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tBK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS SO. Consolidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 mm mm ' jg "3e Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Airas't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1887. THE TRUE SO?THROS, Eatablfched Jane, 18** Xew Series-Toi. YU. No. 14. ?te-_ Published every ^Tednesday, ' . 3Y N. Gr- OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. K TERMS: Two Dollars per annum-in advance. APTIRTISEXSNT8. . Joe Square, first Insertion-.SI 00 ivery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three mont-hs,. or longer will >e made at reduced rates. AU communications wtpich subserve private interests wil?becharged for as advertisements. Obituaries aod tributes of respect will be charged for. fl, Li (J. W. RM W, NEW STORE, Fresh, Sweet Goods. Before buyirgyour Groceries call at oar Store and Examine oar Stock and Price our Goods You wi?l find PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. "We dont want a fortune, it rs only a liv ? iogl thereto* ?- we believe in "Quick Sales and Small Profits." Ia oor Styck one can 6nd everything tba? i kept in a we?i assorted . Fancy Grocery Store. - In future there will be m USE OR EXCUSE for one to send to Charlton for an\ thing in the Fancy Grocery Lice, because the* can anything that they want or their a.pp<-t'i craves at our Store, and by buying here or.< will have the satisfaction of knowing whai tfaev are getting. Not only that, nut w*- c-r save buyers freight ?>n their goods Slr. Frank E. Taylor, of Charleston. says-: i??oa Brlnp Hore Moaoy is SRML r than it does in . hariesloa. Nov. why-dwi* ft bring more h?rt? than it does in Chaflestb?. ? ! ^h&'Nous catd Courier correspondent o: Stin? ter answers that question in bis communica tk>o of the 14th. ? ben be says tne ?xrmers sri thetotton to the merchants with the find-r standing tba' a part if not the whote v*!ue ?. the cotton i? to ' e triced our with the ?uvw and if this cootrxct is carried out .in g...;.' faith, th-merchint must charge an addition?; profit to that which he would s*-li tor cash t? cover the probable 'oss on the cotton, &e. Now -we handle no cotton. We I&y and Sell For Cash, and we have no cotton losses staring us in the face, therefore one need have no fear of our charging an additional profit. .fe?a?i!te.lif#tj'?fli?l And money refunded if goods do not come up io recommendation. We allow no misrep? resentation. We9ell good CoSee at 22k'.; the i?esr ni 25c. per pound. Pare Sugars from 6c. up; Try our teas at 65c. ; they are as go<:d a> the dollar tea. - We bandle Heavy as. well as laney Groceries, AND- WE SELL AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. in our DRY GOODS, Sb,oe and,Hat Stocks. there will ?e found many bargains. No trouble to show goods. Gents fine Ba! and Congress Shoes at Si.50, ^orth S2 00 ?bys Bals,, at $1.15, worth fclij ?1.50 anywhere. Women's Shoes* from Si.00 up. You ought to sec what a stylish shoe we have for ladies from No. 1 j to 8, at Sl-75. Call and see oor.goods-it will pay yon to do so. We deliver goods to any part cf the cit/ free, and at once, ii necessary. 6. L& C. W. KINSMAN, Next to C. E. Stubbs* Office. Sept 21_ iiililili i CiL MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Wholesale a*id Retail FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY. PURE IMPORTED CANDIES. BISCUITS, CRACKERS. CAKES. A Fine Variety of Penny Confections. SE G ARS,. CHEWING TOBACCO A Sb CIGARETTES A SPECIALTY. Yankee Notions of all Kinds, Tin and Funcy Glass- Ware. 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This place contains a 7 room dwelling, barn, stables, carriage house, wagon stied, truck rooms. 2-roo m servants house, small Store-house, good water, Sne garden ";.><:. busch grape and scuppernong vine?, :>lum, pear," peach, apple aud other kinds of fruit trees, 5 good frame tenant bouses (which rent for the aggregate sum of S1&.50 per ?aoatb.) Toe latter place will be sold as a whole or ip lots, the former as a v."hole or in parcels. Parties wishing to inspect sard places with :STiew of purchasing will be shown the latter by Hr. W. R_ Brown, who cow occupies the dwelling, or the Sbrmer by the undersigned. Terms (except for lots) one-third cash, balance in one and two years with interest from date of sale and possessi on. seen red b v Booda or Bonds and mortgage or mortgases Of porcbaseror purchasers. For hither In? formation address the undersigned W. D. 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Best references given. For Circulars or oiber information, applv to A. c. MCINTOSH, A. M. Principal. Lock Box No 4?>. Oct. 5. Sumter, S C. THE BI3H0P7ILLE ?gm j& lg r| I lil 1 BIS H O? VILLE, a G. d SCHOOL FOR Young Ladies and Griemen, j rpr?E COURSE OF STUDY is thorough, j J|_ aracticai and exhuustive. C?mplete in alt departments: Primary", 1 Grammar and High School, embracing teri grades. It pre? pares students ibr College or : ur business, so? ciety and Kfe. In point of climtfte. health and morality. Bishopvilte has few Kraals and no superior sa South Carolina. With ihr pure air and free? dom of the countrv it combines many of the con veni.-:.?vs of the town Board c*.a he secure: in" the best families of ?he town H! -\?h' dollars per month. The Trustees h*ve secured the servies of Prof. Nnsh and Miss Annie Lucas, and Ho pams ?ii! be ?;>..t--.; to make the i-chool iu ; every way worthy <>: public p ttroeage. j Pr-''. NH?!J is n graduate, of Davidson Col? lege, an : ;. .> :.?>?.? r: engaged f?.r several years j in teaching. ? The r ii. .v--!.;:: of this Schoo! begins Sep j ternber 5, 1 SST. ami co:i"iuut-s until December I 23. Tb?*-Sprii.g S-ssi^:i ni gins January 2, j 18S8, and continus to June 1 Tuition reasonable. Fer circa ht rs und in formation regarding board, ?uitiut?, ?c., ad I dress, inclosing stamp, SHEPARD NASH, Principal, Bh>bopvii;e, S. C. EOAi'.I) OF TI?CSTEES. J L P.A R ROTT. PEES., W. J. BARRETT. SEC, A. C. prit ANT. Vv. D. SCARBOROUGH, w: R. DJ XO N, JNO. F. KELLY. 'Aug. 17 7 187-3. ISS7. MACON SCHOOL. IENGLISH, CLASSICAL; M ATHE.M AT li - d Commercial, preparm, boys either : tr i ollrge <-r i t..? : i. For Circular. :. id W. A. "BAKRI ER. 1 p.: 1. F. P. MATZ. 1> . V ... i's - - ?. Sept li. 