The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 12, 1887, Image 1

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:?s? SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established Apr?, IS50. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.] 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's; thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SO?THK?N, KstaMisiie?? Juf?t?;- ?Sfc? SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1887. New Series-Yoi. Til. So. Hh BY 1ST. GK OSTEEN, SUMTElCS. G. TERMS: Two Dollars per annum1?^ advance. ADTSRTI3SME X TS . One Square, first insertion.....-$1 00 fivery subsequent insertion.~..?. 50 Contracts for three montis, or longer ?ill be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve pr?vete interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. CU 0. W. KIMI, NEW STORE, Fresh, Sweet Goods. ^Before buying yonr Groceries call at onr Store and Examine onr Stock and Price onr Goods You will find PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. We don't want a fortune, it ts only a liv? ing, therefore we believe in "Quick Sales and Small Profits:' 3o our Stock one can find everything that ii kept in ? well assorted Paney Grocery Store. In future there will be NO USE OR EXCUSE ?for one to send to Charleston for anything in i tbe Fancy Grocery Line, because they can get '? -anything that they want or their appetite ! -craves at our Store, and by buying here one j viii have the satisfaction of knowing what ' they are.getting. Not only that, but we can save buyers freight on their goods. Mr. Frank E. Taylor, of Charleston, says : j C?TOis Briaffs lore Money ii Suiter | ^tban it does in Charleston. Now. why does j it brinn more bere than it does in Charleston ? The Saes and Courier correspondent of Sum- I ter answers that question io his com mu nica- j tura of the 14th, when he says the farmers sell ; the cotton to the merchants with the under-; standing that a part if not the whole value of i the cotton is to be traded out with the buyer, ! and if this contract is carried ont in good j faith, the merchant must charge an additional | profit to that which he would sell for cash to cover the probable loss on the cotton, &c. ?Now we handle no cotton. We Buy and Sell For Cash, and we have no cotton losses staring ns in the f?ce, therefore one need have no fear of our charging an additional profit. ?etaad? M?e?0blDiIl And money refunded if goods do not come up to recommendation. We allow no misrep? resentation. We sell good Coffee at 22jc. ; the best at 25c. per pound. Pure Sugars from 6c. up. Try our teas at 65c. ; they are as good as tbe dollar tea. We handle ? Esavy as well as Janey Groceries, - : AND WE" SELL AT ROGE BOTTOM PRICES.' In onr DRY GOODS, Shoe and Hat Stocks. there will oe found many bargains. No trouble to show goods. Gents fine Bal and Congress Shoos at $1.50, Worth $2 00 Boys Bals, at Sl-15, worth fully $1.50 anywhere. Women's Sfroes from SJ-00 op. You ought to see what a stylish shoe we have for ladies from No. l? to 8, at $1 75. Cail and see onr goods-it will pay jou to do so. We deliver goods to any part of the ?IJ free, and at once, if necessary. 6.L& CW.KINGIMAN, Next to C. E." Stubbs' Office. Sept 21 C0TTO?5 BiTTISG MATTRESSES. VTTHERE WE SPEND ALMOST FI ALF j W of our life should be made as comfort? able as possible, aud for the purpose of aiding this good work, and making some money, we now offer the best COTTON BAT? TING MATTRESS ever put upon ;his market. Three grades now made-$5.00, S6.00, 57.00. Sample and full information at Store of Treasurer, A. Moses. Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or money refunded SUMTER COTTON MILLS SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Sixteen instructors: 5 Scientific, 3 Literary degree Courses, 5 Shorter Courses, Post Graduate and Law Courses. Tuition $40 Matriculation S10, Rooms Free, Table Board SH and SI 2.50 per month. Ex? penses about $190. Toition free by Law to applicants filing with College treasurer a certificate of inabili? ty to paj, signed by himself and guardian or parent with opinion of County Commis? sioners, or Judge of Probate, or Cierk of the Court, that the statement is true. For farther particulars applv to President J. M. McBRYDE, Columbia, S. C. The largest and most complete establishment South CEO. S. HACKER & SON, Manufacturers cf BOOB, Sask, BIMs, Iii AND BUILDING KATERIAL. OFKICS AND t^AKKROOMS, \ \King. opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Ang 10 o C. BART & 80., importers and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT ! CHARLESTON, S. C., Are receiving by steamer and rail from the North and West full supplies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS. LEMONS, PO? TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS OF ALL KINDS, ETC., ETC. ?mT* Orders solicited and promptly filled. Sept. 21. x Absolutely Pure. This powder never varie;. A marvel o< purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not behold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum cr phosphate1 powders. Sold only in cans. ROY"AL BAK? ING POWDER CO.. 106 WH!!-?I., N Y. A SPECIFIC FOR WOMAN'S DISEASES -SUCK Suppressed canty and MENSTRUATION or ONTHLY SICKNESS. If taken during the CHANGE OP LIFE, great loitering and danger will be avoided. "?*T"Send for book"5?ESSAGB ro WOMEN," mailed free. BKATXTXELD J?EGULATOB Co., Atlanta, Ga. THE SUMTER FOR BOYS. Location Healthy and Pleasan;. . Course of Instruction Thorough 'Good Boarding Accommodations. <?3^~ Terms reasonable. Pupils prepared fur College or Business. FALL SESSION-Sept. 5 to Dec. 23, 1887. Best refeiences given. ? For Circulars or other information, applv to A. c. .MCINTOSH, A. M. Principal. Lock Box No. 49. Oct. 5. Sumter, S C. THE BISH0PV?LLE M BXSHOPVILLE, S. C. A SCHOOL FOR Yoong Ladies and Gentlemen. THE COURSE OF STUDY is thorough, j practical and exhaustive: Complete in | all departments: Primary, Grammar and | High School, embracing ten grades. It pre- ! pares students for College or for business, so- J ciety and life. IQ point of climate, health and morality. | Bishopville has few equals and no superior in j South Carolina. With thc pure air and free- ! dom of the country it combines many of the j con ven i ern ces of iii e town. Board cnn be secured in the best families of the town nt eij:ht dollars per month. The Trustees have secured thc services of j Profs. Stokes and Nash and no pains will be I spared to make the school in every way j worthy of public patronage. Prof. Stoke?, in connection with his regular \ collegiiiie course, took the Normal Course in i one or the best Norina! Golletes of the land. ! bince Iiis graduation he has been engaged four j years in graded schooi work. Prof. Nash is a graduate of Davidson Col- ? lege, and has been engaged for several years ; in teaching. The Fall Session of this Schooi begins Sep- i tember 5, 1337, and continue - until December j 23. The Spring Session bt-gins January 2, ! 