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_, Czni?tmcz. fros J' s&ig Page. j the koppio? When cur captain ?ske? me. 2 i saki thai Ttheusht-w.du:d boiterjaarehTip i ea?t-takeIi? ^citais accordmgly wo wr^it cn ; todo. When weeui^e to ibo narrow .gsto- j .way, we were, us i .o;:. coted, stopped by two ' soldiers who were cn guard there "and asked j our business. Thc captain answered that we | had changed our miud, cud would follow ou . tojtf>mbe's kraal Tho soldier.* said no; wo j ro?st now irait. ''To this wo replieil ty-pushing them tocno ! sideband marching ki singlo Sie through thc j gateway, winch'was not casi-ant moro than a ? hundred yards from thc kopple. White wo i were get^gthrcmgh, tho moa v.-e hod pushed j away raia towards tho to wu, calling tor as- j '? sistance-a call that was promptly responded j . to, for ia another minute wo maje out scores I of canned mea running hard in cur direction, i So w? na, too, for tho ko?pfe. As soon as j they understood what we wer .j after, which j they did not at first, owing to thc dimness of j the light, the}7 did their level best to got to tho koppio before us. ?ut we had the start j of them, a?a with" the exc?ptica of one un- j fortunate man, who stumbled and "fell, w? ! ?yere well oa to it before they arrived. This man they captured, and when fighting began on the following morning, and he refused tc give any information, they* killed him. Luckily they had no timo to torture him, or they -would certamjy liave done so, for thee* Matu tn people are very toad of torturing their exten?es. - "When we reached tho koppio, the base of "Which covered about half an ;iere of ground, I the soldiers who had been trying to cut us off ! halted, for they knew tho strength of the position. This gave us a few minutes, before tb? fight had quito vanished, to reconnoiter th? place. We found that it was unoccupied, fortuned with a regular labyrinth of. stone .walls, and contained three largo caves and . some saaaBer ones. ? Tic n^st business was to post tho men to such advantage as time would allow, My own men I was careful to put right at tho top They were perfectly use? less from terror, ard what I feared was that . they might try to escape and gi ve information of our plans to Wambo. So ? watched them like the app?e of my eye, telling them that should they dare to stir they would be shot.. "Then it grew quito dark, and presently oct of the darkness i hoard a voice; it was . that of the leader of tho soldiers who had es * corted us, calling to us to come down. We . replied that it was too dari: to move; wo should hit our feet against thc stones. Ho insisted upon our descending, and we ?utly ? refused, saying that if any attempt was made ?. to dislodge us we wcu'd fire. After that, as ? they had no real.intenr.ion of attacking ns in j tile dark, the mon withdrew, but we saw from j the watch fires that were lit around shat they were keeping a strict watch upon our j position.. j "That --night was a wearing ono. for wo j never quite knew how the situation was going j to develop. Fortunately we had some cooked j food with us, so we did not starve. It was, j however, lucky ' that we had drunk our fill before coming up, for, as I had anticipated, there was not a drop of water on the kopple. .-At length the night wore away, and with the first tinge of light I began to go my rounds, and, stumbling along the stony paths, make things as ready as I could for ' j the attack, which I felt sure would be de- < livered before we were two hours cider. The j ] mea were cramped and cold, and conse- . quently low spirited, Lat i euhcrted them to the best cf my ability, bidding, them romcm- ' ber the race from which they sprang, and nofc show the white feather to a crowd of ; Matu ku dogs. At length it began t o grow ? 1 light, and presently I saw long columns of ? 1 men advancing towards the koppio. They < halted, under cover, at a distance of about a i hundred and fifty yards, and just as the * dawn broke a herald came forward and '.> called to us. Our captain stood np on a rock . i and answered him. < 44 'These are the words of Wambo,' he said. 1 *Come forth from the koppio and give' over i the evil doers, and go in peace, or stay on the i koppio and be slain.' < 44 -It is too early to come forth as yet,' an? swered our man. in fine diplomatic style, t -When the san sucks up the mist, then we i .will come forth. Our limbs aro stiff with ? cold.' { 44 'Como forth even now,' said the herald. ? t " 42?ot if 1 know it, my boy,' said I to my- j t self; but tko captain replied that ho would <. Come out when ho thought proper, and not s before. z 44 'Then-make ready to die,' said the herald, f far all the world ii ko thc villain of a trans- r pontine piece, and stalked majestically back 1 io the soldiers. j - "I made my 2nal arrangements, and ? ? looked anxiously at the mountain crest, a j f eoopleof miles or so a wey, from which The j c mist waa now beginning to lift, but no coi- j c anna of smoke could ? seo. I whistled, for if { s fiie attacking force had been delayed or j T made any mistake, ocr positioa was likely tc t grow pretty warm. We had barely enough s water to wet the mouths of the mea, and ! t when once that was finished wo could not i r hold the place Jong m the buming sun. j E ?At length, just as the sun rose in glory ! c over the heights behind us, the llatuku sol- i \ diers, of wsom some fifteen hundred were | \ . now assembled, set up a queer whistling ! J noise, which ended in a enact. Kort some 0 Ants were fired (for the Matakxt had a few | 0 *gnns)T but without effect, though one bullet j v passed just by a marrs head. 'Now they are j t going to begin,' I thought to myself, and I T was not far wrong, for in another minute t tho body of men divided into tkree ccmpa- f mesreach about five hundred strong, and, ? heralded by a rurming fire, charged at us on ! t three skies, Our meu were now eil well j under cover, and the fire did us no harm. ? j g mounted on a rock, so as to command-a view j a of as much of tho koppio and plain as pessi- ] & ble, and yelled to cur mon to reserve their j b fir? tifi I gare the word, and then to shoot j c low, and loa?! as quickly aspossible. I knew I a that, like all native they were sure tobe I -v execrable shot?, and tnat they were armed ? n with weapons made out of old gas pipes, so the i s Only chance of dv>ing execution was to iot the j v enemy get right on co ur. ? ^ "On they carno with a rt2sh. They were j 1 within eighty yards now, and, -?s they drew I <j near the point of attack I observed that they I b dosed their ranks, which was so much tho ? t better for us. j t. " 'Shall we not fire, my father? sung out i s the captain. j v "?*No-confound you!* ? answered. i p -.Sixty yard-;-fifty-fony-thirty. 'Fire, ! tl you scoundrel?. :' I yelled, setting the e-amp?e i t by letting off both bum.-!