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"Kelp one another," the ipaple spray Said to its fellow leaves one djiy ; "The sun would wither me here alone, Long enough ere the day is irone ; But I'll help you and jon help me, And thea what a splendid shade there'll be!" I "Help one another," the dewdrop cried, Seeing another drop close to its side; "This warm, south breeze would drive roe away, And I should be gone ere noon to-day ; And 1 11 help you and you help me, And we'll make a brook and run to the sea." "Help one another," a grain of sand Said to another grain just at h?nd ; 4iThe wind may carry me over the sea, And then. 0, what will become of me? But come, my. brother, give me your hand ; We'll build a mountain and there we'll .stand." By H. HIDER HAGGARD. ACTEOIt OF KING SOLOMON'S JUNTES, SHE, "JES?."1 "THE WITCH'S HEAD,-" ETC. fCONTIXUED-l CHAPTER XVIII. WAK.' KED TT?R. j Telling Unislopogaas to wait, I tumbled ! into my clothes and went oft with him to Sir j Henry's room, woore the Zulu repeated his I story word Tor word, lt was a sight to watch j Curtis^ face ns he bermi ir. "Great heavens!" he said; "heve have I j been sn??ihg-away wfcil?>"peri!::a was noar?y i murdered-:?::d ail thron ii m-, v.:(\ What ; l:?euuti?i:r.Sorais mu : \>-\ Jr would Lavo j sha, who lived in the great horse breeding : district, had come in with twelve thousand Cavalry, and so' on. Indeed, what between one thiner and another, it seemed certain that she would gather a fullyanned host o? nearly one hundred thousand men. And then came the news that she was pro? posing to break up her camp and march on the Frowning City itself, desolating the coun : try as sh? came. Thereon arose the question ? whether it would be best to meet her at Mikwis or to go out and give her battle. When our opinion was asked upon the sub? ject, Good and I unhesitatingly gave it in favor of an advance. If we were to shut our? selves up in the city and wait to l>e attacked, it seemed to us that our inaction would bo set down to fear. It is so veiw important, especially on an occasion of this sort, when a very little will suffice to turn men's opinions one way or the other, to be up and doing something. Ardor -for a cause will soon evaporate if the cause does not move, but sits down to conquei-. Therefore we cast our vote for moving out and giving battle in the 07>en, instead of waiting till wo were drawn fro:n our wails like a badger from a hole. Sir Henry's opinion coincided with ours, and so, needless to say. did that of -sylcptha, who. like a il int, was always ready to flash put fire. A great map of tho country was "brought and spread out before her. About thirty milo; this side* of M'Arsiuiia, where ?..>:*:;:< was. and umetv edd miles from Milusis, tho ruad roil-over a nw.: ol land some two and a half miles in width, and flanked on either ?Me by forest clad bib's which, without being lofty, would be quite impracticable for a great baggage laden army to cross. She looked earnestly at the map, and then, with a Quickness of perception that in some women amounts ai:nust co -an-instinct, ehe laid her finger upon this neck of rising ground, and turning , to her husband, said, with a proud air of con?uen? and a toes of the golden head, "Here shalt thou meet Sora is" armies. I know the spot; hero shalt thou meet them, and drive them before thee like the du>/t be? fore tho storm." * But Curtis looked -gravo and said nothing. CHAPTER XX THE BATTLE OF TEE TASS. It was on the third morning after this inci? dent of the map that Sir Henry and I started. With tho exception of a small guard, all the great host had moved cu the night before, leaving the Frowning City very silent and empty. Indeed, it was found impossible to leave any garrison, with" tho exception cf a personal guard for Ivyleptba and about 1.000 men wbo-from sickness or one cause or an? other were unable to proceed with the anny; but as the place was practically impregnable, abd- as oar enemy was in front and not behind us, this did not so cinch matter. Good and Umslopogaas had go.no on with the army, but Zs'yiepiha accompanied Sir Henry and myself to tho city gates, riding a magnificent white horse called Daylight, which was supposed to be the fleetest and most enduring animal in Zu-Vendis. Her Cace bore traces of recent weeping, but 'there were no tears in her eyes HOW, indeed she was bearing up bravely njrainst what must have been a bitter trial to her. At the gato tho reined ia her horse and bade us farewell. Un the previous day shu had reviewed and, ad? dressed the officers of the great army, speak? ing to them such high, eloquent words and expressing so complete a confidence in their valor and in their ultimate victory that she qui? o carried their hearts away, and as she rode from rank to rani; they cheered her lid the ground ::.V uk. And now toda|| tho same mee i seemed to !>e on her. "Fan." theo well, ^lacumaicahn!" sho said. "Ilememher, I wu! : to thy wits, which aro cs a needle to a spear handle compared to those of my .people, h> save us from ?orais. I know that thou wilt- do thy daly." I Lowed and erpl&med to her my horror of fighting, and my i- ar Jest I should lose my head, at which she laughed gently and turned to Cur::::. Tar? thee well, my lord:'' she said. "Come bnek with victory, and as a king, or on thy EoMier* sp -ars." Sir Henry said nothincr. Lat turned h's hors? t" perhaps ;"3 had a bi? of a lhmp Ss Iiis throat. One gets owr it afterwards; but the? . scrtoi partings aro trying when <.::e L:;.- only i cen married a w eek. .diere/' add ?{ Kv>ptha, -will I g:v..t yo when yo return in triumph, And nv.v, my lord--, once mero farewell" Tiu-n v.c-Totlo on, but when wv had gena 150 yards or so, wo turued and perceived iver std! sitting on her horse at tho same spot; and looking ut after us beneath her hand, and that was the last we saw of her. About a mile 'farther on, kowvver. we heard gallop? ing liehind us, aad look ::g round. saw a ; mounted soldier coming toward e*,,leading ? 2?\"ieptba*s matchless s'-eed, Dhviiguc. .1 Sit if ^ (? jV I X?t\.:'\.