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' Their light and well-manned host goes boldly up the stream, skillfully avoiding tho huge trunks of trees which in this time of tho year abound in all the rivers of Ceylon. ?.?any a curious sight these adventnr crs see as they wend their way. Now the banks are covered with thick jungle of thorny brambles, tall cacti, bamboos and the gigantic creeping plant, which tho sailors appropriately call jangle-rope, growing in intricate recesses which are teeming with wild animals and noxious reptiles, and again the tall palms wave their feathery tops in solemn grandeur. Every now and then they meet some other sampan, downward bound, pad dled by a bare-backed Malay, with per haps some Cingalese potentate, clad in a long white robe and with a huge comb in his hair, who is^returair-g to Jhe city after a visit to his plantation Darkness comes on, but it does not impede them, for they have not started till the boat of tl*e day was spent, so one of the natives lights a ch alct or torch, and fixes it in the bow of the boat, while presently the moon will come forth in ail its tropical glory. Thus the night was passed, and morning saw those tireless peddlers bending their tawny backs to their task. Eut when the sun rose in un clouded splendor they moored their Sampan under the spreading boughs of a bread-fruit tree, and, after a hasty meaL ?llod their mouths with the blood-rod betel nut and flung them selves down to sleep the torpid slumber of the weary. How hot it was! Not a breath of air was stirring ami 1st the dense mass of vegetation; not a twig nor leaf fluttered: the long white paddy stalks, or wild rice, glittered and sparkled in their watery resting pieces as though they wore fashioned in burnished silver. The bufrnlos had brtakea themselves to the ir watering places. The birds were evidently worn out, for they were no where to bo seen; the >>eetles crawled feebly over the coole: shrubs, but they could not summon energy to get up a single hum or Xrizz; and even the snts dropped their lilliputien loads. The Europeans could not sleep. A shorts stertorous, feverish unconscious ness whs their apology for slumber, and before the first hour of repose was passed, they rose from their reclining portion, yawned woarily, and looked with envious eye? at their butnbJor companions, happy m the sweet oblivion of dreamless rest. *By Jove, Campignon,** said the younger of the two. "What an accursecl climate! After the delicious coolness of last evening, this reeking heat is doubly stifling. It is like stepping from Paradise into Hades." And what do you think it will bo when we get further away from the sea shore and the nights wiil be more sultry t?ysn the days, Mr. Dunbar?" the elder replied, lighting a cigarette with provoking nonchalance. fiI must bear it, I suppose." "If you can; but you have seen noth ing of the roughness of the trip yet. In twenty miles more wc shall be in *ho wilderness*, and then look out for squalls." "You are a Job's cx>mfbrter, ccrtain ly," Dunbar replied; "but sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. By the bye we cannot be fer away from tho vil lage where '-we were to Iny in our sup plies, and get our last chance of infor ms ti'v.'i from the headman:* "It lies just beyond the bend of tho river, not two miles away," was the re ply. "Were yon thinking of going to see the headman while these poor beg gars take their sic ito?" : "I confess ! was,'1 Dunbar said; "if you thought you liad sutTieicnt know ledge of the language to conduct the business; for I guess there arc shade trees all the way, and sitting broiling in this stifling atmosphere is simply maddening." "Oh, I guess the old fellow knows a little English, and my small acquaint ance with tho Cingalese will carry U9 through. Sling your gun over your arm. Mr. Dunbar, and let as start." It was not difficult for them to find the but of *hc koraTe, or headman. In the midst of the thick foliag? ft looked Hke a b?ge wart on the rieh vegetation. Coffee, banana, cotton and pawpaw >hrtxbs grew in wild profusion around i it, though it hud, literally speaking, no ! garden. I issing through the crazy doorway, : ?hey found an elderly, dried-up man | nearly asleep on