- of my ?l?phant j g gun into the t??ckcst port of the company I Opposite to me. ? '.Instantly tko place rang with tho di3- u charge of two hundred and odd gm:*, whi-o t the ah* was torn by the passage of every sort v of missile, from iron pot legs down to slug"* j v and pebbles coated with lead. The result ? t was very prompt. Thc Matukus were so j near that we could not mira them, and at | t thirty yards a load coated stone ont of a gas : h pipe ls as effective e:-> a Martfui rifle, cr moro ! E 80. Over rolled the attacking soi & s lythe I p dpten, while the S!irviv.:rs, fairly fright ned, ' il took to their heels. Wo plied them with j I: shot till they were out cf rang : ; I made it j r very warm for them with the elephant gun, | ? by the way, and thoa we loaded up in quito ? ?; a cheerful frame of mind, for we hud not I v lost a man, whereas I could count inor^ than f v fifty dead and wounded Marchas. The only ! o thing that damped my ardor was that, s-taro I y aa I would, I could see no column of smoko j npon the mountain crest. i r "Half an hour ol a pied before any further I s< steps were taken against us. Then tho at- j * tacking force adopted different tactics. Seo- J * mg that it was very risky to try to rush on ! b ns in dense masses, they open--1 out into skin- ! c mishing order, and ran across th-? open spaco ! i; io lots of five and six Asit happened, righ? I t; At the foot of tho koppio the ground broke ! away a little in such fashion that it was rd- ! o most impossible for us to search it effectually j v With our fire. On tho luther side of this dip j ii Wambo? soldiers were now congregating in ! <. Considerable numbers. Of course, we did j ii them as much damage as we could wh?e they i e. were running across, but this sort of work re- i t? ?mires good shots, and that was just what wo I v bad not got. Another thing was that so j <> spay of our men w? .".ld insist upon letting . g Off the things they called guns at every little , I knot cf the enemy that ran across. Thus tho ! e first few lots were, indeed, practically swept ! S away, but after that, as ic took a long while i t< to load the gas pipes end old flint muskets, j b those who followed got across in compara- j ti iive safety. For my own part. I fired owiy ? tl with the elephant gun and repeating carbiuo j n td they grew almost too hot to hold, but my j si individual efforts could do nothing to stop j v. foch a rush, or perceptibly lessen tho nam- ? H)er of our enemies. At length there were at j si lefltt^a thousand men crowded into the dip of ti lihe ground within a few yards of us, wheoco j those of them who had guns kept : 1< upa continued fusillade upon the koppio. ! t! They killed two of my bearers in this way ; i and wounded a third, for being at the top of : - .jhe koppio, these m->n wer ; most ?.pose j tc ' B :nom^ ?rora tho dip at itsbss?. Se?ing f2at ? tho silu-iU >n wa^grcwing in?rc serious, ? us ; iesgtl? by dir? of: tarerai and entreaties, j pei^ia?vd ibo majority cf cur people to j cess? firinguseless sfeois^ to reload a?&pre- i ?pare"?cr thc rush. Scarcely had I dono so ! when tho esomy came for us with a roar. I ara bound to say that ? should never have- be? lieved that ?latukus had it ia them to make such a (Tetennmed charge. A largo party cashed round the base of the koppio and afc tocked us in fimk, while tho others swanned wherever they could get a foothold? so> that we w-^re tai:ea on every side. Tire? ? cried; and we did, with terrible cGect. Many of their mon fell, but though w;echecked,wo could not stop thorn. They closed up, and rushed thc first fortification, ki liing a good number of its defenders. It was almost all cold stiel work nov/, for wo had no time to roior?d, and that suited the Bctiana habits of fighting ?areli enough, for tho stabbing assegai was a weapon which they understood. These of our people who escaped from thc first line of walls took refago in the second, wehere I stood myself, encouraging them, a?v? here tho fight raged fiercely. Oe- ] casionaliy parties of tho enemy would forcea j | passage, only to perish on the hither side bo- ' neath tho 3utiana spears. But still they kept J it up, and I saw that, fight as wo would, wo were doomed. Wc were altogether oittnum bered, and, to malee matters worse, fresh " bodies of soldiers were pouring across the ' plain to the assistance of our assailants. So ( I made up my mind to direct a retreat into " the caves, and there expire in a manner as heroic as circumstances would allow, end . whilo mentally lamenting my hard fate, and ^ re?ecting ?a my sins, I fought away liko a fiend. It was then I remember that I shot my friend the-captain of ocr escort of the . previous day.*" He had caught sight of roe, , and making a vicious dig at my stomach with \ aspe^r (-K-bich ? successfully dodged) shouted^,* j out, cr rather began to shout out, one of bis , unpleasant aHusious to the 'Thing that8 Eo never got as far as 'bites,' because I shot bim after-'thai.' j M?? I ? fe?M^^? Vt **He'TICZer got as far as 'oi?es.'" j * ""Well, the game was about up. Already I j ? >aw one man throw down his spear in token j di su?Tendcr, which act of cowardice cost I ?ira his lifo, by tho way, when suddenly a j , shout art;-se. j " 'Look at the mountain!' they cried; j * there is an irapi on the mountain side.' . "I glanced up, and there, sure enough, \ ?bout half TOY down the mountain, nearing ie first fortification, the long plumed dou- * oilo line of Kala's warriors were rushing ^ lown to battle, tho bright light of the morn? ing glancing on their spears. Afterwards j " we discovered that the reason cf their delay j ^ was that they had been stopped by a river in j . lood, and could not reach the mountain j rrest by dawn. Wr^n they did reach it, ! aowevcr, they instantly saw that the fight F .vas already going on-was 'in fie wer,' as ? ^ ;hey put it-and so advanced at once with- I . >ut waiting to light fires. j jj "jdeanwhiie they had boen observed from ! he town, and parties of soldier? were cbarg- j ^ ng up tho steep side of the hill to occupy the I ? charges and the second line of fortifications j ' ?hmdthem. Tho first line they did not now j c ittcmpt to reach or defend, Nala pressed | ^ hem too close. .Cut they got to the scbanses j ? ;r pits protected wich stone wails, and con- . tructed to hold from a dozen to twenty men, md soon began to open fire from them and " rom isolated reeks. I turned my eyes to tho jatos cf the town, which were placi d to tie ! lorth and south. Already they were- crowded ' ^ vith hundreds cf fugitive women and chi!