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CHAPTKR I.
M th* «i»t* of m-r n--r<! uctf-m to h m
’" >■ r- II M n was a trader in "the Z !u.”
J" 1 r-n th* right ■ rs forty, in app-ar
he .ngniarly hamJsor.x. all.
t'nrlt. vpr rht. v .th k. n eves, short point-
w r- -. p s tn ,s wht-q hj >t
srrate • n t • but n»- st iniimb- tri* nds.
• w-.s ..f •. . •al, r>> and. It u. s »a 1.
had rc-» iv. J » publt<- s b ana un.v r
rtty cAMcatU n In I'ngSnnd. At any rate.
on ©ecash n. an arewaplMußt nt which,
<•' v. ”i hi refined Voice and a l» ar
!’-f not .«!: - ,—thr common in the wild
pl »r-a of t' • Wortrt. tad earn,! 1-im
However • . • things may have been,*
** '’’"’ain that he bad enrfgntted to
'T,*’ d , ut.d. r n . i-.ud, end equally <-Tta.‘n
at i r> la: .. s t horn-- w«*r* coelent
i'unnr the f:ft"n or slxte-n yeara that
ti .ind a! t the colony he had
r.J-.w-M many tr»-». and done no pood I
‘ • cay or th, m. A rb-ver mm of *gr>**a~
-ot.nd it . to f.etn friendships am! to '
*” U f'" mI« ** * :srs * n but by degrees j
t <t of him. m-I aft*r a period of m >r» I
■ ri-ss apt>le-.«ifnn he hint-rtf would clot-.*
'• tt l • i soppeara *ice fr- tr. '!)■' tomiltv. 1,-aving
rd him a dou> Uul repntailonaml ti I
?• f »rr th- >wnrinn!ng of thu rfory Bhlltn
1’ ... r, had tr • n Mngixl for MBr year*
ds <.n ex wacAns from InirtCin oZm*-
itxbun: to various points in the interior.
A g.ffi, uity such as had more than on<-*
n of earnfr< t I'vHihooi. <» n arrH
•f~ at th«> little frontier uwn of Utrecht
J’ in ar of two
r V -r , t wa* * • rej tha; out
Irvm .i«j wa, -ki. x t » i-ilti :
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w th «* ’ 1 ‘ u - ir •
f ■ .jjd Zuhi <’• vot« »'.
’\ j u up i * * |4 ”
tTe’f .’m ot. i - I” i‘”
!• t s- E *o i «*i
while th- kin« to t.‘n
from iua F»at, eyes I '
••iltaU- joftsr. and now 1 r.
v <« a
K ‘fit ***** 1 - -Jl k‘** P £ ' 40*11
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e« ' er • *’•' ' w WJ| |,l mi rd r *< n
> «h
•X • -Sir T»e !•'•*! a S'
* Z ~~ J " ' L_'. ~ ’ - J 4~W*»Mh
sreat ;u ? Vhzr wmr
then h* looked up and spoke to the kiut
••O I !i : nid, "I am a wry •■>!<
man; at. a youth I s< rved under Chak:
the I.ion a I I heard his dying proph« cj
T, ’
the white m*n < .tine and I fought for IMn
paan at t!.« 1 ~<<!* of t •< Blood river
Ti* j st- w and lor many yeara I
v.-.s the s mi. ilor of •‘an-ia, vour fai’i-r
1 steed by y. ti, 1» king, at the |..ittle ol
th- 1 : i:« .» whe t its gray wat-rs w< r
turtwal to r d with the I 100 I of I nibular.!,
your hrmh- r. a ! the tons < f ;ti >nsa-t is
nt his prorde. Afterward I became your
< ntincflor, o kirg, ard 1 was with jot,
h« a-l and you n.uls prmn : es to Sotnp*. u,
pr-s.i.s- th t jau ha-.c n t krnt. Now,
y- a are v. - ary of mo and it is w-di for i
.-w very <! and d >ul>tb ss my talk is to-d
--!d>, a it ehanr < to the oil. Y. t 1 t.unk
that the fr ,-h-s y of Chaka, yo tr «r-at
tin-!e, w II come true, and that the w hile
men wdl prevail against >ou and tnat
thnnigh them yon will find your dciun.
• w til<l that I might have Ftno«> in ona
more liattle and fought frr you. ft king,
time t.ght yo.i wilt, but the end which you
chr.oao i- far me the brst end. Bleep an
peace, o king, nnd fare*-. 11. Riycls."
For a apace there was silence, a silence of
expectation, while men waited to hi ar th*
tyrant reverse his judgment. But It did
not please him to tie merciful, or th* needs
rs 1 > his pity.
take him away,” he r» p. atrd, nd with
a slow until, upon his face and one word.