1858. and continues to Jun?- 1. Tuition reasonable. For circulars and in- \ formation regarding board, tuition, &c, ad- j dress, inclosing stamp. G. EDWIN* STOKES. Principal, Bishopville, S. C. ; BOARD 07 TRUSTEES. J. L. PA RR' ?TT, PUES.. W. J. BARRETT. SEC:, A. C. DURANT, W. D. SCAKBOR?UGB, W. R DIXON. JNO. F. KELLY. Aug. 1? v 1873. 13S7- ! MACON SCHOOL, 1 ENGLISH, CLASSICAL, M A TH EM AT- \ ?cal and Commercial, preparing boys ; either for College or Business. For CircuUr, address. W. A. BARRIER. Principal. F. P. M ATZ, Ph. ir. Vice Erin. Sept 14. 4 Charlotte. N. C. ! ll 4ll inR Jj.it il 1.1 fill FOR SALE, i FOR CASH. OR ON GOOD SECURITIES, j All in first-class order. One Frick k Co., 8 hors** power En? gine and Boiler, $250 00 ' One Steaurs35 horse bower Engine, 400 00 j One Cut off Saw with rig complete. f,0 00 j One Edging Saw, Mandril and Table wi?h twenty-five feet of V" and Fiat Track, twenty-two feet of Carriage and two Saws, for 100 00 ! The above is at BARGAIN PRICES arid could not be repiucci new for twice tin amount. MOSES & WARBY. i Sept 21 _ _ Sumter. S. C. j t?. GlttE.U Mil,; CASH DEALERS TX General Merchandise, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, s. c. Oct. 5-v THE WAY TO FAIRY LAND. What is the way to fairy-land ? Which is the road to take? Over the hiiis, or over the sand Where the river ripples break ? The hills stand listening night and day As if lo a wonderful tale ; The river whispers aiong its way Secrets to every sail. They must be listening and whispering there With the fairy-folk, ? know ; For what but this is the sound in the air So sweet, and soft and low ? The sound that floats o'er the misty hills And runs with a little shiver, As of a thousand musical thrills, Over the running river. O hills that stand so lofty there, Listening night and day, Listen to me and show me where The fairy folk do stray 1 And river, river, whisper low, Whisper me low and sweet, Tell me the secrets that you know Of the fairy-folk's retreat. By H. RIDER HAGGARD. AUTHOR OP "EIXO SOLOMON'S irrxEs," "SHE," '\TFSS," "THE WITCH'S BEAD," ETC. rcONTIXCED-l I am an old hand and not easily upset, but I own that that ghastly sight made me feel sick. How had the thing come there? Whose was it? I put ic down and ran to tho little door way. I could see nothing, Lear nobody. I was about to go out into thc darkness be? yond, but remembering that to do so was to cxjwse myself to the risk of being stabbed, I drew back, shut tho door, and bolted it. Then I returned to the veranda, and in as careless a voice as ? could command, called Curtis. ? fear, however, that my tones must have betrayed me, for not only Sir Henry but also G-ood and Mackenzie rose from the table and came hurrying out. "What is it?" said tho clergyman, anx? iously. Then I had to tell them. Mr. Mackenzie turned pale as death under Lis red skin. We were standing opposite tuc hall door, and there was a light in it so that I could see. He snatched tho head up by the Lair and held it ia the light. "It is the head of one of the mon who ac? companied Flossie," he said, with a gasp. "Thank God, it is not hers!" We all stood and stared at each other aghast. "What was to be done? Just then there was a knocking at the door that I had bolted, and a voice cried, "Open, my father, open!" The door was unlocked and in fled a terri? fied man. He was one of the spies who had been sent out. "My father," he cried, "the Masai arc on \ us! A great body of them havo passed round the hill aud are moving toward tho bid stone kraal down by the little stream. : My father, make strong thy heart! In the midst of them I saw the white ass, and on it sat the Waterlily" (Flossie). "An Elmoran' (young warrior) "led the ass. arid by its sido walked the nurse, weeping. Thc men who went with her ia the morning I sa v.- not." "Was fie child alive?" asked Mr. Macken? zie, hoarsely. "Sho was as white as the snow, but well, my father. They passed quite Close to me, j and looking up from where I lay Lid, I saw j her face against the si:}*.*' "God help her and us!" groaned tho clergy? man. "How many are there of them?" I asked. "More than two hundred-two hundred and half a hundred." . Once more we* looked one on the other, j What was to be done? Just then x here rose a j loud, insistent cry outside .the wall "Open the door, white man! open the door I A herald-a herald to speak with thee." Thus cried the voice. Umsiopogaas ran to the wall, and reaching with his long arms to the coping, lifted his head above it and gazed over. "I see but one man," he said. "He is armed and carries a basket in his hand." "Open the door," I said. "Umslopogaas, take thine ax and stand thereby. Let one man pass. If anothc.- follow, slay." The door was unbarred. In the shn'ow <: the wall stood TJmslopogaas, his ax raised above his head to strike. Just then the moon came oar.. There was a moment's pause, and then in stalked a Masai Elmoran, clad in th< full war panoply that I have already de? scribed, l?ut bearing a large basket in bil hand. The moon shone bright upon his great spear as Le walked. He was physically a splendid man, apparently about thirty-five years of age. Indeed,"none of the Masai that I saw were under six feet high, though mostly quite young. When he got opposite to us he halted, put down the basket and struck th? spike of his spear into the ground, so that lt stood upright. "Let us talk,!' he said. "The first messenger we sent to you'could not talk :" and he pointed to the Lead which lay upon the paving bf the stoep-ri ghastly sight in the moonlight; "but I h. e words TO speak if ye Lave ears to hear. Also I bring presents," and Le pointed to the basket and laughed with an air of swaggering insolence that is perfectly indescribable, and yet which one could nor. but admire, seeing that he "was surrounded by eisem?es. "Say on," said Mr. Mackenzie. "I am tho 'Lygonam' " (war captain) "of a part of the Masai of the Guasa Axnboni.. I and my men fo'lowed these three while men," and Le pointed to Sir Henry, Good, and my- | seii, "but they were too clever for us, and escaped hither. We have a quarrel with them, and are going to kill thom." "Are you, my friend?" said I to myself. j 'Tn following these men we this morning i caught two black men, one black woman, a white donkey, and a white girl. One of th? bluck men we killed-there is his Lead upon the pavement; the other ran away. The black woman, the little white girl, and the white ass wc took and bi ought with us. In proof thereof have I brought this basket that sh?: carried. Is it not thy daughter's basket?" Mr. Mackenzie nodded, and the warrior went on. "Good! With thee and thy daughter we have no quarrel, nor do we wish to harm thee, save as to thy cattle;, which we have already gathered, 240 Lead-a beast for every mali's fattier." Here Mr. Mackenzie gave a groan, as he greatly valued this Lord of cattle, winch he bred with much care ant. trouble. "So, save for the cattle, thou mayst go free; more especially,-' Le added, frankly, glancing at tho wall, "as