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?ffflK SUMTES WATCHMAN, Ksi&b?shed April, IS50. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Ahas't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " *HK TRUE SOUTHRON, Eatabiist? jt?e, ?9& Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, & C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1887._Sew S^fes-YoL VIL M.jk Publishoi every Wednesday, . w -, - vs N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. Two Dollars per annum-in advance. AD v saris EM S NTS . One Square, first insertion.SI CO 3frery subsequent insertion....^.. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. ip C. ff. MM, NEW STORE, Fresh, Sweet Goods. xBefore'baying yoar Groceries call at our Store andExacuioe our Stock aad Price our Goods. You will find PRICES TO SOIT THE TIMES. We don't want a fortune, it is only a liv ingj therefore we believe ia "Quick Sales and Small Profits " .?a oar Stock one can find -everything that is - kept in a well assorted Paney G-rocery Store. In future there will be NO USE OR EXCUSE for one to send to Charleston for any thing in the Fancy Grocery Lice, because they can get anything that they want or their appetite -craves.at our Store, and by buying here one .will.have_ the satisfaction of knowing what they ?re getting. No: only that, but we can -save buyers freight on their snoods. Mr. Frank E. Taylor, of Charleston, says: ?M? B?p Mere Mosey i Suter -than it does in Charleston. Now, wby does it bring more b^re than it does in Charleston? The News and Courier correspondent o? Sum? ter answers that question in his communica? tion of the 14th, when hssavs the farmers sell toe cotton to the merchants with the under? standing that a part if not the whoie value of ' tie cotton is to be tracee out with the bu ver. and if this contract is carried out in good j ?faith, the merchant must charge an additional j .profit to that which he would sell for cash to ? Cover tbeprobabie loss on the cotton, &c. Now we handle co cotton. We Buy and Sell For Cash, and we have no cotton iosses staring us in the i face, therefore one need have no fear of oar charging an additional profit. Ve teaiiteo Foll Wolpts io All, j And money refunded if ^oo^s do cot come up j to recommendation. We aliow no misre-p- i reseotation. We sell good Coffee at 22?c. ; the best at j 25c. per pound. Pure Sugars from 6c. up. Try our teas at 65c. ; they are as good as j the dollar tea. We handle Seavy. as. well as Janey Groceries, AND WE SELL AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES, Ia oar BRI GOOBS, Shoe and Hat Stocks, ! there wili be found many bargains.-?"-.No j trouide to show goods. Gents fine Bal and Congress Shoes at $1.50, worth $2 00 Boys Bals, at $1.15, worth fully $1.50 ? anvwbere. i Women*3 Shoes from SI.00 up. You ought to see -what a stylish shoe we have ior ladies from No. li to S, at $1 75. Call nud see our goods-it wi!! pay voe to do so. We deliver goods to any part of the city free, and a: once, ii necessary. 8, L. & C. W. KINSMAN, 0 Next to C. E. Stubbs' Office. Sept 21 COTTON BATTING MATTRESSES, WHERE WE SPEND ALMOST HALF of our life shouid.be miide as comfort? able as possible, and for the purpose of aiding this good work, and makin-: some ooonev, we now otfer the best COTTON CAT? TING MATTRESS ever put upon this market. Three grades now made-?5.00, $6.00, $7.00. Sample and full information a: Store of Treasurer, A. Moses. Satisfaction guaranteed ic every case, or money refunded SUMTER COTTON MILLS " SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Sixteen instructors : 5 Scientific. 3 Literary -degree Courses. 5 Shorter Courses, Post Oraduate and Law "Courses. Tuition $40 Matriculation $10. Rooms Free, Table Board Elland $42,59 per mo rdk. Ex? penses about $190. Tuition free by Law to applicants filing with CoHege treasurer a certificate of inabili? ty to pay, signed by himself and guardian or .parent with opinion of County Commis ^ iSioners, or Judge ot Probate, or Clerk of the Court, that the statement is true. For further particulars app!v to President "J. M. McBRYDE, Columbia, S. C. The largest and most compl?te establishment South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, ~ ^^^^^^^^^^ 1 Manufacturers ot Ita, M, BM, Ms?! OFKICE AN':- WARE?OO?IS, King, opposite Cannon Strcef, CHARLESTON, S. C: Aug 10 o C. BART ? 00., Importers and Wholesale Dealers ic FRUIT CHARLESTON, S. C., Are receiving by steamer and rail from the 1 ' North and West fuil supplies j 1^, each week of CHOICE APPLES. PEARS, LEMONS, PO- j TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS Af A KINDS? ETC., ETC. Orders so?isL?cd and promptly Siled. Sept, 21. i Absolutely Pure? This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength ?nd wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold ir? competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Solz only in cens. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. Should be used a few montis before confinement, j Send for bookik To ilorums," mailed free, E?iADFZELD Rrcui-iTor. Co., Atlanta, Gs. EL.Y?S CATARRH Cream ?a?m^^^7:s,^g Cleanses the ne ad. Allav-HM?^^^ ! ^Nr~A>.ATK*. ^^?rVEga?.S ^fJ Heals the Sores.p^'^^1^^ SENv^ES OF TA ST ? ^^^^^.O^^^? i Sinei!, Ilearft;- ^^^^^^^^ ! Attire o?-f.^?if-FEVE?l ! A p^r??r?* is applied ir;to e-vh nostril arid is agreeable. Pr.evoO cents Druggists : by mail, registered, 60 cents. ELY BROS.", New York Office 235 Greenwich Street. HAY FEVER is an inflamed condition bf the lining mem? brane of the nostrils, tear ducts and throat, affecting the lungs. Au acrid mucus is secret? ed, the discharge is accompanied with a burn fug sensation. There are severe spa*ms of sneezing, frequent attacksof headache, .valery and inflamed eyes. Ely's Cream Balm is a remedy that can .be depended upon to relieve at CiCr-n:. i cu "e. - ~ THE Blii?FVil^^ B?SHOFY?LLE, S. C. A SCHOOL FOR Yvizg Ladies as? Gentlemen. THE COURSE ur STUDY is thorough, practical and exhaustive.. Complete in all departments : Pr i m?t ry, Grammar and ii ?fib School, embracing tea trades. It pre? pares students for College cr for business, so? ciety and lite. In poi: . of climate, health and morality. Bis hop v-:Ik '..i.? few ? ??uais and no superior in : South Carolina. With the pure air and fr?e ; dom of the country i: combines many of the i convenience: of the tow::. Board ca:: be secured in the best families of the town ut eLrhl <!.;::.irs per month. Ter Trustee; 1.. v- secured the services of Prc!