Good night.” upen his lipa, honing upon
the arm of a ..Idler, the old warrior and
death.
lia<i-!en watched nnd listened In amaze
ment. m t unm : x«-d with f.-ar. "If he treut.t
his ..wn rrvaut* like this what will htp
p*n to m. he rd- t.d. ”We EngiiM,
na .e -mt out of favor since I loft Na
: 1 * wonder whether he means to rr »kc
T . ‘ r e .? or If so, thia isn’t mv
pTRCO.
Ju«t then the klnu. who had been mxlni?
m.- | ly at the ground, chanced to look up.
Bring th* r.-- ,r h -re.” ho said.
H.videii h- id I ni and. cnm'ng forward,
Ofewnyo his hand in as coo! and
n n« hal .nt a manner as !•<• could command,
bom.-wh n to » , surprise It wax v • pt
t lea. t, Whit* Man," said the kinc.
.’• I am <.f the Wood <>f chleta " I
■W hat do yo’i *.i.nt in mv country, nit<
uer\ :vi I <tsr.- yay you have h-ard, and
“voa an* a .‘•ric s. ni l>v Semp iu. <>r the
hi slK.il.l r> "t’l.n l hoi*- that Sumps- i.
or the <ii •’i nduna. or I 'th <>f th- ni. will
M-atiwhlle I v. ill obey liecaus 1 most. »<’it
Hr i I sh.iu-d III." to make you a pr, <- nt ”
no i-r» - tits. V. •• are rich b re. X\ hit-
•bo I -i”. It w.<- nothing wortl.'
\ r t<. White Man? Where Is it'”
"Without. I v ■ ild hw.e brouxht it, but
... servants told mo that it is death to
/
nf
x" A- ’, < ” }. ■■ ’ nt
U- 1 < < •■''■-? -
' I. K tg?- ) k Z (
•• ft him nr: tiken away," shotted the incensed king.
come arm* » I” th’* i.b'phaut who j
• * "• tv 1 iMwntx! for the note of |
C4i?m <i;u h’A < a • qui -k tai-
t . he muM fiti! upon hlB taw.
i*f< » «iL !»• r« turn- 4 w ith the weapon in I
I h;s han I ai. l l-r. - nt< d it to l->»g. hoh!
”1 t i-ave leave to say. <> Klu.n n«. •
I markv-l -I in a dn-v-l-.itg v.-n-,-. that
it n.-;hl I- »’< II lo < omn 1 >-•'r f. rvant
t© lift th- n.-oith of that gun from your
••\Vh’ask--<l the king.
”ii: ly !-. It Is loaJ-Ht and nt f ill
eock O Kh pha-'t. who pr<-!»al-ly desires te i
I c .m nu.- to shake the eat th.”
i V lb,. •n - I tl.c • elephant” ut’ereil
i a . rn . xclareitlon an ! ioUM from h-
... , .'i. nth • f -r of the rille
?•’.! d'Clmrg a t.ullel thro:: h the ex.,, t
Ml «rt th i: ■ Os d bes- re had been
i I* <.! hv •’h<**l4.
■
ineenred king from the gr. imi. lut
'
T • h'ol <ni it wn ati<i t!c<l iu<i
a: i th«-ou C b tl *•
-H ■ ! ; already taken himself avtaj.
suggested Hadden, while the audience tit
ter.si.
“No, king, do not touch it rashly; it is a
■ p Ing i ill- i, >ok " and, lifting the
winchester, lie flr. d the four remaining
shots in <pii< k succession into the a'.r,
str.k -th-' top of a tree at which he aimed
with - very one of them.
“Wow, it is Woieierful!” said the compa
ny. in astonishment.
' tli.s the thing finished?” ask"d the king.
"For the pr. sent it has,” answered Had
den. ”L-w>k at it.”
t’etewayo took Hie repeat er in his hand
and -'xamined it with caution, swinging .he
, u i ;::-,,.- horrzontally in an exact line with
the stomachs of some of h’.; most eminent
• u-In. .1.-. *h<> shrank to this side and that
, n ilh- barrel was brought to bear upon
tllern.
e what cowards they are, Whlto
lit ui," said th.- king with indignation,
■ "they fi ar lest there should lie another bul
j let in this gun.”
I 'Y. .” a’isw--r<d Haddon, "they are cow
j nnl.s indeed. I believe that if th-y were
I s- ated on stoois tin y would tumble off
I t••• tn ns it < han- -'d to your majesty to do
I jti ’t now.”
. ' •>- te-■ -land the making of guns,
; V.'■ te , ■■■.•• ask.si the king hastily, -viilie
t! n iua ■ ■. on* and ail, turn- I their heads
u: -I C'.nti tn plated the fence behind him.
' o k tig, I cannot make guns, but I
i c; n mend them?”
"If I paid you will. White Man, would I
I you stop In re at my kraal and mend guns i
i for m- —' nske.i <’• -tewayo anx ourly.
* "I ni;. td* pi'iid on the. pay.” answer- I
j.rd I’.i>. .. "hut for awhile lam tired of
work and wsh to rest. If the king gives
mo the t" rmission to hunt for which 1
| asked, and men to go with me, then when
I return perhaps we can bargain on the
I matter. Ts not, will bld the king fare-
I Well and journey to Natal.”
