s
- - .
i ma r r - -. -fci mum
The old man loosd up sharply.1
"There conn to every human bulns
under the uu." talj ha, "In ouo hai
or n.olher the 'tldo la hU affair'
which, though It ruy not lead on to
fortune, nor yet do a to ruin, provr
Llin, Rhowi what U la him. brlni out
anything worth counting thai mar tx
latent la him. and expuac hi wa
nenc, too. o'trn enuur.a. That tide
ram to m la the Terrible Year la
M which found US HniliMh folk. 11U
tl handful cf us, Irolaled, aim cut do
fmrel'M, tulng the brown million
lio for one were banded tofrelucr
agalnil ua br hits and wrath. J waa
an ailalint dcpj'.r comrahsloner la a
Clod forsaken clutrlct la ludla, und bad
bem o long alone ar.otut f t aatlvti
that I could not apt-k half a dozen
S'ntrare of my ova laneuar.e without
lll'ploa In a worj or to of 1'crslan
ir lIliiduMnnl. I prided myrlf -njwiu
having my n. inert 01 tiio i;ao of na
tive lire la that dlatrlrt Thlnm wtr
going forward of which 1 could not
net tha hang. There was mjntrry In
the air; you felt It, yet could flud to
It da key.
"During thowe montha I knew what
It la to te poanrtiseti by a demon of
Sear. I told myself that it waa all
Tanry. that Aala waa T'sTlnf tne devil
with me. that I waa losing my nerve.
v "I waa la the tWiK-xt folia of the
Dark Taller when Jlarold came up Into
woman In India who mattered of Mrt
liaroiJ. Y ,Ut that thought came lutu
t:io noced.H.iy for action, and when a
nan U ra,l J u; on to tot he laxelleTad
from tho ruroQ of thluklnr.
"llirold'a camp Ly eon.e thirty tnlleel voice,
Into the hearts of his hearer. II
tvrttUlliuz Ua Cowna4 cf tht
Urltlah IUJ.
I glanced over my abonlder at liar-
old. and 1 aa that he had grown
white, white to tho II pa, and that hU
bridle-hand was trembling.
A native in the crowd yelM some-
tblf.it In a raucous, falsetto voice, anU
I taught the words at once.
"lour fc!los down country nave
mutinied and killed their oncers I
rrlcd to Harold. 'Did you hear what
that man saldr
God help us, God help us be ex
claimed la that sane hoarse. Unite
'Let us get on to the fort to
to ll.o Eon a of n.y station. As soon 1 tho fort'
ua the urv.e spread t'.io lives of HarolJ I "A great strapping Muhammadan, a
aad Lis wii'o ar.d abler would sot be I butcher la a red turban, leaped Irom
worth a n.:nut?'a purchase. I the crowd and seized the re la of Airs.
I sllpt cd out of Ue Luocalow. went I Harold's horse with one hand. The
to the araM. found and aaddled my I other held a meat chopper. The horse
roam, locked the stable securely be-1 reared. I rone la tny stirrup, rained
Lid ma and rode out into the dark-1 my loaded riding crop and brotinnt tne
uk. I tojk a path whlcb soon leu butt down full between me leiiows
uo clear of the town, and directly 1 eyes. He dropped like a lor,
rue in the open country I put toe mare i " "Get cm to the fort, luroid, in uoa s
l.:to a Uid rooter aad headed for the name, and take the ladles with you I
lurour carnp. The time lor flream-lcTled breathlessly, lor now I was lay
Inz aud for fear was ended, and 1
knew It. The time lor action had
come a:.d wlta It a sort of Intoxication
of recl.cMncns th:t filled me with
fierce Joy aa l prl lo.
"It was only a littlo after midnight
that I reached my destination. J con-
trlvod.-not without dtaienlty, to arouc?
Harold. J led him away from the
tmts, and told hltn the news that had
come la.
"You TOustnt lose a wmnd I said.
'The one chance of li.'ctr II. a In l.n.
