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CHAPTER XIX
A ?OUOH JOUKM3T.
Jfc was near the end of January?of
all months tho most agreeable in Cey
lon; the evening1 was so soft and fra
grant; the air seemed to have beeD
poured down from some purer sphere,
wafting with it songs of r"ch melody
and scents of tropical flowers.
A long, covered sampan or canoe,
prepared with cushions and mats and
propelled by tho broad paddles of three
lusty Malays; is making headway
against tho sluggish stream of the
Qna?a river. In the stern of the boat
sit two Europeans, dressed in the light
costume of Colombo merchants and
wearing white pith helmets with a
screen of muslin hanging a quarter of a
yard down their backs.
' Their light and well-manned host
goes boldly up the stream, skillfully
avoiding tho huge trunks of trees which
in this time of tho year abound in all
the rivers of Ceylon.
?.?any a curious sight these adventnr
crs see as they wend their way. Now
the banks are covered with thick
jungle of thorny brambles, tall cacti,
bamboos and the gigantic creeping
plant, which tho sailors appropriately
call jangle-rope, growing in intricate
recesses which are teeming with wild
animals and noxious reptiles, and again
the tall palms wave their feathery tops
in solemn grandeur.
Every now and then they meet some
other sampan, downward bound, pad
dled by a bare-backed Malay, with per
haps some Cingalese potentate, clad in
a long white robe and with a huge
comb in his hair, who is^returair-g to
Jhe city after a visit to his plantation
Darkness comes on, but it does not
impede them, for they have not started
till the boat of tl*e day was spent, so
one of the natives lights a ch alct or torch,
and fixes it in the bow of the boat,
while presently the moon will come
forth in ail its tropical glory.
Thus the night was passed, and
morning saw those tireless peddlers
bending their tawny backs to their
task. Eut when the sun rose in un
clouded splendor they moored their
Sampan under the spreading boughs of
a bread-fruit tree, and, after a hasty
meaL ?llod their mouths with the
blood-rod betel nut and flung them
selves down to sleep the torpid slumber
of the weary.
How hot it was!
Not a breath of air was stirring
ami 1st the dense mass of vegetation; not
a twig nor leaf fluttered: the long
white paddy stalks, or wild rice,
glittered and sparkled in their watery
resting pieces as though they wore
fashioned in burnished silver. The
bufrnlos had brtakea themselves to
the ir watering places. The birds were
evidently worn out, for they were no
where to bo seen; the >>eetles crawled
feebly over the coole: shrubs, but they
could not summon energy to get up a
single hum or Xrizz; and even the snts
dropped their lilliputien loads.
The Europeans could not sleep. A
shorts stertorous, feverish unconscious
ness whs their apology for slumber,
and before the first hour of repose was
passed, they rose from their reclining
portion, yawned woarily, and looked
with envious eye? at their butnbJor
companions, happy m the sweet
oblivion of dreamless rest.
*By Jove, Campignon,** said the
younger of the two. "What an accursecl
climate! After the delicious coolness
of last evening, this reeking heat is
doubly stifling. It is like stepping from
Paradise into Hades."
And what do you think it will bo
when we get further away from the
sea shore and the nights wiil be more
sultry t?ysn the days, Mr. Dunbar?"
the elder replied, lighting a cigarette
with provoking nonchalance.
fiI must bear it, I suppose."
"If you can; but you have seen noth
ing of the roughness of the trip yet.
In twenty miles more wc shall be in
*ho wilderness*, and then look out for
squalls."
"You are a Job's cx>mfbrter, ccrtain
ly," Dunbar replied; "but sufficient for
the day is the evil thereof. By the bye
we cannot be fer away from tho vil
lage where '-we were to Iny in our sup
plies, and get our last chance of infor
ms ti'v.'i from the headman:*
"It lies just beyond the bend of tho
river, not two miles away," was the re
ply. "Were yon thinking of going to
see the headman while these poor beg
gars take their sic ito?"
: "I confess ! was,'1 Dunbar said; "if
you thought you liad sutTieicnt know
ledge of the language to conduct the
business; for I guess there arc shade
trees all the way, and sitting broiling
in this stifling atmosphere is simply
maddening."
"Oh, I guess the old fellow knows a
little English, and my small acquaint
ance with tho Cingalese will carry U9
through. Sling your gun over your
arm. Mr. Dunbar, and let as start."
It was not difficult for them to find
the but of *hc koraTe, or headman. In
the midst of the thick foliag? ft looked
Hke a b?ge wart on the rieh vegetation.