"In or-ler to make report of what he has
s. or. and learned hero,” muttered Cete
■wayo.
M this moment talk was interrupted,
for tile sol-iit r who had le-1 away the old
induna returned at st« > I and prostrated
t! ras-dves l-efor-- tile king.
"Is he dead'- he asked
‘ Hi has traveled th* king* bridge,” thev
nti w-red g- mly. "lie di< d singing .a song I
<-f prai -> of th,- king ”
"Good," said < etewayo, "that stone sh.-.1l '
hurt my f.-t no tn >re. Go. tell the tale of I
Its easting away to Sompseti and the I
<p; < n's in-iuna in Natal.” he added w ith I
bitter ernpha. is.
"Kaba’ Hear our father sm-ak. Listen ■
t-' lit rumbling of the Elephant,” said the
indima . taking the point, while one bold- |
er th in the r."t ;•:■!• U. "Soon we will tell i
tie-tn another tal<-, the white Talking Onos. |
arc-i talc, a tale of spears and the regi- |
ni-nt shall sing it in their oars."
A th.- an enthm ust caught bold
of th ■ li-:- r.<r as the - ><|.| n flame . .itches |
h< '. 1 o- dry grass. They sprang up, for I '
th<- most of th m w« r- coated oa their
n-d:. . and. i.imotg tlu-ir feet Upon j ,
• ...
• • t! . I 1 •• d n I’-.., b-.r r,e r .| | ?
f. ll .w, drew near to namm. ,
I i>t before his eves—fort inately being .
in th- ruva! pr. •-n-o he had no assegai- '
shouted the r-ntem-s r.t Idni
- .... ttio tiro he had lit was
burn!- - too Ht< ely.
thur-'erod In the d-op
v >ic • for which be was remarkable, am- i
inst .ntlv man became ns if he were
t I to - tom . only the echoes still an-
v , ..i i k “Aral th- inip:< shall sing it
pi .' ”t ’-r’ no th 'iicf t Hadden; "if that j
i had been armed, b< might hav*
t- mp.uar.l-. forgotten himself. Hullo,
who' - this?"
: t then there appear* ! through the
.. ■ ..-■ f ■ Pl-mi d >1 'bi< n <>’
Zulu ra>o. Th- man, who was about
t urty-riv-- y-ar of age. was array.-)! in
i-/ full war dross of a captain of the
rmcitv.! regiment from the circlet nf otter
ski- on hfs hr -w rose his -rest of plumes,
round his middle, arms and knee hung the
! - g fring. s of black oxtails, and in one
hand !i !«>r. a littl. dancing shielil, also '
I,la l< in color. The olh, r wits ,-mpty, since
h- might not appear Is-for,- the king bear
ing arms. In countenance the man xvas
lian !some, and though just now tiny !>-■-
trayed some anxiety, his eyes were geniv.l
and hon-st and his mouth sensitive. In
h- ght he must have measured six feet two
In h,., yet he di 1 not strike the observer
a-. li.-ii tall, perhaps b, cause of his width
of i n-; an.l the solidity of his limbs, that
W'-re in curious contrast to the delicate
and almost womanish hands and feet which
s often mark the Zulu of nobl.- blood, in
di irt. the man was w hat he seen: d to be,
a iV.li, g< nib man of birth, dignity and
In company with him was another man
plainly dr, .- -d in a moo, I,a and a blanket,
who grizzled hair showed him to be over
fifty years of a;p His face also was pleas
a t and < ven relin' d, but the eyes were
til . ,o>us and the mouth lacked character
“V. iiu are th,-s< ?” ;■ died the King.
Tlie two men fill on their knees before
1 him and ; »v, d till their foreh, ads touched
tti. ground, giving him his s;l onga or titles
' ol |..ais,- t.i<- while.
j “Speak,” he said. Impatiently.
“<. king.” ,id tin v.aing warrior, seat
in - hm - If Zulu fa -Uiioi:. “I am Nahoon,
, ■ ; u .... a . . ■ . of the i ...
ettyn. and this is my nr I lagena, the
1.,. . , r ..f one ~f my mothers, my father's
youngest wife.”
, , v. r,r.-:<»'l "What dx you none
... from your regiment, Nahoon?"
! ,l p athe king, I have leave of
-ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1 89 G.
absence from the head captains, and I come
to -<sl< a Peon of tin- |,fn '< bounty.”
"Be swift, then. Naho-m.”
"It Is Phis, <> king. ‘ sai-i the etipfa’.n,
with some embarrassment: “A while ago
j tie' king was ideas'<l to i l-e a seshia
of rm- iH-causn of .■-•rt.iln .. ryl- that. Idi !
out yond-r”—and h<- b-uele d the black
ring which he wore in tin hair of ids head.