^y y^; ?;?? '* "V'dh j MST j Then icc roda on. ! "Thc queen sends tho white stallion as a : ; farewell gift tu her Loni Incuba, and bids me ; tell my loni that he is the fleetest and tho j ! roost enduring horse in all tlio land," said the j j soldier, bending to his saddle bow before us. j At first Sir Henry did not want to tako thc J horse, saying that bo -ras too good fo: rough work, but I persuaded bim to thinking that Ky?eptha would be bur did not Little die). I guess at tbe timi service tb nt noble horse would render sorest need. It is curious to look ba realize upon what trivial and apparent cidental circumstances great events freq tura, as easily and as naturally as a d its binges. "Web, we took the borse, and a .bea .was; it ivas a perfect pleasure to se lnovr; and Curtis having sent back his ings and. thanks, '.ve proceeded on cu: ney. By midday wo overtook the rear gu the great anny, of which Sir Henry foi took over the command. It was a bea sponsibility, and it oppressed bim very: but the queen's injunctions on the pom' such as did not admit of being trifled Ho was beginning to find out that gre has its responsibilities as well as its glor Then we marched on without meetiu: any opposition, almost indeed without ? anybody, for the populations of ; the and villages along our route had for thc part fled, fearing lest they should be-c between the two rival armies and grot powder like grain between the uppei ' tba nether stones. On the evening of the fourth day-fe progress of so'great a multitude was ne rily slow-wc camped two nriles this si the neck cr ridge I have spoken of, an? outposts brought us word that Sorais, all her power, was rolling down upon us had camped that night ten miles the fu side of the neck. Accordingly, before dawn we sent for 1.500 cavalry to seize the position. Sea had they occupied it, however, before were -attacked b}- about as many of S< horsemen, and a very smart little ca' flghtensued, with a loss to us of about t men killed. Cm the advance, of our supr however, Sorais' force drew off, can their dead and wounded with them. The main body of tho- army reached neck about dinner time, and I must say Zsyieptha's judgment had not failed bc was-an admirable place to give battle i: peeialiy to a superior force. The road ran down a mile or more, tbn ground too broken to admit of the bant of any considerable force, tiii it reachec crest of a great green wave of ?land rolled down a gentle slope to the banks little stream, and then rolled away agai a still gentler slope to tbe plain beyond distance from the crest of the land T down to the stream being a little over ha mile, and from the stream up to the plan youd a trifle less. The length of this v .of land a: its highest point, which cc speeded exactly with the width of thc i of land between the wooded hills, was ai two miles and a quarter, and it was prote on either side by dense, rocky, bush ground that afforded a most valuable c< tu the Hanks of thc anny, and rentiere almost impossible for them to be turned. It was on the higher slope of this neel laud that Curtis encamped his army in same formation that he had, after const lion with the various generals. Good and self, determined that they should occup. the great pitched battle which now anne: to bc imminent. Our force of 60,000 men was, rou: speaking, divided as follows: In the cw was a dense body of flO-OOO foot soldiers, an with spears, swords and hippopotamus 1 shields, breast mid bac i plates. These fon the chest of the army, and were supported 5.GC0 foot and 3.000 horse in reserve, either side of this chest were stationed 7. horse, arranged ia deep, majestic squadrc and beyond, arid on either side, bas s.'ig! in front of them, again were two bod numbering.about 7,?;.? spearmen each, io: ing the right and left wings of thu army, : each supported u;.- a contingent of some 1, cavalry.* This makes in ail ?O,C?0 men. Canis commanded in chief, I was in cc maud of thc 7,000 horse between the eheste right wing, which was commanded by Co and the other battalions and squadrons w intrusted to Zu-Vonda generals. Scarcely had wc taker, up our positions fore Sorais1 vast army began to swann on 1 opposite slope about u.miie hi front of us, thc "whole place seemed alive "with the mu tude of her spear points, and the ?rou shook with the tramp cf her battalions^ wie? evident that the spies liad not ex. geratcd: we were outnumbered by at least .third. At first we expected that Sorais \i going to attack r.s at once, as the clouds' ct valry which hung upon her CanWerecat some threatening demonstrations, but s thought better of it, and thc: c was no fia. that day. As fur tho formation of her gn forces I cannot now describe it wit h aeeura. and it would only serve to be-.vil.':., r if I d: but I may say; generally, Mat in its leadi: features it resembled our own, only her : serve was much greater. Opposite our right wing, and forum Sorais' left wing, was a great anny of dar wild looking men, armed with sword a; shield only, vvjhicb, J. was informed, was co: posed of Nesta's 'J?.00O savage hillmen. ""Sly word,. Good," said I, when I sawthej "you will catch it to-morrow when tbj ger.tle:r.e;r charge!*5 whereas Good not u natura];}- looked rather c: ~.' r.s. All day we watched cn i . . ired, but not ing happened, and at last :. . t fell, and thousand watch fires twinkled b: ightly cn tl slopes, to wane and die one by ono like tl stars they ivse-mb-ed, ns tho hours wore < an 1 the silence gradually gathered mo: deeply over the opposing hosts; It was a very wearying hight; for i:i a dinon to thu endless things that h.. . seen to, there was our gnawing sus]?.-:,. . : reckon v. ita. The fray which to-m<>? would witness would be so vast, and t. slaughter so awful, that stout, indeed, mu tho heart have been that was not ove: whelmed at the prospect. Thtt time woro away till everything w. rea-iy Cor tho coming slaughter; and lay down end though:, and tried to ge: little rest. Arid at last up came the red nun. a ?id hugeeainps awoke with a cia?h aud a i-- . and g.-r. ?ered themselves together for b li . :c lt was a beautiful and awe inspiring f -vue and old Uiu-dopogaas., leaning ci . i.% as contehiplateil it with grim delight '.l? v r have ? s - :i l e. Iii;.-, Ma -::- - ralrn never,** be sahl. "Tho battles .of m\ poopl? are ~s the play of children to v. ka: ; :is wil be. Thinnest thou that th. y v*.ill :.-;kt i out r "Ay.*' I answered sadly, "to th '-a.:h Content thysei:'. . Wood;'e ker,' for ?... hali thou lind thy lill" Time yenton-, and still there was i: <;f an attack. A torco of cavalry c. the bro ind- .!, and rode slav.-?y alon.; front, evidently?? taking ?lock :bi < ar posit. ., and nambi :'>. With t:::s wt; di 1 ;. .L r.ttem; to interfer:;. as oar decisii>u was t--. s'a::.: strictly ou tire 'defensivo, and not t-) v .: ;! single uncu. The men ;>:.. :.':a:-r- i :=a 1 : ...i to their ?n ins, and tho hoars v.c;-. . :i. ht midday. when the in :i v...-. ealing their dinner, .!*< .:. we thoucrht the** would fi ' '.. i ter on fall stomachs; debout <f ".*j/ti"s, Sorais,n"arr.se like thunder fr?-n . :-r?ri?iy"a ? extreme right:, aa I tah a ; t a-; :? wns able to clearly distinguish thy l..?dv oj" tl;;? Night her-.-ir* surrour.det.l by rkt:erh:g ! stnfT, r.nd ri 'big slowly ciOv. ?j th . Ii:i< > . f her ! ba-tah'oris. And as she went. that m i ad; tv, I thumhu-mg shout rolle?! nl?rig b .