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MAIWA'S REVENGE' t> I OR H> ALLAN OUATERMAIN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE. By H. RIDER HAGGARD. Author of "She," "King Solomon's Mines," Elc . CHAPTER VI. jo Continued. "Tlie white man Is cleverer than a jackal. Ye*, m> shall It be, and may the Snake of the Butlana people stand up P " tal1 *nd Prosper the war. for ?o shall we be rid of Wambe and the tyrannies of Wambe!** ' * " After that the girl Malwa stood np, JXJ ?"r.e I*?? prodnc,nS ^e dreadful little dried hand, made her father and several of his head councilors swear by It and upon It that they would carry out the war of vengeance to the bitter ?DU. " * TeI7 curious sight to see, and the fight that ensued was. by the iw ay, thereafter known amoug the J? that dl8trlct the "War of the Little Hand." for'us DeXt tW? da*VS W?1C bUSy ones .J???,"*'? Were 8ent out- and every | ?vallable man of the Butlana tribe was ordered up to "a great dance." The country was small, and by the evening of the second day some twelve hundred aud fifty men were assembled. At dawn of the following day. the fourth from the departure of the her alds. the main Impi started under the command of Nala himself, who. know, ng that his life and chieftainship hung upon the issue of the struggle, wisely determined to be present to direct It With him went Maiwa. who was to ffulde them up the secret path. Of course we had to give them two days start, as they had more than a hundred miles of rough country to pass, Including the crossing of the great mountain range which rap north and ?outb, for it was necessary that the ?mpi should make a wide detour in order to escape detection. At length, however, at dawn on the ? xth day, I took the road, accompanied oy my most unwilling bearers, who did ?i? at a" ,,ke the Idea of thus putting their head6 into the lion's mouth. Indeed. It was only the fear of Nala's ?pears, together with a vague confi dence In myself, that induced them to accept the adventure. With me also were about two hun dred Butianas. all armed with guns of various kinds, for many of these people tiad guns, though they were not very proficient in the use df them. But they carried no shield and wore no head dress or armlets; indeed every a"1>0llr""cc w?? onrefully With our party went also a sister" or Maiwa, though by a different mother who tPonKly resembled her in face ana form, and whose mission It was to personate the runaway wife. ?ven,n? wc camped upon the top of the cliff up which we had so *?car,Pd' next morning at the first breaking of the light we rolled I Stone8 witb wh,ch ^e had blocked the passage some davs before and descended to the hillside beneath. ' hodles, or rather the skele mS ?J who had fal,en before my rifle still lay about. The Matuku soldiers had left their comrades to be buried by the vultures. I descended the gully into which poor Oobo had fallen, and searched for his body, but lu vain, although I found the IEUpv ^re ^ "nd fhe other n,nn had ?truck, together with the bones of the latter, which I recognized by the waist Either some beast of prey had car ried ?obo off. or the Matuku people hnd disposed of bis remains, and also Of my express rifle which he carried. At any rate, I never saw or heard any more of him. Once in Wambe's country we adopted ? very cimcumspect method of pro ceeding. 1 u About flfty men marched ahead, In loose order, to guard against surprise. While us many more followed behind. a hlll l", hundred were gathered in a bunch between, and in the centre of these men I marched, together with the g.il who was personating Maiwa, and ?" my bearers. We were disarmed, and some of mv men were tied together, to show that we were prisoners, while the Klrl had b'a"koit thrown over her head, and * ,v"" n" ?,r ?f Wo headed strnlght for Wambe's Place which was at a distance of about pass UV? Uli,P8 flOUI 11,0 ,,,OUI,toln Wl'.r>n we had gone some Ave miles b?. .nM Parl>' ?f nl,out nf,v of Warn. W Wero evidently on the lookout for us. a Jehdwh!OI),,0j "S n,,(1 t,,oIr cnl,ta,? ? Kcd v\ he. e wa were going. ?hJ i, ht,m,mnn of our party answered hat ho was conveying Malwa, Warn' wl?if 1!,unyny w,fe. together with the * M <? hunter nnd his men. to he given command ? W nccordai,co his jxrr1" u,on w"n,cd <o kpow "J." e so many, to which our u . ; t 1 rp,ied ,,mt 1 ??*<! 'ny men ''a 7"v desperate fellows, and that If nas fe,r.vl that If we were sent with ?i .'in.! H.:nrt we should escape and , ,M " 1 the wrath of Warn be i. ??i their tribe. ? i j,;4 gentleman, the Matuku e.'