hammock made of j cocoa fibers, a dirty, foul-smelling old rascal with smaii bead-like eye: which glittered with cunning like a serpent's Nevertheless he was a great man in his community, reaping where he had not sown, and preying like a vampire on tho poverty-stricken people by whom he ; vas surrounded. Serfs tracked him vhercver Lc wont; one held n talipot oaf over him in iah? walks; another car ied his stick of onice, and a third beat >iT the mosquitoes with a switch. At resent lk; was unattended, save by n talf-nalccd peon who fanned him wkh , punk Uo was clad in barbaric -pomp, yet eeked in filth, an* swelled with 1m ortanco in a ballad-shaped k?ndyan >at, a flowing robe and loose jacket und he usual muslin scarf. As the trangers entered, the korale sprang rom his hammock, with an ability be-, ond his yeans, and began to salaam in he most approved Cingalese style: but Campignon, who had made his ocquaint :ncc in his trading- trips up the Quag-la, n a few stern words put a stop to Iiis apering ceremony. Could they have fruit, dried meats and >read? Of course theyeould; was not ill in tbc village at the disposal of tho vhite lords, on whom might tho tight rf Buddha resfc? When the commteaarlat ?oestion had jcen happily settled, and orders had >een tjiven to the villagers to carry pro visions to tho sampan, exceDent dbe oots were lighted, and Campignon bo fan to, pump information from tho rorule concerning the party who had "onveyed Sir Harry Grahamo up the ivcr. For many minutes they talked ?n a lialect utterly incomprehensible to Arthur Dunber, and supplemented with nany grotesque gesticulations; but the wnferenco was evidently unsatisfao A DIHTY, FOUL-SJIELLIXG OLD ILS.SCAI? o Campignon, for ho suddenly turned o Arthur and said, petulantly: "Wc must grease the old villain's >alms; ho either knows nothing, or will ay nothing." "Promise him anything yoa Eke," vas the prompt accession. ?n a moment Cam pignon jingled a landful of rupees before the old man's yes. Then followed a torrent of ejaculat ions, little less unintelligible than the hattering of a baboon. But the wily frenchman extracted a meaning from he flood of sound. "The old sinner bites at the bait, but nslsts on having a hundred rupees, as iC very naively says the other party lave promised h'm that if ho holds his onguo. What say you?*' "Accede to any terms.* The information given by the korulo tras well worth tho investment. lie said that six months ago two large ampans passed up the river, contain ng three Europeans and eleven Malays; hat one of tho white men was deathly ick; that he recognized the natives as warnp-dwellcrs, a tribe of great feroe ty who inhabited a tract of country wo hundred miles up tho river, and hiefly lived by piraey and acts of dander; that the white men told him hey were going to live on an island un [er protection of tl>e chief of these peo ple; and that to reach it tl*ey paust pass hrough tho oottntry of tho Hock Ved [ahs. "The Rock Veddahs! Who arc they?" Arthur asked, when Campignon was n> atlng these details. "Dkl yon never bear of the Sock Vcd lahs?" the Frenchman queried. "Then rou have yet to be introduced to he lowest type of humanity, to whom he Iiosjesinen, of southern Africa are. olished gentlemen by comparison. L'hey aro indeed" a rocc of wild men. "They are a c^ngeroos, wicked races j'A wc have to go right through the leart of their country. "Still li others have done it T suppose ve can," Arthur sadd, with determino ian. "Yon allude to George Archer and lis accomplices, but you forget that hey arc under the protection of the wamp-dwollers, who arc, I expect, too owcrful neighbors for tho Veddahs to' xasperatcs" "If yon aro afraid,** pnnbar said, estily, "say so* man, and turn back. is for me, I shall reach Sir Harry Gra lam-j, or die in the effort.n "And I shall stick with you to the ast, sir. When Francois Campignon igns articles, he means to hold to them a long as he can." "And you shall not regret your cour ge and honesty, " Dunbarsaid, warmly. When they reached the chtster-of trees inder whose shade they had left their am pan, they found a crowd of na ives, who had brought every conceiva le kind of meat and fresh fruit for heir selection, some even the charms 0 warn off devils and evil spirits tdiich they urgently pressed thorn to rurchaso. Ii; T a sampan, light and ?j >yant a^ :L is, is only ft boat after a?L ?d its gunwale was scon weighed iown dangerously near the water, so l;e order was given to loosen tho ?ainter and cast off Into the stream, lotwithstanding the Dabei ofebattcr ng rem ?nstrance fr? >:n th? disappoiatr d villagers whose wares had been >ro?.ght in vain. Already the broad aeks cf the Malavi; had bent to their cork, when loud cri -.