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Jan 25 O largest and mott complete establishment South J j 0EO. S. HACKER & SON. IUI Sash, Mill, AMD BUILDI?Ta MATERIAL. emes ?VJ> WASHROOMS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 18 C. 0. BROWN I BRO, 'i COLUMBIA, S. C. fi i. ? i ie i ( i ! , 1 i JD O O I=fc S , SASH & BLINDS,jj LATHS, LIME, ! CEMENT, PLASTER, \] AND HAIR.lt PAINTS, OILS li lr AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, ; The Best in the Market. ' : C Special Attention Given to Orders t by Ma?. 1 c C. O. BROWN & BRO., j1 ! * Opposite Post Office, ! c COLUMBIA, S. C. L - Oct5-o DRESSMAKING. [ LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE 0 ' in the latest style, fit and work war- b ranted and satisfaction ?u.iraateed. by M?33 Adele Osteen, Republican street, opposite ? Barby Avenue. Prices as reasonable as good i * -work cac be doue for. Feb a ? v THE MASTER AND THE REAP? ERS. Tbe master called to bis reapers : ' "Make scythe and sickle keen, And bring m#the grain from the uplands. And the crass from the meadows green ; And from off of the mist-clad marshes, Where the salt waves fret and foam, Ye shall gather the rustling sedges To furnish the harvest-home." Tben the laborers cried : "0 master, We will bring thee the yellow grain That waves on the windy hill-side, And the tender grass from the plain ; But thot which springs on the marshes I3 dry and harsh and thin, Unlike the sweet field grasses, So we will not gather it in." Bot tbe master said : "0 foolish ! For many a weary day, Throogh storm and drought, ye have labored For the grain and the fragrant bay. The generous earth is fruitful, And breezes of sommer blow Where these, in the sun and the dews of heaven, Have ripened soft and slow. "But out on the wide, bleak marsh-land Hath nevera plough been set, And with rapine and rage of hungry waves The shivering soil is wet. There flower the pale green sedges, And the tides that ebb and flow, , And the biting breath of the s?a-wind, Are the only care they know. "They have drunken of bitter waters, Their food hath been sharp sea-sand, And yet they have yielded a harvest Unto the master's hand. So shall ye all, 0 reapers, Honor them now the more, And garner io gladness, with songs 01 praise, The grass from the desolate shore." -Zoe Dana Underhill, in Harper's Magazine. A Notable Document. The Will and Codicil of the Late T. G. Clemson. A Verbatim copy of the Instrument by Whick the Fort Hill Property was Bequeathed to the State of South Cardilla for Establishing an Agri? cultural College. As great interest has been mani? fested in the provisions of the now famous Clemson will, a copy of the document is given below, it is an interesting paper for the study of every taxpayer and voter in South Carolina at the present time. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, } COUNTY OF OCOXEE. J Whereas I, Thomas G. Clemson, of the co*uty and State aforesaid did, on the 14th Bay of August, 1883, ex? ecute my last - will and testament, wherein I sought to provide for the establishment of a scientific institu? tion upon the Fort Hill place, and therein provided wlut sciences should be taught in 6aid iustitutions ; and whereas, I am now satis?ed that my intention and purpose therein may be misunderstood as intending that no other studies or - sciences should b? taught in said institution than those mentioned in said will, which was not my purpose or intention ; now, desiring to make my purpose plain, as well as to make some other changes in the disposition of my property than made in said wii?, ? do now make, publish and declare this instrument as and for my last will and testament, hereby revoking all previous wills and codicil by me made, especially tire will referred to, dated August 14, 1-883 Feeling a great sympathy for the farmers of this State', and tire Acuities with which they have had to contend in their efforts to estab? lish the business of agriculture upon a prosperous basis, aud believing that Lhere can be no permanent improve-1 ment in agriculture without a knowl ?dge of those sciences which pertain particularly thereto, J have deter? mined to devote thc bulk of my prop? erty to the establishment of an agri? cultural college upon the Fort Hill place. This institution I desire to be jnder the control and management of i board of trustees, a part of whom' are hereinafter appointed, and to be nodelled after the agricultura! college )f Mississippi as tar as practicable. My purpose is to establish an agricul :ural college which will afford useful nformation to the farmers and me? chanics , therefore it should anord ihorongh instruction in agriculture ind the natural sciences connected .herewith. lt should combine, if practicable, physical with intellectual education, and should be a high sem? inary of learning in which the gradu? le of the commou schools can cora nence to pursue and finish a course f studies terminating in thorough, heoreiic and practical instruction in Lose sciences and ar^s which bear lirectiy upon agriculture ; but I de? sire to state plainly that I wish the ;rustees of said institution to have lull authority and power to regulate all I 8 natters pertaining to said instit utica, j J o fix the course of studies, to make j ules for the government of the same ! ind to change them as in their judg- j e nent experience may prove necessa- ? r ?y ; but to always bear in mind that i 3 he benefits therein sought to be be-1 c ?towed are intended to benefit agri- j c ?altura] and mechanical industries. I j :rust that I da not exaggerate the im- ? 1 sortance of such an institution for de- I ? ^eloping the material resources of the ! 0 State, by affording to its. youth the j 1 tdvantages of scientific culture, and ? e hat I do not overrate the intelligence j c >f the Legislature of South Carolina, ! 