-. ore ker li:;." the rolling of h.',00.3 chariots, or tie roaring I of the* ocean when tho palo tarns: suddenly I mal carries the ::oiso ol' in io th-: ta??is" i ear.-, till the ?ar:h shook, an 1 th-air .vas fad of the maj.-: y of sr.;::: 1. Guessing ibat th:? was a proa: To tan be? ginning of tho battle, we remanie;!>>.tni and made ? < ad}*. We l ad ni.; long to wait. Cud.''mlv.dike Came-fror.i a cannon's month,.ot:: :.\:->i two r;;-eat tongue like f srees of ca vd ry. - nd cann [ charging down the h.- t??.-.;;rd.; tho Ii; : lo Btreain, slowly at first, but; gathering s;.- . ,1 as they come. Uefore they a- t to '. '.. . si.. an\ orders reachcl mu from Sir Ilein-y. \-.-;:-? evi? dently fcare-l that ?-h-;cI:<v-!: of sucha char; ^, if allowed t-; fall mibi-okcn up?n nur in? fantry, would be too much for them, t > >< vA fivo thousand sabers to meet the force OTJ posite to me, at tho moment when it bcgaii to mount tho stiffest of tin rise about four hundred yards from our lines. Tin':; ? did, re? maining behind myself with tho re?-, of Lu? men. Off went thc 5,000 horsemen, drawn up in a wedirelikc forra, anrl I mus?; say tba general in command bandied them very Starting at a band gallop for thc firs yards, lie rodo straight at tho tip ol tongue shaped mass or cavalry wlucHi bering, so far as I could jr.Jgo,.about 1 !iou;and sabers, was advancing to mee Then he suddenly swerved to the righi; put 0:1 the pace, and I saw the great ? curl round, and before the foe could c himself and turn to meet it, strike bim ti half way down his length with a eras! rending sound, like the breaking.up of sheets of icc. I:i sank the great v.-edge his heart, arid n^ it cut its way hundre* horsemen wore thrown up on either .side' just 02 thc earth is thrown up by a T share, or, more like still, r.sthe foaming v curls over beneath the bows of a ru. ship. Iii, yet iii, vainly docs the tongue 1 its ends round in agony; like ari injured st and strive to protect its center; still fa: in, by Heaven! right through, and so, 1 cheer after cheer from our watching ti ands, back again upon .thc- severed ends, 1 itrg them down, driving them as a gale di spray,-till at last, amid the rushing of dreds of riderless horses, thc flashing swr rds, and tho victorious clamor' of 1 pursuers, the great force crumples up Ilk empty glove, then tunis and gallops pell for safety back to its own lines. I do ubt think ib reached them more 1 two-thirds as strong as ic went out ten i utcs before. The lines which were now vaucmg to the attack opened and swalio thom up, and my force returned, havhig fered a loss of only about five hundred rn? not much, I thought, considering the fit ncsr of thc struggle. I could also see that opposing bodies cf cavalry on our left v were drawing back, but how the fight v with them I do not quite know. It h much as I can do to describe what took p immediately around mo. By this time the immense masses of the erny's left, composed almost entirely of : ta's swordsmen, were across thc little stre aud with alternate yells of "Nasta*" and ; rais," with dancing banners and-glean swo. ds were swarming up toward us ants. Again I received orders to try and ch this movement, and also tho main adva against the chest cf our anny, by mean cavalry charges, and this I did to the bes my ability by continually sending squadr of about a thousand sabers out against tb Th'-sc squadrons did the enemy much di age. and ic was a glorious sight to seo tl flash down thc hillside and bury themscl like a li?ir.g knife in the heart of the i But, also, we lo*t many men, for after tho perien.ee of a couple of these charges, wi had drawn, a sort of bloody Ss. Andre cross of dead and dying through tho cente: Pasta's hosts, our foes no longer attempt et' offer an unyielding front to their irroisti weight, but omened out to let the nish through, throwing themselves on the grou: and hamstringing hundreds of horses as tl passed. And so, notwithstanding all that we co do, thc enemy drew nearer, till at last hurled himself upon Good's, force of 7. regulars, who were drawn up to receive th in three strong squares. About thc- sa time, too, an awful and heart shaking r< told mc that themain battle had closed in the center and extreme left. I raised mys in my stirrups and looked down to my le so far as the eye could see there was a lc dazzling shimmer of steel as the sun giant upon falling and thrusting speaF. To-and fro swung the contending lines that dread struggle, now giving way, u< gaining a little in the mad yet ordered conj sion of attack and de.'ense. But it was muchas I could do to keep count of what v happening to our own wing; and,- as for t moment thc cavalry had fallen hack une cover of Goodes three squares,, I had a. fi view of this. Pasta's wjld swordsmen were now breaki in red waves against tho rullea .rock ii squares. Time after time did they yeUc their war cries, and hurl themselves fniions against thc long triple linges of spear pom only to bc rolled back as billows are wa they meet thc clift And so for four long hours the battle rag almost without a pause, and ut the end that time, if wo had gained nothing we h: lost notbdng. Two attempts to tumour lc Sank, by forcing a wa}' through the wood I which it was protected, had been defeate and as yet I\asta*s swordsmen had, notwit standing their desperate erTorts, entire failed to break Goods three squares tkouj they had thinned their numbers by quite third. As for^he eh?st ofthe armyr where S Keary was with h?s-stci?T ena Umslopog.aas. had su.Ter. d dreadfully, but it had held i own with honor, and tho same may be sai of our left battle. Atlast;!:'.; attacks slackened and Sorai army drew back, having, I began to thinl had Chough of it. On this point, however, was soon undeceived, for, splitting up he cavalry into comparatively small squadron: she charged us furiously with them all alon the linc and then once more rolled her tens c thousands of sword and spear men dow upon our weakened squares and squadrons Sbrais herself directing the movement ant fearless as a lioness, heading the main attack Cn they-came ilka au avalanche-I saw he golden helm gleaming ia the van-our coan ter charges of cavalry entirely failing t check their fo'rward sweep. Kow they ha Strock us, end oar center bent in like a hov beneath tho weight of their ravh-ic parted and had net thc 10.COJ men in reserve charger down to ils support it must have been de stroyed. As for Good's turee squares, IIKVJ were swept backward like boats upon an in coming tide and Ute foremost one was burs' into and lost half its remaining men. Bu tho effort was too fierce arni terribie to last Suddenly the hattie canto, as it were, tor