*. Stokes and Nash and no pains will be spared to n:.:ke thu schooi :n every way worthy of public ;>.;iro::a-;e. Prof. Stokes, Ir. connection with his regular collegiate course, took the Normal Course in one of the best Nurina! Colleges of the land. State his graduation he has beeu engaged four years in {Traded school work. Prof. Nash is a graduate of Davidson Col? lege, and h is been engaged for several years in teaching. The Pali Session of this School b?nins Sep? tember ?, i SST, and continues until December 23; The .Sprite -*..? :i '.?*gins January 2, ic-'--, and conrih'tes to Ju ?se 1. Tunion reasonable. For circulars and in? formation regarding board, tuition, &c, ad? dress, ?aciosrt.trS:>.?:.P. G- EDWIN STONES, Principal, BUhopvilie. S. C. Aug. BOA :::> J. L. PA W. J- :;. A. C. DU W. I>. s< w. .:. j-; JNO. F. ' i - . .:;"STKKS. OTT. Puns.. ?ETT, SECi v VT iO Nj ELL: ?ROU GK, 237-?. 1887 MAOOISr SCHOOL. T^NGLISti, CLASSICAL. MATHEMAT? IC ical and T..:: meryla!, preparing boys eiti?? r for College o:- l?usf?ess'. For Circular, address. W. A. BA Iii:' 'M. Principal. F. P. MA'J /'. PU. 1'., Vice I':'n. Sept 14. -r Charlotte. N. C. MUD l?COli?l FOR SALE, ?j^OR CASH, OR ON GuOD SECURITIES. All in first-class order. One Frick & Co . 8 horse rower En? gine and Boiler, 0'ie Steaurs horse Une Gut off Saw wit j One Edging Saw, M with iwen?y-?ive Flat Track; tw. $230 00 rxcr Engibe, 400 Of) i_r complete, 50 00 Irl! und Table st cf "V"auo '-two feet bf Cart... id : "? '> : for 100 00 Ti:e above is at -UKGAIN PRICES and Coa. i not be replaced new for twice the amount. .MOSES & IIAFvBY. _ Sfpt 21_ Sumter. S. 0. ~" NOTICE." ALL PERSONS are hereby warned against trespassing, by hunting or otherwise, upon the lands of the Estate of W. J. Cr oss weii, koowa as the '-Bradford land," and adjoining land known as ^Solitude." W. C. BROUGHTON Sept. 21. -t A VISIT FROM THE SEA. Far from the loud sea beaches Where he goes fishing and crying, Here in the inland garden Why is the sea gull flying'? Here are no fish to dive for ; Here4s the corn and the lea-; Here are the green trees rustling, Hie away home to sea ! Fresh is thc river water And quiet among the rushes ; This is no home for the sea gull, Bat for the rooks and the t'hrns'hes. Pity the bird that has wandered ! Pity the sailor ashore 1 Hurry him home to the ocean^ Let him come here no more I High on the sea-cliff ledges The white gulls are trooping and crying, Here among the rooks and roses Why is the sea-gull flying? By H. EIDER HAGGARD, AUTHOR OP "KIKG SOLOMON'S MIKES," "SHE," "JESS," "THE ?WITCH'S HEAD," ETC. E?TROD?CTION. "DECEMBER 23. "I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy, of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken. It is very hard, having only one son, to lose bim thus; but God's will be done. Who am I that I should complain? The great wheel of fate rolls ou like a Jugger? naut, and crushes us all in turn; some soon, some late, it does not matter when; in the end it crushes us all We do not prostrate ourselves before it like the poor Indians; we fly hither and thither-we cry for mercy; but it is of no use, the blind, black fate thunders on, and ia its season reduces us to powder, "Poor Harry to go so soon! just when his life was opening to him. He was doing so -well at tho hospital; hgghad passed his last examination with honori^fcd I was proud of them; much prouder than he was, I think. And then he must needs go to that smallpox hospital He wrote to me that he was not afraid of smallpox, and wanted to gain the experience, and now the disease has killed him; and I, old and gray and withered, am left to mourn over him, without a chick or child to comfort me. I might have saved him, too-I have money enough for both of us, and much more than enough-King Solomon's mines provided me with that; but I said, fcNo, let the boy earn his living; let him labor that he may enjoy rest' But the rest has come to him before the labor. Oh, my boy, my boy! "I am like the man in the Bible who laid up much goods and boilded barns-goods for my boy, and barns for him to store them in; and now his soul has been required of him and I am left desolate. I would that it had been my soul and not my boy's! "We buried him this afternoon under the shadow of the gray and ancient tower of the church of this village where my house is. It was a dreary December afternoon, and the sky was heavy with snow, but not much was falling. The coffin was put down by the grave, and a few big flakes lit upon it. They looked very white upon the black cloth. There was a little hitch about getting the collin down into the grave-the necessary ropes had been forgotten; so we drew back from it and waited in silcr.ce, watching the big Cities fall gently-oso Ly one like heavenly benedictions and melt in tears on Harry's paiL But that was not all. A robin red? breast came as bold as could be and lit upon the coffin and began to sing. And then I am afraid that I broke down, and so did Sir Henry Curtis, strong man though he is; and as for Capt. Good, I saw him turn away too; even in my own distress I could not help noticing it." The above, signed "Allan Quaterrnain," is an extract from my diary written two years and moro ago. I copy it down here because it. seems to me that it is tho littest beginning to the history that I am about to write, if it please God to sparc me to finish it. If not, well, it does not matter. CHAPTER I. THE CONSUL'S YABN. . A week has passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door. Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Capt. John Good, R. X. They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before tho wide hearth, where I remember a particu? lar^^ The Consitrs Yarn. "It is very kind of you to come round," I said, by way of making a remark; "it must havo been heavy walking in tho snow." They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled bis pipo and lit it with a burning em? ber. As he leaned forward to do so tho fire got hold of a passy bit of pine and flared up brightly, throwing the wholo scene into strong relief, and I thought what a splendid looking man ho is. Calm, powerful face, ? clear cut features, large gray eyes, yellow beard and hair-altogether a magnificent specimen of tho higher typo of humanity. Nordid his form belie his face. I havo never seen wider shoulders or a deeper chest. In? deed, Sir Henry's girth is so great that, though he is six foot two high, ho docs not strike one as a tall man. As I looked at him I could not help thinking what a curious contnist my little dried up self presented to his grand face and form. Imagino to your? self a small, withered, yellow faced man of Go, with thin bands, large brown eyes, a head of grizzled bair cut short and standing up like a half worn scrubbing brush-total weight in my clothes, nine stono six-and you will get a very fair idea of Allan Quater? rnain, commonly called Hunter Quaterrnain, or by the natives ''Macumazahn"-anglice, he who keeps a bright lookout at night, or, in vulgar English, a sharp fellow who is not to be taken in. Then there wps Good, who is not liko either of us, J icing short, dark, stout-very stout with twinkling black eyes, iii one of which an eye glas* is everlastingly fixed. I say stout, but it is a mild terni; I regret to state that bf late years Good bas been running to stom? ach in a most disgraceful way. Sir Henry tells him that it comes from idleness and overfeeding, and Good does not like it at all, though be cannot ?leny it. They sat and smoked and drank whisky and water, ami I stood by tho lire also smok? ing and looking at them. At last I spoke. '-Old friends." 