.p.' I ? .hi to amuso himself at my Lfl'' ? me, saying that ' ' '?nke me pay for Uie ?ohl * I i?:f tl killed. LBc ?,il.i put me in the -Thing that Mted vther words, the lion trap and leave rue there to die like a Jackal caught by the leg. I made no answer to this, though my wrath was great, but pretended to look frightened. Indeed, th^re was not much pretense about it? I was frightened. I could not conceal from myself that ours was a most hazardous enterprise, and that it was very possible that I might make acquaintance with that Hon trap before I was many days older. Howaver, it was quite impossible to desert poor Every in his misfortune, so I had to go on and trust to Providence, as I have so often had to do before and Blnce. And now a fresh difficulty arose. Wauibe's soldiers insisted upou ac companying us, and what is more, did all they could to urge \is forward. .as they were naturally anxious to set to the chief's place before evening. But we, on the other baud, had ex cellent reasons for not arriving till night was closing in, since we relied upon the gloom to cover our advance upon the koppie which commanded the town. Finally ^hey got so importune that we hud to flatly refuse to move faster, alleging as a reason ihat the girl was tired. They did not accept this excuse in good part, and at oue time I thought that we should have come to blows, for there is no love lost between Butianas and Matukus. At last, however, either from motives of policy or because they were so evi- . dently outnumbered. they gave in, and j suffered us to go our own pace. I earnestly wished that they would j have added to the obligation by going theirs, but this they absolutely de clined to do. On vhe contrary, they accompanied us every foot of the way, keeping up a running Are of allusions to the "Thing that bites" that Jarred upon my nerves and discomposed my temper. About 4.30 in the afternoon we came to a neck or ridge of stouy ground, ] whence we could plainly see Wambe's | town, lying some six or seven miles away, r.nd 3000 feet beneath us. j The town is built in a valley, with j the exception of Wambe's own kraal; that is situated at the mouth of some j caves upon the slope of the opposing | mountains, over which I liopc.l to see our Impi's spears come flashing the morrow's light. Even from where we stood it was easy to see how strongly the place was fortified with schanses und stone walls and how difficult of approach. Indeed, unless taken by surprise, it seemed to me quite impregnable to a force operatiug without canuon. and even cannon would not make much im pression on rocks and otony koppies tilled with eaves. Then came the descent of the pass, and un arduous business it was, for the path? if it may be called a path was almost entire y composed of huge water-worn bowlders, from the one to the other of which we had to Jump like so many grasshoppers. It took us two hours to get down, and traveling through tliat burning sun, when at last we did reach the bottom* I for one was pretty nearly played out. Shortly afterward. Just as It was growing dark, we came to the first line 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, be ing accompanied by Wambe's soldiers. Then came a belt of land, three hun dred paces or more in width, very rocky and broken, and having no huts upon it. It was in hollows In this belt that the cattle were kraaled In case of danger. On the farther side were more forti fications, and another small gateway shaped like an inverted V, and Just be yond and through it I saw the koppie wo had planned to seize looming up against the line of mountains behind. As we went I whispered my sugges tions to our captain, with the result that at tlie second gateway he halted the cavalcade, and addressing the cap tain of Wambe's soldiers, said that wo would wait here till we received Wa lo be's word to enter the town. The other man said that was well, only he must band over the prisoners to be taken up to the chief's kraal, for Wnmbe was "hungry to begin upon them," and his "heart desired to see the white man at rest before he closed his eyes In sleep," and as for his wife, surely he would welcome her. Our leader replied that he could not do this thing, hrcause his orders were to deliver the prisoners to Wainhe at Warn lie's own kraal, and they might not be broken. How could he he responsible for the safety of the prisoners if lie let them out of his hand? No; they would wait there till Wam be's word was brought. To this, after some demur, the other man consented, and departed, remark ing that he would soon be back. As he passed me he called out, with