Being now a ring, d man and a captain, I
crave the right of a man at the hands
of the king, tile right Io marry.”
"Bight? Sp> ak more humbly, son of
Zumba. My soldiers have no rights,”
Naleion bit his lip, for h hud made a
serious mi.- tak -.
“Pardon, <i kin'.', th<' matter stands thus,
i My unci. , Omgona, her, , h . ; a fair daagh
| ter n.’irned Nanca whom I desire to wife.
I and who ilcslres me to bus . nil. Awaiting
the king’s leave I am ■ lot'o I to 1- r,
and in earnest of it I him- paid to Vm
gona fifteen li< :id of ci. lb . 'W.-i ami calves :
together. But I'mgona has -i powerful ■
A ’
y
Nahoon, the Son of Zo’nba, Bears the I
King's M a ■■
n- lghbor, an old chief nam-d Maputa, the '
warden of the flrocod I- I'rift, who doubt
less i known to tin- kim', a.inNi.i.s ,-hiel
also si l ks Nam a in marria •<■. ami harries
I'mgona. threat- nim; him with many evils
If tie will not give the :-irl to him. But
I'mgona’.-: heart is wbiti toward me, and
toward Mapula it is Id i 1-, tb-refori' to
gether we come to eravi this boon of t.
king.”
"It is- so, lie speaks the t uth." said I'm* |
?ona.
“<’easo,” answered Ceti-wayo, angrily. "Is ■
this a time that mV soldier should seek ,
wiv< - in marriage, wi\ i turn tin r j
li-arts to water? Kowti at but yesterday t
for this crime I eu-ntnan !• tb; t twenty .
rirl.- who had Jared v ,t■ > ■' my h ave to ,
narrv men of tin- I’ndi ■ m -. . should
><• strangl d an ! th- ir i .die.-, laid up-in ti.--
irossiaiads and wit 1 Ui-m rod'.-s o'' ;
■ou .-uu.-.it'my . ■ i , ■ was given i
)' mar i -to tias n n Now this is iny ;
-
you I ilid n« Ilb a-. 1 sot.-in-i ' ...
1 <• <»ld'< 4 hlef Maput'i, 1 Will free you trom i
i- ir.iportunitv The girl, says Nahoon, t
s fair gm 1. I ny elf nil' I trractous to i
o r and sh< rl.all I ' numbered among the t
.tii-s of the r yal huit-t--. W'thin thirty
jiv s from l»<av, n tto- week of the next I
I. iv moon, h't i:< >’ be delivered into the I J
■tigodhl.i, the re al house of the women, -‘i
iml with her l'»se cattle, the cow ard >
•a;' ■ to ' 11 ’ mha ven 1
oil, which 1 til ' lim 1 cause he has dared i •''
to think of mat nwithout tin- b ive of r
the king. | *
Cl t> Tf.R ,T
■ V l '., rr ; t
f'. d I f. n, |ho ha Ib< en watching i <
tin- savage conldy with interest; "our , r
love- i'k friend '» got more than he bar- b
gained foi. Wel .that comes of app> allng I'
to t.a- ar,” and »<- turned to look at the 1
two supplicants.
The old ma i. Tmgona, m r, ly started,
then begin to pctr out sentences of eon
v, ntional thanks rd praise to tin- kinr for
I
Cetewayo answ e l l,y reminding him I 1
ter . ly that if N «a did not appear at the
Jate named, and he. h. r father. : d.
would in du < r. c.-rtainly irate a j>l
er . road in tlieii»wn min • . a'e neighbor- ; *"
hood. I
'1 captain, 'll 'on, afforded a more I ■
curious tody. th'- fatal Words crossed : 1"
the king's bps li la. e took an expression ,
of al. oiutc nst., 1 tim nt, which was pr- - I 11
ently replaced hylic ol fur;, the just farj , .
of a man who k suddenly suffered an , ' u
unutterable w roll Hi ; whole frame qtiiv- r
ered. the veins »>-l out In knots on his j
ni ck and torch. , md his fingers closed , (
conx'tilsit ely as imgh th<-> were gra.-plng y
I the handle of a<a Pr, •, ntly the rag- a
pas d iwa> fwdl might a man 1- J,
j wrath with fat * with a >..11111 clcspot -
to be succeeded a look of the most 'nope- r ,
less ml a ry. T. proud dark eyes grew ! w
dull, th, copiw-rJJ >re,| face sank in and
turned 1 in n. t!f> 'Uth drooped and from ' a
one corner ~f ilk, re trickieu a little lino I V
of ulo.>d sprinlg from the lip bitten |ti
through in the Ort to !•;.-• j» silence. Lift- "
ing In hand in • to th'- king the great
man rose and -f-f' d rather than Walked J
t var ' . 1
A r ~ he!* the v .ice of C. tewayo s-
commalldial but'' 'lop '.Slav lie said, '
“1 have a si ■* for you. Nahoon, that 1
shall drive outllX'Ur h, ..d these thoughts I h
el wi\.: uid )J You s.-.- 11,. While v
Man h, i■; In y'.v g •st and would hunt il
buffalo and blfiine in th,- l ush country. I'
I put him in •*'" ' !l; 1 taxe nun with
you ali i s< eOl In < .nu ■ to no hurt. . |
y in
within a ni,»k ~r your life shall answer d
for it. Let Ibe li, r<- at my royal kraal “
in the first the n,-w moon— wh< n J 1
Nat., a c om’Ah’l then I will tell you *'
Whether 1 ,0 with you that she is fair. v
G .-h : nd you, White Man, b
go also; tl Who are to accompany you °
shall be wif® 11 at dawn. Farewell, but 11
r< m< ini" 1 v®*'> ' again at the new moon, j.