this place would be ! a difficult one to take. But as to these men ic is otherwise; we have followed them for eight days, and must kid them. Were we to return to our kraal without having dono so, all the girls would make a mock of us. So, however troublesome it mar be. they must die. '.yow, I have a proposition for thine ear. We would not harm the lifetle girl; she is too fair to harm, and has besides, a brave spirit. Give us one of these three men-a life for a lifo-and we will let ber ;o and throw Li tbe black w<:i:ian with her also. Tin's is a fair offer, white niau. Wo ask but for one, not for the three; we must tike another oppor? tunity to kiii the other two. 1 do not even pick my man though I should prefer ihe big one," pointing t<> Sir Henry; "?ie looks strong, and would die more slowly." "And if f say I wiil not yield tho man?' ! said Mackenzie. j "??ay, say not so, white man," answered ! the Masai, "for then thy daughter dies at ? dawn, and tho woman with her says thou | hast no ot her child. Were she older I would j take her for a servant; but as she is so young j I will slay ber with my own Land y, with j this very spear. Thou canst come and see j an'thou wilt. Igivo theo a safe conduct," and the fiend laughed iloud at Lis brutal jest. Meanwhile I Lad been thinking rapidly, as one does in emergencies, and Lad come to tho conclusion that I would exchange myself against ?'?ossie. I scarcely like to mention the matter for fear it should bo misunder? stood. Pray do not let any one bo misled into- thinking that there was anything heroic about this, or any such nonsense. It was merely a matter of common senso and common justice. My life was an old and worth? less one, hers was young and valuable. Eer death would pretty well kill her father and mother also, while nobody would be much the worse for mine; indeed? several charitable institutions would hive cause to rejoice there? at It was indirectly through me that the dear little girl was in her present position. Lastly, a man was better fitted to meet death in such a peculiarly awful form than, a sweet young girl. "Not, however, that I meant to let these gently torture me to death-I am far too much cf a coward to allow that* being naturally a timid man; my plan was to see the girl safely exchanged, and then to shoot myself, trusting that the Almighty would take tho peculiar circumstances of the case into consideration and pardon the act. All this and more went through my mind in very few seconds. "All right> Mackenzie," I said, "you can tell the man that I will exchange myself against Flossie, only I stipulate that she shall be safely in this house before they kill me." "Eh?" said Sir Henry and Good, simultane? ously. "That you don't." "No, no," said Mr. Mackenzie, "I will have no man's blood upon my hands. If it please God that my daughter die this awful death, his will be done. You are a brave man" (which lam not by any means) "and a noble man, Quatermain, but you shall not go." "If nothing else tums up I shall go," I said, j decidedly. "This is an important matter?" said Mao kenzie, addressing the Lygonani, "and we j must think it over. You shall have our an? I swer at dawn." "Very well, white man," answered the sav-? age, indifferently; "only remember, if thy answer is late thy little white bud will never grow into a flower, that is all, for I shall cut it with this," and he touched the spear. "I should have thought that thou wouldst play a : trick and attack us nt night, but I know from j the woman with the girl that your men are down at thc coast, and that thou hast but twenty men here. It is not wisc, whits ; man," he added with a laugh, "to keep so j small a garrison for your 'boma'" (kraal). : "Well, good night, and good night to you also, other white men, whose eyelids I shall j soon close once and for all. At dawn thou ! wilt bring me word. If not, remember it shall bo as I have said." Then turning to Umslopogaas, who had all thc while been standing behind him, and shepherding him, as it were, "Open the door for me, fellow, quick now." This was too much for the old chief? [ patience. For the last ten minutes his lips I had been, figuratively speaking, positively j watering over tho Masai Lygonani, and thia j he could not stand. Placing his long hand on j the Elmoran's shoulder, ho griped him and ? gave him such a twist ns brought hint face to face with himself. Then, thrusting hi3 fierce countenance to within a few inches of the Masai's evil, feather framed features, he said, in" a low, growling voice: "Seest thou me?" "Ay, fellow, I see thee." "And seest thou this?" and he held Inkosi kaas before his eyes. "Ay, fellow, I see the toy: what of it?" "Thou Masai dog, thou boasting windbag, ihou capturer cf little girls, w ith this 'toy* will I hew thee limb from limb. "Weil fa? thee that thou art a herald, or even now would I strew th}" members about the grass." The "Masai shook his great spear and j laughed long and loud as he answered, ;I would that thou stoodst against nie man to man, and we would see," and pgain ho turosd to go,- still laughing. "Thou shalt stand against mc man to man, be not afraid," replied Umslopogaas, still in thc same ominous voice. "Thou shalt stand face to face with Umslopogaas, of the blood of Chakn, of the prople of the Amazulu, a ' captain in the regiment of the Nkomabakosi, as main- have done before, and bow thyself to Inkosi-koas. as many have done before. Ay, laugh ou, laugh on! to-morrow night shall thc jackals laugh as they cruuch thy ribs." /?? traf f * hM (? || ?al *lTo-morro\o night shall the jackals laugh as they crunch ycur ribs." When the Lygonani had gone, one of us thought o? opening the basket he had brought as a proof that Flossio was really their pris? oner. On lifting the lid, it was found to contain a most lovely specimen of both bulb and flower of the Goya lily, which I have already described, in full bloom and quite tniinjured, and what was moro, a note in Flossie's childish hand, written in pencil upon a greasy piece of paper that had*been used to wrap up sonic food in. "Dearest Falber and Mother,''1 ran the note "The Masai caught us when we were coming home with thc Iib*. I tried to escape, but cou 1.1 not. They killed Tom : the other man ran away. They have cot hurt nurse and me, but say that they moan to exchange us against one of Mr. Quaterraain's party. I will have nothing of the sort. Do not let anybody give his life for rae. Try an*! attack them at nijrht; they are going to feast on three bullocks th<w have stolen and killed: I have my pistol, and if no help comes by dawn I will shoot myself. They shall not kill me. If so, remember me always, dearest father and mother. I am very frightened, but I trust ia Cod. I dare not wrice any more, as they are be? ginning to notice. Goodby. FLOSSIE."' Scrawled across the outside of this was, "Love to Mr. Qautermain. They are going to take up the basket, so he will get thc lily." When I read these words, written by that brave little girl in an hour of danger