1 said, "bow long is it since we got back from Kukuana Iandi" "Three years," said Good. "Why do you ask?" "I ask because I think- that I have had q long enough spell of civilization. I am going back to tho veldt." Sir Henry laid bis head back in his arm. chair and laughed one of his deep laughs. "How very odd!" be said; "eh, Good?" Good beamed at me mysteriously through his eyo glass, and murmured, "Yes, odd very odd." **I dorrt quits understand," said I, lookh ?rora one to the other, for I dislike niysterk "Don't you, old fellow?" said Sir Hear "then I will explain. As Good and I we walking up here we had a talk." ."if Good was there you probably did,-" put in, sarcastically, for Good is a great hal at talking. "And what may it havo be< about?" "What dc you think?" asked Sir Henry. I shook my head lt was not likely that should know waat Good might be talkir .about, he talks about so many things. "Well, it was about a little plan that I bai formed-namely, that if you were agreeab we should pack up our traps and go off 1 Africa on another expedition." I fairly jumped at his words. "You don say so!" I said. "Yes I do, though, and so does Good; don you, Good?" "Rather," said that gentleman. "Listen, old fellow,"" went on Sir Henr with considerable animation of manner. "I'] tired of it too, dead tired of doing notbinj except play the squire in a country that is sic of squires. For a year or more I have bee getting as restless as an old elephant wi scents danger, I am always dreaming < Kukuanaland and gagool and King Solomon mines. I assureyou I have become the victii of an almost unaccountable craving. lum sic of shooting pheasants and partridges, an want to have a go at some large game agaii There, you know the feeling-when one hi once tasted brandy and water, mil^ becomt insipid to the palate. That year we sper together up in Kukuanaland seems to m worth all the other years of my life pr together. I dare say that I am a fool for m, pains, but I can't help it; I long to getane what is more, I mean to .go." . ? "Ah," I said, "I thought you would com to that sooner or later. And now, Gooc what is your reason for wanting to trek have you got one?" "I have," said Good, solemnly. "I neve do anything without a reason; and it isn't lady-at least, if it is, it's several" , I looked at him again; Good is so ovei poweringly frivolous. "What is it?" I said "Well, if you really want to know, thoug] Td rather not speak of a delicate and strictl; personal matter, "PH tell you; Pm getting to fat." "Shut up, Good!" said Sir Henry, "An< now, Quaterrnain, tell us, where do you prc pose going to?" I lit my pipe, which had gone out, befor answering. "Have you people ever heard of Mt Kenia?" lashed. "Don't know thc place," said Good, "Did you ever hear cf the Island of Lamuf I asked again. "No. Stop, though-isn't it a place abeu 300 miles north of Zanzibar?" "Yes. Now listen. What I have to pro pose is this: That we go to Lanni, and thena make our way about 250 miles inland to Mt Kenia; from Mt. Kenia on inland to Mt. Le kaltisera, another 200 miles, or thereabouts beyond which no white man has, to the bes" of my belief, ever been; and then, if we gel so far, right on into the unknown interior. What do you say to that, my hearties?" "It is a big arder/.said -Sir Henry reflect ively. - ; . "You are right," I answered, "it is; but ] take it that we are all three of us in search oj a big order. We want a change of scene, and we are likely to get one-a thorough change, All my life I have longed to visit those parts, and I mean to do it before I die. My pool boy's death has broken the last link betweei me and civilization, and I'm off to my native wilds. And now I'll tell you another thing, and that is, that for years and years I have heard rumors of a great white race which is supposed to have its home somewhere up in this direction, and I have a mind to seo if there is any truth in them. If you fellows liko to come, well and good; if not, I'll go alone." "I'm your man, though I don't believe in your white race," said Sir Henry Curtis, rising and placing his arm upon my shoulder. "Ditto," remarked Good; "Til go into train? ing at once. By all means letfs go to Mt. Kenia aud the other place with an unpro? nounceable name, and look for a white race that does not exist. It's all one to mo." "When do you propose to start?" asked Sir Henry. .. "This day month." I answered, "by the British India steamboat; and don't you be so certain that things don't exist because you do not happen to have heard of them. Remem? ber King Solomon's mines." ****** Some fourteen weeks or so had passed since the dato of this conversation, and this his? tory goes on its way in very different sur? roundings. After much deliberation and inquiry we came to the conclusion that our best starting point for Mount Kenia would be from the neighborhood of the mouth cf tho Tana river, and not from Mombasa, a placo over 100 miles nearer Zanzibar. This conclusion we arrived at from information given to us by a German trader whom wo met upon tho steamer at Aden. I think that ho was tho dirtiest German I ever knew; but ho was a good fellow, and gavo us a great deal of val? uable information. "Lamu," said he, "you goes to Lamu-oh, zo beautiful place!" and he turned up his fat face and beamed with mild rapturo. "Ono year and a half I live -there and ?ever chaDge my shirt-never at all." And so it came to pass that on arriving at the island wo disembarked with all our goods and chattels, and not knowing where to go, marched boldly up to the house of her majesty's consul, where wo were most hos? pitably received. "Well, where are you gentlemen steeling for?" asked our friend, the hospitable consul, as we smoked our pipes after dinner. "Wo propose to go to Mt. Kenia, and then on to Mt. Lekakisera," answered Sir Henry. "Quaterrnain has got hold of some yarn about there being a white race up in tho unknown territories beyond." The consul looked interested, and answered that ho had heard something of that too. "What havo you heard?" I asked. "Oh, not much. All I know about it is that a year or so ago I got a letter from Macken? zie, tho Scotch missionary, whoso station, 'Thc