- ] . tren flying to the rocks and caves for shelter j L rom the foe. As for ourselves, the appear- j .ncc of Kala's impi produced a wonderful i hange for the hotter in our position. The oidiers attacking us, realizing that the town j, ras being assailed from the rear, simply _ uraed, and, clambering down the koppio, treamed oS to protect their homes ftgahjst his new enemy. In five minutes there was ^ tot a man left except those who weuldmovo ^ :0 more, cr were too sorely wounded to es- ! ape. I felt inclined to ejaculate 'Savedl' ; . ike the gentleman in the play, bul? did not, \ . ecanse the occasion was too serious. Vvhas t y 1 did do was to muster all the m? and reek- j ^ n up our lesses. They amounted to fifty- j .ne killed and wounded, sixteen men having j . .ecu killed outright. Then I sent men with 5 ho cooking \?J* s to the stream for water, and *1 7Q clrank. This cone, I set my bearers, as ^ eing the most useless part bi the community rom a fighting point of view, to tho task cf ttending the iujuxed, and turned to watch Lie fray. '-Ly this time SalaS imp: hail climbed tho fc rst lhi? of fortifications without opposit ion, w nd were advancing in a long line upon tho chances or pits which were scattered about r. etween it and the second line, singing a war . v nant as they cama Prerently puffs of ^ moh> began to start from the scbanses, and ! rith my glasses I could sec several of ocr ! ^ aen falling over. T.vje.n, as they came oppo- jQ ito a schansa, that portion of the long lino of .-arricrs would thicken up and charge it !r, rith a wild :~ash. ? coul l clearly see them 'V ra:) on to the wails and vanish into tko ? ept hs beneath, some of their number falling . j, aekward oa each occasion, shot or stabbed j j death. Next would come another act in ? he tragedy. Out from tao hither side of tho ? shanse would pour such of tts def enders as J1" '.ere left alive, perhaps three or four, and J erhaps a ?osen, running for dear life, with j *j he wtr dogs on their tracks. Ono by one | . bey would be caught, then up flashed tho i rear ::pear, and dov. :: fell the pursued, dead. ? 11 saw ten of our men leap into M?O large : 5 manse, but though I watched for some time, j ^ ?obody came out. Afterwards we inspected j ^ bo place, and found these all dead, togettier j ^ rita twenty-three Slatukus. Neither sidd j * ' rotili give tn, and thev Lad f-.ught it out to j f1' ho bitter end. ?< "Az last they neared thesecond line of for- v ??ca??ons, bei hol whieh thc whoio remain ::g Mataku force, numbering sen:3 2,0C<0 ion, was rapidly assembling. (;ne little ^ ouse to get their breath, an I they came ut r*. ; with a ru^h and long wild shout of *i:e-" " ila Mataku" (Sall tho iXatukusl) that wi ni l; ight through rae. Thea came an answei-ing ?5 hout and the sounds of heavy firing, and 1 resently ? ?aw our men rebating, ? ?rae rhat fowcr in numbers than they had ad- :'[ auced. Their' welcome Led been a wann '! ae, for the i?atuku fight splendidly behind f! 4*This decided me that it was necessnry to , reate a diversion, li* wc did not d> s.> it ! \ seined very probable- that we should b? ! ?1 rorst d after alb I called to the captain of I ' ur little force and rapidly j-::*, the position '. j efore him. Seeing th?' urgency of the oe- ; F* asion Lengre*vl with me that we must rv j *? x, and in tw-> minute rnor^s wo were, with j j' ie exception of my own mea. whom ! !-'t ! .J > g?:ard thc wounded, trotting across ti:?* . - pen space and through tJ"> deserted town i oward the spot where the struggle was tak- ; J ag place, some TOO yards away, in seven or ? . ight n?aiites w? reached a crroup of huts - ; :. WHS a headman's kraal, thai ^?.7. situated . j. bout 120 yards behind the fortifies! waibaad 1 ']] x?k possession of ir unof^rvod. Tb . enemy I ras too much engaged with tha tVx>in front ; *^ f them to notice us, and. besides, tho broken . .t* round rose in a bogvback -: ?vj ? betwei n. ? "hero we waited a minute or tv . and i-?'ce?v- i red cur breath, while I gave my directions, j !o soon as we heard tho Butlani impi beerin .r ?> chare- tig lin we were ' > r:;;? in the row of ? hogback aud po'ar e??'fire* into be inn ? of defenders l>emnd the walk Then . Q 'if iru: v'were to be thrown down.-and wo ? I n3 :;: charge with tho assegai. vVe had no aields, but that could not 1=- helped; there l? cold be no time to reload th?-gmts, and i- , ^ .as absolutely necessary that tho enemy ! aould be di?concei'ted at tho montent that ? ^ ?e main ati a k wtts de:iv*'red. "Th? mea? who were as plucky arset of fei- ! >ws as . . er I saw, :md whoso blood1 was now : .. loroughly up, cons atod to this scheme, . c* i:,.??h leonid see that they thought it j ^ tther a large order, as mdoed.! lid m...- if. ! (? ypteii ?hat if the ?npi was didveu hawk ' J aseconci trine thc game would ho np, ana xor rho, atany rate, it would 1 >a JJ cass of tho 'Th?ng_vhat bites,1 and. this.suro and certain kn-owJedge filled my breast wit?- valer. - "We had not long to wait. ' Presently we heard the Du" i ana war song sweUins loud and long. Tkey hail commenced ?heir at? tack. I mode a sign, and the 150 men, headed by myself, poured out of thc Icrai?, and, getting into a rough line, ran up tho arty or sixty yards of slope that intervened between ourselves and the crest of the hog backed ridge. In thirty seconds wo were there, and i?nmcdiaioly beyond us was tho main body of thc Matuiru host waiting tho eurdsught of the enemy with guns and spears. Even now they did not seo us, so intent were they upon tho coming attack. I signed to my men to take careful aim, and suddenly called out to them to fire, which they did with a will, dropping thirty or forty Ma tukus. u 'Charge V I shouted'again, throwing down my smoking rifle, and drawing my revolver, an example which they followed, snatching up their spears from the ground whero they had placed them winde they fired. Tho men .n-t up a savage whoop, and wo started. I saw tho Matukn soldiers wheel round in hun? dreds, utterly taken aback at this new devel? opment of tho situation. And looking over them, before* we had gone twenty yards, I saw something else. For of a sudden, as though they had risen from thc earth, ibero appeared above the wall hundreds of great spears followed by hundreds of savage faces shadowed with drooping plumes. With lyell they sprang upon the wall shaking iheir broad shields, and with a yell they Denuded from it straight into our astonished roes. "Crash I we were in them now, and fighting 3?e demons. Crash! from the other side, kala's impi was at its work, and still .the spears and plumes appeared for a moment igainst the brown background of the moun ain, and then sprang down and rushed like a rfcorm upon the foo. The great mob of men ramed this way and turned that way, aston shed, bewildered, ovorbomo by doubt and error. Meanwhile the slayers stayed not heir hands, and on every side spears flashed, md the fierce shout of triumph went up to leaven. There too, on tho wall, stood Maiwa, i white garment streaming from her shoul lers, an assegai in her band, her breast heav ng, her eyes Hashing. Above all the din of xittle I could catch the tones of her clear roice as she urged the soldiers on to victory. 