a sneer, pointing, as he did so, to the farting red In the woitern sky: "Look your last upon the light, white man, for the 'Thing that bites' lives In the dark." Next day it so happened that I shot this man, snd do you know. I think that lie is sbout the only humau being who baa come to baric at my band* for whom I did not feel sincere sorrow and, la a degree, remorse. CHAPTER VII. THE ATTACK. Just where we baited ran a litflo ' strenm of water. I looked at It, and an idea struck me. Probably tbere would be no water on tbe koppie. I suggested this (o our captain, and acting on tbe bint be directed all tbe men to drin!: what tbey could, and also to fill tbe seven or eight cooking pois which we had with us with water. Then came the crucial moment. How were we to get possession of tbe | koppie. When our captnin asked me. I said that I thought we had hotter march up and take It. and this accordingly we went ou to do. When we nine to the narrow gate way we were, as I expected, stopped by two soldiers who were on guard tbere and asked our business. Tbe captain answered that we bad cliuuged our mind and would follow on to Warabe's kraal. The soldiers said no; we must now wait. To this we replied by pushing them to oue side, and marching .in siugle file through the gateway, which was distant not more than a hundred yards from the koppie. While we were getting through, th? men we had pushed away ran toward the town, calling for assistance? a call that was promptly responded to. for In another minute we made out scores of armed men running hard in our direc tion. So we ran. too. for the kopp'.o. As soon as they understood what we were after, which they did not at first, owing to the dimness of the light. they did their level best ?o sot *o the koppie before us. Rut we had tlio start of .hem. and with the exception of one unfortunate man. who stumbled and fell, we were well on to it before they arrived. This mail they captured, and when fighting began on the following morn ing. and he refused to give any infor mation. they killed him. Luckily they had no time to toriure him. or they would certainly have dou-e so, for these Maluku people are very fond of torturing their enemies. When we reached the koppie. the base of which covered about half an acre of ground, the soldiers who had been trying to cut u* off halted, for they knew the strength of the position. This gave us a few minutes, before the light had quite vanished, to recon notre tbe place. We found that it was unoccupied, for tified with a regular labyrinth of stone walls, and contained three large caves and some smaller ones. The next business was to post the men to such advantage as lime would allow. My own men I was careful to put right at tbe top. Tbey were perfectly useless from ter ror. and what I feared was that they might try to escape and give informa tion of our plans to Wainlie. So I watched them like the apple of my eye, telling them that should they dare to stir they would be shot. Then it grew quite dark, and pres ently out of the darkness I heard a voice; it was that of the leader of the soldiers wbo had escorted us. calling to | us to come down. We replied that it was too dark to move; that Ave should hit our feet against the stones. He insisted upon our descending, nnd we flatly refused, saying that if any attempt was made to dislodge us, we would fire. After that, as they had no real In tention of attacking us in the dark, the men withdrew, but we saw froin the watehflres that were lighted around that they were keeping a strict j watch upon our position. That night was a wearing oue. for we never quite knew how the situation was going to develop. Fortunately we had some cooked food with us, so we did not starve. It was lucky, however, that we had drunk our fill before coining up. for. as I had anticipated, there was not a drop I of water on the koppie. At length the night wore away, and with the first tinge of light 1 Vegan to go my rounds, and stumbling along Ihe stony paths, make things as ready as I could for the attack, which 1 felt sure would be delivered before we were two hours older. The men were cramped and rold, and consequently low spirited, but I ex horted them t ? the best of my ability, bidding them remember the race from which they sprnng. and not show the white feather to a crowd oC Matuka dogs. At length it began to prow light, and presently I ?aw long columns of men advancing toward the koppie. They halted, under cover, at a dis tance of about a hundred and fifty yards, and just as the dawn broke, a herald came forward and called to us. Our captain stood on the roek and answered him. "These are the words of Wambe." j he said. "Come forth front the koppie and give over the evil doers, and go in | peace, or stay on the koppie and bo slain." "It Is too early to come forth a? yet.'' answered our man, in line diplomatic style. "When the sun sucks u;> the mist, then will we come forth. "Onr limbs are stiff with cold." "Come forth even now," said the herald. "Not if I know It, my boy." said I to myself, but the captain replied that he would come out when he thought proper, and not before. (To be continued. > It isn't woman's rlgh.s that come women nro constantly clamoring for; U'e all the rlsbta. PALMETTO AFFAIRS! Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A. Batch of Lire Paragraph! Cover ing a Wide Range ? What is Going On in Our State. Caught in Flour Mixer. Greenville. Special. ? While oper ating a mixer in the Cnreton & Bro. bakery io this city. J. F. Burty, on*, of the bakers, had his hand caught m the machinery and crushed so se verelv thai amputation was found to be necessary. Butrv's cheek bone was also shattered by a blow from a revolving crank attached to the mix er and for a time it was thought that his eye hud been put out and physicians were slow to believe thai the injured man could recover at all. Reports from the sanitarium say that Burty is doing well and that he will recover. His left arm has been taken off near the shoulder. The mix er was being driven by a live horse power, electric motor. Burty was watching the Hour as it ]H>ured in and seeing a cord in the hopper lent over to take it out. .lust then the revolving hi. ides caught the man's hand and iu a moment his arm had been drawn in and crushed to the shoulder. He was struck in the face at the same time by a crank. 'Aged Man Killed Acting as Peace make.*. Anderson, Special. ? Anderson county was the scene of a horiblo killing last week, when Asbury Wooten, u white man of 10 years, shot Mr. I Mike Owens, a white man of 72 yers, through the heart killing him icsijuith . The shooting occur red on the A. W. (talaspic place, three miles this side of Central, near the couuty line. The facts of the killing are meagre, hut it is said that some hoys playfully rocked Woolen's home Sunday night. He, being half-witted, became angry. Mr. Owens, a neighbor and some other person whose name could not be learned, he henwt lo Woolen 's home to tell him the boys meant no harui, hut Wooten did not accept the explanation and ordered Mr. Owens and his companion off the place. Mr. Owens remained lo re monstrate with Woolen and it was then that Wooten li red the fatal shot. Mr. Owens was a prominent man in this county, and I he tragedy is greatly deplored. New Laundry for Chester. Chester, SjK'cial. ? In the nuilter of what are called the smaller enter prises for the investment of capital and the employment of labor, Ches ter is hiking a part. The Chester Steam Laundry com puny has obtain ed a charter, with a capital stock of $4,000 and has organized for busi ness with the following officers: K. B Caldwell, president: A. N. Sample, vice president; J. W. Dan iel. secretary and treasurer. These officers, with H. S. Heyman and W. Boney constitute the board of directors. This institution will sup ply a long felt want in this com munity, the "washce" business hav ing become something of a problem. Checking Up Accounts. The auditing experts of the Amer ean Audit company are expected here soon to check up the accounts gone over at the state dispensary by the clerks now employed by the commission. This is done because the commission wishes to l?e abso lutely correct in the statement of accounts mid so that u clear idea of the stock to be disposed of may be obtained. ? < 'oltimbia State. Two Member Chosen. Abbeville, Special. ? Mr. CI. A. Vi sanska and T. J. Price were recom mended by the county delegation as their two members of Abbeville's dispensury board. Mr. Visauska is 70 years old and has been in the mer cantile business in Abbeville for the past 35 years. Mr. Price is from McCormick ami is in the stock and lumber business there. Marion Victims Total 24. Charleston, Special. ? The finding of drowned bodies, as a result of the burning and sinking of the steamer Million in Wadmalaw sound, con tinues. but the natural aptitude of colored people to attend a fuller. ii is reported to be interfering with the work of searching for the drown ed people. A report received lieie I luil four additional bodies had been found, bringing the aggregate up lo 24, and later in the day it was said Unit the total will reach