turning point and for a minute or two sto<*J still. - Then it began to move toward Serais camp. Just then, t >?">, Musial fierce and al? most invincible highlanders, either because they wc-rc^disheartened by their losses or by way of a ruse, fell bar!: and the remains ot Good's gallant squares, leaving the positions they had held for so many hours, cheered wildly .and raptly followed them down thc slope, whereon the swarms of swordsmen turned to envelop th>ni an I once moro flung themselves upon them wk h a veli. Taken thus on ev? ry sh>. v. kat remained <>i' ii;e first square'was quickly dost roy ed, and I perceived that the second, in which I could see Coed himself on a large horse-, was on the pontt of arnnrndatkui. A f--w minutes mere end it war; broken, i:^ ^reaming colors sank, r.::d I l?st right G: Good in the conftiicd and hide? ous slat;;;-.n cr that ensued; Prest m'y, however, a cream colored horse with a : i> w white mano and tail burst from the ruins 5 f the sq- : e and came rushing past me riderless i with wide streaming rein:-, ar.', n i: : ive >g:i:r.ed the charge:- that Coo-l im:: i . : riding. Then 1 hesitated no 1. ur er, '. ::- taking v. nh me half my effective cavalry ?ore.?,.-"which now amounted t.? bc tw?en J..' and *?,< . > men. 1 commended my? self t . (. >d, and without waiting1 for orders, I eharg-d straight down upon Pasta's swords? men. tV?ring me coming and being \vrfried by iii o timn-h ref my horses' hoofs, the ma? jority < T ;': ::; faced ronnd and rave ir; h right wara; welcome: ITNOC ax; inc*: wo;'.; 1 they ; ; kl: i.i vaia did wa hack a:?? trample Ih'-ni ?.; w?? as w.? pi<>\veda broad ivd far:- w thr.'-ugh i heir thousand-;; 1 hey scamed t-x re mi by hundreds, driving their t? rribh? slump .......rd ; mt" our horses or severing litcii" brun :. ','.'.??< and th-. 1: hack ?ig ikt? f.o.e. r; ?ho cam?? t?> the ground v.-hh fch-'ra ;o.: frito pieces-. 7-?y hors? was ^.('.slUy killed ?mi.h.-r me, !i:vkF'y. \ had. a ' resit one. uiy ? -.a favorite, ac '.. bk: k : it!aivrr-y>'p'ha had given me being ?e : i ;:. ; reserve behind, i (?a this 1 af'- rivara mo.mted. M- a:i". hil . ? ha 1 .,??> s--t ah>ug as j bes! I could, for 1 >v: r-fettv well 1 sighs . of hyday u:e!i ia ti:-- mad confusion oj" the mon; a5. My v,-j < r .:( e-?!::.*<.. could bi hehrd t:i l\;:<! midst ibo ;-!aa::?:-a of Steel and the shrieks ot rage and agoay. Pres- I ?ntly I found myself mixed u?> wdth the n ni- : uan'.s ol' the square, wluch had f>>;-me<i round its le.'tder, (':.) .?!. and was lighting desper? at ly fer ctdstencc. I stumbled against some? body, and. glnncitig d.-wr, caught sight of (i.L's eyeglass, lie bad been beaten tobi:* lenee. Over him was a great follow; swing? ing a heavy sword. Somehow I managed to | run thc man through with the shnc I had taken from the "Masai whose band I had cut off; but as I did so he tleait me a frightful blow in the left side and breast with the sword, and, though ray chain shirt saved my j life, I felt that I was b?Ily hurt. For a min- j ute I fell 0:1 to my hands and knees anions : the deal and dying, and turned sick and j faint. "When I came to again I saw that j Costa's spearmen, or rather those of them ! that remained, were retreating back across ; the siren:::, and that Good was there by mo i smiling bs-annii^ly. "j?ear go thar.** he shouted, "but ali's well : that ends wcii." I iissenced, Lut I could not help feeling that j it had not ended well for in-* I wasscraly I hurt. Just then we saw the smaller bodies of cav? alry stationed on cur ?ntreme right ami left, ? and which were now re-enforced by the ?000 ! sabers which we had held in reserve. Hash | out like arrows from their posts and -fall i upon the disordered flanks of Sorais* forces, j and that charge decided the issue of the battle. ? In another minute or two the enemy was in slow and sullen retreat across the little stream, j where they once more reformed. Teen came [ another lull, during which I managed to get my second horse and received my orders to ! advance from Sir Hear}", and then, with <">no fierce, deep throated roar, with a waving o* banners and a wide flashing of steel, the re? mains of our army took the offensive and began tc sweep- down, slowly indeed, but ir? resistibly, from the positions they had so gal? lantly held all day. At last it wa5 our turn to attack. On we moved, over the piled up manses of j dead and dying, and wex*^ approaching the j stream when suddenly I perceived an ex? traordinary sight Galloping wildly toward us, his arms tightly clasped around 1**5 horse's neck, against which his blanched cheek was tightly pressed, was a man arrayed in the fail costume of a Zu-Vcndi general, bat in.wbom,.as he carno nearer, I recognized none other than our lost Al? phonse. It wo3 impossible even then to mis? take those curling black mustaches. In a minute ho was tearing through our ranks and narrowly escaped being cut down, till at last somebody caught his horse's bridie, "and he was brought to me just as a momentary liait occurred in our advance to allow what remained of om* shattered squares to form into line. "Ah, monsieur," he gasped cut, in a voice that was nearly inarticulate with fright, "grace to the sky, it is you! Ah, what I have endured! But you win, monsieur-you win; they fly, thc laches. But listen, monsieur I forget, it Ls no good; the quean is to be murdered to-morrow at the. first light in tho palace of ililosis; her guards will leave their posts and the priests are going to kill her. Ah yes! they little thought it, but I was en? sconced beneath a banner, andi heard it alL"" "TJie queen is to le murdered to-morrow.v "TTkat!'11 said, horror struck, "what do you mean?' "What I say, monsieur;' that devil of ? Xasti, he went hint nighttb settle tho afTair with the -ai*chbi>j:op" (Agon). "The guard will leave open the gate loading from tb* great stair and go away, and "Nasta and Agon's priests wi 1 come in and kill her. Themselves they would not kill her." "Come with me,"' I" said, and shouting to the sta?l o?l?cer next mc to take over the com? mand, I snatched his bridle and galloped as hard as I could for the spot, between a quar* ter'and half a mile oil, where I saw the royal pennon fly ir. 7, and where I knew that I should lind Cartis ii he were- still alive. On we tore, our horses clearing heaps of dead and dying men, and splashing through pools of blood; on past the long broken lines cf spearmen to where, mounted on tho white stallion Nylep tha had sent to him as a palting giit, I raw Sir Henry's form towerhig above the generals who surrounded him. Just as we reached him tho advance began again. A bloody cloth was bound around'his head, but I saw that his eye was as bright and keen as ever.. Beside him was. old Um slopogaas, his ax red with blood, but looking quite fresh and uninjured. . "vTkat's wrong, Quatcrmain?'