1 iver distinguished for liberality in ' 11 tsserting that such appropriations viii be made as will be necessary to , supplement the fund resulting from j * he bequest therein made. Item 1. I therefore give and devise i a 0 my executor, hereinafter named, I c he aforesaid Fort Hill place, where c ncrtv reside, formerly the house of ? ny father-in-law, John C. Calhoun, | \ insisting of e?ght hundred and four-' l een acres, more or less, in trust that 0 vhe?iever the State of South Caro-: 0 ina may accept said property as a : ' location from me, io; the purpose of j a hereupon founding an agricultural ! ;oiiege, in accordance with the views \ * have hereinbefore expressed, (of j ^ ehicb tiie Chief Justice of South Car-1 8 ?lina shall be tho judge,) then my ex- ! 1 cutor shall execute a deed of the j c aid property to the said State, and ' e urn over to the same all property j 0 ereinafter given as an endowment j v f said institution, to be held as such . y the said State, so long as it in ?' ;ood faith devotes said property to fi lie purposes of the donation ; pro- ; c ?ded, however, that thia acceptance 11 by the State shall be signified and a practical carrying out be commenced within three years from the date of the probate of this my will. During this term of three years, or as much thereof as may elapse before the ac? ceptance or refusal of tliis donation, my executor shall invest the net pro? duce of the land and other property, snob invested fund awaitiug the ac? tion o? the Legislature, and to form a part of the endowment of said institu? tion, if accepted, or to form a part of the endowment of the college or school hereinafter provided for, should the donation not be accepted by the State. Item 2 The following named gen? tlemen, seven in number, shall be seven of the board of trustees, to wit : R. W. Simpson, D. K. Norris, M L. Donaldson, R. E. Bowen, B. R. '?*il man, J. E Wannamaker and J. E. Bradley, and the State, if it accepts the donation, shall never inctease the board of trustees to a number greater than thirteen in all, nor shall the du? ties of said board be taken away or conferred upon any other men or body of men. The seven trustees ap? pointed by me above shall always have the right and the power is here? by given them and their successors, which right the Legislature shall never take away .or abridge, to fill all vacancies which may occur by death, resignation, refusal to act or other? wise. But the Legislature may^pro vide as it sees proper for the appoint? ment or election of the other six trus? tees, if it accepts the donation. And , I do hereby request the seven trus? tees above named or such of them as may be living, or may be willing to act, to meet as. soon after roy death as practicable, and organize and at once to fill all vacancies that maj7 have occurred and to exert them? selves to effectuate my purposes as herein set forth. And I hereby in? struct my executor to notify them of their appointment herein as soon after my death as practicable. The ?ame of the institution shalt be the 'Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina.' Item 3. Should the three years ex? pire without the State accepting the donation in manner as hereinbefore ? provided for, and if accepted at the expiration of three years from my death no practical beginning has , been made to carry info effect the purposes of the donation, or if before ! the three years expire the Legisla? ture shall refuse to accept said dona? tion, then the donation to the State is hereby revoked, and my executor , shall execute his trust by conveying ' Lhe >aid Fort Hill place and the ac? cumulated fund arising therefrom, together with all other property, real :>r personal, hereinafter disposed of 1 ind intended to be given to the said ' agricultural college as an endowment Lo the said seven trustees named 1 ibove, or their successors, who shall 1 ?rect upon the Fort XX ill place such a 1 school" or college for the youths of South Carolina as in their judgment 1 ?viii be for their best interest, provid- ' ?d that said school or college shall be ( "or the benefit of the agricultural and ' nechanical classes principally, a nd jhall be free of costs to the pupils as i ?r as the means derived from the en- i lowment hereinafter provided, and 3 ,he use of the law may permit. The 1 .rnstees shall securely" invest the i 'unds hereinafter provided and given 1 .0 said institution, and hold them as a < perpetual endowment, and shall only t ase the interest derived therefrom i ind the income of the land to sup i )ort and maintain said school or col- i ege except that the accumulated i und derived from the lands, and the ] nterest derived from the fund here- i nafter given said i-nstitution from the ime of my death, and as much as f ive thousand dollars of the principal ) und may be used, if in the judgmcut j >f the trustees it may be necessary, r o erect suitable buildings for said ( iChool or college. The name of this i nstitulion shall be the 'Clemson bei- j ?ntific School' or 'College.' ? Item. 4. It ?3 my desire that the [welling house on Fort Hill shall ( lever be torn down or altered, but \ hall be kept in repair with all the f uticles of furniture and virtu which f hereinafter give for tlrat purpose, j ind shall always be open for the in pection of visitors ; but a part of ( he house may be used by such of the c >rofe6sors as the trustees may direct, j Item 5. I give and bequeath to { oy grand-daughter, Florida Isabella r jee, all of my silver plate and table t ilver, also ail of my family pictures, s ;xcept the large picture of John C. r ):>Ihour, now hanging in my sitting oom, also any one article in my pres- T int residence she may select as a ] aemento of me, also my decorations, \ ?nd also the sum of fifteen thousand ] lollara, (15,000,) to be paul to her t >n tiie day of marriage, or when she t J leccmes 21 years of ?ge, if sumar- ^ ied. Provided, that if my said , fraud-daughter should die unmarried, j ind before L.he is 21 years of age, hen all of the said property mention- ( )d in this item shall revert to and be- <. ionic a part of the residue of my es- \ ate, and become subject to the trusts c md conditions of items 1, 2 and 3 of t his my will. I, Item 6. I give and bequeath to my j j aithful house-keeper, Mrs. Jane I ? 