Harold and Tour alitor gating to the
fort as soon as may btv
Ing about me with that heavy butt, and
the people, screaming with fear, were
tumbling over one another In tneir
casernes to get beyond the reach of
my arm,
"I caught a glimpse or airs. Jiar-
Old' face, flashed with excitement, her
cres flashing with enthusiasm and
sort of fierce dellrht
"Oh, how splendid of 7ur he
cried. 'How splendid!' and then ihe
.md llarold and his alstrr were off, at
i gallop trp the bin toward the tort.
Harold leading,
'The crowd had Janen bade oeujre
'And do you seriously bellnvo all me, and I rode straight at the Muhain
this rubbUhr Jlarold lniuirt d, stand
r.adao preacher. 1 hit him, as 1 had
Lit the butcher, tull between the eyes,
and I folt the bone shatter beneath the
blow,
Yon dogs!' I cried. You lloi who
dare to bark because fools tell 70a
that lbe Jul of the British Is ended,
set to your kcmicls like the -whipped
curs you are. And when sense re
turned! to you, cone to me at the fort
craving pardon, lest I send word to the
government of the wickedness in your
hearts, and the hide be stripped from
you in punishment. Go!'
- ' , ' '-' J ' ;r H P'J AV J ' "And then, why then, and It brings
. -. p.h.l i ?. JiClW I - 'if.-v-;. . tear to my eyes wbca I recall it. for
C ' ""f?St A Ir-ty XPil"4! -- , ' they arc men. these Huhaamalui of
c-'!'. s' . "i "V. . :V W V4j:' t ' 1 ;T5' r ' ' ''' India though illko children they be
i ; . rtyh U? i -X i-l ( y s"Al.',i - ' y wty or ar!;ut as a man
)..'w-.U,j X. 'i A A-iV-J '--t-'i ' may chance to load then f.-.e crowd
; r S . . ..)Yjr ' set up a throaty s'aout. not of rae or
'' . ;.-,,..W,T Vw,.,-v:.-Vj-( Sl r.Xi''t dnce. but of approval and admira-
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ij.
: K J I ' 'I-'' .!.:! II torr. lUrolds nei
T,f 2 ?1 .'-V tjr that accne in
V;-" ' f y J ' - ' v ' ' worst of it was th
- fr7i"'N f:J.i 'J :if -y& 5ck and that his
1. k V-'-i J X;-. U.';.. j.-..-- "At last it was a
IS
L m.
'It Is well done!' cried manyToIees.
'It is well done, and tc'ao'.J our Ealb
is a man. Let the r.al stand or Ia:I
elsewhere, hero the and our Sahib
are one: and see, the Eahlb stands
wbllo the fool who spoke viln thlnn
lies yonder la the dust. It is in truth
well done
I turned my horse slowly and
walked him up the hill to the fort For
me at that moment C-.e world held only
one thing XIrs. Harold's face and
that too said. 'It is well done and I
think also 'thank you.'
"After that there came some anxious
times, but In the end mine was one of
the districts that had r.o mutiny h la-
nerve hod beea shaken
the town, and tho
that be couldn't get it
wife aaw it.
A m'riAMMATUN PtTCUKR VtXTXSt TII1C TU3S.
my district to shoot, Lrlnglnz his wlfo
and sUter with him. 1 did not know
him from Adam, and I haJ net seen a
Kuropean lady for over three years, so
I was a bit bothered by tho intrusion.
I felt shy and awkward la the com
pany of ladles. I was only too glal
to ship the party oft Into a corner of
the d.strlct wairo girae was plentiful
as soon as I could contrlvo to maUe tho
necessary trranscmcrits. I dIJ not caro
much for Harold, nor yd fjr h!3 tls
ter, but Mrs. Harold charmed and fas
cinated me. Harold was n cran' y sort
of bcrgar nnd his Ristcr turned up Iur
Hoi i nt most thliRS, Inelu.'.InT no. Mrs.
