:
"Yes, I promise, for you two are cleverer
than I am and I oannot trust my Judg
ment." "Good," I said, assuming an air of oon
fldence which I did not feel. "Now we will
go down to call upon Harut and his friends
I want to have a oloser look at that
temple."
.So behind our screen of bushes we
wriggled back a little distance till we Knew
that the stope of the ground would niae
us when we stood up Then as quickly as
we could we made our way eastward for
something over a quarter of a mile and
after this turned to the north As I ex
pected, beyond the ring of the crater we
found ourselves on the rising tree-clad
bosom of the mountain and, threading our
path through the'eedars, came, presently to
that track or roadway which led to the
eastern gate of the amphitheatre. This
read we followed unseen until presently the
gateway appeared before us. We waTkea
through It without attracting any atten
tion, perhaps because all tha. people were
either talking together or praying, or per
haps because Ilka themselves we were
wrapped In white robes At the mouth of
the tunnel wo stopped and I called out In a
loud voice:
Tho white lords and their servant have
com. to visit Harut, as he- Invited them to
do. Bring us. we pray you. Into the pres
ence of Harut."
Every one wheeled round and stared at
u. standing there In tho ihadowt of the"
gateway tunnel, for the aun behind1 us waa
tilt low, My wcrd, how they did star.!
them I Kill then Strang.. wno I
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THE CHIMNEY CORNER
Copyrlrht, Mf Publishing Co
those to whom jour high priest has Klen
i-Hfe.conduet . those moreover bv whose help
alone, ns jour Oiaclo has Just declared you
can hope to slay Jana nnd destroy lite
hots' '
'How do thev know that' shouted an
other voice "Ibey are maclclans! They
are inaKlcIans"
Yes I remarked 'nil imglo does not
dwell InMhe hearts of the White Kendall.
If jou doubt It ko to look at the Watcher
In the Cavo whom vour Oracle told vou is
dead You will find that It did not llo"
As I -poke a man rushed throiifh the
gvtes, his white robe streimlng on the
wind shouted as be emerged from th.
tunnel
'O Priests and Priestesses of the Child
the ancient serpent Is dead I vvIwhb oin.ee
It Is to feed the serpent on tho day of the
new moon have found hint dead In bis
house "
"You bear" I Interpolated calmly. 'The
Pather if Snakes Is dead If vou want to
know how I will tell jou We looked on It
and It died '
Thev might have nnswered that poor Sav
age nlso looked on it with the result that bo
died hut liukllj It did not occur to them
to do so On the contrtrv they Just stood
still nnd stared at us like a dock of stirtled
sheep
Presrtntlj the sheep pi i tod and the shep
Iieid InVlie shape of Harut appeared, look
ing, I reflected, the vet) pictuio of Abra
ham soflei ed by a touch of tho melincholla
of Job that Is ns I have always InuiRlueil
those p-itiluuhs tie bowed to lis with his
usual Oriental courtesj, nr.d we bowed back
to him linns a bow, 1 miy explain, was
of the most pecullir nature, more like a
skulpat las the Boers call a land-tortoise,
drawing Its wrinkled lie.id Into Its shell and
putting It out oeiIii than anything else
Then Hirut remaiked In his peculiar Hng
llnh, which I suppose the White Kentlah
took for some tonguo known only to magi
cians I
'So jou get here, eh? Whv jou get here,
how the devil jou get here eh-"
' We got here because jou asked us to do
so If w e could " I answered, 'and we thought
It rude not to accept jour Invitation For
the rest we came throuch a cave where
jou I cpt a tame snake sn ugly looking rep
tile but very harmless to those wh know
how to denl with snakes and are not afraid
of them ns poor Ben.i was. If jou can spare
tho skin I should like to have it to niako
mjself n robe "
Harut looked at me with evident respect
muttering
'Oh. Macumazana, jou what you Eng
lish call cool, qulto cool' Is that all?
"No," I answered "Although jou did
not happen to notice us we have been pres
ent at your church service and heard and
seen everything 1'or Instance, we saw the
wife of tho lord here whom jou stole awnj
In Kgypt, her that, being a liar, Hirut, you
swore you never stole Also we heard her
words after you had made her drunk with
your tobacco smoke" I,
Now for once In his life Harut was. In
sporting parlance knocked out He looked
at us, then, turning quite pale, lifted his
eves to heaven and rocked upon h's feet as
though he were about to fall.
"How jbu do It? How you do It, eh?"
he queried In a weak voice.
"Never jou mind how we did It, my
friend," VI answered loftily. .i'What we
want to know is when jou are going to hand
over that lady to her husband?"
"Not possible," he answered, recovering
some of his tone 'Klist we kill jou, first
wo kill her, she Nurse of the Child While
Child there, she stop there till she die."