suffi? ciently near and horrible to have turned tho brain of a strong man, I own I wept, and once more in my heart I vowed that she should not die whilo my life could bc given to save her. Then eagerly, quickly, almost fiercely; we fell to discussing the situation. Again I said that I wouid ?o, and again Mackenzie nega? tived it, and Curtis and Gooi, }ike the true [ men that they are, vowed that, if I did, they would go with me, and die back to back with me. "It is,1' I said at last, "absolutelynecessary that an effort of some s;,it should be made before tho morning." "Then let us attack them with what force we cnn muster, and take our elm nee," saul Sir Henry. "Ay ay," growled Umslopogaas, in Zulu; "spoken like u man. incubu. What is there to bo afraid of? Two hundred and fifty Masai, forsooth! How many are we.' Thc chief there" (Mr. Mackenzie) "has twenty men, and thou, Macutnuzahu, hast five men, ind lhere arc also five white men-that is, thirty men in ali-enough, enough. Listen j now, Macumazahn, ihou who ar:, very clever j and old in war. Whatsiiysthu maidj These 1 men eat mri ina!..; us: : ry ; let it i-e their lu- j nera! feast. What said tho dog v. bom I hope j to hew down at daybreak? That he feared j no attack because we were so few. Knowest j thou tho old kraal where the men have | camped? I saw it this morning; it is thus," j and he drew an oval on tho floor; "here is the ; big entrance, filled up with thorn bushes, and j opening on to a steep rise. "Why, Incubu, j thou and ? with axes will bold it against an j hundred men striving to break outl Look, . now, thus shall tho bullio go. Just as tho j light begins to giint upon tho oxen's horns- j not before, or it wili be too dark, and not i later, or they will bo awakening and perccivo ? us-let Bougwan creep round with ten mea 1 to the top'end of tho kraal, where ibo narre entrance is. Let them silently slay the sent there, so that he makes no sound, and staj ready. Then,-Incubu, let thee and me OJ ono of the Askari-the one with thc bra chest-ho is a brave man-creep to the wi entrance that is filled with thorn bushes, ai there also slay thc sentry, and armed wi battle axes, take, our stand also one on ea< side of the pathway, and one a few paces fc yond, to deal with such as pass the twain tho gate.. It is there that tho rash will com That will leave sixteen, men. Let these mi bs divided into two parties, with one which shalt then go, Macumazalm, and wi ono tho 'praying man" (Mr. Mackenzie, "andi all armed with rif.es, let them mal their way one to the right side of thc kra and ono to thc left;' and when thou, Macum zahn, lowest like an ox, all shall open fi with the guns upon the sleeping men, beii very careful not to hit the little maid. Th< shall Eougwaii at the far endand his ten mt raise theil' war cry, and, springing over tl wall, put the Masai there to tho sword. And Shall happen that, being yet heavy with foe and sleep, and bewildered by tho firing of tl guns, thc falling of men and the spears < Bougwan, tho soldiers shall rise and rush lil wild game toward tho thom stopped entra?e and there the bullets from either side sha plow through them, and there sh?ll Incul and the Askari and I wait for those wi break though. Such is my plan, Macum; zahn; if thou hast a better, naino it." When he had done, I explained to tl others such portions of this scheme as the had failed to understand, and they all joine with mc in .expressing the greatest admin tion of tho acute and skillful programmed? vised by the old Zulu, who was, indeed, in h. own savage fashion, the finest general I cv< knew. After some discussion we determine to accept the scheme as it stood^-it being ti only one possible under tho circumstance and giving the best chance of success th? such a forlorn hope would admit of-whici however, considering tho enormous odds au tho character of our fee, was net ^ery greal "Ah, old lion!" I said to ?mslopogaa "thou knowest how to lie in wait as well i how to bite, where to seize as well as whei to hang on." "Ay, ay, Macuma2ahn,;? he answered. "Fe thirty years have I been a warrior, and hav seen many things. It will be a good fighl I smell blood-I tell thee, I smell blood." CHAPTER VL THE SIGHT WEARS' ON. . As may be imagined, at the very first sig. of a Masai the entire population of the mii sion station had sought refuge inside the stou stone wall, and were now to be seen-men women and countless children-huddled ut together in little groups, and ali talking al once in awed tones of the awfulness of Masai manners and customs, and of the fate that they had to expect if those bloodthirsty sav? ages succeeded in getting over the stone wall Immediately after we had settled upon thc outline of our plan of action as suggested bj Umslopogaas, Mr. Mackenzie sent for foul sharp boys of from 12 to 15 years of age, and dispatched the.n to various points whence they could keep an outlook upon the Masai camp, with orders to report from time tc time what was going OD. Other lads, and even women, were stationed at intervals along the wall, in order to guard against the possibility of surprise. After this the twenty men who formed his whole available fighting force were sum? moned by our host into the square formed by the house, and there, standing by the bole of the great conifer, ho earnestly addressed them and our four Askari "Men," said Mr. Mackenzie, after he had put all the circumstances of the case fully and clearly before them, and explained to them the proposed plan of our forlorn hope "men, for years I have been a good friend to you, protecting you, teaching you, guarding you and yours from harm, and ye have prospered with me. Ye havo seen my child -the Waterlily, as yo call her-grow year by year, from tenderest infancy to tender childhood, and from childhood on toward maidenhood. She has been your* children's playmate, she has helped to tend you when sick, and ye havo loved her." "We have," said a deep voice, "and we will die to save her.5* *T thank you from ray heart-I thank you. Sure am I that now, in this hour of darkest trouble, now that her young life is like to be cut off by cruel and savage men-who of a truth 'know not what they do7-ye will strive your best to save her, and to save me and her mother from broken hearts. Think, too, of your own wives and children. If she dies, her death will be followed by cn attack upon us here, and at the best, even if we hold our own, your houses and gardens will be de? stroyed and your goods and cattle swept away. I am, as ye well know, a man of peace. Never in all these years haye I lifted my hand to shed man's blood; but now I say strike, strike, in thc name of God, who bade us protect our lives and homes. Swear to me," he went on, with added fervor-"swear to me that while a man of you remains alive yo will strive your uttermost with me and with these brave white men to save the child from a bloody and a cruel death." "Say no more, my father," said" the same deep voice, that belonged to a stalwart elder of the-nrission ; "we