Coffee, banana, cotton and pawpaw
>hrtxbs grew in wild profusion around i
it, though it hud, literally speaking, no !
garden.
I issing through the crazy doorway, :
?hey found an elderly, dried-up man |
nearly asleep on hammock made of j
cocoa fibers, a dirty, foul-smelling old
rascal with smaii bead-like eye: which
glittered with cunning like a serpent's
Nevertheless he was a great man in his
community, reaping where he had not
sown, and preying like a vampire on tho
poverty-stricken people by whom he ;
vas surrounded. Serfs tracked him
vhercver Lc wont; one held n talipot
oaf over him in iah? walks; another car
ied his stick of onice, and a third beat
>iT the mosquitoes with a switch. At
resent lk; was unattended, save by n
talf-nalccd peon who fanned him wkh
, punk
Uo was clad in barbaric -pomp, yet
eeked in filth, an* swelled with 1m
ortanco in a ballad-shaped k?ndyan
>at, a flowing robe and loose jacket und
he usual muslin scarf. As the
trangers entered, the korale sprang
rom his hammock, with an ability be-,
ond his yeans, and began to salaam in
he most approved Cingalese style: but
Campignon, who had made his ocquaint
:ncc in his trading- trips up the Quag-la,
n a few stern words put a stop to Iiis
apering ceremony.
Could they have fruit, dried meats and
>read? Of course theyeould; was not
ill in tbc village at the disposal of tho
vhite lords, on whom might tho tight
rf Buddha resfc?
When the commteaarlat ?oestion had
jcen happily settled, and orders had
>een tjiven to the villagers to carry pro
visions to tho sampan, exceDent dbe
oots were lighted, and Campignon bo
fan to, pump information from tho
rorule concerning the party who had
"onveyed Sir Harry Grahamo up the
ivcr.
For many minutes they talked ?n a
lialect utterly incomprehensible to
Arthur Dunber, and supplemented with
nany grotesque gesticulations; but the
wnferenco was evidently unsatisfao
A DIHTY, FOUL-SJIELLIXG OLD ILS.SCAI?
o Campignon, for ho suddenly turned
o Arthur and said, petulantly:
"Wc must grease the old villain's
>alms; ho either knows nothing, or will
ay nothing."
"Promise him anything yoa Eke,"
vas the prompt accession.
?n a moment Cam pignon jingled a
landful of rupees before the old man's
yes.
Then followed a torrent of ejaculat
ions, little less unintelligible than the
hattering of a baboon. But the wily
frenchman extracted a meaning from
he flood of sound.
"The old sinner bites at the bait, but
nslsts on having a hundred rupees, as
iC very naively says the other party
lave promised h'm that if ho holds his
onguo. What say you?*'
"Accede to any terms.*
The information given by the korulo
tras well worth tho investment.
lie said that six months ago two large
ampans passed up the river, contain
ng three Europeans and eleven Malays;
hat one of tho white men was deathly
ick; that he recognized the natives as
warnp-dwellcrs, a tribe of great feroe
ty who inhabited a tract of country
wo hundred miles up tho river, and
hiefly lived by piraey and acts of
dander; that the white men told him
hey were going to live on an island un
[er protection of tl>e chief of these peo
ple; and that to reach it tl*ey paust pass
hrough tho oottntry of tho Hock Ved
[ahs.
"The Rock Veddahs! Who arc they?"
Arthur asked, when Campignon was n>
atlng these details.
"Dkl yon never bear of the Sock Vcd
lahs?" the Frenchman queried. "Then
rou have yet to be introduced to
he lowest type of humanity, to whom
he Iiosjesinen, of southern Africa are.
olished gentlemen by comparison.
L'hey aro indeed" a rocc of wild men.
"They are a c^ngeroos, wicked races
j'A wc have to go right through the
leart of their country.
"Still li others have done it T suppose
ve can," Arthur sadd, with determino
ian.
"Yon allude to George Archer and
lis accomplices, but you forget that
hey arc under the protection of the
wamp-dwollers, who arc, I expect, too
owcrful neighbors for tho Veddahs to'
xasperatcs"
"If yon aro afraid,** pnnbar said,
estily, "say so* man, and turn back.
is for me, I shall reach Sir Harry Gra
lam-j, or die in the effort.n
"And I shall stick with you to the
ast, sir. When Francois Campignon
igns articles, he means to hold to them
a long as he can."
"And you shall not regret your cour
ge and honesty, " Dunbarsaid, warmly.
