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VOL. XXIX.—SC. 2.
X. HEART?- »
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WHITE HEART:
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By H. RIDER H MiCARD. fin lour Parts—Part a.]
enAPTER ii --x.
•Hirn Use Ike slipped ba.-k h r kaross and
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th--t u;.« board abort h-r middle. Sue
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<1 i .d •- :i .. • i )•• *• ui-**i ti*
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V* h v- r. v.a- .« • simnis ornament
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x • . v ■ r . • • • '•* ’•!
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©- (•» ■ .i.tv. It • t«»’ ««-«•:»! f*»r i .”-
t w : I. •» . thus t » «t«-> •>. ale lh«m-
r
tie ir • I. .ve I* .. vi tract’«l no one
to ■ -i » l-» r.m-n.
Fn "tty the herbs becah to smolder,
anJ «’■< s. i»K of th*-n rv-e »’!• hi a thin
rlr.ii •: - ream, ti at. »tr:k.'.g upon **-
f: , ■ . »».,. »i .Ling a" .-lit her hr al.
<• v !• *.«ng :t as IhtMlgh With a strange
I . ■ .-i .« :. e stretched
out I. r I ar.tl i«.t fail • two to. h- v*
1.- n t..it ,i : her . «.!><■• th y
v
a’it Next • ’•' op t<«*i h r m-’rltn atei
1., .1 .. draw th- fumes • f the hair and
het nt-> h r hit in ri- : gulp . •*'
f. f. «Hrc the tnflvenee of the
fn*< ! . :»i,4. ur. mug itself from
a’—iu -.. r ... en at upward and Wedt
»• : • ns* »:*• l-Ltc. -■«•'«>’mota feath-
er* ■■■ her hr-addrrsst. Foot, the vapors be
gan to do their work, she swayed to and
:• • n *. then sank l»a« X a- iti-st
the I >•! >i th.- s;r,w. *>n which h.-r
J»-.4 r. rd X- the i'.-'s head was
turned upward toward the light. and it
v , jibastl.k ■ 5 ..-M. for il >ad l-xonie
1. Oe in • r. :.t:d ti • -p i. • yr-s u. re sunk
. i »ik t of on* d. cd. wniie nle'-v*
..er fureh-.it the rv«i snake wavered and
1.- • J. m ,i dim H s-!-: n o' the Uraru:-
< st on the ins of Euyttian k.iips. For
; u *h. »i--k*- In a hollow, unnatural
"t» Black Heart and body that fct v-hl’e
rr. i K-’ .’itu'. I look Into your h _rl and
it is Ma -k as* Nmm! and it shall Is- »
■ sth Mood. Beautiful white kody with
u I .ar 3t heart, you -hail l.nd your ?;s*m
ard uunt it, and it shall lead you into the
1Io«rc of the Hom* h r. into the IK tx.* • I
the i>eu«l. and it st.ajl b - shaped as a bull.
'• «--».«r i- si. .... : u
•T-nitat hat*. Ream . body and
I "ack h art. you shall be paid for ye .r
wajr.-s. ns ■ .ry for nionej. and lor
1 >i. *> duk ■’ m- w«»r I wt-i the t-t«ott.d
•at pur- al--v. y«.ur hrtsust: think of it
w ten t-*-.- lattle mars about sen. think of
ft wtun ii rasp your t-r- it reward, and
f.-’ t-. it -m. war I ia e to f:„ . with
th t of th. d«ad in the Hom. of the
1* s
• • v.‘y,:.> Heart and Hark body. I look
.r .rt. at 1 it is- w tc :• - milk
. - i mtlk of nn .-nc* shall s i ’■• it.
. wis. y« .I t! . I.’t
|, tl e I |.‘.l d•• ih tir-rand Whom
1.. :w .. tl Jot- f at; -r. Ah! w at
- . j
1 w it, swi ’ of ..->l. but foltow warily.
- • «- t-. ti «t ha i i will to a .-r
. . < r m. • I tsnd shat car
w . < d < - In dr life livw and
»r th- »*■ y it. : I Fnd th* life >-»u
t ■ at- >■ i wh.cn l.isisa
s « « « : - t is t*«n
! t --tv- ' her v<»’<
sv.su -ar- b-P Ha—.’-r..
. -.- « th an
* lai. W*. ” Sf'.n as'-- ;
; own folly In wadiiW tin-*
r » U ton ■ e of that lytny
•. i y..» t. n.« what It
>o u u h . w-m •;»
•s -.ere of the
t n t t nr. !•• it - r.-
tm 1
1 I ■ ■ f. . i. :• tv- .
I
la !. : T ■ of aturlopr hid**
»• » fr .1. it. ;• it .
to «- r •
i- I- w> vro I.’ !<• nt' s ret tn the
1- .d t-. r»-i-r • t . r
■ « wear ■ -k ••!"» r m; rw -k and you ■
war ' - »-;• -ur i 1 It i-.eyt I ■ 'e-ui-i .
I to * th- r.- - '«> wear U|-un l y i
h ind. <e. '» <t the • l al-.Mii my imhi. ;
Bin- I- !•- = i w t" .
"T:.-n • am afraid y--t| will have to wait ;
©!i I am d-ad.- said Ha id. n.