'rince, one year's provisions for her* ,nd daughter, and furniture and bed- ( ling suitable to her condition, suffi- A dent to furnish two rooms, and thc i f nm of three thousand dollars, ! f 8,000,) tu be paid to lier at the ex- ? ?? ??ration of ene year after the probate ; ^ if this my will, and I also desire my : c xecutor to permit her to livo at Fort i .] Lil! until !?" disposes of the property : j s heroin directed. Item 7. 1 give and bequeath to ' r lester Prince the daughter of my ; $ aithful house-keeper as aforesaid, the j { um of three thousand dollars (3,000,) ; } 0 be paid to her or such person as ; a lay be selected by her and appoint- ! ^ d her guardian, at thc expiration of, ? ne year from thc probate of this my ! r nil. Item 3. I give to my executor , F ames II. Rion as a memento of my ( riendship, an antique antaglio, Mar- a us Aurelius Antonius sealing, which i habitually Wear, and also such one 11 of my pictures as he may select, the same is not selected by myself. Item 9. I give and bequeath to rx executor, to be held by him, subje to trusts and conditions of items 1, and 3 of this, my will, and for tl purpose "of adorning the Fort Hi residence, as provided for in item of this, my will, all of my permanei furniture, relics and articles of virti pictures and paintings, including tl: large painting or picture of John ( Calhoun, now hanging in my sittin room, and not otherwise disposed < herein, and all my books. Item 10. I direct my executor t sell at public or private sale, as h may deem best, all the balance of m personal property upon my Fort Hi place not herein disposed of, and t sell and convey all of my-real est?t lying and situate outside of the Stat of South Carolina, either at private c public sale, as he may deem best, an to hold the proceeds derived then from, together with the proceeds c the personal property herein directe to be sold, subject to the trusts an conditions of items 1, 2 and 3 of this my will. Item ll. All the residue and re main der of my property of every kim and description whatever, after pay ing off the legacies above providei for, together with the property whici may revert to my estate, should i revert thereto and the proceeds of al my real and personal property hereii directed to be sold and all accumu lated funds derived from the For Hill place and interest on mv invest meuts, I give and bequeath to rn] executor to be held by him subject t< the trusts and conditions of items 1 2 and 3 of this my will. Item J 2. I nominate, constitute anc appoint my friend, James II. Rion the executor of this ray will. Ic witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed m} seal before the witnesses below "sub scribed, this, the 6th day of Novem ber, A. D , 1886. . THOS G. CLEMSON, [L S.] "The above written instrument wai subscribed by the said Thos. G. Clem son in our presence and acknowledg ed by him to each one of us, and he at the same time published and de dared the same to be his last will and testament, and we, at his re? quest, and iu his presence, and in the presence of each other, have signed our names as witnesses hereto. JAMES HUNTER, T. 0..JENKINS, E. L. C. TERRIE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) COUNTY OF OCONEE, J I, Thos. G. Clemson, of Fort Hill, in the State and county aforesaid, do make this my codicil to my last will and testament, dated the 6th day of November, 1886, hereby confirming my said last will and testament so far is the same is not inconsistent with this my codicil. Item 1. I will and direct my exec? utor to pay my debts and funeral ?xpenses as soon as practicable, out pf the proceeds or any part of my es? tate that is tue most available. Item 2. I hereby revoke the 11th ?tem of my last will and testament as aforesaid in which 1 appointed Jas. II. Rion my executor of my will, he javing recently departed this life, and low do nominate and appoint my truste*.! friend, Richard W. Simpson, )f Pendleton, South Carolina, my ex icutor of my said last will and testa nent and this my codicil thereto, and in my said last will and testament the mme of James il Rion, wherever it ippears, shall be stricken out, and [ticard W. Simpson shall be inserted in place thereof. Item 3. I revoke the 8th item of my said last will and testament in which [ give to James H. Rion my sealing .ing and one of my pictures which he nay select, and 1 do now give and be jueth to R. W. Simpson my sealing ing which I habitually wear, and >uch one of my pictures as he may select. Item 4. I do hereby revoke item G )1 my said last will and testament vhich contains a bequest to my faith til housekeeper, Mrs. Jane Prince, ?he having been otherwise provided br. Item 5 It is my will and I do direct hat neither the legacy to my grand laughter in the 5th item of my said ast will and testament, or the legacy o Hester Prince in the 7th item of, ny said last will, shall bear any in erest until the same are due and pay tble, as provided iii the said items of ny said will. Item 6 I authorize my executor to mrchase that Dortion of the original ?ort Hill tract of land which is set off 0 Gideon Lee, guardian of Florida sabella Lee, and the same if so nirchased shall become a part of ^oit Hill tract of lund, and shall go vit h and be disposed of as I have in ny ?aid will disposed of the Fort lill tract. Item 7. I will and direct my execu or to sell either at private or public j ?ale, and for cash or upon a credit. ? )?th as he may tMink best, all the real j ?State of which I may die seized and i vossesscd, except the Fort Hill tract j ?f land, whether the same be situate n the State of South Carolina or out iilc of it. Item 8. Should thc Chief Justice : >f South Carolina decline to decide j vhen tim State of South Carolina lias, j >r has not accepted the d nation : riven to it. in thc first item of my j laid will, then I give to my executor L he same poweras I, in the first item ; >f my will, gave to thc said Chief j lustice, ami