- from the direc ion of the village were beard, and they aw the korale's fat body, v abblihg t? nd fro like a Dutch lugger in ... storm, is he came on ;i run, with one^peo.n lolding a huge umbrella over his heud, n<i another pushing him :;' >;:;_:' in n not ery digniitcd manner. "Hold hard!" Dtrabar cri?-d. und the aen, obeying his gesture, rather than lis voice, once more swung the nose of he boar. Into the bank. When the paunchy offlcial could suffi lently recover breath to speak, he an lounced that he had the mo?st importrvot idings for the Europeans, which he vould communicate for .? coni ideration. ?o consequently Caropignon sprang shore ;iu?l retired with him to a cluster rf trees. A few whispered words cemed to satisfy the Frenchman, for ic handed over th<: r:t? ?t y. and Dunbar lotieed tb.at Iiis face gr w very grave is the conference proceed d. "The old reprobate," he said, as h.e ook his place in the boat and gave ?rders to t m? n to cast off, "has added 1 little piece of intelligence which it vas lucky v.<? waited f?>r, for forc varncd is forearmed, and we've got to ook out for sqnalls." "Ah, what now?" I *" ,rWhy, you nef., it appears that yes terday a European passed up the river in a light sampan propelled by two strong paddlers. lie stopped at the village just long enough to get provis ions and promise the korale twenty : .rupees on his return if he would delay ihe passage of any other of his country- j men who might make the attempt to 1 penetrate into the interior. ?le said distinctly that two men would do so, and | described our appearance so minutely, j that there is no doubt but that he al- ; luded to us.* j "Yet," Dunbar interposed, "that J seems impossible; for not a soul knew where we were going when we left ! London?not even Miss Grahamc." . "Nevertheless, I believe the secret j has leaked out, and that we shall re- ; gret the three weeks we lost et the ; capo and our month's delay at Colors- ! bo," Campignon insisted. . *'Weli, we cannot reproach orrsclves i with that, for we were told that tho , river was impassable till the ?ooos euh- ! sided," Daubar said, a little vexed, for j the Frenchman^ manner seemed to im pute carelessness on his part. * Granted; it may be a misfortune and j not a fault, but if somo enemy Is taking i the wind out of our sails we must bo on j the alert" "We must catch up with hhn at any ! Cost," Dunbar cried, excitedly. "As well set a cow to chase a grey* hound as expect us to overtake that j light-heeled customer, who carries little or nothing with him." ! "He must have provisions liko we j havo," Arthur argued. "Yet he bought but little at the vil- j l?ge yonder, Mr. Dunbar. No, you may j depend upon it that there is some hid- j den place of supply in the wilderness j provided for just such an emergency, j If it were not so he dared not make tho j journey. Think of it! Nearly two i hundred miles of jur.gle and forests so j interwoven with brush end prickly plants that you could not get two miles from the bank in a day*s march. No, : no, you may depend on it there is somo i half-way place of supply; perhaps up a j creek, where none would suspect it. ' Say, sir, arc you man enough to risk ! the danger of flinging overboard half [ our supplies, and take your spell at a paddle for six hours out of the twenty*- | four? Don't answer in a hurry?think of it a bit?it moans going on half ra- ? tions and straining yourself pretty se- ; verely, facing perhaps death and very j surely sickness, for tho fever is pretty certain to get hold of you if you over exert yourself." "All this I will gladly do," Arthur ! said, resolutely; "but how about these ; poor Malays? It is hardly fair to ask j them to share dangors they never con tracted to enduro." "Give them double