Wl, but the latter report was not so well authen ticated. and it is not liekly that the death lik<t will reach this figure. Better Telegraph Service. Kershaw, Social. ? Acting on the of the business men of Ker shaw, the Western Union has od to establish un independent office to commence work at once. The building formerly used by the bnnk is beintf remodeled for the location of the office. This will meet a lonj: felt want, as the business here would have lonff a^o justified this step by the company. TWO OFFICERS SHOT fatal Ending of a Raid on a Blind Tiger MURDERER IS LANDED IN JAIL Desperado, Whom the Police Wcio Attempting to Arrest, Kills T\to and Fatally Wounds a Third. Fayetteville, X. C., Special Satux-^ d*y night at 7 o'clock, Chief of Po 5 lice Chason and two policemen, Lock | amy and Buckingham, while raiuin, a blind tiger, were shot down by u negro, Tom Walker, the proprietor ol the blind tiger. Policeman Ix>ckamy was instanth killed, Chief of Police Chason wa. shot through the head and mortnlh wounded, and Policeman Bucking ham was shot iu the shoulder and side. There are little hopes of hit 1 recovery. The negro has ko far eluded cap ture. The murderer is a well-known and desparate character. With him at the time of the shooting was a white man, a stranger iu the city, who has been apprehended and is now in the county jail. The wife of Walker has been locked up for sale keeping, lie is a ginger-cake mu latto, about UO years of age; fivo feet eight inches tall; weighs about ISO pounds, wears a light bat has a habit ually scowling face and would be rec ognized as a "bad negro" by any one. Intense Excitement. Intense excitement prevails throughout the city, the streets are thronged with an angry, Saturday night throng, searching parties are being organized and despatched to watch all country roads and to search all passing trains. The sher iff has wired Wilmington to semi bloodhounds by a special train. The local company of militia is now un der arms and a $1,000 reward has been offered by the city and county l'or the body ot" Walker dead or alive. The arrest of Walker, the murder er, at Dunn Sunday night about mid night was affected by Howard Smith, D. K. Taylor ami if. h. Umb, ne groes of the posse who had gone up on train 8'2 of the Atlantic. Coast Line in search of him. Walker had beat his way to Dunn on a freight train and bought there a ticket for Wash ington. He then boarded train 82 and Mr. Smith recognized him and covered him with a revolver. Walker had shaved off his mustache and had his face blacked. He was taken in charge by Sheriff Watson of this county, ami Mr. J. B. Tillingham, of Fayetteville, and taken to Kaleigh for safe keeping. Resolution on 1907 Cotton Acrcage. The following resolution was pass ed by the great convention of the Southern Cotton Association held in Birmingham. "In view of the fact that a great many farmers have adopted the in tensive system of farming, increas ing the yield per acre and new terri tory each year is being planted in cotton that heretofore has not grown cotton, thereby increasing the pro duction, therefore in order to main tain satisfactory and remunerative prices, we urge and recommend a full reduction of 10 per cent of cot ton acreage for the year 1007. " "We further recommend that the acreage so reduced be planted in food crops." "We are sure that unless the farmers unitedly reduce their acre ago of cotton that they will be con fronted at the end of ft he season with equally bad, if not worse condi tions than they were in 1004, when cotton went down to (i cents per pound. " Hespect fully submitted by the Committee on acreage." F. (1. Hudson, Chairman. W. S. Pharr, Secretary. Tlie executive committee of North Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Association earnestly solicit the aid of every farmer, merchant, banker and all mcu of the state, who are interested in maintaining a fair price for cotton, to use their influ ence to reduce the acreagc for 1007 full 10 per cent from the acreage planted in 1000. We also call for help in our effort to produce 011 every farm in the slate suliieient food and feed crops for the needs of man ftnd beast 011 our farms. Hespect fully, C. C. Moore, Pres. N. C. Div. C. S. A. Executive Committee; A. .T. McKinnon, T. .T. W. Broom, J. H. Curric. Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 1st, 1907. Enraged Farmer Kills Two Per sons. Bloomin^ton, III., Special. ? Thom as Baldwin, a rich fanner an<l form rr merchant or Colfax, 111., shot ntn! killed Charles Kennedy and wil'c, and Mrs. Sim Kiflfnan, and datwhlr. Corn. Baldwin \vn? arrested. win, who is 08 years old nnd n wul- j ower, is under hond charged j criminal assault on <*ora who in but 14 years of afft. Saving the Feet. When a big ironing has to bee d-mr what a comfort and relief It is tn> tt*? feet to use a cushion to stand <m wtn '*? ironing. It ran be made from am quilt folded and covered by a ptoot rf carpet. Unltl it has been tried nu ?*?? can believe the re'st it is to tired IWL Cold Water for Silk. Never wash white rhina silk blow* in hot water. It will turn them low after they have been lauadnnadl a few times. A lather should be auifc" from white laundry suap, and in tttm rub the waiRt lightly. Then rinse *u warm water to which a little aiwrrii has been added. A last riraa^c <tu blueing water will help to k ant/* U* silk white. To Keep Food Hot Table heaters are useful in lawfuiM? food hot when it mutt, come fsvwu a. considerable distance. Many hotefs them, but they are alto a sreat cmoi venience in private houses thai ?>**?* basement kitchens. The heater* arf constructed with a nickel or iron frsiur; on top of which sets a nickel Lrajr enough to hold an ordinary si:acd plate or one or two smaller dastn-s:. Undernesth is an alcohol lamp. "TIm heaters are low, of ornamental ?fv. signs. Poles in the Closet. A closet Is more convenient tturi roomy if fitted with one or two pi*1***-, depending upon the size of the ctotu*. upon which to place hangers, that*. i)u ordinary hooks. Every womao have a number of clothes hangeru aud use them for waists, skirts and They not only economize closet but. prevent the gowns from nevustc creased and crumpled. The hrASncers may '>e padded with cottou api-ini;**-! with sachet powder and then cwrfi>*vi with inexpensive silk. Hall Furnishing*. Ecclesiastical furnishings are ??*?**' - ing considerable vogue at. present.. Ck:* subles, copes stoles of rare bruanf.-> and embroideries have long lieen pupr. - lar for over-mantels, tables acarfcs draperies, but now the bishop's rtur. the choir stall, and even the pfwr <ut' old Italian oak, beautifully ca^wd. have also been called into rt:qux^iaau?ri for hall furniture. The effect oT rtto dark, time mellowed wood is psrtvcn larly attractive in a st.one flnisjusd ?rr. ridor, with stained glass window* carry out the churchly illusion Care of the Sink. All wood should be removed from a fink, according to Good IIousekc*.fu;<E, end replaced with a porcelain Kin*, tack and sides; that being loo eapin sive, then use slate, zinc, or cumpru The material should be absolutely r? pervious to moisture and wiUuwri paint, which only wears off and ????*??? an untidy surface. Modern plundbrrt use iron instead of lead pipe.? **??*?? t entirely, and yet, by care, the lead ones may continue to serve. S*r? que-nt flushing of the sink is ia solute necessity for perfect frond^m* from danger. It should be done very hot water, but followed by at kit tle cold water, lest, the heal rnmarr ul vacuum and draw the water off l he trap, leaving it open for gases cape through the outlet to the sxs*.. The treatment ?ho?.ld be applied every fixture In a house after cleansing process. Recipes. Oyster Stuffing ? One quart of bf+'i crumbs. one tables|>oon of bullm .atm water enough to moisten. Two ?fcfc.T-u oysters, an<l pepper and salt t>? *uni taste. Orange Waffle ? Six egg, white-* atnf yolks, beat separately, onu of butter, half teaspoon of hakim* der, a pinch of salt, two Leaspo*Mt* ?*ti orange extraet, one quart of flu?/r M'rn with thin cream, enough to mnk? ter. Cook in waffle iron. Squash Pie? One-half pint -afft *<i squash, I egg, one-half piut ?xwta<w,. one-half pint milk, Ave tabli'RiimttfHlv sugar, one eracker rolled very ftw. little cinnamon and salt. Heat ttas- R?*f and cream a little before adding ; Hie ogg should be well beaten. Stuffed PotatoRB. ? Hakvt pot.Uo** ?rf equal size. When done unci *t?J . c.it in halvcv; scoop out the ?> mash, and add one tables|K>r> of ter, one of hot milk, salt ami t taste. Heat the whites of two ?r stirr. mix In with the p?rtat(*M 9* 1H the skins with the mixture, hnwrn slightly. l^emon Pic ? ThiR recipe make* f*??r small or thrr-e large pl:?a. Make jwuflrw and line plates as usual, thou fill wr I* the following: Three tablespoons rwrrr starch made smooth In cr? i* vMcr in n iutt r nrthern bowl; to fM? *4Nf' * ! ;ind 1 cup of boiling w-? (er; tbo. ? '?<;hly and let beeoui'- c ;M; thru add Julc nod grated t ittd of < k mre v i ? .;* well beaten; natt. Mm* i . 1..1 ate; All plates I uu*l fu * ? ? : ?? "r; bnke like bcrrv ,? ?. Iiiis (' ? top crust a little <g Qua for mince or apple pies.