bis decision shall be; 1 nal. I lern 9. I hereby authorize and di- ! vet my executor to employ such per ?ons as lie may deem necessary t;> ake charge ol the Fort Hill dwelling iou.se and the articles therein donated, i md to manage the {'ann and to pay he said persons such sums of money j or their services as he may deem ight and proper. Item IO. In view of the great rc iponsibility and labor which my ex-,' < ictor will encounter in managing the t tiTairs of my estate, as directed in ; ny said will, and in consideration of I he liicat kindness Lc hus showy to ' me, and of too assistance in taking care of my ousiriess-when I had no other person or friend to help me, I will and bequeath that lie, my said executor, shall have, take and receive in additlbrr to the usual commission allowed by law to executors as com? mission for receiving and paying out money, 5 per cent, of the appraised value of my entire estate*, both real and personal . Item ll. I desire to state here that my grand-daughter, Florida Isabella Lee, has received the one-fourth part in value of the original - Fort Hill tract of laud, the part which her mother, under the will of Mrs. John C. Calhoun, was entitled to, the same having been "appraised and set off to her by commissions appointed by Mrs. Clemson, and by Gideon Lee, her father and guardian, and she has also received, through Gideon Lee, the said guardian, her motherlfi^share of the estate of my son, John C. Clemson. Notwithstanding thisiact, from a letter received by me some time ago from Gideon Lee, I am led to believe that as guardian of ray said grand-daughter he will make claim of my estate, a large balance alleged by him to be due my said grand-daughter by me. I, therefore, desire and direct my executor to ex? amine closely into such claim, if so made, and if he, ray said executor, ig satisfied that the claim so made is justly due by me to my said grand? daughter, to pay the same; but on the other hand, if he is not satisfied that the said claim or claims are justly due by rae, then he shall not pay it to them, unless compelled by law to do so, in which case I hereby revoke so much of the bequest of fifteen thousand dollars given in the 5th item of my said last will and tes? tament to my grand-daughter as will be equal to the amount which my said grand-daughter may recover against my e6taie. Item 12. The desire to establish a school or college as 1 have provided in my said last will and testament has existed with me for many j*ears past, and many years ago I deter? mined to devote the bulk of my pro? perty to the establishment of an agri? cultural school or college ; to accom? plish this purpose is the one great desire of my life. I have not been unmindful of the interest of said grand-daughter, nor have 1 acted in this matter through prejudice to any one. It may be possible that the disposition of my propeity ac herein made may not give satisfaction to my said grand daughter, or to Gideon Lee, ber father and guardian, but I trust that neither one or the other or any one person lawfully authorized by law to represent my said grand? daughter will ever attempt to frustrate or defeat the purposes which I have herein sought to accomplish, but will respect th? se!tied desire of my life as contained in this my will ; but should my desire and request as here? in expressed be ignored, and should Gideon Lee, as guardian of my said grand-daughter, or should my said grand-daughter herself or any person lawfully authorized by law to repre? sent her, or any person aa her legatee or distributee ?f my said grand? daughter in their right as such, at? tempt to contest my will or attempt to invalidate it, or attempt to change it or alter it in any particular what? ever, it is my will and I direct that such attempt or attempts to contest, alter, change or invalidate my said last will and testament, or codicil hereof, shall, as soon as commenced, work an absolute revocation of my entire and all of my bequests to my said grand-daughter, Florida Isabella Lee, as made in the fifth item of my said last will and testament, and then and in that case my said grand? daughter, Florida Isabella Lee, shall receive no part of my estate whatever, and thc money and articles mentioned in the fifth item of my said will, shall go to my executor and be held by him subject to the trusts and condi? tions contained in items 1, 2 and 3 of my said last will and testament, pro? vided that my executor may sell in manner as to him ma}7 seem proper an}r of the articles mentioned in the said fifth item of my said last will and testament, except the family pictures. These shall be held by my executor subject to the trusts and conditions of items 1, 2 and o of my said last will, and kept with the other articles mentioned in the eighth item uf my said last will and testament to adorn the Fort Hill house. Item 13. lt is my will and I direct that my* executor shall not "be held | liable for or responsible for any losses to my estate by reason of any errors j tjf judgment or mistake, as I am j Fully aware of the varied and re? sponsible duties I herein have rc-1 quired of him. This codicil is writ- j ten in part on the fourth page of my I Said last will and testament to which this sheet is attached and which is J.ited November the 6th, 1880. Item li. 1 authorize and empower j my executor to spend such Rums of j money as he may deem necessary to : keep the Fort Hill dwelling house j iud premises in good repair and thc , Kort Hill farm iii good condition In witness whereof I have hereunto ? 5 subscribed my name ami affixed my . , seal before the witness In-low sub- i i -erihing this the twenty sixtii day of i March, in the year of our Lord OIK; J thousand eight, hundred and eighty- i j seven, ( lSbT ) jj Titos. G. CLEMSON*, [L. S ] The above written instrument was' j subscribed hy the said Tims ii. Clem- \ som in our presence, and acknowledg? ed by him to each of us, and he at ' lie same time published am', declared j j lie same to be his ?Mst wi!! and te^ta- , neut, and we, ai his request and in i . is presence, and in the presence of! > each other, have Hiern ed our names 1 i 1 t is witnesses thereto. j H M. J KN"A!NS, C. W. YOUNO, i . J. k. MOUNCE. ! * Ii Warner Miller can mix tho fusil * ?il of free whiskey w i t i i the water ot i .cctotalisin ho will be a greater man s i?i n ti ii thc jugglers '.han he was among :" he 8ea?turs at Washington.