Highlands,' is placed at thc highest nav? igable point of tho Tana river, in which ho said something about it." "Have you the letter?" I asked. "No, I destroyed it; but I remember that he said that a man had arrived at his station who declared that two months' journey be? yond Mt. Lekakisera, which no white man has yet visited-at least, so far as I know-ho found a lake called Laga, and that then he went oif to tho northeast, a month's journey, over desert and thorn veldt and great mountains, till ho came to a country where the people aro white and live in stone houses. Here he was hospitably entertained fur a while, till at last the priests of the country set it alx>ut that bf was a ?levi], an?! the peo? ple drove bim away, und tic journeyed for ei^ht mouths and reached Mackenzie's place; as I bean!, ?lying. That's ail I know; and if you ask me, I believe that it is a lie; but if you want to find out more about it you had better go up thc Tana to Mackenzie's place, ami ask him for information:" Sir Henry and 1 looked at each other. Here was something tangible. "I i biidc that wo will go to Mr. Macken? zie's," I said. "Well/'answered the consul, "that is voul nest way; but I warn you that you arc likely to bav<- a rough journey, for I bear that tho Masai are about, and, ns you know, they are not pleasant customers. Your best plan will be to choose a few picked men for personal servants and hunters, and to hire beard's from vill.'igo to village. It will give you an infinity ?>f tr.?ubi?-, but perhaps on 'he whole it will provo a cheaper and ir.'TO advantage? ous course than engaging a caravan, and you will lie loss lia!do to des> rtion." Fortunately there were at Lamu at this time a party of Wok wal. Askari (soldiers). ThoWaktvati,"who area cross between thc Masai and thc Wataveta, aro a fine manly race, possessing many ol the good qualities of of the Zulu and a greater capacity for civili? zation. They are also great hunters. As it happened, these particular men had recently been a long trip with an Englishman named Jutson, who had skirted from Mombasa, a port about 150 miles betow Lamu, and jour? neyed right round Kilimanjairo, one of the highest known mountains in Africa. Poor fellow, he had died of fc^er when ou. his re- , ? - . , V - . - turn journey, and within a day's march o Mombasa. It does seem hard that he ghoul? have gone off thus when within a few hour of safety, and after having survived so man; perils, but so it was. His hunters buried him .and then came on to Lainu in a dhow. On friend the consul suggested to us that we ha ?better try and biro these men, and accord ingly-on the following morning wo started t interview the party, accompanied by an in terpreter. In due -course we found them in a mud hu on the-outskirts of the town. Three of th anen were sitting outside the hut, end fine frank looking fellows they were, having ^ more or less civilized appearance. To then we-cautiously opened the object of our visit at first with very scant success. They declare? that they could not entertain any such idea that they were worn and weary with lonj traveling, and that their hearts were sored tho loss of their master. They meant to gi back to their homes and rest awhile. Tai did not sound very promising, so by way o effecting a diversion I asked where tho re mainder of them were. I was told there wer six, and I saw but three. One of tho mei said that they slept in the hut, and were ye resting after their labors-"sleep weighec down their eyelids, and sorrow made the! hearts as lead; it was best to sleep, for wit! sleep carno forgetfulness. But the men shoulc be awakened."" Presently they came out of the hut, yawniu{ -the first two men being eviden tly of the sam? race and style as those already before us ; bu the appearance of the third and last nearli made mo jump outof royskin. He was a ver] tall, broad man, quite six foot three, I shoulc say, but gaunt, with lean, wiry looking limbs My first glance at him told me that he wa no VVakwafi-he was a pure bred ?alu. H< came out with his thin, aristocratic looking band placed before his face to hide a yawn so I could only see that he was a "Keshla," OJ ringed man, and that he had a great thre< cornered hole in his forehead. In anothei second he removed his hand, revealing i powerful looking Zulu face, with a humoroui mouth, a short woolly beard tanged witl gray, and a pair of brown eyes keen as ? hawk's. I knew my man at once, although ] had not seen him for twelve years. 1 'How dc you do, Umsiopogaas?" I said, quietly, ii Zulu. The tall man (who among his own people was commonly known as the "Woodpecker,' and also as the "Slaughterer") started, anc almost let the long handled battleax he held in his hand fall in his astonishment, Rext second bc had recognized me, and was salut ing me in an outburst of sonorous language which made his companions the Wakwafl stare. "Koos" (chief), he began, "Koos-y-Pagate! Koos-y-umcool 1 ? (chief from of old-mighty chief)." "Koos! Baba!" (father). "Macuma zahn, old hunter, slayer of elephants, eater up of lions, clever one! watchful one! brav? one! quick one! whose shot never misses, who strikes straight home, who grasps a hand and holds it to the death" (L e., is a true friend). "Koos! Baba! wise is the voice of out people that says: 'Mountain never meets with mountain, but at daybreak or at even man shall meet again with man.' Behold! a messenger came up from Natal 'Macuma zahn is dead!' cried he. 'The land knows Macumazahn no more.' That is years ago. And now, behold, now is this strange place o? stinks I find Macumazahn, my friend. There is no room for doubt; the brush of the old jackal has gone a little gray, but is not his eye as keen, and are not his teeth as sharp? Hal ha! Macumazahn, mindest thou how thou didst plant the ball in the eyo of the charging buffalo-mindest thou" I had let him run on thus because I saw that his enthusiasm was producing a marked effect upon tho minds of the five Wakwafis, who appeared to understand something of his talk; but now I thought it time to put a stop to it, for there is nothing that I l?ate so much as this Zulu system of extravagant praising "bongering," as they call it. "Silence!" I said. "Has all thy noisy talk been stopped si nco last I saw theo that it breaks out thus, and sweeps us away? What doest thou hero with these men-thou whom I left a chief in Zululand? How is it that thou art far from thino own place, and gathered together with strangers?" Umsiopogaas leaned himself upon the head of his long battleax (which was nothing elsa but a polo ax with a beautiful handle of rhi? noceros horn), and his grim face grew sad. "My Father," he answered, "I have a word to tell thee, but I cannot speak it before these low i>eoplo" (umfagozana), and he glanced at the Wakwafi askari; "it is for thins own ear. My Father, this will I say," and here his face grow stern again, "a woman betrayed mc to tho d.