pay, sty, and they would face tho devil himself; for there is nothing a Cingalese will net do for money." "Then so be it; only make them quite understand their contract." So Campignon explained to the brawny fellows what they wanted of them, j adding, too, on his own account that ! Dunbar was a great American prince, j whose generosity knew no bounds, and I who would reward them when they reached Colombo in a manner beyond j their wildest expectations, and indeed he was not very far exceeding his in- ! structions as the sequel will prove* But i the most intelligent of the Malays ob- i jected to the immediate abandonment i of the provisions, insisting that they j should carry them for fifty miles into I the interior, where they could hide j them in the trunk of some rotton tree, | as for that distance the stream was very j slow, and in case of need they might be j reached. This reasonable amendment i was adopted, and a little later the two : Europeans took their places at the paddles, toiling manfully during the long hours of the night, and managing j matters so that the boat was in motion | for eighteen hours Out of the twenty CHAPTER VTTT: trP Ts:i qtaciw* arvnn. It requires a pen far mere graphic i than I can wield to give even a faint de- ! scription of the utter desolation of the j country thro, h which the Quagla river j wound its toriuons course; now through | regions of impassable jungles, where I wild beasts and reptiles found lurking j places, and where the dark waters rolled on with scarce a current; and, j anon, barren rocks and sandy wastes j pa,st which the river flowed liko a tor- I rent. Towards night and in the early ! morning dense miasmatic fogs arose, j stiflirv- unhappy human beings with ; foul exhalations, and almost more un- j endurable than tho terrible heat of day. i The river too swarmed with huge saur4 ans--scaly monsters twenty feet long? not the timid alligators of Florkla, but flercc creatures which were man's dead liest enemy, more to be dreaded ?ven than the gigantic boa serpents which they frequently saw hanging from the I limbs of the trees on the bank, whose j embrace would crush one's body to a j shapeless mass. Five days had passed since the wan derers left tlte Cingalese village. They j had tailed un regardless of heat, thirst ; or hunger?thirst 1 say, for tho muddy i water was so impregnated with the d - I cayed vegetable matter of ages that its j task; was revolting. j Night was fast approaching1, fa that ! tropical region the curtain of darlcness ! falls with a rush, folding in ?rnpcnetru- i ble gioom the landscape that scarce ' few minutes before was oathed in-the ' golden rays Of the setting sun. By. and I by the stars .-. ill come out one by one ; with twinkling brightness, and present* j {y the moon with a majesty imk? ?.vn j In temperate zones will ?ood the heav- i cris with i*s silvery sheen; but rut'm while th s fog bongs over the river and j even the dazfcUi g torches at the bead j of the sampan fail to make nr? objecta j do/.cn paces distant visible. **Can you take your spell at the pad dle; Mr. Dunbar: or has the mfasrna of ; ttius accurscii r t-reara poi.-oaco % < bloba"?" Camphmoh asked, ha: :?> * !:>.s own arm for the nightly toil. j "I am in ratlier a dead-idivccor.di- ; tion," Arthur Dunbar replied, "but I good v.iT my share of the worh yet j What a few more Mays of this bodily j tortur? may do for me I cannot tell, but ; as long ' can wield a paddle I shall j not shrink from the burden." Just then a human cry startled the speaker?a scream of mortui agony, sounding very weird-] ike in tho black- ; ness of the night. This was followed ; by a loud splash, and then a hoarse j voice rang out in a tone of command. j "For your life, sir, be silent!" Cam pignon cried, as be dashed 4o tho bow of the boat and seizing ihe torches plunged them into tho hissing water, , "There is a war-canoe coming down the river. I hear the strokes of their j paddles, and our only safety Hes in finding a hiding place." Muttering a few words to the Malays, he bade th m tern ta?? nose of the boat ashore, which: they did with marvelous instinct, considering how impenetrable was the darkness wit:; which they were surrounded Only just in time did they