when we t f"tt!.- what pay you shall «
r. e.-iv, as < r of my guns. l>o not 1
fail me. W* Man, or J shall send after P
you, and tm-ssengers are sometimes 0
rough.” J,
“That m* that I am a prisoner,"
though, i! et ‘- but it will go hard if 1 c.
cannot it .* to give the: , th. -dip some- n
Ip w. IU, ® 1,1 to sl ‘Y 111 11 |S coi iitry l>
if war ! ~UI - to be pounded into “
mouti (r ,n ’• or t-"' 3 I'ht t‘
out or ®* e °t that .- rt."
iW 1 pns. ed. and one . v.-nlng ■ >1
1. 1.1, . Ill; ,-ort were , ncamp. .1 in a
.. .. of n.- nt .incus country F ing P
B.'i "1 .md I ’ mrya ■ 11 v, 1 . v '
u n
. Jfa nd," which will n a f w-
ot tile I , . v,
a be >:ne fam -u :. r.u. hout '■
the " a »' ve i ' l ) n - ° r . 1 5
. dayM they had been . C(
k tr-n k! 9 00r herd of but- ‘
I fain that still Inhabited the district, hu
j as yet thev had not come up with them
l The Zula hunters bail suggested that tliej
; should follow the L'nhunyana down towart
' the sill, where game was more plentiful,
I but this neither Hadden nor the captain
■ Nahoon. ! ol I . ,-n anxious to do far rea
’ sons which each of them kept secret tc
j him-elf. 1 iadit,h's oirj< ,'t was to work grad
ually down to the Buffalo river, across
j w deli he hoped to effect a retreat into
: Natal, whip that of Nahoon was to linger
; in the neighborhood of the kraal of I’m-
I gon ;, which was situated not very far from
their pr- cut - up.ng place, in the vague
I hope that 1 e migl • find an opportunity of
: speaking with or. at 1.-a- t. of seeing N.tnea.
the girl t i whom lie was alliani-cd, who
within a f< w we, ks must be taken from
him and given ov< r to the king.
, A morn <ei -looking spot than that where
they v. ‘re ,n< , rnoed Hadden had never
s< n Behind them lay a tract of land,
. half swamp and half bush, whore the
j buffalo were opposed to be hiding, lie.
I yond wh'ch in lonely grandeur rose the
, mountain of I amlhlwana, while in front
: was ~.n amphitheater of the niost gloomy
l forest, ringed round in the distance by
: hills. Into this forest there
’ ran a river which drainer! the swamp,
placidly enough upon the level. But it was
not always I, vc’, ;,,r within three hundred
yards of them it dimlied suddenly over
: a pr.-cipiee, of no great height but very
i steep, falling into a boiling rock-bound
i !«">! that Hie light of the sun never seemed
to reach.
"XV hat is the name of that forest. Na-
I hoon?” askwl Hadden.
■ It is named Hniagoodu. the home of
: the dead.” the Zulu replied absently, for
! he was looking toward the kraal of Nam ; ,
which w.is situated an hour's walk away
over the ridge to the right.
"The home of the dead! Why?”
"Because th. dead live there, 'those whom
w- name th.- I Is.mkofu, the speeehloss ~n s,
and the Amahlod, from whom the breath
oi life has p.u- .-d away- and who yet live
on.”
“Indeed,” said Hadd.-n. "and have you ;
eve; seen th, .■• ghosts?”
Am I mad that I ■ diould go to look for !
them. White man, ,nly the d-tid enter
that forest, and it is on the borders of it I
that tiie people make offerings to the
dead.”
Followed by Nahoon. Hadden walked to
the -dge ot th, cliff am! looked over it. '
I o th<- left lay the deep anil dreadful look- |
ing pool, while close to th.- bank of It. 1
placid upon a narow s;r : p of turf between |
the cliff and the comnienci.-rnent of the
forest, was a hut.
*‘O lives there?” asked Hadden.
she grcsit Irani: I, she is named fn
y uanga or doctoress. she who is named the
bee because sh. gathers wisdom from the
dead who grow in the forest.”