-ath, ?nd covered my name with shame -ay, my own wife, a round faced girl, be? trayed nie; but I escaped from death; ay, 1 broko from tho very hands of thoso who cam? to slay me. I struct: but three blows with this mine ax Inkosikaasr-surely my Father will remember it-one to the right, one to the left and one in front, and yet I left three men dead. And then I fled, and, as my Father knows, oven now that 1 am old, my feet are as tho feet of the Sassaby, and there breathes not tho man who, by running, can touch me again when once I havo bounded from his side. On I sped, and after mo came the mes? sengers of den th, and their voico was as the voice of dogs that hunt. From my own. kraal I flow, mid, as I passed, she who had betrayed me was drawing water from tho spring. I fleetol by her like the shadow of death, and as 1 went I smote with mino ax, and lo! her head fell; it fell into the water pan. Then I ficd north. Day after day I journeyed on; for three moons I journeyed, resting not, stopping not, but running on toward forgetful? ness, ti l I met tho party of the white hunter who is now dead, and am come hither with his servants. And naught have I brought with me. I who was high boni, ay, of tho blood of Chaka tho great king-a chief, and a captain of the regiment of thc Nkomabakosi -am a wanderer in strange places, a niau without a kraal. Naught have I brought save this mine ax; of all my belongings thii remains alone. They havo divided my cattle, they have taken my wives, end my chiJdrei* know my face no moro. Yet with this ax'' and he swung the formidable weapon round his head, making tho air hiss as he clove it "will I cut another path to fortune. I hav* spoken." I shook nry head at him. "Umsiopogaas, * I said, *'I know thee from of old. Ever ambi tious, over plotting to be great, I fear me that thou hast overreached thyself at last. Tears ago, when thou wouldst have plotted against*' Cetywayo. son of Panda. I warned thee, and thou didst listen. But now, when I was not by thee to stay thy hand, thou bast dug a pit for thine own feet to fall in. ls it not so? But what is done is done. Who can make thc dead tivc green or gaze upon last years sun? Who can recall tho spoken word or bring back the spirit of the fallon? That, which Time swallows conies not up again. Let it l*e forgotten! .'And nov.'. Inhold, Umsloppg.ans, I know theo for a givat warrior andu brave man. faithful to thu death. Even in Zululand, where all tho men are brnv.\ they railed theo tho 'Slaughterer,' and at night told stories round tho fire of thy strength ond deeds. Hear me now. Thou seost this groat, man. my iricfiu"-and I pointed t>> Sir Henry; "ho also is a warrior ns great ns thou and strong ns thou art; ho could throw thoo over his shoul? der. Incubu is his name. And thou soest this ono also; him with the round stomach, the shining eye and the pleasant face. Iioup; wanM ( ;lass eye) "is his name, and a prood man is bo, and a true, being of a curious tribe who pass their life upon thc water and live in float? ing kraals. '.Well, wo three whom thou seost would travel inland, past Dongo Egero, the great whito mountain? [ML Kenia), "and far into the unknown beyond. We know not what wo shall find there: wc go to hunt and seel: adventures ano new [?laces, being tired of sit? ting still with the same old things around us. Wilt thou como w?;?? Us2 To thee shall bo j given command of all our servants; but what shall befall thee, that I know not. Once bo foro wc throo journeyed thus in search of ad? venture, and wo took with us a mau such as thou-ono Umbopn; and. behold, wo left him tho king of a great country, with twenty lmpis" (regiments), "each of three thousand plumed warriors, waiting on his word. How it shall go with thee I know not; mayhap death awaits theo and us. Wilt thou throw i thyself to Fortuno and come, or fcarcst thou, | Umsiopogaas;" ' The great man smiled, "Thou art not al? together right, Macumazahn," he said^, "I have plotted in nay time, but it was not am? bition that led me to my fall, but. shame on mo that I should have to say it, a fan woman's face. Let it pass. So we are "going to see something like the old times again, Macumazahn, when we fought and hunted in Zululand? Ay,' I will come. Come life, como death, what -care I, so that the blows fall fast and tho blood runs red? I grow old, I grow old, and I have not fought enough"! And yet am ? a warner among warriors; see my scars"-and ho pointed to countless cica? trices, stabs and cuts that marked the-skin of his chest and legs and arms. "See the hole in my head; the brains gusbedout therefrom, yet did I slay him who smote, and live. Knowest thou how many men I havo slain, in fair hand to hand combat, Macumazahn! See, here is the tale of them"-oed he pointed "See, here is the tale of them.* to long rows of notches cut in tho rhinoceros horn handle of his ax. "Number them, Macu? mazahn-103-and I have never counted but those whom I have ripped open, nor have I reckoned those whom another man had struck." "Be silent," I said, for I saw that he was getting the blood fever on him; "be silent; well art thou called the 'Slaughterer.' We would not hear of thy deeds of blood. Re? member, if thou comest with us -we fight not save in self defense. Listen; we need ser* vants. These men"-and I pointed to the Wakwafi, who had retired a little way dur? ing our "indaba" (talk)-"say they will not come." "Will not come!" shouted Umslopogaas; "where is the dog who says he will not come when my Father orders? Here, thou"-and with a single bound he sprung upon the Wak? wafi with whom I had first spoken, and seiz? ing him by the arm, dragged bim towards us. "Thou dog!" he said, giving the terrified man a shake, "didst thou say that thou wouldst not go with my Father? Say it once more and I will choke thee"-and his long fingers closed around his throat as he said it-"thee, and those with thee. Hast thou forgotten how I served thy brother?" "Nay, we will come with the white man," gasped the man. "White mani" went on Umslopogaas, in sim? ulated fury, which a very littlo provocation would have made real enough; "of whom speakest thoo, insolent dogf . "Nay, wo will go with tho great chief." "So," said Umslopogaas, in a quiet voice, a? he suddenly released his hold, so that the mort fell backward, "I thought you would." "That man Umslopogaas seems to have s, curious moral ascendency ov?r his compan? ions," Good afterwards remarked, thought? fully. CHAPTER H. THZ BLACK HAND. In due course wo left Lamu, and ten days afterwards we found ourselves at a spot called Charra, on tho Tana river, having gone through many adventures which need not