swear it. May we mid ours die the death of dogs, and our bones bo thrown to thc jackals and the kites, if wc break the oath ! It is a fearful thing to do, my father, so few to strike at so many, yet will we do it or die in the doing. Wc swear!" "Ay, thus say wo all," chimed in the others. "Thus say wc all," said I. "It is well," went on Mr. Mackenzie. "Yo are true men and not broken reeds to lean on. And now we will begin our preparations in gcod earnest." Tho mon who were to form each little party were carefully selected, and still more carefully and minutely instructed as to what was to be done. After much corv sideration it w;as agreed that the ten: mon led by Good, whose duty it was to stampede tho camp, wero not to carry firearms: that is, with the excepci?n of Good himself,- who had a revolver as well os a short sword-tho Masai "sime" which I had taken from tho body of our poor servant who wis murdered in the canoe. "Wc feared that if they had fire? arms the result of three eross fires carried on at once would bc that some of our own people would bc shot; besides, it appeared to all of us that tho work they had to do would best be carried out with cold steel-es? pecially to Umslopogaas, who was, indeed, a great advocate' of cold steel. Wo had with us lour Winchester repeating riiles,- besides half a dozen Martinis. I armed myself with one of the repeaters-ray own; an excellent weapon for this kind of work, where great rapidity o? lire is desirable, and titted with ordinary Hap sights, instead of the usual Cumbersome sliding mechanism which they generally have. Mr. Mack.nziu took another, and the two remaining ^i**.'s were given tc two of his men, who understood tho uso of them nnd were noted shots. The Martinis and some niles of Mr. Mackenzie's wero served out, together with a plentiful supply of r.n munition, to the other natives who were to form \ he t wo parties whose duty it was to bc to open ii: o from sep?ralo sides of tito kraal on the sleeping Masai, and who were fortunately nil moro or loss accustomed to the uso of a gun. As for l"n:s'." [logaas, wo know how he was armed-with au ax. It may bo remembered that he, ?-'ir Horny, and tho strongest of tho Askari were to hohl tho thorn stopped en? trance to tho kraal against the anticipated rush of men striving to escape. Of corn --, for such a purpose as this gu::s were useless. Therefore Sir Henry and the Askari pro? ceeded to ann themselves in like fashion. It sohappemd that Mr. Mackenzie iiad in h's little store a selection of ibo wry ? est steel English made hammer backed ax heads. ?Sir Henry s--leeteil one of these, weighing about two and a half pounds and very broad in the blade, and the Askari took another a size smaller. After Umslopogaas had put an extra edge on these two ax heads, we fixed them to three feet fix helves, of which Mr. Mackenzie fortunately had sumo in stock, made i>;' a light but exceedingly tough native wood, something Uko English ash, only more springy. When two suitable helves had been selected willi great care, and thc end of the haft notched to prevent the hand from slip? ping, the ax heads were fixed on tuem as firmly a > possible, aud tho weapons immersed in a bucket of water for half an hour. 1 result of tin's was to swell tbe wood in t socket ?a such a fashion that nothing short burning wouid get it out again. When t important matter had been attended to Umslopogaas, I went into my room and p: ceeded toopeir a little tin lined deal ca which had not been undone since wo 1< England, and which contained-what do y think?-nothing moro or less than four m shirts. ?t seems almos* ?augftablo to talk o' sb shirts fn these days of b?llete, against wiri they ore; of course* quite useless* but wbc one bas to tlc with savages, armed wi cutting weapons such as assegais or batt axes, they afford thc most valuable prot< tion, being, if well made, quiet invulneral to them. I have often thought that if on the English government had in our sava warsf and more especially in the Zulu wt thought fit to serve out light steel shirts, the would bc many a man alive today who, as is. is dead and forgotten* To return: on the present occasion i blessed our foresight in bringing these shirl and also our good hack in that they had n been stolen by our rascally bearers when chi rau away with our goods. As Curtis hi two, and, after considerable deliberation, hi made up his mind to wear his combinatic one himself-the extra three or four pount weight being a matter of no account to : strong a man, and the protection afforded the thighs being a very important matter an individual not armed with a shield of ax k'ind-I suggested that he should lend tl Other to Umslopogaas* who was to share tl danger and the glory of his post. He read! consented, and called the 2ulu, who carr bearing Sir Henry's ax, which he had no fixed up to his satisfaction* with him. TVhe we showed him the steel shirt, and explaine ito him that we wanted him to wear it, he c first declined, saying that he had fought i his own skin for thirty years, and that he W? not going to begin, now to fight in an ire one. Thereupon ? took a heavy spear, an spreading the shirt upon the floor, drove th spear down upon it with all my strength, th weapon rebounding without leaving a mar upon the tempered steel. Thia exhibition hal converted him; and when I pointed out t bim bow necessary it was that- he should nc let any old fashioned prejudices he mig! possess stand in the way of a precautio which might preserve a valuable life at timo when men were scarce, and also that i he wore this shirt he might dispense with shield, and so have both hands free, he yielde at once, and proceeded to invest his grea frame with the "iron skin." And indeed although made for Sir Henry, it fitted th great Zulu like a skin. The two men wer almost of a heighty and though Curtis looke the bigger'man* I am inclined to think tha the difference was more imaginary than real the fact being ihat, although he was plumpe and rounder, he was not really bigger, excep in the arm. Umslopogaas had, comparativel; speaking, th m arms, but they were as strom as wire ropes. At any rate, when they botl stood* ax in hand, invested ?n the browi mail, which clung to their mighty forms lib a web garment, showing tho swell of ever muscio and the curve of every line,- thei formed a loir that any ten men might shrinl from meeting. It was now nearly 1 o'clock in tho morning and the spies reported that, after having drank thc blood of the oxen and eaten enor mous quantities of meat, tho Masai were go ing to sleep round their watch fires, but thai sentries had been posted at each opening ol the kraal. Flossie, they added, was sitting not far from the wall in the center of thc western side of the kraal, and by her were thc nurse and the white donkey, which was teth? ered to a peg. Her feet were bound with c rope, and warriors were lying about all round her. As there was absolutely nothing f urthci that could bo done then we all took soruc supper and went to lie