3ut victory was not yet. Wambe's soldiers gathered themselves togc-ther and bore our nen back by the sheer weight of numbers, ["hey began to give, then onco more they rai? led and tho fight hung doubtfully. " 'Slay, you war whelps!' cried Maiwa, rom the wall. "'Aro you afraid, yon wo ccn, you chicken hearted women? "What! .ou give way \ Follow mc, clnldren of Nala. ' Ind with ono wild, long cry, she leaped from he wall as leaps a stricken antelope, and, iolding the spear poised on high, rushed ight into tho thickest of the fray. The war iors saw her, and raised such a shout that it choed like thunder against the mountains, .'hey massed together, and following tho lutter of her white robe, crashed into tho [ense heart of tho foo. Down went tho Mu uku beforo them like trees before a whirl vind. Nothing could stand before such a ash as that. It was as tho rush of a torrent arsting its banks. Ali along their line wept tho wild, despcrato charge, and there, rraight in the forefront of the battle, still raved tho white robo cf Maiwa. "Thou they broke, and, stricken with utter anio, Wambe's soldiers streamed away, a cattered crowd of fugitives, while after hem thundered thc footfall of tho victors. "Tho fight was over; wc had won the day; nd fer my part I sat down upon a stone and riped my forehead, tbauking Providence hat I had lived to see the end of it. Twenty amates later Nala's warriors began to return, anting. 'Wambe's soldiers had taken to the ?uah and thc caves,' they said, 'where they ad not thought it safe to follow them,' add 2g, significantly, that many had stepped on ho way. "I was utterly dazed, and now that the gut was over, my energy seemed to have ift mo, and I did not pay much attention, ill presently I was aroused by somebody ailing mo by aamo. I icoked up, and saw oat it was tho chief Nala himself, who was leeding from a flesh wound in his arm. By is sid--* stood Malwa, panting but unhurt, nd wearing tho same proud and terrifying " 'They are gone, alacumamhn,' said the bief; '?here is little to fear from them; their cart is broken. Dat whero is Wambo thc hie:, and where is the white man thou cam it to savci' " 'I know not.' I answered. 'SHIcso to whore wc stoodlay a Matnka, a cung man who had been shot through tko cshy part cf tho calf. It -.vas a-crkiir.g cand, but it prevented him from running " 'Say, thou dog,' said Nala, stalking up ) him and shaking his red spear in his ice- ?say, whore is Wambel Speak, or I ay theo. Was he wish the soldiers?' " 'Na}*, lord, I know net,' groaned tho ter ified man. 'Ho fought not with ns. Wambo as no stomach for fighting. Perchance ho in his kraal yonder, or in the cavo behind J { ie kraal;' and ho pointed to a ?.-adl inclo ?rc on tho hill side alvout 400 yards to tho ght of where we were. *' 'I/.-t u? go and seo,' said Nala, snmmon tg his soldiers. CUATTEPw V?II. ?IAIV.'A IS AVTXGETl. "The impi formed up Alas! an hour be >re it had been stronger by a third than it as now. Then Nala detached t sro hundred en to collect and attend to the injured, and [ e ; my suggestion issued a stringent order j i lat nono of the enemy's wounded, and abovo .1 no women and children, were to be killed, ; is the savage custom among African na? ves. On the contrary, thoy were to bo al wed to send word to their women that they j * ig!it come in to nurse them, and fear noth- j a g. ?"or Nala mad-' war upon Wambo tho Tant, and not on the Matuku tribe. Then e started with some four hundred men for ie ob it-f's kraal. Very soon we were thero. was. as I have said, placed against tho ountein side, but within the fortified hues, i-i did not cover more than an aero and a iii of ground altogether. Outside was a dy reed- fence, within which, neatly ar mged in a semicircular linc, stood the huts ! tho chief's principal wives. Malwa, of ?urse, knew every inch of tho kraal, for she id lived in it, and led us straight to tho i trance. We peeped through the gateway, i r ot a soul was t- ? be seen. There wore tho j -c its, and there was the clear open space, I x>red with a concrete of lime, on which tho j a m beat fiercely, but nobody could we see or j t ;ur. *. j t "'The jackal has gone tr earth,' saki j s aiwa. l?o will be in tho cave behind his ! v it,' and shepoiuted with her spear towards : 1; .other small and semicircular eneioso.ro, ? a o r which a large hut was visible^ that had ,: f ic cliff itself for >\ background. I stared at j d :is fence. By George, it was true! ir. was ! it j roly made of tusks of ivory planted in \ \ te ground, wir;-?. points bending out- j ?ard. The smaller ones, though none were | fl nail, were placed nearest to tho cliff on ; v thor side, hu? they gradually increased in i o zc * ill they culminated hi two enormous n ?shs,-" winch ret ops / that their points met : t .teething in tho shape o? an inverted V, : v rrmiiig tiie gateway to th< but. I was j * nnfour.ded with delight, and, indeed, i g, herc is th' ci- obaht hratter who would not j j . ir' !,<. suddc; !y saw Jive or six hundred ; $ eked ta-1: > sot up io a row. and only wait- f g f r mm to takc them away? Of course : B ie stuff ? '.?i'.it is known as 'black' ivory; i at is, the < st -rior?f tue tusks had become h ack fron: year.-? or pcrphaps centuries <-f ? rposuro to wind and weather; but 1 was ]. >rtaui that ir would be non-.." the worse for n tat Porgetting the danger of the proceed- L, g. T acttiaDy ran, in my excitement, right \ ross the <?? -ii space, and. drawing my ' t, life, scratched vigorously at one of tho j, eat tasks to seo how di Op the damage was. f, s J thought, it -.vas nothing; there beneath . ^ o black co vering gleamed tho j ?ure white . <> ory. ' could have capered'for joy. for I ? ar that I aia very mercenary at heart, ! n hen suddenly I heard t he faint echo of a " y lor assistance, 'l?elo!'screamed a voice i tue Sis'itu <'..'.;!.ct from somewhere beyond ( idhut-'help! they are murdering mc.' j n * i knew tile voice. It was John EveryV j P, h, what a selfish brute was II for tko mo- jj ent that miserable ivory hnd dn'ven the , v collection of him eat <>f my head, and now c ri ians it ?.va-, too late. : I '.Nala, Maiwa and the Poldiers had now .'.iio up. They, too, had heard the voice, \.t id interpreted its tone, though they had c >t.caagh? the word ?. jj " 'Th;.; - ay!' cri-. I Malwa; and wo started fi ,anm, pas tag roun.l ?' 9 Inito? Wamba ;. ?hind >.....> the narrow entra?e to a c..vc. j; re i u.