succeed in reaching the friendly boshi reeds, behind whose waving pi times they were safe from observation: for with a rush a huge canoe, manned by a score of nearly naked savages and lit by a dozen flaming torches, flashed down the stream. At the stern sat a man who constantly urged the toilers to greater speed, occasionally striking them with tl>e reverse end of a long, ugly spear he bore in Ids right hand Like phantoms of a hideous dream they passed into the darkness and fore gone "Those fellows arc swamp-dwellers, and if I am not mistaken they are in pursuit of us** the Frenchman said, with a grim s mihi. "Luckily for us they speed along so incautiously, or we should have been food for the alligat ors ere this." "And what shall we do now?" Dun bar asked, wearily. "Make the most of our escape and strain every nerve to catch the white rascal ahead of us before they returns* was the prompt response. The natives refused their spell of rest, anxious to puts greater distance bo* tween themselves and their dreaded eo* emies, whose bloodthirsty ways they were familiar with, so the sampan sped Swiftly en in response to their vigorous efforts. "What was the cry we heard when the war-boat was reaching us?" Dun bar asked, still thrilled with the agonized scream which seemed even yet to float in the air. "Most probably the death-yell of a murdered slave," Campignon replied. "For, when on a forced journey these gentry see a poor wretch shrinking from his work, exhausted with the ter rible toil, they just give him a slash with a crease and pitch Mm overboard to feed the crocodiles. Ah, I thought so?do you not see in the glimmering light that little dark mass floating down the stream? Nay, it is no use going out of our way to the rescue, for if life is not extinct, the monsters of the deep will have seized their prey before we could reach it." Even ns he spoko, a huge snout was raised four feet above the water, and with a snap the jaws of a scaly saurian closed on the dainty morsel. Already the moon was rising over a steep bank of cloud, when they found themselves in a broader expanse of water, which, as the light became more vivid, took the semblance of a wide lagoon, whose piacid waters presently lay like a silver mirror under the rays of the full moon. In the midst of this miniature lake stood an island with deep precipitous sides and crowned with palm trees, a lovely bit of land EEL? CAMS TOO LATZ. scapo, the more beautiful after the gloomy passage of the tortuou3, shade d river. Already the Malays were loaning over the side of the sampan laving their faces in tlie crystal fluid and drinking the sweet water from their gourds, when tlie Frenchman checked them in the unutterable bliss of the deep draughts. *The waters of the lake are sweet to the taste and clear to the eye" he said, "but tainted with the poison of the stream above. Let us make the ksluud, where wc shall ?u? some spring from which we can fill our veseeis and bo sure that we are not pouring liquid death down our throats."1 "I see a 3pot where we can land," Dunbar cried, shading his eyes with ht3 hand and pointing to an inlet guarded by two abrupt rocks which stood as sentinels to a narrow natural harbor. Without a reply the toLlin-r natives bent themecdves to the task of^ rcoebing the Cray haven, and, when their efforts had been crowned with success, they found themselves at the entrance of a small canyon, scarce three yards wide, whose sfctes were walls ei massive rock nearly fifty feet fn height Cam pignon whispered a caution as they forced the boat tip the stream. Not even a night bird was disturbed by their noiseless approach. The channel Up which they were proceeding was a strange freak of nature, ivinding in its course, like the coils of a huge serpent? winding on and on with unchanging sameness, as it seemed to the anxious voyagers, for miles. "Let us turn back!" Dunbar cried. "We are wearing ourselves out for nothing." Even as he spoke the tallest and strongest of the Malays dropped his paddle and fell prone on the bottom of the sampan, 1 tin face convulsed with mortal agony. "As I expected,** Campignon hoarse ly whispered; "he is water poisoned. Qui Dunbar, with your brandy ilask, or ho will die.