- Phil, j 1 Tijtu?, Dim. ' t 11? Ey JL BIDES HAGQAED.. . CHAPTER VI. THC PLAN OF CAifPAIGI?. .'Notwithstanding nil that wo had gono through, perhaps, indeed, on account of it for I was thoroughly worn out-I slef>t that night as soundly as poor Gobo, round wboeo crushed body che hyenas would now be prowling. 1 Rising refreshed at dawn wo went on our way toward Nala' kraal, which we reached at nightfall. It is ' buili on open ground, after the Zulu fashion, in a ring fence and with beehive buts. The cattle kraal is behind and a little to the left. I ridded, both from their habits and their talk, it waa easy to see that these Butiana. belong to that sec? tion of tbe Bemtu- people which since TCbaka^ time has been known as the Zulu race. V/e did not seo tbe chief Nala that night. His daughter Maiwa went on to bis private huts as soon as we arrived, and very shortly afterward ono of bis headmen came to us, bringing a 6heep and some mealies and milk with him. 'Tbe chief sent us greet? ing,' be said, and would seo us on tbe mor? row. Meanwhile bo was ordered to bring us to a place of resting, where we and our goods should be safe and undisturbed Accord? ingly bo lcd the way to some very good hut? just outside Nala's private inclosuro, and hero we slept comfortably. "On the morrow about 8 o'clock tho head? man came again, and said that Nala re? quested that I would visit bira. Accordingly I followed him into the private enclosure, and was introduced to the chief-a fine looking man of about 50, with very delicately shaped hands and feet, and a rather nervous mouth. The chief was seated on a tanned ox bide out? side his hut. By his side was bis daughter Mai wa, and round bim, squatted on their haunches, wero some twenty headmen or In dunas, whoso number was continually added to by fresh arrivals. These mon saluted me as I entered, acid tho chief rose and took my hand, ordering a stool to be brought for mo to sit on. When this was done, he with much eloquence and native courtesy thanked mo for protecting bis daughter in the painful and dangerous circumstances in which sbo found herself placed, and also complimented me very highly upon what ho was pleased to call tbs bravery with which I had defended tho pass in thc rocla. I answered iu appro? priate terms, saying that it was to Maiwa herself that thanks were due, for bad it not been for ber warning and knowledge of tho country wc 6houid not have been here today, while as to the defense of the pass, I was fighting for my life, and that put heart into me. "Theso courtesies being concluded, Nala called upon his daughter Maiwa to tell her talo to the headmen, and this she did most simply and effectively. She reminded them that she had gone as an unwilling bride to Wambe; that no cattle bad been paid for her, because Wambe had threatened war if she was not sent as a free gift. Since she had entered the kraal of "Wambo ber days bad been days of 1 xviness, and her nights nights of weeping. ?She had been beaten, she had been neglected, and made to, do the work of a low born wife-she, a chief's daughter. She bad borne a child, and this was thc story of the child. Then, amidst a dead silence, she told them the awful talo which she had already narrated to mo. When she bad fin? ished, ber hearers gave a I?yid ejaculation. 'Oui' they said-'ou, Maiwa, daughter of Nalal' " 'Ay,1 she went on, with flashing oyes 'ay, it is true. My mouth is as full of truth as a flower of honey, and for tears my eyes are Uko thc dew upon the grass at dawn. It is true; I saw the child die. Hero is thc proof of it, councilors;' and she drew forth the little dead hand, and held it before them. " 'Ou?' they said again-'oui it is tho dead hand.' " 'Yes,' sbo continued, 'it is the dead hand of my dead child, and I toar lt with me that I may never forget, never for one short hour, that 1 may see Wambe die and be avenged. Will you bear with it, my father, that your daughter and your daughter's child should bc so treated by a Matuku? Will yo bear it, men of my own peoplef "'No.' said an old Induna, rising: "itis not to be borne. Enough ha*?-? wo suffered a; tho bands of these Matuku dogs and their loud tongued chief. Let us put it to tho Issue.' " 'It is not to be borne indeed,' said Nala; 'but how can we make head against so great a peopleT " 'Ask of him-ask of Macumazabn tbt wiso white mau,' said Maiwa, pointing to me " 'How can we overcome Wambo, Macu? mazabn tbe huj?-?' " 'How doasWf jackal overreach the lion, Nalar M 'By cleverness, MacumaKahn.' " 'So shall you overcome Wambo, Nala.' "At this moment an interruption occurred. A man entered, and said tba* messengers had arrived from Wambe. " 'What is their message?* asked Nala. .' 'They come to ask that thy daughter Maiwa be sent back, and with her tho white hunter.' " 'How shall I mak9 answer to this, Macu ma7.?fcn? said Nala, when the man had with? drawn. / *. 'Thus shalt thou answer,' I said, after re Qectioa. 'Say tbat the woman shall be sent and 1 with her, and then bid tbe 'messengers Ucgone. Stay; I will hide myself hero in the but that tho men may not see me.' And I [2d. "Shortly afterward, through a crack ia the but, I saw the messengers arrive, and [Treat truculent looking fellows they were, lhere were four of them, and t*hey bad evi? dently traveled hard. They entered with a ?wagger and squatted down N-foro Nala. 44 'Your busincssr said Nala, frowning. " 'We come from Wambo, bearing the or? ders of Wambe to Nala his servant,' an? swered thc spokesman of the party. " 'Speak,' said >'alar with a curious twitch 5f his nervous looking mouth. " 'These are the words of Wambo. "Send back the woman, my-wife, who bas nm nway from my kraal, and send with her the white man who hus dared to bunt ia my country without my leave arid to slay my soldiers." Those are the words of Wami:;',' "'A::d it' I say I will not send them? asked Nala. "*Thenron bchalTcf Womb?, wc declare war u j ?on you. Wambe will cat you up. Ho! will wipe you out. Your kraals shall bo stamped fiat-so;' and with an expressive gesture, ho drew bis hand across Ins mouth ! to show completew-onld beth''1 annihilation j ?