When they reached the chtster-of trees
inder whose shade they had left their
am pan, they found a crowd of na
ives, who had brought every conceiva
le kind of meat and fresh fruit for
heir selection, some even the charms
0 warn off devils and evil spirits
tdiich they urgently pressed thorn to
rurchaso. Ii; T a sampan, light and
?j >yant a^ :L is, is only ft boat after a?L
?d its gunwale was scon weighed
iown dangerously near the water, so
l;e order was given to loosen tho
?ainter and cast off Into the stream,
lotwithstanding the Dabei ofebattcr
ng rem ?nstrance fr? >:n th? disappoiatr
d villagers whose wares had been
>ro?.ght in vain. Already the broad
aeks cf the Malavi; had bent to their
cork, when loud cri -.- from the direc
ion of the village were beard, and they
aw the korale's fat body, v abblihg t?
nd fro like a Dutch lugger in ... storm,
is he came on ;i run, with one^peo.n
lolding a huge umbrella over his heud,
n<i another pushing him :;' >;:;_:' in n not
ery digniitcd manner.
"Hold hard!" Dtrabar cri?-d. und the
aen, obeying his gesture, rather than
lis voice, once more swung the nose of
he boar. Into the bank.
When the paunchy offlcial could suffi
lently recover breath to speak, he an
lounced that he had the mo?st importrvot
idings for the Europeans, which he
vould communicate for .? coni ideration.
?o consequently Caropignon sprang
shore ;iu?l retired with him to a cluster
rf trees. A few whispered words
cemed to satisfy the Frenchman, for
ic handed over th<: r:t? ?t y. and Dunbar
lotieed tb.at Iiis face gr w very grave
is the conference proceed d.
"The old reprobate," he said, as h.e
ook his place in the boat and gave
?rders to t m? n to cast off, "has added
1 little piece of intelligence which it
vas lucky v.<? waited f?>r, for forc
varncd is forearmed, and we've got to
ook out for sqnalls."
"Ah, what now?" I
*" ,rWhy, you nef., it appears that yes
terday a European passed up the river
in a light sampan propelled by two
strong paddlers. lie stopped at the
village just long enough to get provis
ions and promise the korale twenty :
.rupees on his return if he would delay
ihe passage of any other of his country- j
men who might make the attempt to 1
penetrate into the interior. ?le said
distinctly that two men would do so, and |
described our appearance so minutely, j
that there is no doubt but that he al- ;
luded to us.* j
"Yet," Dunbar interposed, "that J
seems impossible; for not a soul knew
where we were going when we left !
London?not even Miss Grahamc."
. "Nevertheless, I believe the secret j
has leaked out, and that we shall re- ;
gret the three weeks we lost et the ;
capo and our month's delay at Colors- !
bo," Campignon insisted.
. *'Weli, we cannot reproach orrsclves i
with that, for we were told that tho ,
river was impassable till the ?ooos euh- !
sided," Daubar said, a little vexed, for j
the Frenchman^ manner seemed to im
pute carelessness on his part. *
Granted; it may be a misfortune and j
not a fault, but if somo enemy Is taking i
the wind out of our sails we must bo on j
the alert"
"We must catch up with hhn at any !
Cost," Dunbar cried, excitedly.
"As well set a cow to chase a grey*
hound as expect us to overtake that j
light-heeled customer, who carries little
or nothing with him." !
"He must have provisions liko we j
havo," Arthur argued.
"Yet he bought but little at the vil- j
l?ge yonder, Mr. Dunbar. No, you may j
depend upon it that there is some hid- j
den place of supply in the wilderness j
provided for just such an emergency, j
If it were not so he dared not make tho j
journey. Think of it! Nearly two i
hundred miles of jur.gle and forests so j
interwoven with brush end prickly
plants that you could not get two miles
from the bank in a day*s march. No, :
no, you may depend on it there is somo i
half-way place of supply; perhaps up a j
creek, where none would suspect it. '
Say, sir, arc you man enough to risk !
the danger of flinging overboard half [
our supplies, and take your spell at a
paddle for six hours out of the twenty*- |
four? Don't answer in a hurry?think
of it a bit?it moans going on half ra- ?
tions and straining yourself pretty se- ;
verely, facing perhaps death and very j
surely sickness, for tho fever is pretty
certain to get hold of you if you over
exert yourself."
"All this I will gladly do," Arthur !
said, resolutely; "but how about these ;
poor Malays? It is hardly fair to ask j
them to share dangors they never con
tracted to enduro."
