, 1873-10-26
sion Of oonntonancc. 'E1ouso mo, sir, but aro
you Mr.. Torbes7
"sYeB, TurbcB Ia nv nntnos

you Mr.. Forbes7'
"'Yea Forbos Ia my namo.'
has just loft tho houso-yory strange gontlc.
man Eo npponr. to bo-came to mo a
few momonts ago and askcd mo to give you this
a1ip Of paper, But tho strange pnrt Of tho mat.
hand tor "a, 600, payable this day three yeArs,
for which gayo him roceipt Ho said Il was
Ho1no bot ho had n,ado with you, MI. Forboy.
ana TINT you would understand abont it,
papor Of which" tic ma,,agor had
sas5Sna'F0 Waos On SfS only .v ys,y fSw
Bmoking- room, Langholm Moto1. Z. j. III ''''
starting from my chair.
III" dio5 sh sds ndtes s4pssane q loft
Hnnt back aootng that lad boon outwIt-
ted, and feoling vorymuch inclined to uYe atrong
Language; g9seF c,no ovor o ~, ,na ,,s,;;,. ~
on my shoulder, said, Hos sharp hand ind T at q
bargain but c1oor up, old follow, ven talso tho
wind out OF hls BaiIB before wo'yotlone: with him.
Lot mo zee, now-I'yo Just sold out Of tho
boyo1ity-trat, ind don't we'll know what to do
with nysclf. So I'm your man for any noun
tainonH cxorosconco from this to Ti1nbuctoo.'
- THANKS, my dear follow cried 7, graBping
his handi but it won't do. could not think Of
Why. heavol, only knows how long sl.a[l DO
away from England; for do my utmost to nin
tho bot certainly SHALL -
Don't talk any rubbish Of that kind, about
amusing employment than aoeing lttlo Of ito
world, and Of tho sn1no time cutting ont our
friend tho Yanlsoo. No, Binco was partly Tic
means OF getting You into tho sorape By talking
go o. a. o 70 :. te man. certainly moa' to 500 you
10, after grsat doal Of talk. 1t was finally
arranged tint Jack Hilyar an1 wol'o to ptnrt
together in soaroh Of tho h!ghoet and most di'
csra cesoro tanyt1ing na more wss dons4 we took
ariah Johnston was I not s.u penniless adyon- so-
suror, but Ind wAerewithal to pay his lobt Il
the nextgreat question That arfse was, What
mouutnin We should attack. Switzerland lad
long been used up. Norway was voted too low
tor ,,oa our .' purpose; Tho highest peaka Of tho
Time We were at Q loss. I suggested that It
might be good plan to cut ott tic American
on on his own soil, by conquering any coaks OF
the inc ROCKY @ Mountains that rere not already
consideration, We rejected tho idea az tho hunt:
| ora md trappore aro familiar with thom, and
but httlo kudos is gained by . second ascent. 4
h.nppy s4qught Ill., atrnGk M Jaek hayot o cried
"ILo moro Me talked the thing ovor, tho moro
NC likcd 1t. Uttorly unknown to all Europoans.
aud surrounded by q sort Of halo Of mystery.
these, Of MI others wore tho mountains for us.
Within fortnight no had loft London lailen
with everything that could by any possibility DO
Of uso to us III our distant oxplorutious and
good many things which cortainly could not bo
SO. NY life, for fow days before VIC started,
which Jack sllowed for buying all kinds Of
strange articles which ho asHerted might como
In handy. Among these, remember, wore cir
olllar HaW, . churn, and barrel-organ. Tho last
a lin nfr,1sn
minds OF the nativoe. In spite Of the amount Of
our lmpetmenta, wo wero moro successful
than most African travellers. Gaining i'll
,orason a IRON every possible souree
Of natives from various tribes, who, 1"s Is
spite OF their aanertionB, knew az little
ns wo did ouraelyoB, VIC wandered for nearly
four months over hitherto untroddon ground b.
taina Soc them, however, wo did mud there,
in tho midst OF mighty group roHo ono giant |
peak, soaring far above tho rest, md, in spite |
Of the torrid zono, white with eternal snow
nntivos, what The name Of this peak was, thoy |
replied something TINT sounded like sAr,,n,ph |
Jomb.' ThiH delighted us inon1ensely, ns their |
namo for 1t, corrupt aH 1t seemed to bc was an |
the anciout rhyme that AIumbo Jumbo inhabited |
tile Mountains Of the Moon.
Wol!, Sir, need not trouble you with an &C. |
count Of all tho difficulties VIC encountered bo-
often wore wo driven buck by storms mud mists |
md falling stones, TINT tho natives wero con. !
ilrmed In their original impression OF The NOUN
tain being haunted, md absolutely refused to |
Jack and I woro thus left alone to fight it
out with the great pea] and at last wo oonquor~
Cd it. It was tho third day after wo had bocu
left alone that We cut our way mp the lant ice
at tho momont, and Ms the last stop was cut, I
aprAng on to the clear Bpnce on tho ton will a |