“Do you think that she could gather I
enough wisdom to tell rm whether I am '
going to kill :,y buffalo. Nahoon’”
® White Man, bul I with
U ‘'i " !, .o who vi.-g ti. i. t , ■I
• Goiwl. 1 will s, • if she can sting m -."
“So bo it,” s lid Nahoon, ami turning lu
l- d the way along the cliff till he reached
„atl. • iiicb Zid / down tie |
By this path they climbed till they e:uo- )
to the grass at trie foot of the descent and
walked up it t • the hut. It was surround- I
t d by a low fence of reeds, en, losing a
•r ill courtyard I av d with earth j
b -aton hard and i>olished. In this court- I
J ard sat the bee, her stool being placed j
almost at the mouth of the round opening
that served a a doorway to the. hut. Al '
first all that Hadden could sis-, crouching
as she wan in the shadow, was a huddled
shape wrapped round with a greasy, lat
ter,. I catskin kaross, about the edge of
which app.-ared two ej. s, tier. <• and quick
as those of a cat. At her feet smolder, d
a little t.re and ranged about it in a semi
circle w.re a number of human skulls,
placed in pairs as though they were talk
ing tog, liter, while other bon.-s, to all ap
pi-aranee also human, w< re festooned about
111- hut and the fence of the courtyard.
"I s. c that the old lady has got all the
u u.d properties,” thought Hadden, but
said nothing.
'.'or din the witch doctoress say anything;
sh • only fixed her beady eyes upon his
face. Hadden, returned the eomidiment,
staring at her with all his might, till sud- ;
lenly he became aw tre that he was van- j
pii-bed in this curious duel. His brain :
s-canie eonfu.-.-d, and to his fancy it |
■ , .-med tiial the women before him had |
iliiftcd shape into the likeness of a co- '
" al and horrid spider sitting at the mouth
>f n. r trap and tiial tiles.- bines were
In n-lies of her victims.
"Why du you not speak, While Alan?”
die said at lust ill a slow clear Voice. “V\. 11,
,ii. re is no tie. d, since 1 can r- .id your
jioughts. You are thinking that 1 who am
.-ailed the Be© should be named the spider, i
Have no fear; 1 did not kill these men. !
A'hat would it profit me when tin- dead
ire so many? 1 suck the souls of men,
tut th' ir bodi.-s. White Man. It is their liv
ng hearts 1 love to look on, tor thi-rein I
■<-ad much and tln-reby 1 grow wise. Now
wtiut would you of the Bee, Whit,- Man,
.he bee that labors in the gaj-deii of death,
md wluit brings you here, son of Zomba?
A liy are you not with the I mcilyu now
dial they doctor themselves for tile great
war, the las. war, the war of the whit,
uid the black, or if you have no stomach
tor lighting, wliy are you not al the side
>t Nan, a Hie tall, N.me.i the tair'f
Nahoon made nu answer, but Hadden I
laid:
A small tiling, mother. I would know if i
I should piusp, r in my hunting."
"tn your hunting. Wait. Man. wiiat hunt- ■
ing? The hunting ol game, ot money, or I
>t women? Will, one ot tn. in, for a-hunt
ng you must ever be, that Is your nature, !
to aunt and to be iiunted, T.-il me now, j
liuw does that trader wn.i tasted oi your i
t 1 yonder in the iowin of .dai'oon '
ißoei-s)? No need t.> an v.er. White Man,
Put what 1 e, chief, for the poor wit.-n
Jo, tor*-ss whose sk-il you so-,” she added, ;
n a winning voice. "Purely you would nut .
that an old woman should work Without a ;
lev
”1 have none to offer you, mother, so 1 i
wdl be going,” sail! Hadden, who began '
to 1, e| hims. If satisfied with this display 1
>f the Bo's powers of observation and I
thougiit-readtng.
“Nay." she said, with an unpleasant )
iuugh, 'would you ask a question and not !
wan for the answ -r'i I will take no tee ;
from you at present. White man; you shall ;
pay me later on w hen we meet again,” and
>nee more sin laughed. “1-et. in,.- took m
four lace, let me look in your face?" site
continued, rising and standing- before him,
TV.en of a su-ideii il,old- n t.-lt something
•old at the Isiek of his neck, and the next
nstant she had sprung from him, holding
.H-lweeii her thumb and li;>ger a little curl
jf ’li.s dark hair wt.s-it Mi,- pad cut from
ais bead. The act'-n w.-.s s,< instantaneous
pi.it he had mi:h,r tune to avoid nor re
sent it, lut stlod still, .-taring supidly at I
lier.
"That is all I need, " she oriel, “for like
-ny heart my mag:.- white. Stay, son of '
< imba, give mo al; a of y iir hair, for those |
wno visit the Bio must listen to her hum- |
Bing ”
Nahoon obey, d, cutting a little lock from I
vis head with the sharp edge of his asse- I '
?ai, thou;;,, it v.as -.cry vid. nt that he did I
dos not because lie wished to, but be- !
ause he feared to r< fii=e.