>f thc chief who dared to defy Wambe. " 'These aro heavy words,' Nala. 'Let j sie think before I give an answer.' "Then followed a little piece of acting that uvas really very creditable to the untutored j < savage mind. The heralds withdrew, Lut s :iot. out of si-ht. and Nala went rb rc ?ugh tho ; < diow of earnestly consulting i.is lndimas. j , rho girl, Maiwa, too, 'flung herself at 1rs : ] feet, and appeared to weep and hnplor.? his ' , protection, while ho wrung his hands cs ? j :hough in deni.:, and tribulation of mind. At ; ? ength'he summoned thc mcsserig? rs to draw \ . icnr and addres^d them, while Maiwa .sob- j , ?cd very realistically nt his side. j j " 'Wami?? is a groat chief,' said Nala, 'and ! ] ibis woman i> his wife, whom ho has a ri;:ht ; , o claim. She? must return to h::n, but her j . "?ct ure sore with walking. Site cuimor como : j ?ow. In ehrht days from this day she.shall , *M?olivcivd at tho .kraal of Wambo, twill j ?end her wirb a party of my men. As for j h? w. i:.- hun* -v ;jri-l !;:-. men, 1 have naught , o do with them, and cannot .msw. r for their j uisdecds. Tln-y have wa?n.iercd hither un- I , isked by mo, and I will deliver them l ack j , i'henco thoy came, that Wombo may judgo ? hem according to his law. Twy sbail t?o ' j ?ont with the girl. For you, go y uar ways. . } ?ood shall bc given you without the kraal ] incl a present fer Wamh-e in atonement of- , ho ill-doing of my daughter. I. ha ve spoken.1 j "At ??'st tho heralds seemed iuclined-to in- j ist upon Ma i wu's accompanying them then ^ md there, but ultimately, on being shown j bo swollen condition of her feet, they gave , ^ ;p tho point und departed. . j ] 41 When tliey were well out of the way 1 emerged from the hut, and we went on tc discuss the situation and make our plans. First of all, as 1 was careful to explain tc Nala, I was not going to give him my experi? ence and services for nothing. 1 beard that Wambo had a stockade round bis kraal made Of elephant tusks. These tusks, in tb? event of our succeeding in our enterprise, 1 should claim as my perquisite, with tho proviso that Kala should furnish nw with reen to cany tbcm down to the coast.r . "To this modest request he and the head? men gavo au unqualified and hearty assent, the more hearty, perhaps, because they never expected to finger them. '.The next thing that I stipulated was that, if we con-?juoredrthe whiteman, John Every, should be banded over to me, together with any goods that he might claim. His cruel captivity was, 1 need hardly say, the only reason that Induced me to icin in so hare brained aa exp?dition; bot I was careful, from motives of policy, to keep this fact ls the background. Nala accepted this condi? tion. My third stipulation was that no women or children should be killed. This being also agreed to, wo went on to consider ways and means. Wambo was, it appeared, a very powerful petty chief ; that is, he could put at least t>,000 fighting men into the field, and always- had from- 3,000-to-4,000 collected about his kraa;, wh>ch was supposed to be impregnable. Kala, on the contrary, could not, at such short notice, collect more than from 1,000 to 1,300 men, though, being of the Zulu stock, they were of much better stuff for fighting purposes than Wambe'a Ma? tukus. "l?jese odds, though large, were not, nuder the circumstances, overwhelming. The real obstacle to our chance of success was tho dif? ficulty of delivering a .Tushing assault against Wambe's strong place. This was, it ap? peared, fortified all round with schanses, or stone walls, and contained numerous caves and koppies in the hill side and at the foot o? thc mountain which no; force' had-ever been able to capture, it was said that in the time of the Zulu monarch, Dingaan, a great impi of that king's, having penetrated to this dis? trict, had delivered an assault u?x>n the kraal, . then owned by a forefather of Wambe's, and been beaten back with the loss of moro than a thousand men. Having thought the ques? tion over, I closely interrogated Mai wa os to the fortifications and the topographical pe? culiarities of the spot, and not without re? sults. I discovered that the kraal was indeed impregnable toa front attack, but that it was very slightly defended to thc rear, which ran up the slope of the mountain; indeed, only by two lines of stone walls. The reason of this was that the mountain is quite impass? able, except by one secret path, supposed to be known only to the chief and bis councilors, and this being so, it had not boen considered necessary to fortify it . " 'Well,' 1 said, when sho had done, 'and now os to this secret path of thine, knowest thou aught of itr ** 'Ay,' she answered; 'I am no foclfMacu mazahn. 