—tes. y- ." she answ. r-d in a plea • 4
tolre. “It is .. irr-’d word. I Wiil Wait ;
until you an diad and tl.. n I w ill take i
the rim. at.-i n t.»- . -in -ay I ltav« stoi.ii ■
it. for Nahoon there w II !» ar in. w ts.» -s
that you y:-.ve n» ;• rmi.-sion to do so."
Forth. lost time Hadden 'tarted. since |
there was j <ni< shit eid it the Bee's t -ne (
a
tdn> in h- r prof, -i- al manner he u uld .
base ihouiKiit nothing f it, but in her cu- j
piditx > • had I- osn ■ rat urn I. and It I
was e» hnt that she sjtofee from con vic !
tion. I - ’ - . ii- h- r own words*.
St. . .ta start and u.-sasitly chanyed ;
h-1 n-
"la-s i;>-. white b»rd foririv.' the jest of i
a r -r t Wit. h •■- 'or. si I in :•
wldn.i.r »«>..-• . "I have s-• n» u-’. to do w ih
Iw-ar . - . ..j- name |.r.;-s t«» my |
an-i si- •» a- e«| •;s’ at rl‘
a’ •
fall •- I i the p».» sty je-vl upon whose ;
bunt* her tut was placed.
“leook," sne said simply. |
Fbltow.cK the line of her outstretched I
' ■’ . . . .
■ -- •--riffle '
hnnd Hadden's .-yes fell upon two withered
ni mosa tn , .- which grew over the fall nl-
Itiost at right angles to its ro ky edge.
These tree* w- re joined together by a
mi« I'letfonn made of logs of wood Inch
ed toe. ther by n r:rd ■ ri.-ms of hide. I |ion
lais platform stood titre, figures, and not
withstanding th* distance and tt'* spray
of ti e fall he could s-. that they were thou,
of two men and a girl, for their sliajH s
st.w d out ..is' nelly against the fiery red
of th- suns, t sky. One instant there were
t!*.-»v. the 1,, st th.-re w-r. two. for tl e
Ctrl bad g.>ii'. and smnoth’tut dark ru hit-r
stru k the face of the fall, striking the
surcu-e of the pool with a heavy thvd
v. idle a faint and p'i;.-oi;s cry broke up* n
his ear,
•'Vi iiat is the meaning of that?" lie asked,
iMirrilioi am! aniaa*<l.
' Nothing," ans". red the Bee. with a
e mli is, and wh< n
I
,-w' - <• /r,V< //b . 1
z r J '. A’;.?- F' ;
••’ - ; .. F- C ' .-v \
f'
s - • ...
’* V,h* i‘ " i.’ t. S * -• ■** ***s. r<'
Tin: INCARNATION OF THE BEE.
’s the pla-m where faithless women, or
r 'who l-r.ve loved without leav- of thi-
I •—. :.r- hr- ag'it to meet their ieatt, ar 1
wah t.u-rn their actotnplicv-? tin! th»y «i <-
l-.ee <au« ..o h <. A-. at-’ I wale' .’’' in •
• k O t.; .-.lint sf ;fn- ■ < ■>
them.” a*. I drawing a tally stick from the
r ii o: tn*- hut, she took a knife and
a.i-1..’ a notch to the many that
Il it, I .-klttt’ nt Nuhoon the w h.i - wth
a : ,<!f n i : ~.r..up. half w arning i a;.<‘.
It is a place of 4- ith ” she
■ mutt- !. yonder the quick d;< day
b» 4ay and <iow n then—” and si poin’< I
s lang th. -.it • rt the river In vend the
j. a>l t u!-in Its. for. t began • ar. two
i i:. !r- -I cards tn.tn h-r hut- "tie- ghosts
<>t them hav. t! •ir home. Listen!'
A» she -fok- a “cun-l ret -bed their tars
t" at s.vm. -i to su. i! fr m the >!itn skirts
of the forests, a t■- ’iliar and 'i«>iy
s-.iitu! which it !s !ms sil>l<- to define more
ii'a*.ly tli.-ifi by siyirr that it seemed
I- as-. • ..t;.lrr- ~t if.art.< nlate.
"L. !'• • >.< 1 tir.u d tin Bee, “they ar-
ni.tr,- > r. "
’ . ked II -i-lrn. *'Tlio bab oons’ ”
“No. In!..*--, t' Amat nun. the .-hosts
that wo oru tier who h,. j ist Ihcviih' of
their n .tnl* r.”
•a.!... i>. ' sa..f Hadden, roughly, for In
was a* gey j,., | „ w . tr* tin- . ■ 1 should
lil. • to s - . . gh. sts. I*) you think
’t at I ; v. la .rd , tt - ~p of monkeys In
t ’ : • -■« , t -r .' ’ rn< . Nahoon,
i t u- !•-- .w . light to
< litiii’ I’.* - lift Fat* v>. I! '
’ ''.ir- K-li, .1 U t.t not that
lukuoa —to sie.jp in j. ..c.”
CHART..H 111.