-h ;d through ii. heedless ? ? thedanger ti an ambush, and this was wltat we saw ! ,i r?mrp and grinning teeth, it xras sot, and beyond the ti'ap, indeed almost over it, a ter? rible straggle was in progress. A naked, or ".4 terrible struggle teas in proor<?ss.'' almost naked white man, with a great beard hang?ig down over his breast, was, ia spite of his furions straggles, being slowly forced and dragged toward tho trap by she or eight women. Only one man was present, a fat, cruel looking man, with small eyes and a hanging lip. It was the chief Waraba, and he siook by the trap ready to for?a tho victka ?own upon lt os econ as tho women had dragged him into the necessary position. ?At thia instant they caught sight off us, and there was a moment's pause,; and then, before I knew what sha was going to do. Malwa lifted tho assegai sho still held, and whirled it at Wambe's head. I saw tho flash of light speed towards him, and so did he, for he stepped backward to avoid it-step? ped backward right into the trap. He yelled with pain as tho iron teeth of thc 'Thing that bites' sprang up like Irving things and fastened into him-such a yell I have not often heard Kow, at last, ho tasted cf the torture which ha had inflicted upon so many, and though I trust I am a Christian, I cannot say that I feit sorry for him. '"The assegai sped on and struck one of the woman who had-hold of tho unfortusato Every, piercing through her arm. This made her leave go-an example that the other wo? men quickly followed, so that Every fell to the ground, where he lay gasping. " 'Sall the witchesV roared Nala, ina voice of thunder, pointing to a group of women. " 'Nay,' gasped Every; 'spare them. Ho made them do it.' And ho pointed to tho human fiend in thc trap. Then Maiwa waved her hand to us to fall back, fer tho moment of her vengeance was coma Wo did so, and she strode up to her lord, and, flinging the white robe from her, stood before him, her fierce, beautiful face fired like stone. " 'Who am I?' she cried, in so terrible a voice that ho ceased his yells. 'Am I that woman who was given to thee for wife, and whose child thou slowest? Or am I a spirit come to see thee die ? What is this?' seo went on, drawing the withered baby hand from the pouch at her side. 'Is it the hand of a babe, and how carno that hand to be thus alone? What cut it oil from the babe, and where is the bahai Is it a hand, or is ib the vision of a hand that shall presently tear thy throat? Where are thy soldiers, Wambe? Do they sleep, and cat, and go forth to do thy bidding, or are they perchance dead and scattered hko tho winter leaves V "Ile groaned, and the fierce eyed woman went on: 'Art thou still a chief, Wambo? or docs another toko thy town and power; mid, say, lord, what dost thou there, and wka? is that slave's leglct upon thy knee? ls it a dream, Wambo, great lord and chief, or' and she lifted her clinched hands and shook them in his face-'hath a woman's vengeance found theo out, and a woman's wit over? matched thy tyrannous strength? and art thou about to slowly dio in torments horrible to think on, oh, thou accursed murderer of lit? tle children?' and with one wild scream sha dashed the dead hand of the child straight into his face, and then fell senseless on tho floor. As for tba demon in the trap, ho shrank back as far as its iron bounds would allow, his eye3 starting out of his head with pain and terror, and then once more began tovell. - "The whole scene was moro than I could stand " 'Nala,' I said, 'this must not go on. That man is a fiend, but he must not be left to dio there. Geo thou to it.' "'Nay,; answered Nala, 'let him tasto pf the feed wherewith he hath fed so maxy ; leave bim Hil death shall fiad him.' " 'That will I noV I answered. 'Let ills | md bo swiia Geo thou to it.' " 'As thou wilt, Macumazahn,' answened ibo chief, with a shrug of tho shcuidei-s. First, let tho white man and Maiwa Ibe 3rought forth.' "So the soldiers came forward and Carried Every and the ?vornan into tba open air. As? iie former was borne past his tormentor thc .allen chief, sa cowardly was his' wicked leart, actually prayed him to intercede for lim and save him from a fate which, but for mr providential appearance, would have >eon Every's own. "So we went away, and in another m.o nent ono of the biggest villains on the earth rTonbled it no more. Once in tho fresh air, .Ivory quickly recovered. I looked at him, md horror and SOITOW pierced me through 0 see such a sight. His face was the faco of 1 man of CO, though ho was not yet 40. and lis poor body was cut to pieces with stripes md scars, and other marla of tho torments fhich Wambe had for years amused himself rita inflicting on him. "As soon aa ha recovered himself a little ta struggled on to his knees, burst into a par- ? >xysm of weeping, and, clasping my lega j vlth his emaciated arms, would have acVn- < illy kissed my foot, i " 'What aro you about, cid fellow?* I said, j or ? am not accustomed to that sort of < hing, and it rr:ado nie feel uncomfortable. < " 'Ob, God bless you? he moaned-'God ] ?less you! If only you knew what I havo * ;oue through. And to think that you should 1 lave come to help mc, and :it tho risk cf i our own lifo! Well, you were alwaysa true i riend-yes, y5s, a true friend* j '* 'Losh !' I answered, testily; "I'm a trader, j nd I carno after that ivory,' and I pointed ^ o the stockade, of tusks. 'Did you ever hear j f an clej bant hunter who would net have i isked his immortal soul for them, and much 1 Doro his carcass? i "But he took no notice of roy explanations, 2 nd went ou God-blessing mc as hard as ever, t iii at last 1 bethought me that a nip of J randy, of which I had a flask full, might i toady his nerves a bit. I gavo it him, and i ras not disappointed in the result, fur he risked up wonderfully Then I hunted j c bout in Wambo's hut. and found a kaross i < or bim to put over hl3 poor braised sacral- j < ors, and he waa quito a man again. i " 'No w,' I said, 'why did tho laie lamented ?, Vambe want to put you in that trap* I " 'J iecauso, as soon as they heard that the c tght was going against them and that?laiwa j 1 ros charging at the head of _NaIa's impi, cae ? i f tho women told Wambo that she hud seen io write something on some leaves and give j ' bom \^ Sfaiwa before she wc-::t away to | 3 urify herself. Then, of course, ho guessed ; T hat I bad had something to do with 3 our j c sizing tho koppio and holding it whilo tho ? ^ mpi rushed tho place-from tho mountain, j o he de-tcrmiucd to torture nie to death bc ' ) ore help wald coxae, ? sh, heavens! what a j ' uereyitis to hear English again!' : 1 " 'How Jong lj.iv-e you been a prisoner j 1 ere, Every?' I asked. I c " 'Six years and a bit, Quat renato: I have j i ?st Count of tho odd monthslately. I carno j i' p herr- with r?aj. Aidey and three other j ? yntiemi n and forty tourers. That devil ; I Vambe ambushed us, ?nd murdered the lot I o get their guns. They weren't much uso to j r im when lie got toere. being bro* '.-ii leaders, ? 1 or tai fools fired away hil tho ammunition j C ia month or two. However, Ahoy aie nil in j 1 ;ood order, and hanging np in the hut thora. I * 'boy didrfi kill nie because ono of thom saw ? t ie mending a g'M just bef< rc they ettacked 1 s, so they kept ma us n ? Ind . r ai '?iorcr. ? r "wiee I tried to make a l*>it of it, but was \ u aught each titeo. Jj.i'-t, time Wambo had ? T ie flogged very nearly to death;*, you can j 0 ?o 1 lie scars upon my back. Indeed, I should j t ave died ii i!- hadn't been for the girl Maiwa, j v rho-nursed mc by stealth. He got that ac- j s ursed lion trap among our things also, and ? 