(To be continued.!
fl MIDNIGHT DEED
I-
S ■ ~ ’—• 9
j! Secretary of the Treasury Calls for
■ Bids for More Bonds. i
Il **
>
; ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS |
t I
; President Cleveland Instructs Secretary Carlisle to Issue the
Cad lor Bids at Once The Bonds Are To Be L
Bated February 1, 1895.
Washington, January 6._At midnight Seeretary Cartisi. prepared th, k,
following notice, which will be issued today: W
e is<3 : ’T ry Offi(e of Secretary, Washington, Januarv B
>. 18 b.-Notu-e is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at f
the of.tce of the secretary of the treasury, at Washington, D C.. until 12 I
o clock noon, on Wednesday, the sth day of February. 1896, for the pur
chase of one hundred million dollars (5100.000.000 j of United States 4 ’
per cent coupon or registered bonds, in denominations of fifty dollars t .sso) k
and multiples of that sum, as may be desired by bidders. ?
“The right to reject any or ail bids is reserved. ’
“The bonds will be dated on the Ist day of February. 1895, and be -
payable in coin thirty years after that date and will bear interest at 4: - - J J
centum per annum, payable quarterly, in coin, but all coupons maturing * 3 /
on and before the Ist day of February. 1896. will be detached V
nnd purchasers will be required to pay in United States gold coin
or gold certificates for the bonds awarded to them and all interests accrued
j thereon after the Ist day of February, 1896, up to the time cf application
1 for delivery.
Payments for the bonds must be made at the treasury of the United
States at Washington, D. C , or at the United States subtreasuries at New
York. Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati. Chicago, St. Loqta
New Orleans, or they may be made at San Francisco with exeliai »• j.-W .
York. And all bids must state what denominations of bon is are des
whether coupon or regi tered and at what place thev will be nai’ A .
.... ■ ' ‘ ... - -r- i
amount at the date of the Cist, installment, and those whi. L„. ; _ TT T *
stallments previously maturing may pay the whole amount of theizM- ”, u /
i -.t 1 Her than the -maturity of the last installment. , J.,
> • v time, not tarer “ •’ nken OrtzanL
“luc . .tax j,e ready for delivery on er cj r ’
February, 1896.
“Notice is further hereby given that if the issue and sale cf an ttddi-
' tional or different form of bonds for the maintenance of the gold reserve
! shall be authorized by law before the sth day of February. 1896, sealed
proposals for the purchase of such bonds will also be received at ths
same time and place, and up to the same date, and upon the same terms
and considerations herein set forth, and such bids will be considered as K
well as the bid:; for the 4 per cent bonds h< rein me "
‘•J. G. CAKIASBE. ♦
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BOND BILL
Probable That a Free Coinage Bill Will
Be Sent Back by the Senate.
Washington. January s.—The coming
week in the s. nat-- will depend entir- >
upon tin- progress made by the financial
committee. If the idea held by the m-m
--bers of that committee prevail, it is proba
ble that there will be no more adjourn
ments for two or tlir days at a time.
Chairman Morrill, of it finance committ. -,
expects to have his committ. • report both
tin- bond and the tariff bill on the regular
meeting day. Ti;. • lav mxt 1 u'me.-rafic
members of the commit'.;. , however, as
sert that it will '"<■ impossible for the tar
iff bill to be reported for the good reas-.n
that A has n.ver be.:, consider.'! m fml
conirniti.ee and they will not agree to i.s
report on that day.
It is coneed, dth it the bond bill will r-a h
the senate with the enacting clause strick
en out and a. free coinage bill sulmliVi ' I-
The debate on the fr-e coinage bill m-ty
extend over a fortnight, although some of
the republicans profess to l« lieve that th. y
can bring the coinage and tarif! meas
ur<s to a vote within that time.
The present intention of the finance com
mittee anpears to lie to r.mort the tariff
bill as it came from the b n . altnoi:.:h
pressure is being brought to beaupon th.-
committee to increase all th.- seluduhs
from the 15 per cent im-r.fixed by
house to 3) per cent or 25 per cent. It is
probable that a caucus of •!)< r- publican
senators will bo held on th.- bill, but th re
have been numerous . .uif,-:-. nb ’w-• n
the rank and tile and the lead* rs, h ixii.g
for their purpose the concentration ot the
wbol strength of the r. :-ibi:-;.n vot
against any and all amendments that may
b- offered.
The unfinished busin-ss before the s. n.-.o
is th, resolution of Mr- Illkins, declaring
it to lie the sense of the senate that here
after no bonds shall be sold without first
adv,*rt:sing for bids, and the am. -idm* nt
thereto by Mr. Bittier, prohibiting the sale
of bonds in any manner. This Im urn s will
come up again during the morning hour
on Tuesday.
Business in the House.