"Shi here," broke In Ragnall. "Either
you flue me mj' wife or some one else will
die. You will die, Harut 1 am a stronger
man than J'OU are, and unless you promLse
to give me my wife I will kill you now with
this stick and my hands. Do not move or
call out If you want to live"
' Lord," answered the old man with some
dlgnltj', "I know jou can kill me, and if
you kill me, I think I say thank you who
no wish to live In so much trouble But
what good that, since In one minute then
you die, too, all of jou, and lady she stop
here till Black Kendah king take her to wife
or she too die of herself?"
"Let us talk," I broke In, treading warn
Ingly upon Ragnall's foot, "We have heard
your Oracle and we know that jou believe
Its words. It said that we alone can help
you to conquer the Black Kendah, If you
will not promise what we ask, we will not
help you. We will burn our powder and
melt our lead, so that the guns we havo
cannot speak with Jana and with Slmba,
and nfter that we will do other things that
I need not tell you, But If you promise
what we ask, then we will fight for you
against Jana and Slmba and teach your men
to use the fifty rifles which we have here
with us, and by our help you shall oooquer.
Do you understand?"
He nodded and stroking' his long beard,
asked:
"What you want us promise. ehT"
"We want you to promise that after Jana
Is dead and the Black Kendah are driven
away, you will give up to ua unharmed that
lady whom you have stolen Also that you
will bring her and us safely out of your
country by the roads you know and mean
while that you will let (this lord aee hi.
Wife." , '
"Not last, no," repl'ed Harut, "that not
possible. That bring us all to grave, Also
no good, 'cauae her mjnd empty. For rest,
you come to other place, ait down and eat
while I talk to priest. Be afraid nothing;
you quite safe "
"Why should we be afraid? It Is jou
who should be afraid,) you who stole tho
lady and brought Bena to his death? Do
you not remember tho words of your own
Oracle. Harutr
"Yes, I know words, but how you know
them that I not know," he replied. .
Then he Issued come orders, .. a result of
which a guard formed Itself about u. and
oonducteff us through the crowd and along
the passage to the second court of the
t.mni. which wa. now empty. Hero th
guard left us but remained at the mouth
of the passage, keeping watch. Presently
vvomsa brought u food and drink, of which
.?
in pa nr It .-printed by ipc.n.l arrnircmnt.
yet so far awav. could eat but little Mingled
Joy because after these months of arduous
search he found her jet alive, and fear
lest she should npaln lie taken from him
for ever, deprived him of all nppetlte
While we ate priests to the number of
about a doien. who 1 suppose had been
summoned by llniut. were admitted by the
guard, and gathering out of earshot of us
between the altar and the pnuctuary, en
tered on an earnest dlscuss'on with him
Watching their faces ,t could see that there
was a strong difference of opinion between
them about half taking on view on the
matter of which they disputed, nnd half
anothei At length Harut made some
proposition to whlrli thev nil agreed Then
the door of the sanctum v waa opened with
s stiange sort of kev which one of the
priests produced showing n dark Interior In
which Klenmed jv white object, I mippooe
the statue of t n Child Harut nnd two
others entered the door being closed behind
them
Vuut five minutes Hter thev appeared
again and .v priest, not Harut, made some
rumniunlriitlnti to the othe-s. who listened
eimestly and after renewed consultation
signified ascent by holding tip the right
hand Vow one of the priests walked to
where we were and bowlnir. begged us to
advijnre to the nltnr This wo did and we
stood in a line In front of It, Hans being
setjln the middle place whllo the priests
ranged themselves on either side
Next Harut having once more opened
the door of the hanctuarj', took his stand
a little to the right of It nnd addressed us,
not In English but In his own language,
pausing at the end of each sentence that
I might translate to RaRnall
"Lords Macumazana and Igeza, and yel
low man who Is named L'ght.ln-Dtrkness."
he said, 'we the bead priest-rot the Child,
speaking on behalf of the Whito Kendah
people with full nuthorlty so to do have
tnken counsel together and of the wisdom
of. tho Child ns to the demands which jou
make of us Those demands are First
that after jou have killed Jana and de
feated tho Black Kendah we should give
over to jou the white lady who was born
In a far land to fill tho office of Guardian
of the Child, as Is shown by the mark of
the new moon upon her breast, but who, be
cause for the second time wo could not
take her became the wife of jou. tho Lord
lgez-i. Secondlj', that we should conduct
jou and her safely out of our land to some
pluca whence you can return to jour owni
country Both nf these things we will foj
because we know from of old that If once
Jana is dead we shall have no cause to
fear the Black Kendah any more, since wa
believe that then they will levo their home
and go elsewhere, and, therefore, that wo
shall no longei need an Oracle to declare
to us In what way Heaven will protect us
from Jana nnd from them Or If another
Oracle should become necessary to us
doubtless In due season she will bo found'
Also we admit that we stole away this
lady because we must, although she was
the wife of one of j-ou But If we swear
this, jou on your part must nlso swear that
you will stay with us till the end of the
vvrfr. making our cause your cause and. It
need be. giving jour lives for us In battle.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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