The prayer <f th i • >■ thw-ithrtanding,
I " ’ • L •- n ill t'. it t t ii t- t
In th. Ik. t of J i .or .< n< <■
i t ! ihi i t v. r I iIo u
«' '« I i.j»; • "p tun < f th •
1 -n. H v 1>( . ~ . mau
B. . a tin.. . .•:.*! ar s :t .1 ir«.l i* -
V* lit te w* i!d • <oiiid i.*-t - 'lake off a
« • rta.n . , u- f. ur, .. -: thire
• • a l ! • • *u. i f tr it!. t!i<
pr< y.n; fth lag. V.' u a it wire ;
. u t th ,t «!• !. and
I t the heart v. -.1 it o -trot jij in
h.s v >uld •n b< -till for. v. r no,
he won i pot think of it. Tl . • gloomy '
| . < ... ■! tt • dr.. dful s./t.t wiit ii I < ..aw :
t -«t: n of tl- • Znti.s wire not pka*-
t, at.d fur 1.1 i . 1 he was 4. t-riuiii u
to I-- ci. i.r of Hum . a-:i as h< was able
t- .., the country.
In fi. t. il he could in any way manage
it. it wa* h.- inti nti<>. t tiaki ada h for
ti e Ihs !« ron the full wl.. night. To do ;
tins with a good p> •*;«■< t of su.v ». how- I
.-.. . .1 v.;.- m-< i. .ry tint i. ild l. !l j
a I- kr.- w v.■ 11, lh- raiiitiTS w h him <
w ,'J f. a. t up -:i n -'at until they could !
. ineb »t:i-. and th <t w<J,l !.. L. <p.
i- rtui Nuh< -a, r, tv: it ru ■
-n-uriib to this tempt.itio:., th* rehav I:- !
mu t tru-t to lin k to rid of him. If it 1
canto Io the w . t In .oillil | lit a liuilet
tbmm.h frinr, which li<-r •nsiden <1 he w -uld :
I justiti. d in doing. Feeing that in reality
I', mar. wa his jail* i. Should this iie.es
. y .11 lie f t III.;- ■•! that he could face
: without undue ion ,>nt < I ion, for in truth
le disiik.d Nah'Kin; at trines he even bated
him. T’ .rr naturss were antagonrstn.,
and In kr.ew that the gnat Zulu .’:<trust
ed and look -d down upon him. and to Ih
l.s.k. d dow n u| >n by a s ivag«' ' lugger”
wa mon than his pride could stoni ich.
At the tir.-t break of dawn Hadden rose
and roused his «scort, who w. re still
su.tch'd in si..-p around the dying tire,
•... h man wrrif p< din his karoi .s or blank, t.
N.ihoon stood up ar. J .-in ok himself, look
ing g :;atiti<- in the sh.rdows of the morn
ing.
“What is your will, Inilunau (white
m iri>. that you are up Lt fun tin sun!"
"My will. Mutiti’mpofii lyellow mar l, is
to hunt buffalo. " am>w*: d Haddei ■ ■
1. iiniat.il rim that Inis . .*.»gi : huurd ,
give him no tiik of any sort
"Your patu< u,” “aiu t; • Zuh'. r-riding ,
his ih.iin • is, ' Put | cannot <-al! you Inkuos, i
I*, -us- y,,u an- tot ih. chi* f. or arij *
hun ’ . still, if the fit I. '\\ hit. Man' offends i
you. we will give you a nanft*,''
"As you will," answered liadueu briefly. I
Accordingly they gave him a name,
Tnblixin M-.-ina. bv which he was known
among them thereafter, but Hadden was
not I>. st pleased when he four ! that the
moaning of th< so soft sounding syllables
was "Black Heart." That was how the
inyanga had addre.- *'d him, only she used
different words.
An hour lat r nnd they were in the
swampy bush country that lay behind the
eneampm. nt searching for (bi Ir game.
Within a very little while Nahoon held up
his hand, then pointed to the ground.
Hadden looked; then-, pressed deep In the
marshy soil and to all appearance not ten
mli.in- s eld. was the spoor of a small herd
j of buffalo.
' I knew that we should find " into today,”
wlii-iH-nd Nahoon. "because the Bee said
; SO.”
•'Curs* the Fee,” answered Hadden below
' his br’.ith. "Como on."
For a quarter of an hour or more they
felt w. <l the spoor throw th thick re< ds,
till • iidd-nly N; boo-i whistled w ry softly
and touched Hadden's arm. He looked up,
i'll.’ ih< '' . a’i nit three I itruir. 4 yards away,
f. i ting on some bi.th r ground anrong a
patch of mimosa «i • •■, wire th buffaloes,
siv of them, an <4.1 bull witn a spu ndid
Ih i<i, time cows, a tn if. r. and a calf
at> mt f »«»•• HKuitl -old. N< ithcr the wind
ii'-r the rathF" of tin v. let were favorable
for them to stalk th* game front their
pr. .nt position. <:> they made a detour
. ®f half a tnilc and very carefully crept
toward them up the wind, slipping from
r l tin e fail'd them, crawling on their
i st I.,'tebs under cov* r of lh» tall lambuti
' At lu-t th*-y were w thin forty
? art. . . a f ir:l;(i adt t. tni tl'im-
I-1.. for altho ,-h b. eon’’ hot
.11. . . . -i K . sb. ht. ... •
‘ r r ■ that th* old bull Lad heard some
1 v.uusiial soun i and was growing suspt'dous.
i - t to Ha 111 n. who aioli* of th*
]■ r.y had a rd -food the hi if. r broad
t !< on a b autii i.l • hot. R' tnemb'ring
t . it she would make the In s’ 1 e<T. h<‘ lift* '1
I Martini and airniug at ht r immediate
-1 I" 1 nd the should'r, g< ntiy pr ssed th*
trigger. The rifle I xpic I d. and the heifer
I'll dead, shot thr' iigii tin heart. Strange
ly in< ‘i t>. other 1 tit. ib" s did not at
<;.■ ■ ■ run away. tin t' • contrary tiny
• ni'<l puzzled to account for the sudden
i * an<l not I" Ing util* to wind anything,
i.ft-d their ti ..ids and itart-d round them.