down for a couple ol hours. Tho bed whereon I lay was near an open window that looked on to tho veranda, through which came an extraordinary sound of groaning and weeping. For a timo I could not make out what it was, but at last I got up, and putting my head out of the window stared about. Presently I saw a dim figure kneeling on tho end cf the veranda and beat? ing his breast-in which I recognized Al? phonse. Not being able to understand his French talk, or what on earth he was at, I called to him and asked him what he was doing. "Ah, monsieur," he sighed, "I do make prayer for the souls of those whom I shall slay to-night" "Indeed," I said; "then I wish that you would do it a little more quietly." Alphonse retreated, and I heard no more of his groans. And so the time passed, till at length. Mr. Mackenzie called me in a whisper through the window, for of course everything had now to be done in the most absolute silence. "Three o'clock," he said; "wo must begin to move at half past." I told him to come in* and presently he entered, and I am botmd to say that if it had not been that just then I had not got a laugh anywhere about me, I should have exploded at tho sight he presented armed for battle. To begin with, he had on a clergyman's black swallow tail and a kind of broad rimmed black felt hat, both of which he had donned on account, he said, of their dark color. In his hand was the Winchester repeating' rifle wc had lent him; and stuck hi an elastic cricketing belt, like those worn by English boys, were, first, a huge buckhorn handled carving knife with a guard to it, and next a long barreled Colt's revolver*; "Ah* my friend," he said, seeing me staring at bis belt, "you ero loo'.cing at my 'carver.' I thought it might come in handy if we came to close quarters; it is excellent steel.-and many is the pig I havo killed with it." By this cime everybody was up and dress? ing. I put on a light Norfolk jacket over my mail shirt, in order to have a pocket handy to' hold my cartridges, and buckled on my revolver. Good did the same; but Sir Henry put on nothing except his mail shirt, steel lined cap and a pair of "veldtselioons" or soft hide sho?s, his legs being bare from tho knees down. His revolver he strapped on round his middle outside the armored shirt. Meanwhile Umslopogaas was mustering thc men in the'square under the big tree, and going the rounds to see that each was properly armed; etc. At tho last moment we made one change. Finding that two of the men v.-hc were to have gone with tho firing parties knew little cr nothing of guns, but were good spenrsmen, wo took away their rifles, supplied them with shields and lor.g spears of tho Ma-ai pattern, and told them clT to join Curtis, Cmslopogaas and tho Askari in holding tue wide opening- it hav? ing become clear to us thst three men, how? ever brave and strong, were too few for tho work. cn ATTI: ii vu. A SLAUGHTER CRHI AND GItEAT. Then came a pause,and we stood there in thc | chilly, silent darkness waiting till the moment j carno lo start. It was, perhaps, the most | irv ing time <>f nil-that slow, slow quarter of j an hour. Thc minutes seemed to drag along ? with leaden feet, and thc quiet, tho solemn j hush., that brooded over all-big, as -it'-were, ! willi a coming fate-was most oppressive to the spirits. The moon went down; for a long while she hail been getting nearer and nearer to tho horizon, MOW she finally sank, and left tho world in darkness save for a faint gray tinge j in the eastern sky that palely heralded tho j coming dawn. Mr. Mackenzie- stood, watch i:i hand, his ? wife obliging to his arm and striving to stifte her sobs. j '.Twenty minutes to four,'" he said ; "it ought j to 1)0 light enough to attack at twenty min- i utes past four. Capt. Good had better be j moving; ho will want three or four minutes' ! start." Good gave one final polish to his eyeglass j ! nodded to us in a jocular sort of way-which j I could not help feeling it must have cost him ' something to muster up-and, ever polite,- i took off his steel lined cap to Mrs. Mackenzie j and started for his position at ?1K> head of the- ! kraal, to reach which he had to make a de? tour by some paths known to tho natives. i Just then one of the boys carno in and re- I jx>rtcd that everybody in the Masai camp, | with thc exception of tho two sentries who ' > wero walking up and down in front of tue re- j spectivc entrances, appeared to bc fast asleep, j Then the rest of us took the road. First j came the guide, then Sir Henry, Umslopo? gaas, tiie Wakwafi Askari and iii-. Macken- j zic's two mission natives, armed with long I spears and shields. I followed immediately ofter with Alphonse and five natives, ali armed with gnus, and Mr. Mackenzie brought up the rear with the six remaining natives. The cattle kraal where tbe Masai were camped lay at the foot of the hill on which the house sicodj or, roughly speaking; about SOD yards from tbe mission buildings. The first 500 yards of this distance wo traversed quietly indeed, but at a good pace; after that we crept forward as silently as a leopard on his prey, gliding like ghosts from bush to bush and stone to stouts "When I had gone a little way I chanced to look behind me, and saw tho redoubtable Alphonse staggering along with white face and trembling knees, and his rifle-, which was at full cock, pointed directly at the small of my back. Having halted, and carefully put the rifle at "safety/' we started again, and all went well till we were within 100 yards or so of the kraal, when his teeth began to chattel1 in the mest aggressive way. "If you don't stop that, I will kill you," I whispered;, savagely; for the idea of having all our lives sacrificed to a tooth chattering cook was too much for me. I began to fear that ho would betray us, and heartily wished we had left him behind. "But, monsieur, I cannot help it," he an? swered; "it is the cold." Here was a dilemma; but fortunately I de? vised a plan: In the pocket of the coat I had on was a small piece of dirty rag that I had used some time before to clean a gun with. "Put tbis in your mouth," I whispered again, giving bim the rag; "and if I hear another sound you are a dead man." I knew'tbat that would stifle the clatter of his teeth. I must have looked as if ? meant what I said, for he instantly obeyed me and continued his jour? ney in silence. Then we crept oa again. At last we were Within fifty yards of the kraal. Between us and it was an open space of sloping grass, with o:jJy ono mimosa bush and a couple of tussocks of a sort of thistle for cover. Tv e were still hidden in fairly thick bush* It was beginning to grow light. The stars had paled and a sickly gleam played about the east and was reflected on the earl hv We could see the outline of the kraal clearly enough, and could also make out the fault glimmer of the dying embers of the Masai camp fires? Wo 1 ?altcd and watched for the sentry we knew was poste.! at the opening. Presently ho appeared, a fine tall fellow, walking idly up and