her dress and hand waving them aside impatiently asked the men if anything had been seen or heard of her father they answered ko some of their number had started up the river to search for him on the same day when she was captured but they had not returned and no tidings had come from them or him do not be alarmed said seeing the distress and anxiety written on her face doubtless he has gone further than he anticipated and the men have not been able to find him i fear that something has happened to him she answered he should have been back by now he promised to return within the fortnight by this time the story of the capture and destruction of the slave camp was spread abroad among the people by the rescued men and the excitement rose to its height the death of seeing a favourable opportunity to trumpet his master s fame to and fro through the crowd shaking a spear and s praises after the fashion he said i look at him ye people and be astonished look at him the white elephant and hear his deeds in the night he fell upon them he fell upon them the armed men in a place he did it alone no one helped him but a black monkey and a woman with a shaking hand he them with a tongue of honey he smote them with a spear of iron he won the from the midst of them to be a wife to him he satisfied the yellow devil he satisfied him with gold the praying man prayed over them then strife arose their greatest warrior gave him battle he broke him with his fist then the monkey played his tricks and the shaking hand made a great noise a noise of thunder they fell dead they fell dead in heaps the fire roared behind them in front of them the bullets hailed they cried like women but the fire stayed not it licked up their strength ashes are all that is left of them they are dead the armed men no more shall they bring desolation the day of slavery is gone by who did it he did it the terrible lion the lion with the white face he gave the to the sword he doomed their captain to death he loosened the irons of the now shall they eat the bread of freedom praise him ye people who broke the strength of the praise him the shepherd of the who led her from the house of the wicked praise him ye children of in whose hands are death and life r the people of the mist no such deeds have been told of in the land praise the who gives you back your children ay praise said who was standing by praise him children of my father since but for him none if us would see the light to day at this juncture himself arrived upon the scene just in time to bear s words all the people of the settlement took up tbe cry and hundreds of other natives collected there joined in it they rushed towards him shouting praise to thee shepherd of tbe i praise to thee then in a fury hold of that if he dared to say another word he would instantly break his neck and the tumult ceased but from that day forward he was known among the natives as the and by no other name that evening as and tbe priest sat within the walls of the settlement house with the plunder of the slave camp piled about them talking anxiously of tbe fate of mr and wondering if anything could be done to discover his whereabouts they heard a stir among tbe natives without at this moment rushed in crying has come instantly they sprang to their feet and ran outside the house headed by there borne on the shoulders of six travel worn men and followed by a crowd of na they saw a litter upon which lay the figure of a i covered with blankets oh he is dead said stopping suddenly and pressing her hands to her heart for a moment thought that she was right before lie could speak however they heard a feeble voice calling to the men who carried the litter to be more careful in their movements and once more sprang forward crying father father then the brought their burden into the house and set it down upon the floor looking saw before him a tall and handsome man of about fifty years of a e and saw also by many unmistakable signs that he was at the point of death gasped her father is that yon then you i have escaped thank god now i can die happy the th of ma it would serve little purpose to set out in detail the broken conversation which followed but by degrees learnt the story it seemed that mr was disappointed in his purpose of the of ivory which he went out to seek and unwilling to return pushed on up the river with the hope of obtaining more in this he failed also and had just begun his homeward journey when he was met by the party which despatched and heard the terrible tidings of the of his daughter by it was nightfall when the messengers arrived and too dark to travel for a while mr sat brooding over the news of this crushing disaster perhaps the most fearful that could come to a father s ears then he did what he was but too prone to do � flew for refuge to the bottle when he had drunk enough to destroy his judgment he rose and insisted upon continuing their march through the darkness of the night in vain did his men saying that the road was rocky and full of danger he would take no 