T■ pau.. r ive ll.i idei s eto pet in a
fresh tarti uh:' and to aim again, this
! tin * at tie old bull. The bullet struck
! him : or.a wh» in the neck or shoulder,
' for <..ine to Ids km,-, but In another
. ' ■•J v > - I.p ami hav t, • c.'iirht Sight
of tbe c'-iui of sni'if ‘.e c 1 -,ii: ■ straight
at it. B< • .in. ol thii -moke ,r for som*
. tiler n a a-. Hadden di i not see him com
1> : and in mis- qm nee w *uld ri - t rtain
1. nave Iceti trampled or gor-d, had not
X.i :: -;t i- tore i >! at th- irnmin* nt
r k of 1. 1 . - life a <> -iri d bun down
1., in I at, art t • Xu >rm at more and
• ti" gr it L. u-!... I t r... red by, taking
; no ;un i" r notiw of tb tn.
• rw .' d. ' 1 - and J< a vine
' ni t of tb-- mu, t i .ut up the heifer and
1 carry- tb" !ie.*t cf !,'r rr- .r t* ' imp, they
* tarted co the ' 's- > -
i'or some hour l:•• y fi ih-wed the bull,
3‘ •
■ ti : .
/ . - ~■ 4
,/ ■ . ' f-T,- r . y
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''' . : -
r ; - . '>'>'/ >■ 7
" r ' - ■-?<
. , | el ——
f’AW THE ZVI.I' YING INTO THE
A’R.
till at last they lost th,, spoor on a patch
of stun, gfund thi'-kly lover, d wth bush, j
at.d exhausted 1" the heat, sat down to :
r. -t and t* eat som* biltom . or snn-drk*d ■
It- :-li, which they had with thorn. TT.cy i
linished their m. al and w. re preparing !
f> return to the camp, when one of the j
four Zulu, who were with them went to
drink at a little stream tb it ran at a dis- I
lance of not mon- Pan ten paces away. 1
Halt a minute later they heard a hideous
grunting i.< and a spl ishlrg of water, I
and saw 'tn Zulu t!y into the air. All the
while that they »<n eating t!ie wounded
buffalo had been lying in wad for them
under a thick bush, on the banks of the
str. r.!• I. knowing, eunnirg ! rute that
It.' was, that sooner or l ib r his turn would
-••.lie. With a shout ol < unst rnati'an they '
rushed forward to sc, th. bull vanish I
over the ris- I» fore Hadden could get a '
i i.ar ec of tiring .it L n. ami to tind their J
, companion uy -g, forth- gleet her:: had j
pit need his lung.
"It is m t a i iiifal* it i a devil,” the poor
' fellow'gasp, d and exp'ri d.
; “Devil or not, I mean to kill it!" ex
. claimed Hadden. So, leaving (lie others to
I carry the body of their comrade to camp.
ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY JANUARY 13, 1896.
he started on, accompanied by Nahonn
only. Now the ground was more open and
the chase easier, for they frequently sight
ed their quarry, though they could not
come near < notigh to lire at It. Presently
- they travele.. down a steep cliff.
"Do you know where we are?” asked Na
, bocn, pointing to a bolt of forest o| i 4*.
' "That is Emaguau, the home of the dead,
i and look, the bull heads it.”
Hadden glanced around him. It was true,
yonder to the left were the Fall, the Fool
! of Doom, and the hut of the Bee.
* "Very well," he answered, "then we
I must head for It, too.”
i Nahoon halted. "Surely you would not
I enter there,” he exclaim, <l.
I “Surely 1 will,” replied Hadden, "but
there is no need for you to do so if you
are afraid.”
"1 am afraid- of ghosts," said the Zulu,
"but I will come.”
So they cross.',! the strip of turf and en
tered th' haunted wood. It was a gioomv
piaei- indeed, great wide-topped trees grew
thick there, shutting out tne sight of the
sky; moreover, the air in It. which no
br.-cze stirred, was heavy v Ith the exhala
tions of rotting foliage. Then ~ med to
bi' no lilt here and no round, on.? now and
again a ioathsonv ; potted stiake would
uncoil itself and glidt away, ami now and
again a heavy bough would fall with a
Hadden was too intent upon th- buffalo,
however, to h, much imprt • 1 by his
surroundings. He only remarked that the
j light would be bad for shooting and went
> on.
They must have penetrated a mile or
moi* into the forest when the sudden in
‘T'-a :o of blood upon the ■ poor told them
that the bull's wound wa.i proving fatal
to him.
“Bun, now." raid Hadden cheerfully.
"N.iv, h.-.mba ga<'air go soft?, ’ an
swer’d Nahoon. "The devil is mg, but
!"■ will try to play tt ■ another trick before
he dies,' aiiu he went on, peering ahead
o.’ him cautiously.
