The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-18

After a second DAVIS wandering in the
seorching heat of the midsummer sun,
extricating himself at one time from a
concealed pitfal made bv the bushmen
for entrapping game, dining off the
flesh of a spring buck which he had
shot, Harris took up his nights lOdg-
lngs IN cave on the summit of the hill
referred to, having detected no traces
of the road
The night was calm and the stars
magnificentinth their brilliancy. From his
stronghold he gazed out upon the wide
expanse of plain beneath, and for hours
listened for some sound which might
direct his bewildered fOotsteps-some
melody such as his followers were won't
to troll, the cracking of whips, or the
boom of signal guns which he knew
would be fred for his guidance.
He heard only the shri1l neighing of
the zebra, the bleating of the timid
spring buck, the believing of the gnOo,
the roar of the prowling lion, like the
low rumble of distant thunder. All
else was silence, solitude.
He now debated whether to make at
once for Cape Colony or to continue the
search for his caravan. Bydoing the first
he must pass through an unknown and
inhospitable region, but could probably
reach the frontier, about two hundred
miles away, in six or seven days, should
his horse not give out. But the anxiety
and uncertainty which his companions
must endure, meantime, determined
him to make one more effort before
abandoning the search.
The third day dawned with a glory
which seemed to mock his fOrlorn stu
ofTnv, TVI,a l. - l.
treating IN an array of innumerable
fantastic figures from the pathway of
the sun, the whole heavens were tinted
by the field of rose and crimson
beyond, with every variety and depth of
shade. The sunrises and sunsets of the
southern hemisphere so far surpass our
own in their resplendence.
At noon, lifting his eyes from the
ground, where they were almost de-
spairingly seeking vestiges of the cara
van, he suddenly recognized the place
where it had halted for breakfast on the
morning previous to his separation from
it. With unutterahle Joy and relief he
dashed toward the spot, and instantly
hit upon the trail of the wagons. Stead
lily following this, he soon came up with
band of savages, who fed terrified at
his approach but encouraged and en-
bOldened By the offer of a broken cigar
they returned and when he, by signs,
indicated that he was in search of his
wagons they understood, and, holding
up the ir hands, pointed toward the
horizon.
The women of the band, though at
first exceedingly timid, had meanwhile
taken note of the brass buttons on the
strangers jacket, and pointing to them
exclaimed, ''Tullana, tulIana p Cbut-
tons, buttons , Upon being presented
with these, and also with the knife with
which they had been cut off, they were
mad with delight, and declared their
intention of accompanying the captain
In person, hoping to receive more gifts.
Placing himself under the guidance
of these people, in the course of an hour
he came within sight of the wagons
Weary and waywoIn, he was ioyfulIy
welcomed by his fellow travellers, who
had, meanwhile, taken every possible
means for his recovery, fearing that he
was dead.