'Knowledge learned is power earned. I won the secret of that path.' " 'And canst thou gide an impi thereon, so' that it shall fall upon the town from be? hind? "'Yes; this can I do, if only Wambe's people know not that the impi comes, for if they know then can they block tho way.' " 'So, then, here is my plan. Listen, Nala, and say if it be good, or if you have a better show it forth, ljet messengers go out and summon all thy impi, that it L* gathered bore on tho third day from now. This beins done, let tho luipi, led by Maiwa, march on the morrow of thc fourth day, and, crossing the mountains, let it travel along on the other side of thc mountains till it come to the place on the farther side pf which is the kraal of Wambe; that shad be some three days' jour? ney in all (about 120 miles). Then;-dn the night of the third day's journey, let Maiwa lead tho impi in silence up the secret path, so that it comes to the crest of the mountain' that is above the Strong Place, and hero let it hide among the rocks. Meanwhile, on tho sixth day from now, let ono of tho Indunas of Nala bring with him 200 men that have guns, and take me and my men as prison? ers, ami take also a girl from among the Butiana people who by form and face is like unto Maiwa, and bind her hands, and pass by the road on which we came, and- through tho cutting in che cliff, on to tho kraal'of Wamble. But tho men shall tako no shields or plumes with them, only their guns and one short spear, and when they meet tho people of Wambe, the}* shall say that they como to givo'up tho woman and the white man and his party to Wambe, and to make atonement to Wambe. S? shall they pass in peace, and traveling thus, on the evening of tho seventh day we shall come to the gates of the place of Wambe, and nigh tho gates there is, so says Maiwa, a koppio very strong and full of rocks and caves, but having no sol? diers ihcrcon except in timo of war, or at the worst, but a few such as can easily bo over? powered. " .' 'This being done at the dawn of day, must the inipi on the mountain behind the town light a firo and put wet grass thereon, so that tho smoke goes up. Then et the 6lgbt of thc smoke will we in the koppie begin to shoot Into tho town of Wambe, whereon all the soldiers will run to kill us. But we wiQ bold our own, and while wo fight the impi shall charge down the mountain side and climb the schanses and put those who defend them to tho assegai, and then, falling upon tho town, shall surprise it and drive the sol? diers of Wambo as the wind blows tho dead husks of corn. This is my plan. I have spoken.' " 'Ou,' said Nala, 'it is good; it is very good. Th9 whito man is cleverer than a .jackal Yes, so shall it be, and may tho Snako of tho Cutiana peoplo stand up upon its tail and prosper the war, for so shall we bo rid of Wambo and tho tyrannies of Wambo.' '.After that the girl Maiwa stood up, and, once mere producing thc dreadful little dried haud, mado her father and several of his bond councilors swear by it and upon it that thoy would carry oat the war of vengeance to tho bitter end. I: was a very curious sight to see, and tho fight that ensued was, by thc way, thereafrer known. among ibo tribes of that district ac t':c War of the Little Mond. '.Thc next two days were busy ones ? r r.s. Messengers were sent oat and every available man o? tho Butiana tribe was ordered up to 'a great dance.1 The country ?"as small, and by #o evening of the second day some LC50 c?en were assembled, with their assegais and shields, and a tine, hardy troop they were. "At ?lawn of the following day, the fourth torr, the departure of the heralds, themain .xv-i starte?!, under the command of Nala himself, who, knowing that bis Ino and iiie??a?asliip hung upon the issue of the struggle, wisely determined to bc present to liv.et ii. Willi them went Malwa, who was io guide them up the secret path. Of cv.urso he bad io give them two days' start, as they had ?nore than a hundred miles of rough ?O?iairy to pa-.-, including theerossing of the rrvat mountain range which ran north and j >outb, for it was necessary that the impi | >houM make a wide dotoxir in order to escape j lotee:??rn. At length, however, at dawn j ju ti?o sixth ?lay, I t?>ok the road, accom? panied ly my most unwilling bearers, j ivko did not at all like the idea of thus i [juttinc their heads into fae lion's mouth. Iudeed,vit was only the fear of kala's spears, together with a vague corni- j lenee in myself, that induced them t?^ accept ! :he ad . cut are. With me also were a' out two . ran.hv.l Bat?anos, all armed with gun? of j carious k'nds, for many of theso people had , rans, th?-.ugh they were rot very proficient j in tho nw of them. Bui they carried T?O j shield, and wore no bead ?hv^s orarmlets; i indeed, ever)* warlike appearance was care- j "ally avoided. With < ar party went also a j sister of Maiwas, though by a d?iTerent j nether, who strongly resembled her itt face mdform, and who e mission it was to per? sonate the rana way wife. '.That ? vi ning we camped upon the top of :he eli.? up which wo hail so barely escaped, ?nd next morning at t he first breaking of tho ; li'ditwe.rolled away th'* stone.: with which ; ive ba?! blocked tho passage same days be- ? Core, and descended to the hill side l>enca?u. : Fiero ti.o bodies, or rather the skeletons, of : inc men who had fallen l>eforo my rifle still :a} about. Tho Mataku soldiers bad left their comrades to be buried by tho vultures. , [ descended the irully into which poor Gobo ? had fallen, and searched for his body, bot in ' vain, ah hough I found the spot where ho and the other man had struck, together with tho bones of the latter, which I recognized by the waist cicth. Either some beast of prey had barri ed Gobo off, or the Kat otu people* had disposed of bis remains!, and also of my express ri?o Which he carried. At tiny rato, ' I never saw or heard any moro'of bin. .... A "Once in Wambe's co?ntry, wc adopted a very circumspect method of prcceeding. About fifty uien marched aheaaV in loose order, to guard against surprise, while as many -inore followed behind. The other hun? dred were gathered in a bunch between, find ' in tho center cf these men I marched, to-' getberwirh the giri who was personating Maiwa and all my bearers. We w<re dis armed, and some of my men were tied to- ' geiher, to show ;that we wero prisoners, while thc girl .had a blanket thrown ov?r her bead, and moved along with cn air of greai dejection. Wo headed straight for. Wambesi place, which was at a distance of about twenty-five miles from the mountain pass. ' 4'When wo bat! gone some fivo miles w? met a party of alx>ut fifty of Wambel sol? die rs, who were evidently on the lookout for ts. They stopped us, and their captain asked whero wo wcro goin^j^ Tho headman of our "Their captain asked icliere tee were going* party answered that ho was conveying Maiwa, "Wambe's