“It is all right hr r< , any way,” : aid Had
den, pointing to the spoor that run
sti iigbtiorwatd printed deep in the mar: h,
Nuti-xm did not answer, but stared stead
ily at til* trunks of a*., trees a lew. pa •.*
in fi »it of t'l-ni and to their right. “Look,”
ho whi?p^r‘ti.
ll.i'id-n did so ami at length made out
the outline of sotm thing brown that waj
croitcheil beliind tin- tr -s.
"lie is d- id.” he ex,:la med.
N>, ar. w r'-'l \';.liuut>, "ti * has come
back on in, own path and is Walting far
us. He knows that w* are foliowin,; it.,
S.'O.T. Now. if y..u stand .h-:c I think
| that you can shoot him tht.iugli the bath
j I tAe.ri the tree trunks.’’
II id '« a knelt down, aud, aiming v* ry
tar.duiiy .it a point ju t i ,» ih, btiily,
Si'll---, h« d. They waa a iiawful bel
1 ai i • u ,t 4 »lu ut. w
' Hi 1/ t • 1. Nui.v !>;s bl . .
A
fill'* st-'-I idi for a i? •' I its so. .-
1* st’ i:.:. i w" i - ar,., ;ts I earl ti >wn,
leaking hr t after the one and thea Ute
< tln-r, till Os a F.mldeii it utter, d a let
ruiannig • .mini and r,<lh i over <l, ad,
i -:ia ibt.'rg Naliuon as. <-g.u to fra.mu
as it b 11.
"Th.-i. ! he's tlnishrd," sa.rl I'addcn,
” iml l believe It was your ass<gai that
I 11.--I I tin. Dull.'! w hat's that mu. ■?’
.Nahoon 1 lemd. l.i -i.ril ipi .r irs ci
ti" ion t, but from how far away it - i
r.i; ..: : irb. to tell, th.-re r* ■ ■ a ei.riou.
roimil as . i people calling t > va. 11 otiier
i'l teal, but in no arli alate Itngtiag . Na
ho.in si iv red.
"It is llie l.s, rnkofu, ’ he sad, ”ti.
gl.osts who have no to.,gtio and who eu.i
o .ly vail lik > infants. Let Us be going;
ti. s ; lyre i- tad for mortals.”
"Ami w< r.i 1 r buffalo s, ’ said Hadden,
g iirg th- di ad I nil a ki ”1. ,i t sup.
I " e nin |. , ■ hi) i h< ro i>r y< r
li nd', the i : .-s-kofii, as v.e have neat
i - a.is-li and e.,,,’t . arry Ir: Ir ad.”
So th- y .-furled .a- k toward the op< n '
eo.uitry. A'-tiny thre.td .l ih i; way slow 1-,- '
through tti" tt"' trunks a new ide- < ■ !
into Hau Ln' . mi ;. <. . . ir. d . i. 1
<. I. 1" ’’.a.-' » t'lin in bout's run of t. • I
Zulu I - r • r. at. I, m. o or tht Zulu l> r- 1
< . r, he V.<J :bl I el a . - r 1 air, lean h, I
< l . t tha: !'.. at. -s b. ■ n ........ '
I'. r-.ul iliten in! to attempt to es: ape I
the da.-, m;., hut tlu plrui w.t ■ f-1 ' _.!l i
I Zul u I', gilt not * V'r-.n If irvl.'S ,
I".: •1. to . speei d\. afn-r l'i- de.,- I
e: tin ,r coi'inid' ; .".a, • on, wh > v. d j
I -n <la-. and n it, < irt:'i,dj would u i. '
; was his t pportun.i.. ...st tin e r- |
II !:.■ Qi: ::>n ..f Na'aion.
v.'ll, it it com I' t'le Worst. N.'li'ieii!
t I’ W :
i > .- .1'1'! ... Halt a y<l w s .. .
ah hi h. I only a !*• try. il .Id n>t v. . '
to k.il i * man, though It wa c,- r t. ;
I - im, ; • i. 1 h it. Ills iwn Sa f-l y w i -it,’
I -- . h would h amply .
!■ d, a,;'. Why should he not i-ut it
to i:ini ami then be guided by circ.um-
Nahi <>n was walking across a littl ' open
f i< •• ab. ut ten [ - ahead < f him,
i. her* he '"'lid see him very W*'l, w hll ■
lie iiinis. If was under the shadow of a
larg, tr i with low horizontal branches
running out from the trunk.
"Natiocn,” he said.
Th* Zul t turned round and took a step |
towards him.
“N i. il l not move, I pray. S and where j
y. u or I shall boo! lig- <| to saooi i
you. Lisi, n, n w: do not t o afra <i, for I I
shall m t tire without wan -nj. I am y-viir
prisoner, and you are , I,arg d t tak ni*
• kto the king to 1 e h:s s' rv.inf, ;; l4 | j
b- li.-v, tli.it a war is go ■■' tn b-eak o :il
bit-.vc i ymr people and mine, a id th- ;
being so. you W il understand tl.at 1 do
10l v isti to go to <’ .ewayo'r* kraal, L
< : 1 should elth r come to a violent
d. tth He re, or my own broth, r w.U b
lieve that I am n trait- v and tr*at me
m eonlin .'ly. Ti e Zulu border is not mueb
more tL.ui an hoot's jourmy away; iel us
ray an h< nr and a half's. 1 mean to
across it before the sun is up. Now. Na
hoon, w ill you lose me in the for, st and
give me this hour and a half's start ot
will you stop here with that ghost people
with whom you talk? Do you under
stand? No, pl .nse do not move.”