Harold was well. Just everything that
a woman rnn be! Hcantirul, with a
sort of flory of bauty tlr.t yet had In
It a certain ihlnty dlftnity tint held
her worlds nbove you, nn 1 roo I you
could ree tho nvd:ieKS looking out of
her eyes and kind, In thought and
deed.
"The TTarolds had boon pone a mat
ter of soma threo wccl.a whoa tho news
reached r.io of tho utl;reak down coun
try. 1 was sitting on my veranda,
smoking my plpo and tlreanlng, when
Hajl Jluh.nnmal Akhbar, one of the
leading natives of tho plnco, enme to
me suddenly out of thn lunilnot s dark
nets of the night Ho was Bhnking
with excitement a to told mo of tho
mutiny of our tr 's down south and
of the rapidity with which tLo dlsif.
foctlon vs spreading.
"Tho dlanffectlon eprendcth Tast.
This very nbht It Is known In our
baaars; to-morrow tho villages also
will know. Then, perhaps who know
eth save .Mali, tho Merciful, tho Com'
passionate? tho HaJ of tho Sahlb-log
will have Its ending in blooi!, as In
blood It also had Ua beginning, nor will
It be the turn of our women folk to bo
made chattels for tbo pleasure of new
husbands.
"At that word fear left me and a
great wratU alone remained. I toso
from my r'.alr ar.d In an Instant I iiad
him by the t:.roat
"Have ft caro, dog!' I cried, as I
hook him to and f o whllo ho rnsped
and whined and ttruggled. 'Tho ItaJ of
tho Sahlb-log Is not yet ended, and If
blood Is to bo let. see that It be not
thlte! In this district I am tha ItaJ of
tho English.'
"I thre r l.!m from mo. half rtrnn
gled, and la a moment l e was all ao
Jectnee and onlrc.ty.
"Ho Rono!' I cried, epurnlng hfm
with my foot Ho gathered hl-iself to
gether and, whlnlnn excuses, dropped
back Into the darkness. '
"When ho lad gono I stood for an
Instant dnied la a world that had of a
udden been shntlered about my head.
I realized the disproportion of th
white man's numbers In India to those
of the people of the soil.
"The words which HaJ! Muhammad
'Aknltr had spoken, hinting of the
fate that awaited English women In
India, flashed across my mind, and
with them the thought of the one
elf, and ahe well ahe wo everythin;
Jut a woman oi:-ht to be.
"The -evening before they were to go
away I caie upon her sitting in tLe
verauda cf tcy buasalow we bad
zioved out of tbe tort a;sa before, in
spite of HarolJ's frcnilcd protests
r.ad she benn to speak of all, she waa
ing there la his pajamas, his face Ira
naturally white tu the moonlight
'I do I said.
"On no better rrounda than mere pleased to say. they owed to me.
native gup?' "'Don't I said. 'It Is I who owe
'On that and on a hundred and one a debt to you. It Is you wio have
thlnca that have gone before and that helped mo, helped me to play Ue man.'
now have a new meaalnz.' I rer.lied. I don t thlrk you wanted mucn
V. ell. I don't believe a worj of It.' oelp to do that." sue said very seriously,
he said sneeringlv. 'We'll Ulk it over "In a moment we were on our feet,
In tho morning ho said with a yawn, facing one another, and her hands were
AMOSG WILD HEISTS.
Crocodiles. Lions and Hippopotami
tndangcr Lives of Hallway
BuiUcre In Africa.
The building of the bridge at Vic
toria Falls and the Cape to Cairo
iUllway Las suddenly and necessarily
brought a great many people together
at this spot, wltere there was previous
ly but an occasional traveler or hunter.
Betides the birds and the butterflies
aad the fuh, the chief living animals
were lions, elephants, hippopotami,
crocodiles. Jackals and hyenas.
The crocodiles were found to be so
numerous as many as thirty being
seen together sometimes that they
have had to be killed In great numbers
for the safety of the people at work.