bo recorded hera At Charra wo had a violent quarrel with the headman of tho bearers we had hired to go os far as this, and who now wished to ex? tort large extra payment from us. In the re? suit he threatened to set the Masai-about whom more anon-on tous. That night he, with all our hired bearers, bolted, stealing most of tho goods which had boen intrusted to them to corry. Luckily, however, they bad not happened to steal our rifles, ammuni? tion and personal effects; not becauso of any delicacy of feeling on their part, but owing to the fact that they chanced to be in the charge of the five Wakwafia After thatjt was clear to us that wo had hod enough of caravans and of bearers. Indeed, we had not much lett for a caravan to carry. And yet j how were we to get on? It was Good who solved the question. "Here is water," he said, pointing to the Tana river; "and yesterday I saw a party of na? tives hunting hippopotami in canoes. I under? stand that Mr. Mackenzie's mission station is on the Tana river. Whynot get into canoes and paddle up to it?" This brilliant suggestion was, needless to say, received with acclamation; and I in? stantly set to work to buy suitable canoes from tho surrounding natives. I succeeded, after a delny of three days., in obtaining two large ones, each hollowed out of a single log of some light wood, and capable of holding six people and baggage. For these two canoes wo had to pay nearly all our remaining cloth, and also many other articles. On the day following our purchase of the two canoes wo effected a start. In the first canoe were Good, Sir Henry and three of our Wakwafi followers; in the second myself; Umslopogaas and tho other two Wnkwafis. As our course lay up the stream, wo had to keep four paddles at work in each canoe, yrhich meant that the whole lot of us, except Good, bad to row away like galley slaves, and very exhausting work it was. I say ex? cept, for of course tho moment that Good gnt into a lK)at bis foot was on bis native heath and he took command of the party. An? I certainly he worked us. On shoro Good is a gentle, mild mannered man, and given to jo? cosity; but, as wo fourni to our cost, Good in a boat was a perfect demon. To begin with, ho knew all about it. and wc didn't. Cn all nautical subjects, from the toqiedo fittings of a man of war down to tho best way of handling the paddle of an African canoe, he was a perfect mino of information, which/ tc say tba least of it, we were not. Also bis ideas of discipline wore of tbe sternest, and, in short, bo came the royal naval officer over us pretty considerably an<l paid us out amply for all the chaff we were wont to treat bim to on land; but, ou the other band, I am bound to say that he managed tho boats ad- | mirably. Three days after our start an ominous inci? dent occurred. We were just drawing into the bank to make our camp, as usual, for the i night, -when we caught sight of a figure standing on a little knoll not forty yards away, and intently-watching our approach. One glance Was sufneient-although I was personally unacquainted with tho trilvc-to tell mo that bo was a Masai Klmoran, or young warrior. Indeed, hail I had nay doubts, they w??uld have been quickly dis? pelled bv thc terrified ejaculation of "Masai!" that burst simultaneously from the lips of our Wakwafi followers, who are, as I think I bave sahl, themselves bastard Masai. And what a figure lie presented as be st??J tuero iu bis savage war gear! Accustomed as I have been to savages all my life, I do not think that I have ever before seen anything qui:e so ferocious or awe inspiring. To liegiri wi th j the man was enormously tall, quito nj ? tall as Unislop??gaas, I sbouid say,-and beau- ? tifully, though somewhat slightly, shaped, j but with tho face of a devil. In his right ; band lie held ii ?p.*nr about five and a half I feet long, the blade being two ?nd a half feet ' in length by nearly throe inches ia width, and haying an iron spike at the end of thy handle *,bat measured more than a foot. On his left arm was a large and well made ellip? tical shield of buffalo hi?lc, on which were painted strange, heraldic looking devices. On bis shoulders was a Inigo cape of hawks' feathers, and round his neck Avas a "naibere," or strip of cotton, about seventeen feet long by one and a half broad, with a stripe of color running down the midiilo of ic. The ?.nned goat skin robe, which formed his oiuiiA?U Y attire in. times of peace, was tied lightly round his waist, so as to serve t purposes of a belt, and through it were stu? 'oft ibo right and left sides respectively,] short, pear .shaped :sinie, or sword, which made of a single piece of steel, and carried .a wooden sheath, and an enormous knobk rie. Eut perhaps the most remarkablo f< ture of his "attire consisted of a headdress ostrich feathers, which was fixed on tho ch: and passed in front of the ears to tho fo; head, -and, being shaped like an ellipse, coi pletely framed ike face, so that the diabolic countenance appeared to project from a sc of feather Are screes. Round "the ankles wore black fringes of hair, and projecti) from tho upper portion of the calves, to wbi they were attached, were iong spurs li spikes, from which flowed "down tufts of t beautiful black and waving hah- of the C lobus monkey. Such was the elaborate e ray of the Masai Elinoran who stood watc ing the-approach of our two caBoes, but it one which, to be appreciated, must be sean Only those who see it-do not often live to c scribo it. Of course, I oould not noako o ?all these details of his full dress on thoocc sion of this my first introduction, being, i deed, amply taken up with the considerate of tho general effect, but I had plenty subsequent opportunities of becoming a quain ted with the items that Went to mai it up. While we were hesitating what todo, tl Masai warrior drew himself up inadignifi? fashion, shook his spear at us, and turnin vanished on the farther ride of the slope. "Hulloal" hallooed Sir Henry from tl other boat, "our friend the caravan lead has been as good as his word, and set tl Masai after us. Do you think it will be sa to go ashore?" I did not think it would be at all safe; bu on the other hand, we had no means of coo lng in tho canoes, and nothing that we cou ?at raw, so it was difficult to know what do. At last Umsiopogaas simplified matte by volunteering to go and reconnoiter, whi< he dick, creeping off into the bush likeasnak while we hung off in the stream waiting ft him. In half an hour be returned and to us that there was nota Masai tc bc seen an; where about, but that he had discovered spot where they had recently been encamp? and that from various indications he judgi that they must have moved on an hour or J before, the maa we saw having, no dont been left to report upon our