"I und< r'-t.-ind you.” answered th* Zulu
In a perfectly eompc-xd voice, "and I
think that was a good name whl h we
gave you this morning, though, I'.lack
Heart, there is sumo justice ir, your nerds
and more wedom. Your opportunity is
gcod and on.- which a man named as you
are should not let fall."
“I am glad to laid that you tak* that
view of the matter, Nahoon. And now ;
will you I"- so kind .is to lose m and t„ •
I I'oin not to lo k f, r me till the moon
is up?”
"What do you m*an, Black Hoar!
"What I say .'ome; 1 have no time to
spare."
••Yen are i strange man,” su'd the Zulu
r< lleetively; "you heaid the kief's order;
to me; would you have m disobey the
i rd' r of the king?" (
(Continued „
OUR COAST DEFENSES
f
Astonishing Statensnts by Colonel Rob
ert, Cbist of Engineers.
L’O GUNS OR FORTS TO TALK OF
Says New York’s Defenses Could Be
Taken in Twenty-Four Hours of
Kcal Naval Warfare.
New York, January 5. No one in th*
' Vnlted Stat' S is In it r qualifi 'd to sp'.-k
1 with authority regarding our coast <b -
senses as they really are than Colonel
Henry ?.L Robert, pres dent of th* b :u 1
of engineer.'’, and head of the corps wiar
<■'l With < rrying out th* plan- f r <1 -
' sense ct New York harbor. His Btate
j nicnts ill r .ion. * to inq.i'.i.'S as to th •
length of tun* New th< thief p 't
of the Atlantic cons’ and the on,' : ute
tn !"• n.".it in durißer in case of war with
England, could witlis'ad iHitnl'-ird
nient, are les sat i.,factory than those
of any others who have Le n interviewed.
In effect h • says:
“It would not take a fleet of modern
' warships more tl an tw nty minutes to
i n .liiee the Hit. r d f. ns. s ->f N w YOFK
; hartior in tn. ir pi->-ent con'l.tion. In
twenty-i' i:r hours afi'-r this rchi< tion it
v.i'.il 1 be possible to < 1 ar th* harbor of
every sort of . übmar-ne d> set; e between
th* Narrows .".nd the !■:»>( ry.”
For a number of ytars there has been a
Fa neral impression that active stt. s wcie
L. mg tale r ~y tin. government to fort fy
ti". approaches to la-u-rr seaports, espe
cially New Y .rk, so as to rennet them s>-
i ipe nyaiust th" ag ;r- s ions of a h stilo
I-' l. From time to time r*;> >rts have 1. ■ n
publi.-i. d and arti* .• tainted d> scribing
the trials of big guns at Sandy Hook
which have lx . n counted upon to do
wonderful things tor the national setiirity
should the lime of need ever < ' in*. Ai d
tll.'V v.iill'l it t . :* were only enough
I of th tn, out tl. rr is not.
la th* pres' it ea'i urnsaances it Is well
t< Io k fact.- plainly in th* Hw and .- ■
whetl-.'r or n;.: t is tru* that Nw York
and Boston and i'hil.i "-Iphia ai i d. »:'.< n
ether Important 'lib's '..tween .'.lan* an I
l lorhla would be at* lrn'l J jr;l sh mr n-
of-war, i l.ould th*y h ■ ent * st t n *
shores. The p’iin an<> m -rtii- i g truth is
that Nevi York and the ot - At l<
lilies would l o very far from safe m sa 'i
;,n cmerg*n< y; woo! 1 in fa t be .iTi'e.d
at the n-'< y ot a :i”*rent tl •t. V. e ir*
n great i.itou, but we ' emit! not. w th
nil the. r i-'iiiri s n .v at our di inosal, r.*-
f.'tal New York .Ty fcr forty ir.ltt bourn
i against a mm:* > r of • ri*j d’ ir- u 1 -is < a-
is thus def'-i.- -hs.i, wiih'li more r-.-> are ;ii |
oth'r s i;, i ts, siae-- rite wuk i
cf forllli' ition along tT i- h;-h> . ha; i
j I er, even m r* nr I -ti .i Hum in the \1- |
' < init! of i h"!tan is'aa I.
■ Three Guns on the Eastern Cor. t.
( “I am sorr-. :o say," -aid (' >i >nel Jtoixrt
hi a i-i.iivi r ition with me, "that as tar i.i
I mil- . *.i: t d> f- • ■-s !'■' ar - utl.-rly I. .-
- pnpar< ' for war with I’. • :i..nd. At tm
pni'-nt n>"Tt'.. it New ' eric city i cr
f. a led ly only time ;■ ,- me: i. b.