*1 They forced open Ids set teeth and poured 'he burning fluid down his throat, but help came too late, and the bronzed features twitched with mute agony, the brawny frame quiWred, and all was over. There'.vas an appeal ia his glazing eyes which haunted Arthur Dunbar for many a h<ng day und night; but his two companions seemed but lit tle discomposed by his untimely fate, mutteringo few word; whlchthe French man translated as a declaration that ?'? men must die sometime, and they had faith that the American prince would compensate bis widow when they readied Colombo and would remember to reward them for the additional teils they must how endure. Nay, they even were preparing to throw the body of thefr deceased comrade into the stream, but were prevented by Dunbar. who swore that it should hove decent burial. All thought of returning u::M; they had explored ??>e mysterious channel was abandoned, and once more the canoe with its ghastly burden was scut speed ing onward. Sudd< niy t long line oi precipitous rocks broke into a low sanded shore, with gent? lopes on either ide of the stream, giving a glimpse a wild country rich i.. towering trees un.: un dulating rolls, like the bread expanse oi an Ai lerican : ; :;irie covered with a virgin forest, while beyond, the stream again ent< red ?; chasm in another ra: ge of hill:. rJ he abrupt transformation of the fyeo of the countrv aroused the I wonder of t'.e Europeans, and their amazement grew when they saw beached on the sloping 6hore a light sampan, in which still rested many ob jects of English production, such as articles of clothing, shawls, wraps and canned meats, doubtless the very boat they had been in pursuit of. Chained to one of the rough scats of the sampan was a dog?a brown retriever?who fawned upon them with every m-anifes '. tion of joyous welcome. "He is in tolerably good condition, ! end cannot have been here long." Dun- ; bar said, as he unloosed the animah I which whined his gratitude with piteous : earnestness. The words had hardly left the young j American's Hps, when a spear whistled by his head, and fixed itself in the j trunk of a palm treo by his side. The j quick report of the Frenchman's rifie ' woke he echoes a few moments after- j wards, and a tall figure leapt into the J airirom a neighboring bush and fell to : the earth, while another sprang in hot fury from a group of ferns and charged | upon them with long, glittering crease*, ! ft weapon more dan g?rons than a sword in the band of a fierce Malay-, who bas no fear of death and fights with the blind impetuosity of a wild *beost> With a cry of frenzied rage, be sprang upon Campignon, dashing him to the earth with the fury of his charge, but er? the gleaming blade could fall upon j the hapless man, Arthur Dunbar's I strong arms were fiung around the j would-be assassin. Sleepless n-lghts j and scorching days had not rohl>ed the j young American of his marvelous ! strength, and, in less time than it takes I to write the words, the Malay was ; lying gasping- in the sand at the mercy of one who in his just rage seemed half inclined to strangle him; but Champig non's advice prevailed, and he was simply bound with ropes, which were i tied in such a manner as to insure the j security rather than the comfort of the ; prisoner. 'When he recovers from his blind i passion, we shall get some valuable | information from him: for these fellows in their calmer moments readily yield ! spring upon campignon. to the inevitable," the Frenchman said, 1 eyeing his iate antagonist with a grim | smile. "Tirere may be more of those scoun drels lurking ia the neighborhood," Dunbar conjectured, as he looked to the charge of Iiis repeating rilie. "No. no," Campignon declared, confi dently, "ft only remains &>r us t?o dis cover the whereabouts of tho white man, and we have accounted tor cl! the crew cf tin? sampan. If there : were more of them in the vicinity ] we should have had them on us ere thisv fcr the report of a gun is en unusual sound in these wilds. However, to make assurance doubly sore, let us pa trol tl*e woods and see whc& wo can ' find." This they did, making the important 1 discovery that it was not an island they < were on at all, but a small peninsula- ( projecting from the mainland by a nar- < row neck of land, along which led a ( track, which could hard?y be celled a [ : path, vet where tin? prickly brushwood j , had been suinciently cleared to permit j the cautious advance of a single person. s Up this they penetrated as far as they | thought it advisable to go, leaving one of the natives on guard at the landing i ( place. "It all lies fc a nut-shell," Camptg- ' non said, decisively. "The white man 1 has taken to the woods here, and wc i must follow him; but not till tho men < arc rested, for they have toiled for , nearly twenty hours." ! "And you advise?