movements. Thereupon we landed, and having posted sentry, proceeded to cook and eat om* eve: ing meal This done, we took the situatic into our serious consideration Of course, was possible that tho apparition of the Maa warrior had nothing to do with us, that ? was merely ono of a band bent upon son marauding and murdering expedition again another tribe. Our friend the consul ha told us that such expeditions were abou But when we recalled tho three t of tl caravan leader, and reflected on the oininot way in which the warrior had shaken h * spear at us, this did not appear very pro! able. On the contrary, what did seem prol able was that the party was after us, an awaiting a favorable opportunity to attac us. This being so, there were two thing that wo could do, ono of which was to go 01 and the other to go back. The latter ide was, however, rejected at once, it bein, obvious that wo should encounter as man; dangers in retreat as in advance, and, hi sides, wo had made up our minds to joume; onward at any price. Under these circurx stances, howover, we did not consider it saf to sleep ashore, so wo got into our canoes and paddling out into the middle of th stream, winch was not very wide here, man aged to anchor them by means of big stone fastened to ropes made of cocoanut fiber, o which there were several fathoms in cac] canoe. Here the mosquitoes nearly ato us up alive and this, combined with anxiety as to ou position, effectually prevented me from sleep ing as the others were doing, and somehow in the most unaccountable way, I had sud denly become nervous. There was no par ticular reason why I should be; beyond th ordinary reasons which surround the Centra African traveler, and yet I undoubtedly was If there is one thing more than another o which I have the most complete and entirt scorn and disbelief, it is of presentiments and 3Tet here I was all of a sudden filled witl and possessed by a most undoubted presenti ment of approaching evil. I would not givn way to it, however, although I felt the cold perspiration stand out upon my forehead. lu the distance I heard a hippopotamus splash faintly, then the owl hooted again in ? kind of unnatural screaming note, and thc wind began to moan plaintively through thc trees, making a heart chilling music. Above was the black bosom of the cloud, and beneath me swept the black flood of-thc water, and I felt as though I and death wer? utterly alone between them. It was very desolate. Suddenly my blood seemed to freeze in my veins and my heart to stand stiiL Was it fancy, or wero wo moving? I turned my eyes to look for the other canoe, which should be alongside of us. I could not see it, but in? stead I saw a lean and clutching black hand lifting itself abovo the gunwale of the little boat. Surely it was a nightmare! At the same time a dim but devilish looking faco ap? peared to rise out of the water, and then came a lurch of the canoe, a quick flash of a knife and an awful 3*ell from the Wakwafi who was sleeping by my side (thc same'poor fellow whose odor had been annoying me), and something warm spurted into my face. In an instant thc spell was broken; I knew that it was no nightmare, but that we wero attacked by swimming Masai. Snatching at the first weapon which came to hand, which happened to be Umsiopogaas' battleax, I struck with ali my force in thc direction in which I had seen tho flash of tho knife. The blow fell upon a man's ann, and, catching it against the thick wooden gunwale of tho canoe, completely severed it from the body just above tho wrist. As for its owner, he ut? tered no sound or cry. Like a ghost he came, and like a ghost he went, leaving behind him a bloody hand still grip rig a great knife, or rather a short sword, that was buried in the heart of our poor servant. Instantly there arose a hubbub and confu? sion, and ? fancied, rightly or wrongly, that I made out several dark heads gliding away toward the right hand bank, whither wo were rapidly drifting, for the rope by which we had been moored had been ?evered willi a knife. As soon os I had realized t.?is fact, I also realized that the scheme had b en to cut the boat loose, so that it should drift on to tho right bank (as it would have done with thc natural swing nf the current), where no doubt a party of Masai wore waiting to dig their shovel beaded spears into us. Seizing one paddle myself, I tobi Umsiopogaas to take another (for thc remaining Askari was too frightened and bewildered to l>e of any use), and together wo rowed vigorously out toward tho middle ot* the stream: and not an instant too soon, for in another minnto we should have been aground, end then there would have been an end of us. As soon ns we were well out, we set to worfc to paddle tho canoe up stream again to where tho other was moored; and very hard and dangerous work it was in tho dark, ami with nothing but tho notes of Gvou's stentorian shouts, which he kept firing oil at intervals like a fog horn, to gu.de us. T?ut at last wo fetched up, and were thankful to And that thoy had not been molested at all. No doubt the owner of the same hand that severed our rope should have severed theirs also, but was lcd away from his purpose by ah irresistible inclination to murder when he got tho chance, which, while it cost us a man and him his baud, undoubtedly saved nil the rest of us from massacre. Had it not been for that ghastly apparition over tho side of the boat an apparition that 1 sliailnever forget tili my dying hour-tho canoe would undoubtedly have drifted ;:.-!> uv before I realized what had happened, and this history would never havo been mitten by me. CHAPTER III. TTTT: MISSION* STATION. We mode the remains of our rope fast to the other canoe, and sat waiting for thc dawn and congratulating ourselves upon our merci? ful escape, which really seemed to result j more from the special favor of Providence j than from our own caro or prowess. At last it came, and I havo not often been moro i grateful to see the light, though, so far as my j canoe was concerned, it revealed a ^heatly < sight. There ia the bottomof the^SSteb?t??