* he shouted. "Everything. There is a plot to murder tho queen to-morrow at dawn. Alphonse here, who has just escaped from Sorais, has overheard it all,** and I rapidly repeated tb him what the Frenchman bad told me. Curtie faca turned deadly palo and his jaw dropped. "At dawn 1'' ho gasped, "and it is now sun? set, it dawns before 4, and we are nearly 1C0 miles o.T-nine hours at tho outside. What is to be doner*' An idea entered into my head. "Is that horse of yours fresh f I said. "Y? s, ? have only just got on to him-when ? my la: t was killed.; .and i o has been fed." " j "So : * mine. Cet eil him, and let Umslopo- j grins mount ; he can ride well. "We will be at ? "jiilos?; belora dawn, or if we are not-weli, j wo cannot help it. Noj no; it is impossible i for yon to leave now. Yon would bo seen, j and it'would turn tho fate of the bat-tie. It ii j n it won yet. Tho soldiers would think you . were making a bolt cf it. Quick now.'' In a moment he was down, and ct my bid- ! ding Umslopogaas sprang into the empty j "Sw farewell," I said. "Send 1,CC0 horse- j men with remounts after us in an hour i." pos* ? sihlc. Stay; dispatch :i fceUeral iv) the lei* ! wing to take ever tho command and etmiam ? my-ibsence.** " j "You w:!l do your best to s:vvc her, Quater- ? main.'"' ho said, in a broke:; voice. ' "Ay. that i will. Goon; voa are "being loft | bf. ll hid.:*? -T., pdaiice at us. and accompanied j hv;?:is staiigrdl .pt.rlofi" to j.>:i. t'iu-:i:??va:av, j Ii hy Lins time w::s fording li:'" i.'*.e ! h:.li t'.j?t no;.* ran red with the blood of the [ As for Uni>!-*pogaas and n-.ys-df, wc left j that dreadful 'leid as arrows ienvea b.,A\:md ; ia a few minutes had pa vd right cm of the j si-rht ?.f slaughter, th" sm. ll < f b:-..?..!. and ':: > j turn-oil arid shouting, wk.' h ?adv came toour ; ea rs as a faint, ("ar cit' rearing, like t hc son.id ! of distant break! rs. Ar til-* ?op ?vf tho l-iac w.; halted for a . second t> I-eatha our [verses, and turn- ; ?v:I?::dr; :!h::u::>d :.s j;. was by'.he "'cree j rf. vs ?? th.' sin!.:: g sun staining the whole ? scene v?*d. io'ic I fr?*::* whyiv wc ?ero ; :::0*.*e like some v. ii.*: -.!::.:>i-* :n<-;:.:\; than an ? rici md ir:.:.: lo band combat:* -Wewin tlie ih:y. mm:":'':''.'' ::::!.! old ! Uv>I?-p-t iking tu thc vh?\e situ:*'. i.?si wi:ii a gkmoo <>? hi"; practic-d. -"C. "L oh, j thc fcady ti;.- :Th-ii:\ f..-...-: ;.i\?? ?\>. iv-.ry hali' a heart, lin: ?!.?.-! th'- b:r :l> wilt in a ; i:Tainier 5>e ?l::awn. for th-.- ..hu hu gathers ; ;.?> 1 sh'v!"-and h?.? shook his Ivad sadiv; "But; * I:?' added. "Txlo not thin!: that they j wiU lia!.: again: we have lcd tker.1 v. llb roo ! eronga moat. Ah! ii i-well ;.?> have Jivwi! i At hist I have seen a iigiit worth seeing."' By this time wo were on our way again, ; and as we w?ur. side bv s:da J fold him what . . , -, ., , our mission wa*, ano how tn.u.ir it la neu, i ali tiie livea-tliat had been host that day would ' 1.... . 17,.:- .., ?-,.*., "Ali!" lie sai'l, "ililli gu a bmidred mile and MO horses but these, and be there befor ila wu ! Well-away! away! man cr.n In? try, Macunipsrdin; and mayhap vre shall b there iii time to split that old *'.vitoh finders' (AgoaV) "?hull for him. Guee be wanted fe burn a^, the old 'rain maher,* did be? Am how ho would set a snare for my mother (Nyleptba), "would he? Good! So sure a my haine is the name ot' t!:c Woc*lpeeker, s suivi;.-, ho my mother alive or dead, will I .< nh himto tho beard. Ay, by T*CbakaV head swear ill" and hv sheck Iukosi-kar-s as ho ga] loped. Dy now thc darkness was elosnigiii, bu fortunately tl'.ors would- be ;i moon later, au? the road-was good: Ou we sped through tho twilight; the tvv splendid horses we bestrode had got thei wind by this, a?:d were swaping along wit! a wide, steady stride that neither failed no varied for mile upon milo. Down the side of slopes we galloped; acf-oss wide vales tba stretched to the foot of far cit hills. Xe?re and nearer grew the blue hills; now we wer traveling up their steeps, and now we wer over and passL.g toward others thatsprau up like visions in thy far, faint distance bi youd. Wo spake not, but bent us forward on th necks of those two glorious hoj-sw, ani listened to their deep, long drawn breaths a they filled their great lungs, and to th regular, unfaltering ring of their roun hoofs. Grim and black, indeed, did ol Dmslopogaas look beside me, mounted upo the great white horse, like death in the rove lathm of St. John, as now and again liftin; hij Cerco set face he gazed out along the road and pointed with his ax toward sonic distan rise or bous?. And so on, still on, without break or pause for hour after hour. At last I began to feel that even the splen dkl animal that I rode was beginning to giv< out. I looked at my watch ; it was near*; midnight, and we were considerably mor than half way. On the to?) of a rise was ; little spring, which I remembered because '. hud slept by it a few nights before, and hen I motioned to Umslopogaastopullup. bavin; determined to give the horses and ourselve. ten minutes to breathe in. lie did so, and wi dismounted-that is to say. Uiuslopogaas did and then helped me off, for what with fatigue stiffness, and the pain of my wound, I conk not do so for myself; and the gallant horse; stood panting there, resting first one leg anc then anotner. while the sweat fell drip, drip; from them, and tho steam rose and hung ii pale clouds in the still night air. Leaving Uiuslopogaas to hold the horses, j hobbled to the .??nmg and drank deep cf it? sweet waters. I had had nothing but a singh mouthful of wino since midday, when tilt battle began, and I was pftrehc-d up, thong": my fatigue was too great to allow me to fee! hungry. Then., having laved my fevered head and hands, I returned,, and thc Zulu went and drank. ?seZt we allowed the horses to take a couple of mouthfuls each-no more: tmd oh, what a struggle we had to get the peor beasts away from thc water I Thei'e were-yet two minutes,, and X employed- it'in hobolmg up and down to try and relieve nj stiffness, and in inspecting the condition' ol thc horses, ii y mare, gallant animal thong! sho was, was evidently much distressed; sh? hung Uer head,, and her eye looked sick and dull; but Daylight, Kyleptha*s glorious horse -who, if ho is served aright, should,, like th? steeds who saved the great ?tames?s in hi? need, feed for the rest of his days out of a golden mauger-was still, comparatively speaking, perfectly -fresh, notwithstanding that he had had by farXhe heavier weight tc carry. He was "tucked up," indeed, and his logs were weary, but his eye was blight and clear, and he held his shapely head up and gazed out int? the darkness round him. in a way that seemed to say that, whoever failed; he was good for those five and " forty miles that yet iaytetween u#aud Zdiiosis. Then Uuislopcgaas helped me into thc saddle and vigorous old savage that he was!