* Dunbar asked. That we camp for a few hours and then get on to the man's trail. * They found oh their return to tbc 1 boat captive and guard seated aftently i side by side; the one srilk>n and glum,- i as though brooding over his de&dt; the \ other exultant in his newly-invested an- ; thority, for ilio native Cingalese dearly loves to lord it over his fellows. "Has be spoken"?*' Campignon asked. "Yes." was tho proud reply. "He j offered me the gold bangles be wears if I would, aid him to escape." "Which you refused?'' The MaHyV: eyes gleamed !n tri- ; umpnant consciousness of fidelity, as he ; ' nodded a scornful assent. j ( "Tell him,** Dunbar said, when the. j * man's action was translated to him, j i "that when we reach Colombo I will ? ( give him five times the vaine of the t golden bangles; but, how comes it, Cam pignon. that the prison:-* is wearing such expensive ornaments?" j i "Eeeause," replied the Frenchman, ; t looking earnestly at the prostrate Cg- j r are before him, "he is a chief, or the j , son of a chief. I- wish I lmew for ccr- * tain just what he is." "Why?" 1 "For the reason that if he is really t what I think he is I would make an ap- j a peal to l a- native f?cnscof chivalry. Yon ! 1 smile, bat. sir. let dm tell you that j g these pirate < hieftains bave a code of j fl honor as sensitive as it is remarkable. I c One a t of enerosity from an enemy j will ; mpHsh more than a thousand blows." j "As, for iastaucc?" | j "If 1 were to unloose that man's ! , bonds a::d let birn go free, he would die ! ' sooner than barm me." | . "W ?l, as we mu: t cither kill bim or j * set him loose when wo march, the ess pi riment is perhaps worth a trial." '"Have I your consent to act as I think .* best?" Campignon demanded I "Why. certainly, my friend. You j 1 know rnore about the ways of this ' strange people than I do: besides, as I j ^ .said before, It is the least obnoxious o* j 0 the only two alternatives we feave." j c Campignon's reply was to move qm>t- ' ! iy to the ido of the captured Malay. *' who was lying prone on the sand, the j bleeding juts in his wrists and ankles | showing how he had strain. 1 the rope: I ;> ha Iiis efforts for freedom. One cheek lb. displayed a ragged gash, where in his [? fall he had struck it against a sharp , J st ne. and which was bleeding freely. The Frenchman spoke softly to the man for a few moments, but Dunbar noticed that his words only served to make the ! savage eyes of the prisoner gleam more fiercely. Even whoa Campignon got a> sponge and water and bathed the" wound, ("ha" Malay's intense'glance of hatred was in no wise' softened. Pres ently the Frenchman pointed vo th? golden bangles and ashed if, as h?" surmised, he was a chief among bis eople. The question was the ?rst whic?r had apparently arrested his-attention. "My father's spears am countless ?s the reeds on the river shore,*1 was the muttered response he made as he turned his face away from his qnes-" tioner. For a moment Campignon could not' quite realize the import of bfe man's words, for his knowledge' of Cingalese' was only limited and the'captive spoke in a dialect that was almost incompre-" hensible, but when the words had been' analyzed by the quick-witted French man, he proceeded to put m action his meditated experiment. Stepping back to where Dorfbar standing he considerably startled the young American by. an Extravagant' pantomimic expression oi serv?