\ lay the unfortunate Askari, the s?me, or sword, in his bosom,'and the severed' hand griping the handle. I could not bear the' sight, so hauling ap' tho stone which had' served cs an anchor to tho other canoe, wt made it fast to the murdered mau and dropped him overboard, and down ho went to tho bot' ; tom, leaving nothing but a train of bubble? behind -bini. Alai! when our time come?, most of us, like him, leave nothing but bub? bles behind, to show that we have been, and tho bubbles soon burst. Tho hand of hit murderer we threw into tho stream, where it sank. Thosword; of which tho handle waa ivory, inlaid with gold (evidently Arab* work), I kept and used as -a touting knifem? an d very useful it proved. The Z?iss?on Siatt?TC Then, a man having been transferred to my canoe, we once more went on about ll Relock, jost as we were thinking of hate ing, as usual, to rest, and try to shoi?t ?omeW thing to eat, a sadden bend in tho riveF brought us in sight cf a substantial looking European house, with a veranda round iv splendidly situated upon a hill, and sar*' rounded by a high stone wall with a ditch ott the outer side. Right against and over*' shadowing the house was an enormous pine; tho top of which wo had seen through a glass for tho last two days, but bf course without' knowing that it marked the site of the rmV sion station. I was the first to seo the bouse? and could not restrain myself from giving a' hearty cheer? in which tho others, including the natives, joined lustily. There was no thought of halting now. On we labored, for,' unfortunately, though tho house seemed quite near, it was still a long way off by. river, until at last, by 1 o'clock, we fourni" ourselves at tho bottom of the slope on which' the building stood. Running the canoes to thc bank, we disembarked, and were jar* hauling them upon, to the shore whenW perceived three figures, dressed in ordinary English looking clothes, hurrying- downf through a grove of trees to meet us. *_ "A gentleman, a lady, and a little g?ir* ejaculated Good, after surveying the tri?: through his eye glass, "walking in a civilized' fashion, through a civilized gardeD,*to meet' us in this place. Hang me if this isnt tba; most curious thing wo h ape seen yet," Good was right; it certainly did seem odd and out of place-more like a scene out ci a' dream or an Italian opera than a real tangible fact; and the sense of unreality was no"f lessened when we heard ourselves addressed in good broad Scotch, which, n?wcfer.i'cai? not reproduce._ "How do you do, sirs?" said Mr. Mac"keni?i^ a gray haired angular man with ? kindly face* and red cheeks; "I hope I see you very welt My natives told me an hour^go they spied two canoes with white mgnl?the<m coming up thc river; s? vre4^?pff? ??fem? d?^wn't?' meet you.'' . .% . 7% .*. "And it is very glad'that*w? are to seo ,? white face again, let me tell you," put in the lady-a charming and refined looking person!: We took off our hats in acknowledgment," and proceeded to introduce ourselves. "And now," said Mr. Mackenzie*' "fctfmrisS all be hungry and weary; so coine on,'gentle-" men, come on, and right glad we are to see you. The laSfc whit-e that visited cs was AK phonse-you will see Alphonse prcsently-^aad' that was a year ago.iT ;> , Meanwhile we had been wulkmg?p^tbtesMp? of the hill, the lower portion of which M fenced off, sometimes with quince fences andi sometimes with rough stone walls, into KaftiT gardens, just now full of crops of mealiest pumpkins, potatoes, etc. In the corners of these gardens were groups of neat mushroom* shaped huts, occupied by Mr; Machend?^ mission natives, whose women and children came pouring out to meet us as we walked. Through the center of the gardens ian ther roadway up which wc were walking. It was* bordered ou each side by a line of, cr?ngje trees, which, although they had enly beet* planted ten years, bad in the lovely climate? of the upiauds below Mt. Kenia, th? tasa xf which is about 5,C00 feet above tho'coast InicT level, already grown to imposingproportiona,' and were positively laden with golden fruity After a stifSsh climb of a quarter of a milo of" so-for the hillside was steep-we carno to a splendid quince fence, also covered with; fruit, which hiclosed, Mr. Mackenzie fold'us/ a space of about four acres of ground that* contained his private garden, boase/chuTclr and outbuildings, and, indeed, thc wh^q h?i top. And what a garden it was r I have al? ways loved a good garden, and I could have thrown up my hands for joy when I saw Mr/ Mackenzie's. First there were rows upor? rows of standard European fruit trees, ol? grafted; for cu the top of this bill thc climate* was so temperate that very nearly all the English vegetables, trees and Sowers flour"" ished luxuriantly, even including several Va*"" rietics of the apple, which, generally speak-" ing, runs to wood in a wann climate and obstinately declines to fruit. Then there'1 were strawberries and tomatoes (such toma? toes!) and melons and cucumbers, aud'mdeed1" every sort of vegetable and fruit. "Well, you have something like a gardenl" I sail!, overpowered with admiration not un? touched hy envy. . . "Yes," answered the missionary; flft is if very good garden, and has Well repaid my' labor; but it is the climate that I have to** . thank. If you stick a peach stone into the' ground it will bear fruit the fourth year, and a rose cutting wiii bloom in a year. It is ft' lovely clime." Juj-t then we came to a ditch about ten feet; wide and full cf water, on tho other i-ido ol which was a loopholed stone wall eight feet' high, and with sharp flints plentifully set iif mortar cn tho coping. "There," said Mr. Mackenzie, pointing to**" the ditch and wail, ''this is my magnum opus r at least, this anil the church; which # tbtf other side of thc house. It tock me and twenty natives two years to dig the ditch and build the wall, but 1 never felt safe till it was" done: and now I can defy all the savages in Af nen, for the spring that fills thc ditch is! inside thc wall, and bubbles out at the top of tho bill winter ami summer alike, and I al? ways keep a store of four months' provision?" in ibo house." Crossing over a plank and through a very narrow opening in tho wall, we entered into' what Mi-s. Mackenzie called her domain-", namely, the flower garden, the beauty of which it is really beyond my power to do scribe. I do not think ? ever saw such roses*.* gardenias, or camellias (all reared from seeds or cuttings sent from England); and there", was also a patch given up to a collection of bulbous roots, mostly collected by Miss Flos-' sic, Mr. Mackenzie's little daughter, froin the surrounding country, somo of which were Surpassingly beautiful. In the middle of tai* shirden, and exactly opposite the vereda, a beautiful fountain of clear water bubbled up from the ground, and fell nr^o a stone .work hasin which bad been carefully built to re-, reive i% whence the overflow found its" tray by means cf a-^ain to tho moat roimd tho Dutcr wall, 'Jais moat in its turn serving as d reservoir^ whence an unfailing supply of water Was available to irrigate ail the gar? dens below. Tho house itself, a massively built single storied building, was roofed with slabs of stone, and had a handsomo veranda in front. It was built on three sides of ft - square, tbafourth side being taken ujp'bjr t*he kitchens, "vrhich stood separate f rt?m.tli?; l^oua? -ai Very ?bod plan' iii a hot country: Iii thc 5fc3Cs405 FOURTH K?g&.