military authorities as capable m doing
. tlicii nt service ag-i nxt tl'.* gr- at r-icb rn
Ironclads. Ot th< se tlm * one :s of th*
smallest pattern saiia 1* for t is se-vlio,
tl al is .in ' ight-ineli gun at", it :a not
y*t. mounted, the gun and i'.s carriage
La' in,; m-ly beeri ii-ln . r d at ]'C V.'itc--
; wa rth within the last f- w ’lays. So it I.*,
j practically true tint th* alr:y of Imt
gleate.'t eitj in th, I't'.: : St ates ucp "id t
1 iijion two twilv inch gtris at t-aaet
Hook. A.- for the t-lb-T cites cm tic- Ai
| la.'itie coast, from ITrtlall t o 1.,r < m .a,
tl. y have not betwe n them on* ni:i,-m
liir- :im capable of oiT'-'i-i .g the si ■ it.-*t
' oil- ~i> -n to at I.V. ar. 11,. bent Ct.
tl " t' 111 struct ■■
It is of imyrtai"t > .■<•*.’ d-T m de
' t. il v. hat ".bi pre 1 ai ly haj.-p. -it should
; S' Veral irm.-.-la-Is st. < d, .m th'..'
nigml < a i. n • -g p.- Am f.
' wanhips, all t"O much * > a, ...ti a |
i thousand mil. sos coast lin to ? ihih, ..nd
• : ilol.l'l I i t'.-u: el • s ii'e to .. ..lie ,
1 upon \*w Yosa " y. Tl. fact-, in th. '
| i.. Lowing > imt ..••• gisen . a |. ...
I t arltj f •"> ml I< b< t. 1. I .•
' . • i.. ti Long Island ■
■ tb. •• wi oid b. red a sil -. •- 1.. !',;•■ ~'m t-
; ;ri ' t th n from st am.- .. stt. .. 1
jt - i I'd; -:. . . i ■ I
! tr.;.;? t'eb.'i.'-U 0 .!^ 1 1 1 •/?■<i
■ I'l'e- ai' . - . i it... !" rt aid N'-W Haven, i
i in ail pi. .b.ut> th y wott'd w , > j
; film wall t!.'--' !■> ■ r ]>. ■ but Wouei !
L . ten to i "hi . ntri.ie the r at-iek tip‘m ■
tiie nHtropilis. In vein would th- battery I
of mortars on I av A island off New Ro
il lie attempt to worry thr- invadets. l;ul
email r. 1 .nice 'an h* placed upon mortars
when their uneeri-'n aim is direct'd
against moving ship . Th re are n i b■■
guns on David I land and even the mortar
battery is IncompHo, and yet, incredible
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A DISAPPEARING GI N AT SANDY HOOK.
as it may seem, David island holds the
only pretense at coast defons - th.it has
teen established along the approach to
New York city through the sound.
Ami th* English warships would have
alrrcst as easy a task in coming up to
the very whnrts of tb* city if *lh v ehose
to steam past Sandy Hook, brave with Its
two big guns in time of p a t, but puav
In wartime to stop li t enemy’s a.lv.u.ce.
Ti ne the channel passing as ;t d e* v, • y
elo-.-e to the Hock, would compel th*
ir, nelads to steam almost under t i ■ m . -
>'bs "f these two guns, each ready to
hurl forth I,'iOO-pmind shot as fast ns the
gtinn. rs could reload tn* in, ami it s pos
sible that siims of the British ships would
suffer; some of them might be sunk. It L)
certain, however, that some of the*n would
t ght their way past and stc: in on Up the i
lower lay; it is impcs-- ible that a strong
naval attack by an English 11 et eouid be
hi Id in check by the Sa-de Hook ii- lenses I
which, in addition to the two big guns
with their admirable gun-lift, include only
a battery of mortars-, valuable ads when
it com* s to firing upon ships at anchor,
but otherwise little to be trus ed.
Once past Sandy Hook, the British war
ships wo'ill steam on cautimi ly towards
the Narrows, keeping a keen lookout for
torpedo's and at night swer; ing the waters
with their search lights. Much • -onliden- e
has been plac'd in the tiirjx'does or bp -
rmirl'e mines whi. h would b* lii i thi ..ly,
no <l"iit t, through the Narrows ami in the I
waters hailing to them. Very admirable
is tii" system that Ims been devis 1 by the
Anii ri. ir, engine’r co. pa for <!:str;buting
these torp-doi s and [■ r cxplouing them
with such precision that the shock will
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com* :: t!., .'act m m-nt v. !• n a host;;,
.-tup i: p..--n-g over ti-. in Ami t.-
licrs a.mt ei'-ciricians who io-itr.,l -
<-ngi;:<-. ot destruction a,.d who sit
uai.>" I rooms on s.ior- wl.. r a mb -a
tor.' picture oft».- bay s" ;ws tins mmm
ti:re s.ops undo t!bruits •
•i tm..' ', ar" :? !. to pie s t."•• < 1 c:: h- but
m tiie very mom*-"- when she 'X,i -1
itg t, i: ■ do. ■ will do H.-rect 'wortt. J.U- 1.
.n v. II b* ail their ; h-imi-.i i n a:rl . i.
gi.mir:skid unless :h» -,- ar* proti < t .
in i'- :r w.'is by fori-- .-.u.i w s .
to pre . - nt the near a'-pi a. h of i h: i-b .
lisii b' .tieships. And ail the forts •;
I.iii s mi I. ota sidis ot tii. Nartov ~ )• or
V. ac.-.v.orth. Fort ilarcba'ii ;iT:d ih. Otli
could no more copt- with tie - great iron
< loos than a child could with a im-omo
the
Do the Work in Twenty Minutes.