^t^ bowing to the verj ground before h& and approaching Mm-w4tb e*ery &?ga <*4 hnm?lity. ~DoDot 'axAeo.astocrishetV' fc?s?fc in. a low tone. *I want the prisoner {& realize that yon a*"e the chief personage among us, and that he owes bis frecdota to your commands.n So, with much gravity. Durrbqr gJ&vef his orders for the native s reJear? When Cainpignon ctifc th? oanl oonds, and with the grace of a Fr?nchmatf. handed him the murderous crease, which* two hours before had been within an ace of costing him his life, emotions of surprise, joy and gratitude played- o? the Ma :ay*s featxires; but the silent-ex-' pro:* Von of feeling was only momenta ry, for quickly the accustomed look of digniiled indifference repossessed his* features, and with a deep inclination of his head to the two white men, bef turned his back upon them and walked Slowly up the path which led tnto the* woods. "Cool as a raet?sb?rf* was DunbarV commentary. "Weih Cainpignon, as the little boys say, we've been and gone and done it now, and nothing re-" mains to us but to abide by the conse-" quences of what seems to me a-verV risky experiment-" [TO BE C--NTIX?KD ] t H. Clay King Must Die Jackso.w I'm 7, 1S92 ?The Sup reme Court of Tennessee met here io* vijourned session this morning tct remuer decisions in a n?niSer of cases: Leid uu?Vr advisement, the most impor tant case being the celebrated H. Clay Kiug murder case. Colonel King,* author of "King's Digest of Tennessee Law's, 'and a lcafdiug member of the Memphis Bar, on March 10* of lait year* tuet D. K. Post ou t another prominent and popular lawyer, on ihe street and shot bim down. The killing grew nut of a sensatiouat case in Chancery between the widow of General Gideon Pillow and Colone! King, and in which Poston was counser for Mrs. Pillow. After a hotly contested trial ?ti th? Criminal Court at Memphis,- in which pleas of insanity and self-defence were argued, Colonel King was sentenced to be hanged. A few weeks a*o the ease was heard by the Supreme Court, being most ably argued by both defence and prosecution/ but owing to the flieess of Chief Justice Turney, today was pet for ie!iver:n? opinions fn that sad* other .-ases*. The opinios rrat fesd by Justice Tnrton. The insanity of the' defendant was4 bold as not being proven and the theory }f self-defence was not sustained. The iefendact was then remanded to' the* Sheriff of Shelby county, to be kept iff ;or.fineraent till August 12, when between cirrbt A. M. and two P.M.. io should be hanged by the ne;k unt I iead. I KB - c.ni? Against Gov. Tillman's private' :haracter we have never heard one* word of reproach, and if we knew aught against him in this direction we* would not say it, as we <io not deenr it legitimate warfare ; but we wish t& say, with all the empira*is at out cbiw maud, that in violent and dentmeia?*" Lory language, power of vituperation? irui abuse and appeals to the passion^ and prejudice of his hearers; we have* never heard bat one rrrafn' that Was his* equal and that man wafo fr F. Whiter mote, wlrose btodf?fai infruer?ce an<f falee' ieaclVings are still felt iii Eaeten* S?tf?r Carolina.?Darlington Heraldl Gen. J. B. Weaver, the nominee of the People's party for President*, ir ar la?ve of Ohio and a citizen* of Iowa, fie has been lawyer, congressman and >ditor. nnd in 1SS? was candidate for* President on the Greenback ticket.* lie is nO years old, and will be ? huff Ired and fifty-nine before he is Presi1?* \m\t. The nominee for Vice-President s Gm. J. G Field, of Virginis, * Confederate veteran,, who lost a'leg iff he war. It i? rumored that at a recent meet-' nj: of the Liberty fHIl club, Edgefiel<f county, the chairman, an ardent Till-' nanite heretofore, arose fnVtaecriateljp ifter calling the meeting to order*/ and? Lsno?nced that the time had come wEeff ic felt it his duty to sever his connec-' ion with ihc Tilhnan wing of the party ,nd from now tili the August primaries'* ie would use his rnfinehce for th? con ervative movement. Later it was* .seertai?i?d that the whole club with-two* inceptions was li!:e minded. Mrs. Nellie Grant-Serforia now lives' n Lmtdou sad is a woman of Wealth. 1er h'?!:-;r-ia law left his estate to' herf ud hor tr?o children, on the condition' fiat \?.ej wcuid make their residence iff England. It Should Be'ln Kvery n*v?*icv J B. Wilson. 371 Clt?y Sv. Sh&rp>bbrg? Pa*,* :i\s ho will n<-r bo ?i*h'n:? Br. KinR*? N?w )i.<c?'ver- for Cons'mnpitcu. 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