"Give them double pay, sty, and they
would face tho devil himself; for there
is nothing a Cingalese will net do for
money."
"Then so be it; only make them quite
understand their contract."
So Campignon explained to the brawny
fellows what they wanted of them, j
adding, too, on his own account that !
Dunbar was a great American prince, j
whose generosity knew no bounds, and I
who would reward them when they
reached Colombo in a manner beyond j
their wildest expectations, and indeed
he was not very far exceeding his in- !
structions as the sequel will prove* But i
the most intelligent of the Malays ob- i
jected to the immediate abandonment i
of the provisions, insisting that they j
should carry them for fifty miles into I
the interior, where they could hide j
them in the trunk of some rotton tree, |
as for that distance the stream was very j
slow, and in case of need they might be j
reached. This reasonable amendment i
was adopted, and a little later the two :
Europeans took their places at the
paddles, toiling manfully during the
long hours of the night, and managing j
matters so that the boat was in motion |
for eighteen hours Out of the twenty
CHAPTER VTTT:
trP Ts:i qtaciw* arvnn.
It requires a pen far mere graphic i
than I can wield to give even a faint de- !
scription of the utter desolation of the j
country thro, h which the Quagla river j
wound its toriuons course; now through |
regions of impassable jungles, where I
wild beasts and reptiles found lurking j
places, and where the dark waters
rolled on with scarce a current; and, j
anon, barren rocks and sandy wastes j
pa,st which the river flowed liko a tor- I
rent. Towards night and in the early !
morning dense miasmatic fogs arose, j
stiflirv- unhappy human beings with ;
foul exhalations, and almost more un- j
endurable than tho terrible heat of day. i
The river too swarmed with huge saur4
ans--scaly monsters twenty feet long?
not the timid alligators of Florkla, but
flercc creatures which were man's dead
liest enemy, more to be dreaded ?ven
than the gigantic boa serpents which
they frequently saw hanging from the I
limbs of the trees on the bank, whose j
embrace would crush one's body to a j
shapeless mass.
Five days had passed since the wan
derers left tlte Cingalese village. They j
had tailed un regardless of heat, thirst ;
or hunger?thirst 1 say, for tho muddy i
water was so impregnated with the d - I
cayed vegetable matter of ages that its j
task; was revolting. j
Night was fast approaching1, fa that !
tropical region the curtain of darlcness !
falls with a rush, folding in ?rnpcnetru- i
ble gioom the landscape that scarce '
few minutes before was oathed in-the '
golden rays Of the setting sun. By. and I
by the stars .-. ill come out one by one ;
with twinkling brightness, and present* j
{y the moon with a majesty imk? ?.vn j
In temperate zones will ?ood the heav- i
cris with i*s silvery sheen; but rut'm
while th s fog bongs over the river and j
even the dazfcUi g torches at the bead j
of the sampan fail to make nr? objecta j
do/.cn paces distant visible.
**Can you take your spell at the pad
dle; Mr. Dunbar: or has the mfasrna of ;
ttius accurscii r t-reara poi.-oaco % <
bloba"?" Camphmoh asked, ha: :?> * !:>.s
own arm for the nightly toil. j
"I am in ratlier a dead-idivccor.di- ;
tion," Arthur Dunbar replied, "but I
good v.iT my share of the worh yet j
What a few more Mays of this bodily j
tortur? may do for me I cannot tell, but ;
as long ' can wield a paddle I shall j
not shrink from the burden."
Just then a human cry startled the
speaker?a scream of mortui agony,
sounding very weird-] ike in tho black- ;
ness of the night. This was followed ;
by a loud splash, and then a hoarse j
voice rang out in a tone of command. j
"For your life, sir, be silent!" Cam
pignon cried, as be dashed 4o tho bow
of the boat and seizing ihe torches
plunged them into tho hissing water, ,
"There is a war-canoe coming down
the river. I hear the strokes of their j
paddles, and our only safety Hes in
finding a hiding place."
Muttering a few words to the Malays,
he bade th m tern ta?? nose of the boat
ashore, which: they did with marvelous
instinct, considering how impenetrable
was the darkness wit:; which they were
surrounded Only just in time did they
succeed in reaching the friendly boshi
reeds, behind whose waving pi times
they were safe from observation: for
with a rush a huge canoe, manned by a
score of nearly naked savages and lit
by a dozen flaming torches, flashed
down the stream. At the stern sat a
man who constantly urged the toilers to
greater speed, occasionally striking
them with tl>e reverse end of a long,
ugly spear he bore in Ids right hand
Like phantoms of a hideous dream they
passed into the darkness and fore
gone
"Those fellows arc swamp-dwellers,
and if I am not mistaken they are in
pursuit of us** the Frenchman said, with
a grim s mihi. "Luckily for us they
speed along so incautiously, or we
should have been food for the alligat
ors ere this."