One giant saurian killed a man and a
womnn, and was Itself killed only af
ter scliizg another man. A native
woman was taking -water from toe
river when the crocodile knocked hex
in with Its tail, seized her in its hor
rid mouth and dragged her away. Her
husband was close by, but was power
less to save ber. lie determined to
be avenged, however, and for several
nights waited in a canoe -with a load
ed gun. Ho, too, disappeared, and it is
thought the crocodile knocked turn out
of the canoe as it hal knocued bis
wlfo off the bank, and taken blm to Its
hole.
A week later it got another man, but
Instead Of taking blm irto its hole, it
carried him to an island. Here Its
victim got bold of the zeeds and strong
gram, and acid on ao tightly that the
crocodile cunld not get away with him.
Of course he screamed with all his
might and a gang of men with crow
bars went to rescue ilm. This they
succeeded in doing, and also in slaying
the dauttcrous monster. Inese croco
diles are ao ravenous that It Is not pos
sible evea to keep dogs with aaiety,
and Parents living near the river are
to constant dread of losing their chil
dren.
A Lion Terror.
One ot the lions killed had also filled
up the measure of its iniquity ere it
met Its doom. Tne scene or. its appre
ciations was a native village some dis
tance north of the Falls. The native
huts are very Blender, being built
mainly of reeds. In such a hut a wo
man was sluing when tho lion p' bsd
cs:de the door, wal'.:ed la aad seized
Lcr, carrying her away to h;s lair in
tae rosso bush. Then no naa an ox.
Thkj -s-as in the enclosure with other
cattle and donkeys.
The lion, lulling to ret Into tne en
closure, so frightened the aalaoais with
hla attempts that they rushed la a hud
dled, terrified mass f.-ora end to end,
and their weight upon the palisading
broke it down. They rushed out
through the optmlng, which was Just
what the lien wanted, for he had now
nothing to do but to ta'.;o his choice.
Alter the ox, be selected a donkey on
Lis next vLiit and then a sheep, and
finally another ox. .At last the natives
became panic stricken until some white
men reassured then, telling them they
would ait up all night for the lion and
shoot hhn The lion came and got
Awav wlLh another ox. lor the white
men, tired with the watch, :had .fallen
asleep. However, they were able to
track him.
It was important that having prom
toad to kill the lion they should do ao,
for that is the secret or the wnitc
nan'a power over the native never tc
break h s word, so tney act on io uk
thick bush half a mile away, whither
the lion's tracl.s led them. There tney
cante uncn him and killed -Mm wltl
one bullet that entered the right nos
tril. This was what big game hunt
ers consider a good kill, as the bullet
c!ld not disfigure the lion nor Injure
his skin. Near by was the carcass ol
an ox, and a little further in the bush,
la a sort of tunnel of Impenetrable
thorn, were the gnawed bones the re
mains of some of his Iormer victims
stretching hlcisclf Insolently.
"'You will do nothing of the sort I
aid, and I could hear my voice vibrat
ing with anr.cr. 'You ni-y think I am
a coward, if you II'. o. I'm responsible
for what r.apprns in this dintrict, and
In mine. I knew then, I know now,
that I mipht have kUsed her. But it
would have hurt her.
Instead I stooped and kissed ber
hands.
'Goodbye and God keep you I said,
br God. man. you have cot to do what and turning, left I t.
1 snv "That I know now, was my greatest
"Well, I do think that you are a
rattier nervous person, but we 11 aee
wa.it my wlfo Bays
' 'Let mo spcik to her. please 1 said
as you will, no onBwcrcd with a
shrug.
"Wo walked back to tho tent in el
lonco, and presently Urn. Harold came
out to us, her tall, slim figure wrapped
in a wluto dressing gown
our husband thinks that I am an
alarmist I said, 'but I have' Informa
tion of a general mutiny of our troops
down country, nnd I know that the
news Is true. I have left tny post in
a moment of extreme emergency in or-
der to bring you all in to my fort,
which is the nearest approach to safety
that I havo It in my power to offer
you. Everything depends upon my get
ting bnck before daybreak and before
the natives know that I have left the
place; but I won't go without you
will you come now, at onco?