-vaulted into his own without touching.a stirrup, and we were off once more, slowly at first, ti? the ho'.-scs got into their stride, and then more swiftly. So wo passed over another ten miles, and then came a long, weary rice of some six or seven miles, and three times did my poor black mare nearly come to the ground with me. Eut-on the top she seemed to gather herself together, and rattled down the slope with long, convulsive strides, breathing in gasps. We did that three or four miles more swiftly than any since we had started cn our wild ride, but I felt it to bo a last effort, and I was right. Suddenly my poor horse took the bit between her teeth and bolted curiously along a stretch of level ground for some o?? or 400 yards, and then, with two or three jerky strides, pulled ber self up and fell with a crash right 0:1 to her head, I rolling myself, free as she did so. As I struggled on tu my feet the brave beast raised her head and looked at me with piteous bloodshot eyes, and then her head dropped with a groan and she was dead. Uer heart was broten. Umslopogaas pulled up beside the carcass, and I looked at him in dismay. There were still more than twenty miles to do by dawn,, and how wero wo to do it with ono horse? It seemed hopeless, but I had forgotten ibo old Zulu's extraordinary running powers^ Without a single word he sprang from the saddle and began to hoist me into ic. "What wilt thou doT I asked "Hun," bo answered, seizing my stirrup leather. Then eft we went again, almost as fast cs before: and, ob. the relief it was to me to get that change of hor es ' Any bod;.- who lina ever ridden against time will know what i< meant. Daylight sped elong at a long stretching, hand" gallops giving tue gaunt Zulu a lift at every stride. It was a wonderful thing to see old Umslopogaas run mile after mile, his lips sjigiitly varied and his nostrils agap-o like ike h Ever*}' five miles or so westeppec for a IVw minutes to let him get his breath, und tac? ?i w on nguiu. &ea:is5 thou go further," I said at the third of these stoppages, "or shall X leave thee tc follow mer He Tainted with his ax io a dim mass be? fore us. lt was the Temple of the Sun, now not more thar, live miles away. '.1 reach ir or I die." he gasp*]. Oh, that Inst five miles! The skin was rabbet! from the inside cf my legs, and every movement of my horse gave mo anguish. Nor was : l:r.t cit: I was exhausted with toil, want ?.! food and sleep, and also -ring rcrv much frons the blow I had received 011 m v kv t >ide; if seemed as though a piece of bone br something was slowly piercing inromy lung. I*oor Daylight, too, was pretty nearly finUhed, and no wonder. T>ut there was a-smell of dawn in tho air. and wc might not slay: bruer that .*:!! three eins should die in ?on rho road than that we. should linger while there was lifo in TIS; The air was thiel? ?md heov-v- as i: sonn times iss-lyfrre th.? dawn break*, ai:.;-r.:*...thor infallible sig:? in. cer uiin ?virts 'i* Z::-Venc:- that sunrise is nt hand-h.u.:* il::*e spiders pendent on tho end <:' 1 mg lough webs were floating about hi it Th se carly rising creatures, cr rather'k-dr webs, caught upon the horse'i? ;>.,.I onr own forms by s reres, and as wo had neither the time nor tbccm'rgylo bre?h them ni!*, we i-usbed along covered with hundreds of long gray '.breads that streamed oura yard or more behind us-and a very strange ap? pearance they must have .'given us. A::d now before us sro tho huge bramr: grites of the ou? *r wail of rite Frowning C.ty, nad a new and horrible doubt pt'rifccs^ne: What ii tl?cy wi?: not let us kr? "Open! op?nT 1 shout imperiously, at'the same ? >n:o gi> mg tho royal password. "Open! ope-.I a mesA.-ugcrr.a messenger with tidings ot tlie wari" . j "Won: nr'Vvs";"* elded thc.guard. "'And who j nri that ridestso :;;::dly: and who is; that wiic--- tongan lolls .-ul"-mid ii actually did-"and who ruas by thee like a dog by a chill .. '. '. "I: ? th . Lord M.'.-u-a-znhu.and wi.h kira is his dog. his black dog. Open! open! I bring ti.hii.r -." Thogreatg-.tosrmvback on their ro?b-rs, ?.::?] tbedntw' rklg.": foll with a rattling crash, mv.? v.-? dashed on through the one and over ih" oth?". "What ne'.vs, my lord? what news:" cried the guard: "Incuba "roils Corals back, as the winda r]o:i 1," 1 answered..and was gone. One ::?.'?-c o?Tort, gallant horse-, and yet J mere mviant mani j ho., fail not now, Daylight: and hold thy i Hie 111 euee lor uiiwu suyu jumuies mare,.ow Zulu war dog. and yb -shall both live iorerer in tie annals of the land. On, clattering through the sleeping streets. We are passing the Flower Temple now-ono* mile more, .only orfe little mile-hold on, keep your life in yo, see the bouses run past of themselves. Up, good horse, up, there-but Cf ty yards i:ow. Ah ! yon see your stables, and ?tagger on gailautly. "Thank-God, the palace at lastr and: see> the first arrows of the dawn arc striking ot? the temple's golden dome. Bat shall I get it* here, or is the deed done mid-the way barred?. Once more I give the password and shout ''Open: open!"' No answer, and my heart grows very faint. Again I call,un?t?&? time's single voled re* plies, and to my joy I recognize it as belong* ing to Kara, a fellow officer of Nyleptha'* guards, a man I Snow to be as honest os tb? light-indeed, the same whom Nyleptha-.hodl sent to arrest Serais on the day she ?ed to tbf temple. "Is it thou. Hara?" I cry; "I am i?acuma- ' zahn. Bid the guard let down the bridge and throw wide the gate. Quick, quick T Tiien followed a space that seemed to- me* endless: but nt length the bridge fell and ona i half of the gate opened.'and we got into tba courtyard, where at last peer Daylight foll down beneath mer as I thoughr" dead.