"And what shall we do now?" Dun
bar asked, wearily.
"Make the most of our escape and
strain every nerve to catch the white
rascal ahead of us before they returns*
was the prompt response.
The natives refused their spell of rest,
anxious to puts greater distance bo*
tween themselves and their dreaded eo*
emies, whose bloodthirsty ways they
were familiar with, so the sampan sped
Swiftly en in response to their vigorous
efforts.
"What was the cry we heard when
the war-boat was reaching us?" Dun bar
asked, still thrilled with the agonized
scream which seemed even yet to float
in the air.
"Most probably the death-yell of a
murdered slave," Campignon replied.
"For, when on a forced journey these
gentry see a poor wretch shrinking
from his work, exhausted with the ter
rible toil, they just give him a slash
with a crease and pitch Mm overboard
to feed the crocodiles. Ah, I thought
so?do you not see in the glimmering
light that little dark mass floating down
the stream? Nay, it is no use going out
of our way to the rescue, for if life is
not extinct, the monsters of the deep
will have seized their prey before we
could reach it."
Even ns he spoko, a huge snout was
raised four feet above the water, and
with a snap the jaws of a scaly saurian
closed on the dainty morsel.
Already the moon was rising over a
steep bank of cloud, when they found
themselves in a broader expanse of
water, which, as the light became more
vivid, took the semblance of a wide
lagoon, whose piacid waters presently
lay like a silver mirror under the rays
of the full moon. In the midst of this
miniature lake stood an island with
deep precipitous sides and crowned
with palm trees, a lovely bit of land
EEL? CAMS TOO LATZ.
scapo, the more beautiful after the
gloomy passage of the tortuou3, shade d
river.
Already the Malays were loaning over
the side of the sampan laving their
faces in tlie crystal fluid and drinking
the sweet water from their gourds,
when tlie Frenchman checked them in
the unutterable bliss of the deep
draughts.
*The waters of the lake are sweet to
the taste and clear to the eye" he said,
"but tainted with the poison of the
stream above. Let us make the ksluud,
where wc shall ?u? some spring from
which we can fill our veseeis and bo
sure that we are not pouring liquid
death down our throats."1
"I see a 3pot where we can land,"
Dunbar cried, shading his eyes with ht3
hand and pointing to an inlet guarded
by two abrupt rocks which stood as
sentinels to a narrow natural harbor.
Without a reply the toLlin-r natives
bent themecdves to the task of^ rcoebing
the Cray haven, and, when their efforts
had been crowned with success, they
found themselves at the entrance of a
small canyon, scarce three yards wide,
whose sfctes were walls ei massive
rock nearly fifty feet fn height Cam
pignon whispered a caution as they
forced the boat tip the stream. Not even
a night bird was disturbed by their
noiseless approach. The channel Up
which they were proceeding was a
strange freak of nature, ivinding in its
course, like the coils of a huge serpent?
winding on and on with unchanging
sameness, as it seemed to the anxious
voyagers, for miles.
"Let us turn back!" Dunbar cried.
"We are wearing ourselves out for
nothing."
Even as he spoke the tallest and
strongest of the Malays dropped his
paddle and fell prone on the bottom of
the sampan, 1 tin face convulsed with
mortal agony.
"As I expected,** Campignon hoarse
ly whispered; "he is water poisoned.
Qui Dunbar, with your brandy ilask,
or ho will die.*1
They forced open Ids set teeth and
poured 'he burning fluid down his
throat, but help came too late, and the
bronzed features twitched with mute
agony, the brawny frame quiWred, and
all was over. There'.vas an appeal ia
his glazing eyes which haunted Arthur
Dunbar for many a h<ng day und night;
but his two companions seemed but lit
tle discomposed by his untimely fate,
mutteringo few word; whlchthe French
man translated as a declaration that ?'?
men must die sometime, and they had
faith that the American prince would
compensate bis widow when they
readied Colombo and would remember
to reward them for the additional teils
they must how endure. Nay, they even
were preparing to throw the body of
thefr deceased comrade into the stream,
but were prevented by Dunbar. who
swore that it should hove decent burial.