C< I i. . ...
minut- s would suflice for the Englishmen
to destroy or hopclc-siy cripple all the pres
ent d- lei! ' i of tiie Narrows, and. With
th* se destroyed it would be only a question
of hours for the enemy’s small boats ami
torpedo destroyers to blow up or haul up
or oth» rwise n-nder harmless all the mines
and torpedoes that had been laid. One
h< avy charge of dynamite sunk in the Nar
rows and diseharg'-d from a safe distance
by the enemy would probably explode more
than half of the hidd* n charges. It is sal*
to say 11 at tw* n’.y-li ■ ' he.ns’s work up >n
the min* * and torpedoes in tbe Narrows
would remove ail danger for the attacking
vess* Is and allow them to pass through
lltdmt inc.! into the upper bay. And *>., e
th- o in half an hour th* biu guns ■ I Eng
land would be thundering off the battery,
dropping tons of iron and dynamite into
tne heart of the city
Colonel Hubert gays that the country has
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gone mad over the navy, or rather has
l**n spending money freely for warships
while mgtocting its coast def-nses. If
Sandy Hook and the Narrows were proper
ly lortiti' d with batteries of 10-inch, 12-inch
or p-ineh guns on disappearing carriages
it would h* practically impossible for at
ta< king w arships to get near en< ugh to
New York to do serious damage. Ii would
not be absolutely impossii.le for th*m to
do so, for, of cou-s*. it Engl, nd chose to
concentrate her whole m.vai strmeth be
fore New York she could pass a-., ■.
ies. but that is something England would
not find it expedient to do. At present,
however, she could get past with only a
few ships and by putting forth only a
slight effort.
White many millions have been ammtnrt
ated in th* past s:.x years f. r !h. exten
sion ami strengthening cf the navy con
gress has vote! in that same periL 1 less
than ¥i.i*•'.■>■*l for coast defense . •, . K _.
■ adequacy of this appropriation ?>■ :ihs al
onee apparent w.'i*:. oi * - .
, ; c ‘ -■ ■ * for
I.icvut iag ,: J liiv'."*.;;:- f ■ «. y a . H
: J ' I'.e ; ; ..t .- ....gr- -ib‘ : ,
r u .ry o;
7 . V ' ‘ ■
, is I )■'•■ on l • of ih.- .- : Em-.
- L ■ ' •!-■ --- ' New
• •I- ■ ■ ■■:■>'. v.»! • ’ -r m • .It'i- -r war-
l ',' ” ”• -' • it. '- •1- riv< *•. A ?
' e-ar • a: th. ’ eavy ini-.rnnitv
. slm worn., ,aak- ITi : „, t y j Fo <’.
tt a and < han- ston and Portland for spar
;nc them ? x>m : ‘i•' ' iry ■ her gur*-.
Two Years Needed To Make the Guns.
‘•.wn shot ! --'ligre-s make aj propnativn
Without ! : fo* ,as- defenses it would
. take two y< :rs tr niake the necessary g-in
and to mount tii- m properly, (.f the great
i ' ‘ ~”• »' ..t ar. r'i.! -! for coast
i d -fen.-e al! .-do-"; the Atl.intic and ar* in
deed at present in the s; > cirications, but
not els. w here, not even the original ino<l-. !
has been manti-a< tui 1. Ind-s .i 'her* is no
machinery in the country- suitable for its
manufacture. Such ry inu.-t first
mad!' and 1-, ■•: w:;i ot. th* le-.-g pro
<'*<s '-f building 'i mage.-, turr-ts, > ase
m.ites and t‘ el: I'orai ' .-p >urte-
nanc*of rm-nnt;' y L- for* the guns will
have an- pra . ■a! vai t--. As ... t’- r ulti
mate Cahn- tie-re c.- I-e no quest *n. for
naval autli >r ’ s I! as: that as be
tween guns ..f i .pml - : - mr.uut. : shore
and mounted on v ssels, th* f.<rm- r show
twic* tile ertb-'eni y oft:: - latter. In tho
<’'imt:ni war ts -s was clearly dem ristrat
* I. it being a matter of history that the
English and French mcn-of-war n* ver en
gaged at i ) k • quarters with th* land bat
t* ries ,i • S - ■
The United States Engineer Corps.
tt hi!* ther* is reason i*.r eani '-m or
alarm m this lack of heavy guns for our
coast deters* it is gratifying to know that
th*', organizatic i • ! the m:l- ary engineers
charged with ti ■ service of torpedoes and
submarine miles Is most sati-fa.-tory-. The
officers and men included in this engineer
evrps receive tiie most thorough and prac
tical training in the school at Willets
Point ai d elsewhere in all the details of
torpedo warfare, in the planting of mines
and the op rating of them by various elec
trical eontrivan. es on the shore. They are
thoroughly drilled in all the secrets of tho
leading, they learn how to charge the shells
a hundr I pom tor more of 1 h ex
j plosive, how to put in the detonating caps
make the el* tion that
I■■ no flaw t !:< insulation, 1 .w
j to ioeatc instantiy any leak in th*- subma
| i .-«■ cable . i>, 1-a.v. to *.).■■«■ the switches and
I circuit breakers when they stand in th*
| op* rating room with hands on tho levers
| waiting the word to fire.
1 CLEVELuYND MOFFET.