down within five paces of the thorn stopried entrance. Wo had hoped to catch him nappiug, but it was not to be. Se seemed particularly wide awake. If we could not luil that man, and kill him si? lently, we were lest. There we crouched and watched him. Presently Umslopogaas, who was a few paces ahead of me, turned and made a sign, and next second I saw him go down on his stomach like a snake and, taking an opportunity when the sentry's head was turned, begin to work his way through the grass without a sound. The unconscious sentry commenced to hum a little tune, and Umsiopogaas crept on. He reached the shelter of the mimosa bush un? perceived, and there waited. Still the sentry walked up and down. Presently he turned and looked over the wall into the camp. In? stantly the human snake who was stalking him glided on ten yards and got behind one of the tussock's of the thistle likeplent,- reach? ing it as the Elmoran turned again. As he turned his eye fell upon this patch of thistles, and it seemed to strike him that .it did not look quite right. He advanced a paco to? wards it-halted, yawned, stooped down, picked np a little pebble and threw it at it. It hit Umslopogaas upon the head, luckily not upon the armor shirt. Had it done so' the clink would have betrayed ns. Luckily, too, the shirt was browned and not bright steel, which would certainly have been detected. Apparently satisfied that there was nothing wrong, he then gave over his investigations and contented himself with leaning on his spear and standing gazing idly at the tuft. For at least threo minutes did he stand thus, phmged apparently in a gentle reverie, and there we lay in the last extremity of anxiety, expecting every moment that we should be discovered or that some untoward accident would-happen. I could hear Alphonse's teeth going like anything on the ofied rag, and turning my head round made an awful face at him. But I am bound to state that my own heart was at much tho same game os the Frenchman's castanets, while the perspiration was pouring from my body, causing the wash leather lined shirt to stick to me un? pleasantly, and altogether I was in the piti? able state known by schoolboys as a "blue funk." At Ia??t the ordeal came to an end. The sentry glanced at the east and appeared to note with satisfaction that his period of duty was coining to an end-as indeed it was, once and for all-for he rubbed his hands and began to walk again briskly,- to warm him? self. Tho moment bis back was fumed the long black snake glided on again and reached the other thistle tuft, which was within a couple o? paces of his return beat. Back came the sentry, and strolled right past the tuft, utterly unconscious of the pres? ence that was crouching behind it Had ho k>oked down he could scarcely have failed to see, but he ?lid not dc s?. He passed, and then his hidden enei?y erected himself and with outstretched hand I followed in his ti'kcks. A moment more, and, just as the Elmoran Was about to turn, the great Zulu made a spring, and m tho grovri;:~ li^ht wo could soo his long, lean hands close round the Masai's throat. Then followed a convulsive twining of the two dark bodies, and in another sec? ond I saw the Masai's head bent back and heard a sharp crack, something like that of a dry twig snapping, and he fell down upon tho ground, his limbs moving spasmodicaliy. Umslopogaas had put out all his iron strength and broken the warrior's neck. For a moment he knelt upon his victim, still griping his throat till ho was sure that there was nothing more to fear from him, and then ho rose and beckoned to us to ad? vance, which we did cn all fours, like a col? ony of huge apes. On reaching tho kraal wo saw that thc Ma-ai bad still further choked this entrance, which was aKr.it tc*i feet wide -no doubt in order to guard against attack by dragging four or five tops of mimosa trees up to it* So much the better for us, I re? flected," the moro obstruction there was the slower would they be able to come through. Here wc separated, Mackenzie and his parry creeping up under the shadow of thc wall to the left, while Sir Henry and Umslopogaas took their stations one on each side cf thc thorn fence, thc two spearmen and thc Askari lying down in front of it. land my men crept on up tho right side of the kraal, which was about fifty paces long. When I was two-thirds i:p I halted, and placed my men at distances cf four paces from enc another, keeping Alphonse close to i mc, however. Then 1 peeped for the first time over tho wall. It was getting fairly light now, and tho first thing I saw was the white donkey, exactly opposite to mc, and - close by it I could make out thc pale face of little Flossie, who was sitting as the lad had described, some ten paces from the wall. Hound her lay many warriors, sleeping. At distances all over the surface of the kraal were the remains of fires, round each of j which slept some fivc-and-twenty Masai, fer | the most part gorged with food. Now and j then a mar, v. enid raise himself, yawn, and look at the cast, which had now turned prim- i re e: but none got up. i determined to wait j another live minutes, both to allow the light j to increase, so that we could make better ! shoot ing, and to give Good and his party, of ? whom ? could see or hear nothing, every opportunity io make ready; Suddenly, just as I was nerving myself for | for tiie signal, having already selected my { man on whom I meant to open fire-a great i fellow sprawling on the ground within three j feet of little Flossie-Alphonse's teeth began ! to charter again like the hoofs of a galloping i piaffe, making a great noise in the silence. [ l'be rag had dropped out in the agitation of his mind. Instantly a Masai within threo paces of us woke, and. sitting up,- gazed about him,- looking for the cause of the sound. Moved beyond myself, I brought, the butt end of my rifle down cn the pit of the French man's stomach. This stopped his Chattering ? but, as he doubled up, he managed to let ot?" his glin in such a manner that tho bullet passed within an inch of my head There was no need fora signal now. From both sides of the kraal broke out a waving line of fire, in which ! myself joined,- manage mg with a snap shot ^ ? to knock over my ' Masai by Flossie Cit just cs he was 'M jumping up. "j hen, '0 from \ he top end of W s ? thc kraal there rang * an awful yell, in which I rejoiced to recognize Goodes >?^^A^^ piercing note rising . ^e ?tear and shrill tt ft c ^ above the din, and ? eff vi* m another second^ 'jj? . . followed such aXfg **J 3* scene as I have . jv never seen before K. nor shall again. ?Ho ? ? T7ith an universal 51 w ? ff howl of terror and TA a fury tho brawny TA? * p .? crowd of savages within the Icraoi g sprang to their . v* f' ?,_ ~ +1 " . A, V. ide entrance ?? feet, many of tuem ^ kraal, sci-ne of to fail again Ix:- greatest slaugh neath our weil _ - t0~, ,. . , B-, Smad .entrance t?= directed had or lead kraal. before they had CCCC, X7a"U of kraal. moreda vard. For D?' Hr\ ^c^enzie and ?