All thought of returning u::M; they had
explored ??>e mysterious channel was
abandoned, and once more the canoe
with its ghastly burden was scut speed
ing onward.
Sudd< niy t long line oi precipitous
rocks broke into a low sanded shore,
with gent? lopes on either ide of the
stream, giving a glimpse a wild
country rich i.. towering trees un.: un
dulating rolls, like the bread expanse
oi an Ai lerican : ; :;irie covered with a
virgin forest, while beyond, the stream
again ent< red ?; chasm in another ra: ge
of hill:. rJ he abrupt transformation of
the fyeo of the countrv aroused the I
wonder of t'.e Europeans, and their
amazement grew when they saw
beached on the sloping 6hore a light
sampan, in which still rested many ob
jects of English production, such as
articles of clothing, shawls, wraps and
canned meats, doubtless the very boat
they had been in pursuit of. Chained
to one of the rough scats of the sampan
was a dog?a brown retriever?who
fawned upon them with every m-anifes
'. tion of joyous welcome.
"He is in tolerably good condition, !
end cannot have been here long." Dun- ;
bar said, as he unloosed the animah I
which whined his gratitude with piteous :
earnestness.
The words had hardly left the young j
American's Hps, when a spear whistled
by his head, and fixed itself in the j
trunk of a palm treo by his side. The j
quick report of the Frenchman's rifie '
woke he echoes a few moments after- j
wards, and a tall figure leapt into the J
airirom a neighboring bush and fell to :
the earth, while another sprang in hot
fury from a group of ferns and charged |
upon them with long, glittering crease*, !
ft weapon more dan g?rons than a sword
in the band of a fierce Malay-, who bas
no fear of death and fights with the
blind impetuosity of a wild *beost>
With a cry of frenzied rage, be sprang
upon Campignon, dashing him to the
earth with the fury of his charge, but
er? the gleaming blade could fall upon j
the hapless man, Arthur Dunbar's I
strong arms were fiung around the j
would-be assassin. Sleepless n-lghts j
and scorching days had not rohl>ed the j
young American of his marvelous !
strength, and, in less time than it takes I
to write the words, the Malay was ;
lying gasping- in the sand at the mercy
of one who in his just rage seemed half
inclined to strangle him; but Champig
non's advice prevailed, and he was
simply bound with ropes, which were i
tied in such a manner as to insure the j
security rather than the comfort of the ;
prisoner.
'When he recovers from his blind i
passion, we shall get some valuable |
information from him: for these fellows
in their calmer moments readily yield !
spring upon campignon.
to the inevitable," the Frenchman said, 1
eyeing his iate antagonist with a grim |
smile.
"Tirere may be more of those scoun
drels lurking ia the neighborhood,"
Dunbar conjectured, as he looked to the
charge of Iiis repeating rilie.
"No. no," Campignon declared, confi
dently, "ft only remains &>r us t?o dis
cover the whereabouts of tho white
man, and we have accounted tor
cl! the crew cf tin? sampan. If there :
were more of them in the vicinity ]
we should have had them on us ere thisv
fcr the report of a gun is en unusual
sound in these wilds. However, to
make assurance doubly sore, let us pa
trol tl*e woods and see whc& wo can '
find."
This they did, making the important 1
discovery that it was not an island they <
were on at all, but a small peninsula- (
projecting from the mainland by a nar- <
row neck of land, along which led a (
track, which could hard?y be celled a [ :
path, vet where tin? prickly brushwood j ,
had been suinciently cleared to permit j
the cautious advance of a single person. s
Up this they penetrated as far as they |
thought it advisable to go, leaving one
of the natives on guard at the landing i (
place.
"It all lies fc a nut-shell," Camptg- '
non said, decisively. "The white man 1
has taken to the woods here, and wc i
must follow him; but not till tho men <
arc rested, for they have toiled for ,
nearly twenty hours." !
"And you advise?* Dunbar asked.
That we camp for a few hours and
then get on to the man's trail. *
They found oh their return to tbc 1
boat captive and guard seated aftently i
side by side; the one srilk>n and glum,- i
as though brooding over his de&dt; the \
other exultant in his newly-invested an- ;
thority, for ilio native Cingalese dearly
loves to lord it over his fellows.
"Has be spoken"?*' Campignon asked.
"Yes." was tho proud reply. "He j
offered me the gold bangles be wears if
I would, aid him to escape."
"Which you refused?''