3 suppose he bas tortured between one and i c wo hundred people to death ia it. It was ; d is favorite, amusement, and he would go j v 7ery day and sit and watch his victim till ! c e<?i'-<i. ot'mot?uies he would give him food j g nd water t<> keep him ali v?; longer, telling i tm or hor that he would let him go if ho j ved till a certain day. I?ut bc never did let ; r. iicni go. They ;.!! died thora, and I could ! il ?ow vjii ' -ir !. mesbebi :d that, rock ' 1 y Every. Tra glad fee get a tx::La Tin-re's justice in it. and now he's gone to heil, and I hope there is another one ready f or him there, Bv ?ovo! I should liko to have tho setting of it? ^ "And so n<r t?Bced cn, and I sat and lis? tened to him, wondering hov/ ho bad kept his reason for so many years. Pa?t he didn't talk, us I have written it, in good English. He spoke very slowly, and as though he had got something in his mouth, continually using native words, be-eauso the English ones had slipped his memory. "At last Nala came up and told us that food was made ready, end thankful enough we were to get it, I can tell you After wo had eaten we held a consultation. Qu te a thou? sand of "Wambe's soldiers were put hors do combat, but at least two thousand remained hidden in tho bush and rock, and these men, together with those in thc outlying kraals, wcro a sourco of possible danell: The ques? tion arose, therefor?, what vms to 1x3 done; were tl.ey to be followed or left alono? I waltoo, dil everybody had spoken, somo giv? ing ono opinion and some another, and then, being appealed to, X gave mino. It was to tho eilecL that Nula should tako a leaf oat of tho great Zulu TCknka's book, and incorpor? ate the tribe, not destroy it. Wc had a good many women among tho prisoners. Let them, I suggested, be cont to the hiding places of tho soldiers and make an oCer. If tho men would como and lay down their anns and do clare their allegiance to Kala, they and their town and cat-tie saoold Lo spored, Wambels cattle alono would be seised es the prise. cf war. Moreover, Wombo having left no chi! . dren, his wife, Maiwa, should bo declared chief tainess of tho tribe, under Nala. If they did not accept this offer by thc morning cf the second day, it should bo taken as a de? claration that they wished to continuo the war. Their town should bo burned, their cattle, which our men were already collecting and driving In in great numbers, would bo taken, and they should be hunted down. "This advice was at once declared to he wiso and acted on. Thc women wero dis? patched, and I saw from their faces that they never expected to get such terras, and did not think that then* mission would bc in vain. Nevertheless we spent that afternoon in preparations against possible surprise, and also in collecting all tho wounded of both parties into a hospital which we* e-tcmpor Izedout of some hats, and thero attending to them as best we could. That evening poor Every bad tho first pipe of tobacco that he tasted for sis years. Poor fellow! ho nearly cried with joy over it. The night passed without any sign of attack, and cn the fol? lowing morning wc began to sea the efTect of our message, for women, children, and a few men carno in in little knots, and took possession of their huts. It was, of course, rather difficult to prevent our men from loot? ing, and generally going on as natives, and, for the matter of that, white men too, aro in the habit of doing after a victory. But one man, who, after warning, was caught mal? treating a woman, was brought out and killed by Nala'? order, and though thero was a little grumbling, that put a stop to further trouble. "On the second morning the headmen and numbers of their followers came in in groups, and about midday a deputation of tho former presented themselves before us without their weapons. They were conquered, they said, and Wambo was dead, so they carno to bear the words of the great lion who had eaten them up, and of the crafty white man, thc jackal who h*d duj^a hole for them to fall in, and of Mai wa, Lady of War, who bad led the charge and turned tho fato of the battle. "So we let them hear tho words; and when we had done, an old man rose and said that in tho namo of tho pooplo ho accepted the yoke that was laid upon their shoulders, and that the more gladly because even the rule of a womaa could not bo worse than the rule of Wambo. Moreover, they kne%* Mai wa, thc Lady of War, and fcar>xl her :10t, though sho was a witch, and terrible to see in battle. "Then Nula asked his daughter if sho was willing to becomo chieftainess of tho tribo under him. "Maiwa, who had been very silent since her revenge was accomplished, answered yes, that she was, and that her rule should be good and gentle to those who were good and ! gentle to her, but tho forward and rebo?lious sho would smito with a rod of k-on, which, from my knowledge of her character, 1 thought exceedingly probable. ! r "The headmen replied that that was a good ; saying, and they did not complain of it, and so the meeting ended. "Next day we spent in preparations for de? parture. Mino consisted in chiefly superin? tending the digging up of the stockade of ivory tusk-3, which I did with the greatest ?rffil mn * Thc stockade of ivory t+tska. satisfaction. There wore some five hundred " .>f them altogether. I made inquiries cboat B tt from Every, who told mo that tho stock- ? ide had been there sd long that nobody seemed to exactly know who had originally vt x>llectod tho tasks. Thero was, however, a jiad of superstitious fecha? about thom, which had always prevented tho chiefs from c trying to sell this great mass cf ivory. Every S ! md I examined it carefully, and found that V ?dthough it was so old, its quality w.as really ^ is good as ever, and thero was very little soft ivory in tho lot. At first I was rather afraid jest now that my services had been rendered, Sala should hesitate to part with so much iralaabloproperty; but this was not the casa ?vhcn I spoke to him on. the .^abject ho ncrely said, 'Take it, Macumarahn, take it- " ron have cairned it woLL' And to speak thc i L xuth, though I tay it who shoul irdfc, I think -* [ had. So wc pressed several hundred Ma ;uku bearers into our service, end next day narched o'.? with thc lot. "Beforo wo went I took a formal farewell rf Maiwa, whom we left with a bodyguard >f SOO men to assist her in Sot-tlmg tho country. She gave mo her hand to kiss n a queenly sort cf way, and then said: 'Ma ?umarahn, you arc a bravo man, and have )een a good friend to ino in my need. If ?vcr you want help or shelter, remo: aber that \l: tfaiwn. hos a good memory for friend and A: be. All 1 have is yours.' al "And KO 1 thanked her, and went She j ni artalnly was a very rcmarkal ile woroon. A -cai- or two oyo I bca;\l that her f ither Nala -..as dead, ard that she kad^saeeevdod to thc ~ hicftainship of both tribes, winch tko ruled -rith great jost'eoaud finnacs.:. "I ck: assure you that wo :..-cended tho ass leading io Wambo's town.wiih fee??ags j .erv dhTerent from tho o with which wo j imf descended it a f w.-before. But if j \ ', was grateful for the issue <<:" events, yen t .an oas-i?y imagino what poor Every** fool- ac ngs were. When wc got t ? tho ?.f th? i .ass ho aeiuaky. before tho whole in.pi, ! (ii lopped down upon bis knees and thanked | loavm for his escape with the t cr.