The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-31

the litter as though in a dream. The
same wild country diversified with
marsh and forest! Again we halted.
The night come, and ! sat by her side
in miserable hut, with the feeble
lamp llickering while she lay as in
death. She had never moved muscle
since she fell. My people slept. was
alone, and no sound broke the stiffness
of the night, The ears ached at the
utter silence, till the sudden wild cry
of hyena made me shudder as the
horrible thought rushed through my
brain that, should she be buried In this
lonely spot, the hyena-would disturb
her rest.
The morning was not far distant; it
was past A o'clock. had passed the
night in replacing wet cloths upon
her head and moistening her lips, as
she lay apparently lifeless upon her lit
ter. / could do nothing more; in soli-
tude and AFFECT misery in that dark
hour, in a country of savage heathens,
thousands of miles away from Chris
tian land, beseeched an aid above all
human, trusting alone to Him.
The morning broke; my lamp had
just burned out, and cramped with the
nights watching | rose from my low
seat and seeing that she lay in the
same unaltered state | went to the door
of the hut to breathe one gasp of the
fresh morning air. | was watching
the first red streak that heralded the
rising sun, when | was startled by the
words: THANK Cod" family uttered
behind me. Suddenly she had awoke
from her torpor, and with heart over
flowing | went to her bedside. Her
| eyes were full of madness She spoke,
but the brain was gone!
will not intlict description of the
terrible trial of seven days of brain fe-
yer, with its attendant horrors. The
rain poured in torrents, and day after
day we were forced to travel for want
of provisions, not being able to remain
in one position. Every now and then
we shot few guinea fowl, but rarely;
there was no game, although the coun-
try was most favorable. In the forests
we procured wild honey, but the de-
serted villages contained no supplies,
as we were on the frontier of Uganda,
and Mtese's people had plundered the
district. For seven nights | had not
/ slept, and although rs weak rs n reed,
l had marched by the side of her litter.
Nature could resist no longer. We
reached village one evening. She had
been in violent commissions successive
ly, it was all but over / laid her
down on her litter within hut, cover
ed her with Scotch plaid and fell up
on my mat insensible, worn out with
sorrow and fatigue. My men put q
new handle to the pickaxe that even
ing and sought for dry spot to dig
! her grave!
The sun had risen when l woke. l
had slept, and mortified as the idea
flashed upon me that she must be dead,
and that | had not been with her, |
started up. She lay upon her bed, pale
as marble, and with that calm serenity
that the features assume when the
cares of life no longer act upon the
mind and the body rests in death. The
dreadful thought bowed me down; but
as | gazed upon her in fear, her chest
gently heaved, not with the convulsive
throbs of fever, but naturally. She
was asleep; and when at q sudden
noise she opened her eyes, they were
calm and clear. She was saved! When
not II ray of hope remained, God
alone knows what helped us. The
| gratitude of that moment | will net ct
tempt to describe.