runaway wife, together with the white hunter and his men, to bo givtm up to Wambe, in accordance with his command. Tho captain ; thea wanted to know why we were 80 many, to which our spokesman replied that I and tey men were very desperate fellows, and that it was feared that If we were sent with a smaller escort we should escape, and bring disgrace and the wrath of Wambo upon their tribe. Ther oh this gen? tleman, tho Matuku captain, began to amuse himself at ray expense, and mock me, saying that Wambe would make me- pay for the sol? diers that I had killed; He would put me in the 'Thing that bites'-in other words, the lion trap-and leave me there to die like & jackal caught by the leg. I made no answer to this, though my wrath, was great, but pre? tended to be frigb toned. Indeed, there was not much pretense about it-I was frightened. I could not conceal from myself that' it was ours was a most hazardous enterprise, and that it was very possible that I might make acquaintance with- that lion trap before I was many daysolder. However, it was quite impossible to'desert poor Every in bis mis? fortune, so I had to go on, and trust to Provi? dence, as I have ao often had todo before and since. "And now a fresh ditnculty arose. Wambe'-s soldiers insisted npon accompany? ing us, and, what is more, did all they cguld to urge us forward, as they were naturally anxious to get to the chiefs place before evening. But we, on the other hand, bad excellent reasons Cor not arriving till night was closing in, since we relied. upon the gloom to cover our advance upon the koppio which commanded the^own. Finally they got so importunate that . we tod to flatly re? fuse to move faster, alleging as a reason that the giri was tired. They did not acce^fcthis excuse in good part, and at one time X thought that we should have come to blows, for there is no love lost between Butianss and Matukus. At last, however, either from motives- of policy or because they were se evidently outnumbered, they gave in. and suffered us to go our own pace, I earnestly wished that they would have added to the obligation by going theirs, but this they ab? solutely declined to do. On the contrary, they accompanied us every foot of thc way, keeping up a running fire of allusions to the 4Thing that bites* that jarred upon my nerves and discomposed my temper. "About half jvast 4 in the afternoon we carno to a neck or ridge of stony ground, whence wo could plainly see Wambe's town, lying some six cr seven miles away and 3,000 feet beneath us. Tho town is baili in a val? ley, with the exception of Wambe's own kraal; that is situa toxi at the mouth of some caves upon the slope of the opposing moun? tains, over which I hoped to see our intnifc spears come flashing in tho morrow's bgnt, Even from where we stood it was cas?te see how strong?v tho place was fortified with schanses and stone wb'ls, and how difficult of approach. Indeed, uuless taken by surprise, it seemed to me quite impregnable to a force operating without cannon, and even cannon would not make much impression on rocks and stony koppies fiiled with caves. "Then came the descent of the pass, and an arduous business it was, for the path-if it may be called a path-was almost entirely composed of huge water worn bowlders, from the onoto the other of which we bad to jump like so many grosshop; -ors. It took us two hours to get down; and traveling through that burning sun, when at la.;t wo did reach the bottom, I. for on?, was prctt}- nearly played out. Shortly afterwards, just as it was growing dark, wc came to the first lin* of fortifications, which consisted of a triple stone wall pierced by a gateway so narrow that a man could hardly squeeze through it. We passed this without question, being ac? companied by Wambe's soldiers. Then carno a belt of land three hundred ?vices or more in width, very rocky and broken, and having no huts upon it. It was ia hollows in this belt that the cattle were kraaled in case of d inger. On tho farther side wen* moro for? tifications, and another small gateway shaped like an inverted V, and just, beyond and through it I saw thc k -pp ie we bad planned to seize looming up against the lino of moun? tains behind. As 1 went I whispered my sug? gestions to our captain, with the result that at t iie second gateway ho halted the caval? cade, and. addressing tho captain of Wambe's soldiers, said that, we wcu'.-J wait till wo re? ceived Wami v's wcrvi to cater the town. '.The ether man said that that was wo?, only he must hand over th* prisoners to be takenup to the elliot's kraal, for Wambo was 'hungry to begin upon them,' and his 'heart desired to soe thc white man at rest before ho closed bis eyes ia ?Toop;* and as t or his wife, surely ko would welcome her. Our leader replied that ba coull not do this thing, be- . cause his orders were to deliver tho prisoners to Wambo at Wambe's own kraal, and they might aot bo broken. How could .ho bo re? sponsible for tte safely of the prisoners if ho ?ec them out of his hand? No; they would wait lhere till Wambe's.word was brought? "To this, after some demur, the other man cor.smto.l, and departed, remarking that ho would soon ?>e hack. As he passed me lie called eat, with a sneer, pointing, as he did, to tho fading red iu tho western sky: 'Look your last upon the light, white man, for the ''Tidng that bites"' lives in tho darh.' "Next d:iy it so happened that I shot this mar?,-and. de you know, I think that he te about the only human being who has como to harm at r*vy bends for whom I do not feel sincere eor>>w and, in a degree, remorse. CHAPTER -VII. # TUE ATTACH. "Just where wo baited ran a little stream of water. I looked nt it, and an idea struck me. Probably there would bc no water on tao koppio. I suggested this to oar captain, and cc:iug on the hint, ho directed all the mon to drink what they could, and also to fill tho soveu or eight cooking jx>ts which wo had with us with water. Then came the crucial moment. How were we to get possession, of COMIM'ED OS F0C?T2 P-iGL.