* running j l\\ ?w : : Ul : ai ! !>' I Di !?'. ; i'1 face But th. a, asl I tvesrdd, Ids tcrves were shaken: thou; h, now ti; d his ..-ard was trimmed and ho had go? s rt f clothes on his back and hopo in hw h< art, te looked a very differ 'Ut man from 'IK: poor nreteh whom wo had rescued from death by or! ure. "Well, wc separatedfrom Nalani; thc little fairway cr pis-s over ?ho meant a: a. Every nd I and tho ivory going down tho river , ft, rbich wo haacomenp a few weeks '.?-fore, jin nd tho chief returning to his own krn.n en bc farther side of the meuora ia. lie gave ; ?di is aneseori; of l.~?0 men, however, with in- ! ^ructions to accompany us fer s:~ ?lays' j curacy and keep tho Maraku bearers in rderand tkrn -eturn. I knew that in pit ; ays wo would be able to reach a district raero porters were plentiful and whence we t A oald easily get thc ivory conveyed io Ucla- ? *^ ;oe bay,:' ! "And did yen land it up safe?" I asked. j "Well, no," said Quatcrmain; "wo lost j bouta third of it in crossing a river. A | [ood came down suddenly, just ax tho men ?J rere ero^?nsr;, and many of them bad to^jr throw flown tneir tasks?jo save their lives. We had nomeaua of fishing it up, and o J V.-O had to leave it, which was very sad. How? ever, we r:>'..i what remained for nearly ??,CC0; so we did not do so badly. I don't mean that I got ?7,000 cut cf it, be? cause, you see, I insisted upen^Every tak? ing a half share. Poor fellow, he bad carir'i it if ever a man did Ile set up a store in thc old colony on tba precteds, ?md dil! uncommonly welL," "And what did vou do with the lion trat ?' asked Sir Henry. * "Ob, ? brought that away with me also, and whea l got to Durban ? put it in my house. Bat really, I could not bear to bit opposite to il nights as I smoked. Visions of that poer weena and tba hand of her dead child would rho up in cry mind, and also oi all tho oihez horrors of which it had boen tba iustru meat. I began to dream ?it h' + that it bad mo by tko b>g. This -aa too much for my nerves, so I just packed it up and shipped it to its maker iu SbcCkdd, whoso name wa3 stamped upon the stool, sending liim a letter at tba same timo to teil him to what purpose tho infernal machino bad. boen put I behove that he gave it to some museum or other.*' "And what became cf tho tusks cf tho three bulls which j'ou shot? You must have left them at Nal a's kraal, I suppose, " Tba old gentleman's face fell at this ques? tion. "Ah," he said, "that is a very sad story. Nala promised to send them with the goods to my j>gcnt ot Delagoa, and so ba dkl. But the maa who brought them wera unarmed, and* as it happened, they foilim wich, a slave caravas, under the command of a ba&breed itartugae, who st?eed tba tusks, and, tsbot & worse, i^woro teat lib had shot tfcem. t paid him ot it afterwards, however, " ho added, with a smile of satisfaction; "but ft did no* give ma back ray tusks, which ho doubt have long ago been turned into hair brushes I*' And ho sighed ''Wen," said Good, "that is a capital yarn of yours, Quatermaia; "but" "But what*" ha asked, sharply, forsecing a draw. "But I dont think that it was so good as mina about tba ibex-it basnt the same finish. " 2Ir. Quatermain made no reply. Good was beneath it. "Do you know, gentlemen,'* ho said, "it is half past 2 ia tho morning, and if we ere going to shoot tho big wood to-morrow we ought to leavo hero at 0:50 sbarpP "Ob, if you shoot for a hundred years you will never beat tho record of those three woodcock,*' I said 'Or of those three ?l?phants," added Sir Eenry. And then we all went to bec1, and I dreamed that I had married Maiwa and was much if mid of that determined lady. THE* END. HO FOR m TT TI ?HE?PSST HOUSE IN THE CITY. Ve have just opened our Fall Stock of ry Goods, And in these lines we defy compe ition. We pay spot cash for our ;oods, and in that way are enabled o )BTA.m MANY BARGAIN 7?nch ave lost to those who buy or. wg time. We buy our F the Manufacturer thereby saving lie 33J per cent, that the Jobber barges for handling, and we give iie consumer rhe benefit of that per* entaere. Call on xis and be con inced of the assertion. 57 E GUARANTEE ll goods as represented aud refund loney where goods do not come up ) representation. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED a full and complete'line of jilli il! 'hich are composed of the finest rands on the market. Such a vari ty of CANNED GOODS as we jow never has been seen in Sumter. Te keep everything that is bandied y a first class grocer. Our line of Fancy i? Rail Crackers re the celebrated "A. E.7" goods, here are none so jrood as these. U?kmm ei hu* Main Street, next to C. S. Stubbs, f Sent 5 Pl? N8TS0L Public attention is called u> the fact that I ive charge of the STALLION ALVIN !>., id parties ..visiiin^ ii ia services can be tended to by seeing or corresponding with e. Price $?5 euaranteed. ? ULLENDORF, Sumter. Sent. r>. _*_ ._j_ Uiilkidij L!: ?l'uul uiiiijliliu, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. inchi-le? Graduate Department, College of ? t grict:!'?ure and Mechanic Av;.-, Go!le?e of j ntT.it Arts ar.;' Sciences, College vt Pharm- j j v. Normal School, Law School. j j 27 Teachers, -il Graduate ?nd ZO tinder- i y rs tua te Courses-general, special, <w profes- j . mai-for degrees ?ad certificates. Instrnc- J j in glvcntn liook-Keeping and Phonography. | iorou;:hlv . onippi : Chei ?cal.Mim r.. logical, i ( okjgtcai. I'hysiolojrical, Physical,md Phar- j fi . ivuiieal Laboratories. Also Mechanical p: ;-::ar::i with engine and machinery, j anghs'inar Reoni and Stu ;?s *"or wood work di rou work. Experimental Farm. Model j asses connected with Normal S. tio,?l for ac?iccT?i liing. Nev ?nth nary. '!'turi -S '. ' per S.ssioa. Other Fees, j ? Tnnie fle-vrd, $I?:o;$12 per mont h. ?oms free of r:n<.. Tota! expenses, iriclud- j ; fuel, washing, books, .fcc, about S?S0. Tuition Fee remitted to Students certifying ! 4 ?ir inability t.) pay ir * For further information, annlv io I J. M. McDRYDE* President. ? JNO. T. GREEN, || ttorney and Counsellor ali SUMTER, C. H., S. G. jj 5* Collection of claims a specialty. i > ne 20. !. DEALERS IN bHuta? rfisHIlf MubcillcY i Son?iWefi? Corner Earn and Liberty Sta AN ENTIRELY FRESH STOCK CD -OF family ami fancy (irooeim It is our Honest Purpose to be able to Oom** pete with any House in the City. A Large Stock of Fancy Groceries, Cann?et Goods and Delicacies of ihe Season now c& hand. Staple Goods Always in SfockV Prices Reduced to the Lowest Possible UA? Orders Promptly Filled and Goods Delivered. Polite and attentive Clerks will aid the Proprietors in-tiki*' efforts to please all who trade with us. - . Sept. 12. ?rn ?? mm- r tm IM, "A . ?? ?S?g - '.^m.?.'