The house of r, pr« sentatlv, s will proba
bly settle dow n to the tran-a, tnion of bus
iness according to th.- usual routine this
week. At present there is no 1 rogramme
prepared, but several ma't. rs w .l be ready
in a day or two fur con.-ulcration and ac
tion. The first thing to he presented
doubtle-s will be tie- report cf th.- cmiinit
tee on rub s. This mry come in at tomor
row’s session, but Hie probabilities are
that it will not b< ready before Tuesday,
at th I >• to the p-. s.-t tune the
house has been operating tin I -r • rule.-,
of .-li.- . rty-'iiat ,■ ngn as. but
has shown that som- slight t ha:i;?”i a--c
-e-sarv and desirable. Th, : e w ill be
neither numerous nor important, hew.-v. r.
'n ti', opit, on of those bent s:iuat'-,l to
form ;► -orroct opinion of tl«» probabilitf. s.
jjp.,.,,., r-a’.-s be Im >s ,' , f on Tm
dav the c-cimmitteo on appr >,a,i.,ti<ui.- w li
submit the general pension bill o; Wedm-s
--dav for action by the house. So far as
known tnose are the only two Items of
business that will be ready for disposal
HAVE YOU GUESSED?
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Calc illation.
KElli IHK -IEKMS
CAKKFCLT.Y.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
“Secretary cf the Treasury.”
this week, t ut in the morning hour proba
> hly there will on requests fur Immudlato
• consideration of bills and resolutions that
i cannot be named in advance. In case the
s.-i-ate should >. :..l < ■ ,n r the temporary
I r v. nue or the bond bill back to th,.- hous'
i with amendments its consideration would
1 tak, prt --ler.ee of everythin,- else but
ii’itlit-’ - of them is locked far.
; lor a month the more important work of
I •i' - w:tj ot? dent* in committee rooms.
! 1 j '\ a> y an i committee will pro-
l of tht customs lilministrat ; vc a n/’v?
I ,o s ? n r of Has
t.i.- possimhty of fraud upon the
| rev nues by m-ans of undervaluations.
This s-e.-ms a serious matter with which
■ customs officials have to deal. Th- sev- rai
i vommlttees have gone to work
1.■ ■■..; th.- .-as-s r- :,--r, d to th- ni and r» ports
I uno.i some of th.-m max r asonablv be ex-
I i'- .-led • , ti- mad,- within the month.
WAITING FOR THE BONDS.
I Germans Intimate That They Will G o
Slow in Taking- Them.
j Berlin. January s.—Financial interest
r -tinues to be centered in the prosnects
1 of an issuance of an Am* rictin foan. *’h—
ci-rn spond-.-nt of the I’ait, d I’ress i
I Frankfort states that American finaneierx.
have sound-d the bankers there as to
* whether a 3 per cent loan oul-J i>e placed.
To this ir.qtfry the bankers replied that
■ pure coin bonds con! i not be placed i.a
1 Germanv, even at 1 p,-r cent, but that 3
1 per .- nt gold b nds might b- placed if
1 they Wi re issu. i at a p r c nt slightly
' n: i, r par. \ 1., rliu hban> I connected
with the. Dents, he t ank ■ r.nip, says the
I.roup which is niaki’-g trie o--r t> the
bond issu- has an amount of ;■ -1 . alr-ady
. in the I nit d States uifieicn; tu prevent
I: -. :.,tn :.i 01 g d 1 m <« rmany.*
; On every side ti es, i ng is to go slow.
Ti;.- German group pr.'mosing to take
the new Ansericau loan h< : i a mrctirg in
th- office of th- li-'>ns.-ii- bi- k 0:1 Satur
day and will ’.old another in. t-rg on Mun
day, wit, n it is expo >. .f that ,:i._y will
definitely arrange a ,; ai wuh tie 1,.»n
--don firms to co-op, rat- in f c’-rrng gold
to the amount of L-~..’•» x.i:h th < -ti .n
■ t
in N.-w York a numb-r of Herman nouses
of tl.e group.
I'it! r th- presidency of 1 ink Albrecht,
of M i;hrg, c-mmittc s ar, being
iorni.d 'i 1: rli;>, H.-nl c,.- ;i-d other
funds fc.r tlie relief ot' th- Bo r families
I x.h,' are suffering is the mt of tho
w Tlil.i 0.. rati s in th.- Transvaal. AJ
r- adv cfi'i.:, 1 ,) I,as 1, <• sub- ri. -u.
Seven Crown Ministers Resign.
1 ■ In-
formation that can tw- obtain., tonight ccn
firms the r-i>ort that seven ministers of
the crown, Messrs. Fc.- • r. Haggart, Tup-
I> -. l'.‘S. Montague, 1> -F,y i.iii Wo, i,
haae r -sigm-,.'. There is c r.-idertble ex
citement ov, r tho rup’nr . w !m It will proi
ablj result in the def. .11 of th. govorrment.
T-.e two sections of the i-'ir.istry wiii :-. are
divided over th- 5' . nitolxx s -hool >,ii--stic.n
seem at this stage of the situation to be
irreconcilable.