The MaHyV: eyes gleamed !n tri- ;
umpnant consciousness of fidelity, as he ; '
nodded a scornful assent. j (
"Tell him,** Dunbar said, when the. j *
man's action was translated to him, j i
"that when we reach Colombo I will ? (
give him five times the vaine of the t
golden bangles; but, how comes it, Cam
pignon. that the prison:-* is wearing
such expensive ornaments?" j i
"Eeeause," replied the Frenchman, ; t
looking earnestly at the prostrate Cg- j r
are before him, "he is a chief, or the j ,
son of a chief. I- wish I lmew for ccr- *
tain just what he is."
"Why?" 1
"For the reason that if he is really t
what I think he is I would make an ap- j a
peal to l a- native f?cnscof chivalry. Yon ! 1
smile, bat. sir. let dm tell you that j g
these pirate < hieftains bave a code of j fl
honor as sensitive as it is remarkable. I c
One a t of enerosity from an enemy j
will ; mpHsh more than a thousand
blows." j
"As, for iastaucc?" | j
"If 1 were to unloose that man's ! ,
bonds a::d let birn go free, he would die ! '
sooner than barm me." | .
"W ?l, as we mu: t cither kill bim or j *
set him loose when wo march, the ess
pi riment is perhaps worth a trial."
'"Have I your consent to act as I think .*
best?" Campignon demanded I
"Why. certainly, my friend. You j 1
know rnore about the ways of this '
strange people than I do: besides, as I j ^
.said before, It is the least obnoxious o* j 0
the only two alternatives we feave." j c
Campignon's reply was to move qm>t- ' !
iy to the ido of the captured Malay. *'
who was lying prone on the sand, the j
bleeding juts in his wrists and ankles |
showing how he had strain. 1 the rope: I ;>
ha Iiis efforts for freedom. One cheek lb.
displayed a ragged gash, where in his [?
fall he had struck it against a sharp , J
st ne. and which was bleeding freely.
The Frenchman spoke softly to the man
for a few moments, but Dunbar noticed
that his words only served to make the !
savage eyes of the prisoner gleam more
fiercely. Even whoa Campignon got a>
sponge and water and bathed the"
wound, ("ha" Malay's intense'glance of
hatred was in no wise' softened. Pres
ently the Frenchman pointed vo th?
golden bangles and ashed if, as h?"
surmised, he was a chief among bis
eople. The question was the ?rst whic?r
had apparently arrested his-attention.
"My father's spears am countless ?s
the reeds on the river shore,*1 was the
muttered response he made as he
turned his face away from his qnes-"
tioner.
For a moment Campignon could not'
quite realize the import of bfe man's
words, for his knowledge' of Cingalese'
was only limited and the'captive spoke
in a dialect that was almost incompre-"
hensible, but when the words had been'
analyzed by the quick-witted French
man, he proceeded to put m action his
meditated experiment.
Stepping back to where Dorfbar
standing he considerably startled the
young American by. an Extravagant'
pantomimic expression oi serv?^t^
bowing to the verj ground before h&
and approaching Mm-w4tb e*ery &?ga <*4
hnm?lity.
~DoDot 'axAeo.astocrishetV' fc?s?fc
in. a low tone. *I want the prisoner {&
realize that yon a*"e the chief personage
among us, and that he owes bis frecdota
to your commands.n
So, with much gravity. Durrbqr gJ&vef
his orders for the native s reJear?
When Cainpignon ctifc th? oanl oonds,
and with the grace of a Fr?nchmatf.
handed him the murderous crease, which*
two hours before had been within an
ace of costing him his life, emotions of
surprise, joy and gratitude played- o?
the Ma :ay*s featxires; but the silent-ex-'
pro:* Von of feeling was only momenta
ry, for quickly the accustomed look of
digniiled indifference repossessed his*
features, and with a deep inclination of
his head to the two white men, bef
turned his back upon them and walked
Slowly up the path which led tnto the*
woods.
"Cool as a raet?sb?rf* was DunbarV
commentary. "Weih Cainpignon, as
the little boys say, we've been and
gone and done it now, and nothing re-"
mains to us but to abide by the conse-"
quences of what seems to me a-verV
risky experiment-"
[TO BE C--NTIX?KD ] t
H. Clay King Must Die
Jackso.w I'm 7, 1S92 ?The Sup
reme Court of Tennessee met here io*
vijourned session this morning tct
remuer decisions in a n?niSer of cases:
Leid uu?Vr advisement, the most impor
tant case being the celebrated H. Clay
Kiug murder case. Colonel King,*
author of "King's Digest of Tennessee
Law's, 'and a lcafdiug member of the
Memphis Bar, on March 10* of lait year*
tuet D. K. Post ou t another prominent
and popular lawyer, on ihe street and
shot bim down.
