Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-04

beard, his gravity unmoved: "The. Benz.
Snassens are at peace with the warriors of
the French chief, and they need powder and
bullets to strike the game which is to feed
their do,tahs. The French chief cannot be-
lieye that this is all, but his soldiers are
wiser than he. L'Enfant-P Perdu sold am
munition to Mustaphe ell Refs, and Red
beard has come to him with money and
gold in his girdle."
"H'm! And you Wantammunltlon mere
ly for the chase ?" asked pEnfant-Perdu,
hesitatingly..
"And you will pay we'll If you have not
enough money, I will take trinkets such as
YOUR women wear"
''I have pair of bracelets fit for sui
tana."
"All right. When shall meet you, and
where ?"
sTo-morroW, at sunset, in the dry water
course between my do,sah and this camp, at
the spot where the trail crosses the naullah."
every we'll. I'll be there"
And PEnfant-Perdu turned brusquely
away, as if anxious to terminate an inter-
view of which he might we'll be both
ashamed and afraid.
And all this pImmortelle had lost through
untimely indulgence in fit of the pouts,
duu, tsltllOuSI SllO WaUeliOu oll oiio Aooo Va
the night, pervading the camp like an un-
quiet spirit, she saw nothing except the
white, gliding figure of the Arab as he re-
treated toward the outpost where he had
left his horse, and the stalwart form of y En-
fant-Perdu, stretched supinely upon the
straw of his bivouac, and wrapped in the
sleep of the just.
The next day brought no new light to cast
upon the enigma to which PImmortelle had
as yet no cleW except those few words OF the
commandant:
'sTo-morrow at sunset, and Lapin will be
there to arrest him."
This it is to be woman.
With all her haste, and she was no lag
gard, the viuanCliere was too late to witness
Lapin's departure for the rendezvous but,
to put herself within the shelter of one OF
those islands of vegetation that fringe the
habitable portion of this strange region.
So secreted, pImmortelle saw the squad
of zouaves approach the deep gully where
the rendezvous between lEnfant-Perdu and
the Redbeard had been appointed, saw
them disappear in it's recesses, and knew
that they were hidden from the point where
the usual track of caravans or travellers
bound for the desert and the great cities be-
yond crossed the nullah. Next, she saw an
Arab, whom her keen eyes recognized as the
Redbeard, riding rapidly from the direction
of his own doatah, or dwelling, hidden be-
meath clump of palms.
Next-a tiny, toiling speck upon the dis
tant track brought grim smile to the lips
of the watching woman, who so easily re-
cognized her recreant lover.
But yet another speck was moving now
upon the wide, level field of the vtraadiere's
observation. 1t was the figure of horse
man emerging from the sunken Watercourse,
a mile or more from the point where the
zouaves were concealed, and still further
from the point where the Arab and PEN
fant-Perdu were to meet.
Gle Lapin !" muttered the ViUdndiere,
fiercely. "And galloping in the direction
of the douas! And the sun already on the
horizon-the hour when Redbeard is certain
to be at the rendezvous with PEnfant-Per-
du Now, what does all this mean ?
Treachery-but to whom 2"
And PImmortelle remained for few mo-
ments in deep thought; then, striking spurs
into her Arabs danks, galloped in the di-
rection of the douah.
Her plan of action had hitherto been to
wait until the Arab and her lover had met,
then to appear upon the scene. She had
come partly to enjoy the Arabs discomtit-
ure, partly to reprove and abash her lover
by showing that he could not disguise his
movements from her eyes, and partly to
betray the treacherous errand of LIE Lapin,
and procure him a good drubbing from
PEnfant-Perdu.
But the movement of LIE Lapin in quit
ting the rendezvous just at the appointed
hour, and making toward the d0atuh, which
he must have known Redbeard had already
left, was inexplicable. 1t was, therefore,
natural that PImmortelle, being woman,
should reverse all her plans, and rush to in
vestigate that which remained mystery to
her.
A sharp, short gallop brought her to the
edge of the somewhat extensive oasis, and,
slipping from her horses back, she left him to
Craze eagerly upon the short turf, and crept
through the rapidly gathering shadows to-
ward the White-Walled tent cleaning among
the palms. She was still twenty feet dis
tant, when she heard the stifed, sobbing cry
of woman in deadly fright or peril.
LImmortelle was at once woman to feel
and soldier to defend and avenge.
Springing forward, her quick eyes lighted
at once upon the spot where the tent-clOth
had been cut loose from the peg that held it
down, and, swift as light, she too raised and
darted beneath it.
The next instant she flung herself with
resiStless force upon one of the Writhlng tig-
ures, and, clutching her strong, nervous fin
gers about his throat with deadly force,
cried to the painting woman whom she had
released from similar bondage:
"Quick, quick, woman! A rope-the tent
cord-anything Tie his hands Quick, l
say, while I can hold him !"
For, powerful as she was, and greatly at
advantage as she held her captive, the fran
tic struggles of LIE Lapin threatened to
overpoWer even the strength of PImmor-
telle, more mans than Woman's though
that strength might be.
But Zarah was quick-witted, and even in
her terror and pain she comprehended the
command, and obeyed. The tent-rope lay
close beside her, and, catching it up, she
made q moose, passed it over the right wrist
of the struggling man, then deXterously
caught the left hand in another loop, and
wound the cord about both his hands and
arms with swift energy and hate gasping all
the while, amid her sobs, those poetic male
dictions by which an Arab consigns to eter-
nal perdition not alone his enemy, but all
the enemy's kith and kin, past, present and
prospective.
"Where are your servants ?" inquired
PImmortelle, when this was done and
Zarah, in Magu0 Franco, made her under
stand that they were either absent or en-
ployed at the spring, some little distance
from the tent, where Zarah had been sur
prised alone.
"Call them, and make this wretch sure
and fast until RedDeard comes home; then
tell him what has happened, and say thatI,
PImmortelle, left the punishment of his en-
emy in his own hands. If there is trouble
with the cOmmandant, am ready to testify
where and how [ found him."
And gently pulling away the hand the
Arab girl was covering with kisses, the
UiUandiere fingered only to see the stout SER