"'Yes Bho Bald simply, bending
those grave, true eyes steadily upon
mo. We will como, of course. And
thank you. You have risked a great
deal to como to us, we understand that,
and we are grateful.'
Ul tUUlDU LUUiltU IU I1R1U1U)
Tame Baby Hippopotamus.
A young hippopotamus, riding on Its
mothers' back when she was shot, was
saved and cared for by one of the
men. Theso animals are very danger
ous to canoe men, for in returning to
the surtace to blow they often come
ue riptit ttnaer the canoe and upset it
Sometimes thes give chase to canoes
and then the native paddlere do all
they can to reach the bank, unless a
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A JUNGLE FIGHT.
moment of all amoment that might bo
easily iiave been spoiled lor ber, lor
grudgingly. 'No doubt'you did what mo; . .
von thourht richt So now instead I Tiave mymemorleB
" ' ' ' I ..-.-.-I- 4Uin A a n rl rrx
"Miss Harold Joined her brother In -"-7
i,ia t n 1 priceless memory of a thins left un-
bearer, but I cared little enough for done; and now. as I sit here waiting
that. I knew the event would prove for the end. thev r!vo me all I ask of
me right; Mrs. Harold had thanked me "a,PP'?ea8 01 couiefltmcui- -
.... . . I V ' ! 1 Tn(viT no
ara nad shown tnat Bno understood. 1
asked for nothing more.
"I rodo at her Blue during tho whole
j! the remainder of that nlsht The
irnse of my proximity to her, and my
knowledge of tho fact that her safety
f.ust largely depend uron me, upon
my cffort3, upon my wits, upon mv
courrgo, Infixed Into mo a new en
thusiasm nnd energy, and fixed my de
termination to como out on top or die,
solid as a rock.
"Just after daybreak we rarre to the
outskirts of tho tovn. A Mnhnmmadan
mendicant In. a long green gown wa
exhorting the people. His uce, livid
with excitement and rontorted with en
thusiasm, was BtralnVng heavenward,
and his long white beard flew back over
his shoulder as he poured out a stream
of fierce word and Jib that bit deep
hill Magazine.
Jicvcr Wore rjamas.
At a function on fllaln street a bash
ful young lady was taken in to dinner
by an elderly professor who was a bit
deaf. To start conversation, she said:
'TrofesFor. do you like bananas?" "Yes,
my dear lady," "be answered, "but I
think I prefer the old fashioned night
shirt."
Had a Sltvng Breath,
An Irishman "leaned over the coun
ter la a Jewelry store and said to the
clerk, "Give me ene ef your best wed
ding rings." "Eighteen karats?" he
was asked. "No, atlng onions, but 1b
It any ot your. Infernal business?"
white -man -with a Title Is with them.
The baby yras thriving very well when
last heard of. He escaped from uis
enclosure once, but came back very
hungry, as was evident from the rav
enous way in which he applied him
self to his food.
A Literary Kicker.
Charles Lamb once heart? a burglar
breaking in his house. He drew on
bis heavy hunting boots and with a
candle went down stairs and con
fronted him In the act of putting the
silver from the breakfast table Into
his bag. "What are you doing?" de
manded the author. "I am hungry and
was Just getting something to eat," hes
itatingly replied the thief. "T-take a
Meg of Mamb." stuttered the author,
as he kicked him dorvn the cellar stairs.
Another Version,
Mary had a little mule,
It followed her one day to scuool,
The teacher got behind that mule
And hit It with a rule,
Like a fool
And after that no school!
Postum 3 a mre rebnUder and when yon cot out tha
toSee and use Postum instead, yon get a taste c'
health, for the .aches and ails begin to leave.
"Ton may JHINK you know, Irat yon dont
vmntfl after the trial. Remember
'There's a Reason.
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