- % i struggled free, and leaning against a post / looked around. Except Kara, there was - no- - body to bc seen, and his lock was wildwood his garments, were all tom. He lind opened the gate and let down the bridge alone,.and was now getting them up and shut again (as* v owing to a very ingenious arrangement of cranks and. levers, ono man could easily dor and indeed generally did do). "Where aro the guard P I gasped^tearing' his answer as I never feared auythiug before? "I knownot," he answered; "two Lours ago, as I slept, was I seized and bo ind-by the - watch under me, and but now, this very mo? mer.t. have I freed myself with my teeth.. X fear. I greatly fear, tnat we are betrayed..3 His words gave me fresh- energy.' Catching him by the arm, I staggered, followed by Umslopogaas, who reeled, after us- like ?. drunken man, through the courtyards, jip the great hail; -which was silent as the grave,, to wards the queen's sleeping place. Tve i-ea ch et 1 the fi.st anteroom-no guardar the second, still no guards. Ob, surely, tho thing was done! we were too late after allr too late! The siieuce and solitude of those great chambei-s was- dreadful and weighed me down like an evil dream. On, right into Nyleptha's chamber we rushed and staggered,, sick at heart, fearing the very worst;: we nair' there was a light in it, aye, and a figur? bearing the light. Oh, thank God, it is tho. White Queen herself,'the queen unharmed t There she stands in bernigbt gear,, roused by. thc clatter of our coming from lier bed,, the heaviness of sleep yet in her eyes and a red blush of fear and shame mantling her. lovely breast and cheek. "Wbo is iii? she-cries. "What mean^-thfef Oh, llacnmazahn,.is it thou? Why lockes* thou so wildly? Thou comest as one bearing evil tidings-and my lord-oh, tell me not my lord is dead-not dead ir she wailed; wringing her white hands. ' . "I left Incuba wounded, but leading tho advance against Serais last night at tun? do wn : therefore let thy heart havo reSL Soraisis beaten back all along her lines and thy arms prevail..? */I kjpw it," she cri d in triumph, "Ikneir that he would win;, and "they called him. an . outlander and shook their wise heads when I gave him the command' Last night at sun* down, sayest thou,, and it is net vet dawn I Sorely" . "Throw a cloak around tDee, Nylcptna,? J broke in, "and give us wine to drink; ny,.and call thy maidens quick if thou woulds* s?v? , thyself alive. Nay, stay not.'-' Thus adjured, she ran and called through thc curtains towards some room beyonaVand then hastily put on her sandals and a thick, cloak, by which time a dozen qr so of half dressed women were pouring into the room.. "Follow us and be silent," I said to them-aa they gazed with wondering . yes, dinging one to another. So we went into tho ?is* anteroom. . - - "Now," I said, "give cs win** to drink and food, if ye have it. for we are'near to death.*' The room was used as a mess room for offi cers of the guards, and from a cupboard son? flagons of wine and some coid flesh: wem brought' forth, and Umslopogaas and I drank and felt life flow back into our veins as tho good red wine went down.. "Hark, to me, Nylepiha," I said, as I pot iown the empty tankard. "Hast tijou here among these tlry waiting ladies airy two-of discretion?" 4 Ay.'" she said, "surely * "Then bid them go out by the side entranos to any citizens whom thou const bethink-thee ot as men loyal to thee, and pray them come armed, with all honest folk they eau gather? to rescue thee from death. Nay. question not do as I say, and quickly Kara here will let out the maids ' She turne:!, and selecting two cf thecrowd of damsels, repeated the words 1 bad uttered giving them besides a hst of the names-ot the m :i to whom, each should rua "Go swiftly and secretly go for your very lives," 1 added. In another moment they had left .with Ka, ra, whom 1 had told to rejoin us ?t the door leading from the great coultyard on to tbo stairway os soon ss lie had made fast .behind' the girls. Thither too, Umslopogaas and I made mir way? followed by the queen and her women. As we went we tore off mouth luis of food, and between them I toM her what I knew of the danger which encom? passed her, and how we had found Kara, and how eil the guards and men servants-were gor.e, and siie was alone with her women in that great place. and she told me, too, that a rumor ha.1, spread through the town that ocr army had neen utterly destroyed, and that Serais was marching m triumph cn JIflosw .-iud how, m consequence thereof, ali men bad fallon away from lier Though all this takes some time to tel., we had not been tait six or seven minutes in tho1 palace, and notwithstanding that the golden roof cf the temple, being very lofty, was abfcizc with the rays of the rising sun, it was ?Vc yet dawn, nor would be for another ten minutes. We were ia the courtyard nowr* and herc my wound pained nw so that 1 had to take Nyieptlia's arm, while Unatfopogaas rolled along after us, ca'iug as he went* Now ive were Sv-:v,>s i-\ and had readied thor narrow doorway through the ps lace wail thu* opened cn to the mighty stair. 1 looked through and stood aglsast. as welt 1 m igbt. The door was gone, and so were the outer gat.-s of bronze-entirely gone . They had been taken from rh -ir bhiges, and, as we afterwards found, hurled from "the stairway to the ground, two hundred- feet beneath. There lu from of i:s was the semicircular standing space, about twice the size of tv hu ge oval dining table, and thc ten curved black marble steps lending on to the maiu. ttxdr-and that was all. CHAPTER XXTI. ^ now rr.?S?.opcGAAS HELD THE STATU. "Wo look at one another "Tho:: scosty- 1 said, "they have taken away tbe doer. 1< there aught with which we may iUl the pl R^C ? Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.77 1 spoke thus, because^ I knew that-we must hold this pince or none, as t hero '.vere no inner doors m .the palace, the- # resins being separated one from another by curtains. I also , knew that if we could- by any uieansdefend this ddOrway the murderer* could get in nowbei-e else; for. the palace is aT-soIntely impregnable, that is, sance- the sfv.-ret door by which Sora is hod-entered oik that memorable night of attempted' murder bad, by Nyleptha's order?.been closed up with masonry. "I have it," said Nyleptha, who, as- usual with her, rose to the emergency m a. wonder? ful way. "On the farther side- of the court? yard ave blocks of cut marble-the workmen: brought them there fen* the bed of the new statue ot" IucubU, my lord., let us - block the door with them/' I jumped at tue idea; and having dispatched one of the remaining maidens down.the great stair to see if she could obtain assistance from the docks below, where her father, who-was a great merchant employing many men, had his dwelling place,, aud set another to watch tn rough the doorway,, we* made-our way back across the coxu-tyard to where the hewn "v: LWSTSNCSD OA' yOURTli 3'AC?, . ifs m