The killing grew nut of a sensatiouat
case in Chancery between the widow of
General Gideon Pillow and Colone!
King, and in which Poston was counser
for Mrs. Pillow.
After a hotly contested trial ?ti th?
Criminal Court at Memphis,- in which
pleas of insanity and self-defence were
argued, Colonel King was sentenced
to be hanged.
A few weeks a*o the ease was heard
by the Supreme Court, being most ably
argued by both defence and prosecution/
but owing to the flieess of Chief
Justice Turney, today was pet for
ie!iver:n? opinions fn that sad* other
.-ases*. The opinios rrat fesd by
Justice Tnrton.
The insanity of the' defendant was4
bold as not being proven and the theory
}f self-defence was not sustained. The
iefendact was then remanded to' the*
Sheriff of Shelby county, to be kept iff
;or.fineraent till August 12, when
between cirrbt A. M. and two P.M..
io should be hanged by the ne;k unt I
iead.
I KB - c.ni?
Against Gov. Tillman's private'
:haracter we have never heard one*
word of reproach, and if we knew
aught against him in this direction we*
would not say it, as we <io not deenr
it legitimate warfare ; but we wish t&
say, with all the empira*is at out cbiw
maud, that in violent and dentmeia?*"
Lory language, power of vituperation?
irui abuse and appeals to the passion^
and prejudice of his hearers; we have*
never heard bat one rrrafn' that Was his*
equal and that man wafo fr F. Whiter
mote, wlrose btodf?fai infruer?ce an<f falee'
ieaclVings are still felt iii Eaeten*
S?tf?r Carolina.?Darlington Heraldl
Gen. J. B. Weaver, the nominee of
the People's party for President*, ir ar
la?ve of Ohio and a citizen* of Iowa,
fie has been lawyer, congressman and
>ditor. nnd in 1SS? was candidate for*
President on the Greenback ticket.*
lie is nO years old, and will be ? huff
Ired and fifty-nine before he is Presi1?*
\m\t. The nominee for Vice-President
s Gm. J. G Field, of Virginis, *
Confederate veteran,, who lost a'leg iff
he war.
It i? rumored that at a recent meet-'
nj: of the Liberty fHIl club, Edgefiel<f
county, the chairman, an ardent Till-'
nanite heretofore, arose fnVtaecriateljp
ifter calling the meeting to order*/ and?
Lsno?nced that the time had come wEeff
ic felt it his duty to sever his connec-'
ion with ihc Tilhnan wing of the party
,nd from now tili the August primaries'*
ie would use his rnfinehce for th? con
ervative movement. Later it was*
.seertai?i?d that the whole club with-two*
inceptions was li!:e minded.
Mrs. Nellie Grant-Serforia now lives'
n Lmtdou sad is a woman of Wealth.
1er h'?!:-;r-ia law left his estate to' herf
ud hor tr?o children, on the condition'
fiat \?.ej wcuid make their residence iff
England.
It Should Be'ln Kvery n*v?*icv
J B. Wilson. 371 Clt?y Sv. Sh&rp>bbrg? Pa*,*
:i\s ho will n<-r bo ?i*h'n:? Br. KinR*? N?w
)i.<c?'ver- for Cons'mnpitcu. Co?g*ns ami'Ohl.?,
hat it cured hi? wiio vilio way thrent?nod wiih*.
>n<un>on'a after ;rh ?.:?;irji- of "L* Griiipe,"
? Ken v.irious other rem<K*io aJo?! .?cvcml pl?j
icians* find' dore her no good. Robert Barbof,'
f Oook.'i'ort. Pa., Claims L>r. King* N?iir Dis
' very ha.?- d?-ne iura more jr?**ni th?n anything
,? ever usv?l for bong fr.s??hl&. N.ohing like'
t. Try it Free TtiTiI Bottles' at DeLorme's
;rug Store. l>:.rg-? hortles 5<>e ?nd $1. 5'
- mam -* *- nmm
Bright ;>."pif the quickest fo recognii?,
puod ihii-g and b;n it. We sell'lots et
!.-i"j:ht peopttf the Litrle Rnrly RJsersL If yotf
<:< not tir?i;!" th?* pills witl make you s?i"
. ?. llugliioi: & Co
Indigestion, and Stosasch uisorders, use
BROW1PS IRON BITTERS.
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