.'L'f^'i.v,Txnpr'>u K< iggMBBBOT ---W??t The Notice of Every One is Called to the Fact that & s Keep a Fall Supply ot Goods in their Line, Farmers Sife icMy? Si??? Sillies, M COOKING AND HEATING -STOVES" OF BEST MAKE! WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIAS FROM A" DOLT TO A WHEES. PUMPS; ?OTB1 IRON AND WOOD. Belting in Rubber and Leather, and Packing of all Kinds* Imported Gnus, Muzzle and Breech Loadiflg? PISTOLS IN VARIETY FROM $1 UP. POWDER, SHOT AN? SHELLS, &c, AND We are Agents for the Great Western Powder Company! TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, &c. With many thanks to a generous public for their past liberal patronage, and soliciting^ still their kiud support, weare Respectfully, etc., 0 B. W. 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DOUGLAS 3-2.25 WO??KTXG ?IAN'S SHOE is the host In the world for rouffh wear; one pair onsM to wear a man a rear. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE FOK BOYS Is the Inst School SW in the world. XV. L. DOUGLAS S1.75 YOUTH'S School Shoe {fives thc small Boys a chance to wear the best shoes in the world. All made in Con?re<r?, Br.ttor and T.are. If not sold bv vour deal.".-, write W. L. DOUGLAS. BROCKTON, KASS. J. Eyttenberg & Sens, Agents, Jan. 25_SU.MTER, S. C. BOYAL CICERO 87?!. Won first prizes at ?South Carolina State Pair, 1S34-1SS5. Bred ly F. J. DeCruchy, TrinVy. Jersey. Born January S, 1933. Ir::}>?rtcd in Durr, yoremltr 20, 1382. DEseuirT.'Ox.-Sclid-prrcy fawn, shading to jlaek ou bf ?ly an?l logs, with black tongue lad switch ; ihte head with mild cyp, broad "orebead, thin yellow horns, with well defined ?l?et ; long slim neck, straight back, with ?ody cf great depth, set low on tine clean irn'?.'3 ; slim tail, with heavy Mack switch ; ?kin exceedingly thin and mellow and rich in .olor: false te:.is or' cnnsnal length, U?TII -reat dislance between, remarkable milk veins, ind goon escutcheon : milo disposition. His sire. CICERO, won f:r;t : l izc over ail ferscys in 2 year old class io ?SS2 : and was ;oId at auction in Xe w York for $3,100. His ?et ure very onit'orm. and possessed of rich nelhnv skins, and all thc points thal asu&??y teconvpany inc hi?h class dairy Hnini.il. As .bowing tili? appreciation in which thor are j leid by breeders, the thirty calves of" his got. j mportcd and sold by Mr. T. S. Cooper at j medan tu New York, realised aa arer&esof 10)4 t if!; ; and ht; \e.i:l:::g son. e:it of i roan - Carenne, has recently changed hands ! itt?2,?i?u. * ' j His dani, KHEDIVE'S VIRGINIA, was] .nt ut' oin* ot lbs grandest dairy cows on tine ; sland of Jersey, and is regarded as one cf J he best daughters ot Khedive. She w.-ts j uirchascc by Mr. J. li Walker, of Worctister, j Tass., one of thc most soentiitc Jersey judges j nthecounirv, at auction ia New Turk, in i lay, ?S83, for 52 050. Royal Cicero will make th? season ?it rr?v arm. t!:ree miics west of Sumter. Service te ?5.00. Aug. 8-3m. J. B. JONES fel Sales and Small MU. 1ASH BUYERS CAN SAVE MONEY BY CALLING UPON I'S. Have Full Line ^ jrrcceries, Dry Goods, J Shoes and J encra ? Merchandise. Aho 5 Cent Counter Goods of Every lind. !? r p ii pps? a tm i ?iii l . u n k iii ii & ail tu j S?.-?TER, S. C. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carr? COUNTY OF SUMTER. ?N TBE CCUKT OF COMMON PLBlft Richard P. Monaglian, Plaintiff, tfci* Stephen Richardson, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made iii' the above entitled cause and filed Jomf 7tb, 1838, I will sell at public auction id* front of the Court House ia the City of Sam*" ter in said State, on Monday, Oct. let, 1388,-being Salesday-between the' boner of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in9 the afternoon, the following premises, titu-* ated in said County and State, to wit : All that certain tract of one hundred serer of land, more or less, situate, lying and*b*r?fj? in the County of Sumter, aforesaid; boondea' North and E-.xst by Porcher Gallard's "land; South by lands of Dr. Rerabert and West'ti* land of John Phillips. The sarnie being the' land conveyed to him (Stephen Richardson y by Thomas J. Coghhin, Sheriff, by deed,bear*" ing date the fourth day of October, 1869.' Terms of sale-"One half cash on day of .ale and the balance at one year, to be secured. ' by bond and mortgage of the uurchaser with' interest." The purchaser to pay for all necessary' pa-* aers and for recording mortgage. JOHN S. RICKARDSOK, Sept. 5. Master for Straiter Co. .""MASTSETS SALE. State of South Carol COUNTY OF SUMTER: COURT OF COMMON PLEAS: William J. McLeod, Jr., Plaintiff, m's Mary Jane WaVcer and Chester* Waiker. D?fendants. BY VIRTUE cf a Decretal Order mftdeln* the above entitled cause and dated JC'BCT ita, 1888, I vrili sell at public auction inf5 Vont of the Court House in the Town ofSum? er in said State, on Monday, October lat,;. I SSS-being Salesday-between the hours of t ! o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in tbkf ifternoon, the following Real Estate situated? n said County and $:ate, to wit : Tait paree: cr tract cf land in?asuf?njg- . wpnty-three acres, situated in the County^ md State aforefaid, between Black River and* jong Branch, and bounced on the North byv ar.is cf Ben Sharper (formerly G. II. WiW o:i ) : on thc East l>v lands of George H. Wt!-" on ton the South by binds of L D Smith,, ind on the West by lands of the Estate of .Yilliara Herring and B. DesJi, hath such* hape. form, marks, battings, and bounds*" ies asare dilineatrd.on a plat of the same nade l>? J G. Burgess, D. S., and dated Nw" emh-r6th, 1S74. Terms nf Sale-Cash: Purchaser t."? r??v for ti'le?. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Sept. 5, 1 SSS. Master for SnmlfiT Co.~ Flie State of South Carolina,* COUNTY OF SUMTER, 5i/ T. V. Wal*h: Esq., Probate Judge'. H EHE AS. HATTY ELIZABETH Mc \ \ DONALD, Widow, nindv* salt to mo to* . * runt her Letters of Administration, of the :.-t:.tc nd effects cf JOHN M. MCDONALD,' ??.'C?.-C'i. Thee nro therefore t* cite and admonish'all5 ad singular, the kindred :;n<i creditors of the* ii i John M. !McD.<n.>? ?, I??C of said County nd State, tiwi they l?e and appear before me inr* : ?te Conn .^i Probate, : > bc hcnl ar Stirerer C. Hi ti September 20ih, :.V.SS. next, aftrr pubHe?ttoe* creel at li o'clock ia the forenoon, to shelf" au?, if any they have, why the said Auminis*" !'::?i?>r, should not rv ?rr..r.tcd. Given under uiv hand, this 5th day or eprcmber A. D, ISSS. T. V. WALSH, Se\>t 5-2 Judge of TVobate. state of South Carolina* COUNTY OF SUMTER. 'h/ T. V. Walsh. Esq., P r?bate-Jvdg/t. nrTHEREAS, MKS. HARRIETT LO'COR* \'\ NOR nw de suit to me to granV bar" otters of administration of Ihe'slftt?t?'fe&??" ffects of EDWARD O'REILLY, Wd. These are ihert-tore to cite and adtajjntsfc a?f nd singular thc kindred and creditors of the" aid Edward O'Riiliey, late of said County" r nd State, deceased, that they be and appear" efore mo, in the Court of Probate, to be h<:l<?, t Sumter Court House, on September 20th, SS3, next, after publication hereof, at ll'- .. 'clock in thc- forenoon, to shew cause, if any hey have why the said administration should- " ot be granted. Given undo? my hand, this fifth day of* ' eptember, A. D., 1SS8. TI?OS. V. tf ALSH, Sent 5-2- Jtideeof Probeta? ^5