* six i??n. a moment they r?v Quatermaia and she steed undecided, raen. and then hearing v ^2?5?i??Jn^M,. . . ? G, Curtis with- four the cries and curses raen_ that rose tuecas- H. Spot where' sentry' inglyfrom the top . ifclK'^t * t r *u , ? ooo, VTatcn . Cres and end of trie kraal, sleeping Masai - and bewildered by *, Flossie, the storm of bullet?, they, as by one im-' pulse, rushed down toward tho thorn stopped entrance. Astkey went Wt; kept pouring our' Are with terrible effect into the thickening mob as fast as we could load. I had emptied my repeater of the ten shots it contained, and was just beginning to slip in some more whes I bethought me of little Fiossie. Looking rip I saw that the white donkey was lying kick? ing, .irving been knocked over either by one of ova bullets or a Masai spear thrust. There" were no living Masai near, but the black nurse was on her feet and with a spear* cutting the rope that bound Flossie's feet, Next second she ran to the wall of the kraal and began to climb over it, an example which thc little girl followed. But Flossie was evidently very stiff and cramped, and could only go slcwiy.- and as she went two Masai fly lng down' the kraal caught sight of her and rushed toward her to kill her. Tho first fellow came up just as the poor little' girl, after a desperate effort to climb the* wall, fell back into the kraal Up flashed the' great spear, and as it did so a bullet from my rifle found its heme' in the holders ribs,- and over he went like a shot rabbit. But behind hun was the other man, and. alas, I had-only that one cartridge in the magazine! Flossie had scrambled to her feet and was facing the second man, who 'was advancing with raised spear. I turned my head aside and felt s?cfc as death. I could not bear to see him stab her. Glancing up again, .f? my surprise I saw the Masafs spear lying on the ground, while the man himself was staggering about with both hands to h's head. Suddenly I saw a pud: of smoke, proceeding apparently from Flossie, and the man fell down head? long. Then ? remembered the Derringer pistol she carried, and saw that shs had fired both barrels of it at him, thereby sating ?sf fifo. In another instant she had made ari effort, and assisted by the nurse, who was' lying on the top, had scrambled over tho" wall, and I knew that sae was, comparatively" speaking, safe. All this takes some time to tell, birt I do; not suppose thai it took more than fifteen seconds to enact. I soon got the magazine of the repeater filled again with cartridges, ancf once more opened fire, not on the seething, black mass which was gathering at the end. of tho kraal,- but on fugitives who betboia?hjt them to climb the walL I picked off several of these men, moving down towards the cud of the kraal as I did so, and arriving at the comer, or rather the bend of thc oval,-ni time to see. and by means of my rifle -td assist in the mighty struggle that toot placer there. By this time some 203 Masai-allowing that we had up to the present accounted for fifty -had gathered together in front of the thora stopped entrance, driven thither by" the spears cf Goods men, whom they doubtless sm> posed were a large force instead cf being but ten strong. For some reason ii never oc? curred to them to try and rush the wa-TL; which they could hare scrambled over with comparative case; they ail made for the fence, which was ready a strongly inter? woven fortification. With a bound the'first warrior went at it, and even before he' touched thc ground ou the other side' I saxv* Sir Henry's great axe swing up and fall with awful force upon his feather head piece, and bc sank into tho middle of th?" thorns. ?hen, with a yell and a crash, they began to break through as* they might;- and ever as they came the great axe swung and Inkosi-kaas flashed* and they fell dead one by one, each man tims helping to budd up a barrier against his* fellows. Those who escapsd the axr-s of thc* ps ir fell at thc hsnds of the Alkaid and tho two mission Kallins, and these who passed scathless from them were brought low by my own and Mackenzie's tire. Faster and mero furious grew tho fighting. Single Masai would spring upon the dead bodies cf their comrade, and engage ono" ol' other ot the r.xmoa. with their Iou~ spears, but. thanks chiefly to the mail shirts, thc re? sult was always thc same. Good and his men were quito close by now, and our ?^eoplc had to cease firing into tho' mass for fear cf killing some of them (as it was. one of them was slain in this way). Mad and desperate with fear, thc Masai by a frantic ciTort burst through the thom fence and piled up dead, and swot ping Curtis, TJrpslopogna-. and the o;her tinco beforo them, broke into the open. And now it was that we began to "ose men fast. Pow? went car poor Askari who was armed with thc ar. a great spear standing ont a foot be? hind h:^ bark; and before long the twosrears*1 men who had stood with him went- down toot dying fighting like tigers, and others of our parry shared their fate. For a moment I fearedi thc light was lost-certainly ic tix-mbled tn thc balance. ? shouted to my men to cast down their rifle-, and to take spears and throw themselves into th** melee. They" obeyed; their blood being now iljorotighiy up, and Mr. Mackenzie's pec-plc followed their example. . This move had a momentary ?oed result, but slid the fight hung in the balance. Our people fought maguifieoniiy. hurling themselves upon tho dark mass of Elmoran, hewing, thrusting, ?laying and being slain. And ever above the d::i rose Goods awful yell of encouragement ns he plunged ta wherever thc light was thickest; and ever* with, an almost machine like regularity, the two axes rose and fell, carrying death and disablement at every stroke. But ? could seo' that ho:s:rain was beginning *o tell on Sir Henry, who was bleeding from Several fies? wounds; hrs breath was coming in gasps, and tho veins stood out on Ids forehead like blue and. knotted cords. Even Umslopogaas,- mani of iron that he wa?, was bard pressed I myself did not go into the melee, but hovered outside Uko tho swiit uI>aek" in a football scrimmage, putting a "nullet through a Masai whenever ? get a chance, i was more uso so; I fired forty-nine cartridges that morning, and I - '.id no: miss many scots. Presently; dc as we would, the "teftra of th? balance began to rise against ns. Vvc had not mor? than fifteen or sixteen effectives left now, and thc Masai had at least- fifty. O? course, it they had kept their beads, and shaken themselves together, they could soon have made an end of tho matter? but that is just what they did not do, noe having yet re? covered from their rta rt, and some of them/ having actually fled from their sleeping places without their weapons. Still, by now many individuals were fighting with their normal courage and discretion, cad this alone was sufl?cient to defeat us. To mako matters worse just then, when Mackenzie's rifle was empty a brawny savage, armed with a "sime." or sword, made a rash for him. Tho