Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-11-15

OF lSht speed towards Elm and 90 dfd 10
for he stepped backward to avoid it-sren.
pei backward right into Tho trap He
yelled with pain as the iron teeth OF the
Thing that bites spran up like living
things and fastened into him-such a veil /
have not often heard Now, at last he tasted
Of the torture which he had inflicted upon so
many, and though l trust / am Christian.
Icannot say that felt sorry for him.
The assegai sped on and struck one of the
woman who had hold Of the unfortunate
Every, piercing through her arm. This made
her leave go-an example that the other wo-
men quickly followed, SO that Every fell TO
the ground, where he lay gasping.
Kill tae witchesp roared Nala. in a voice
OF thunder, pointing to a grouped women.
Nay G@sped Every; spare them. He
made them Go it And he pointed to the
human iiend in the trap. Then. AIaiwa
waved her hand TO us to fall back, for the
moment Of her vengeance was come We
did so, and she strobe up to her lord. and.
nlngng the white robe from her, stood
before him, her fierce, beautiful face fixed
like stone
"'Who am II she cried, in so terrible a
voice that he ceased his yells. Am | that
woman who was given to thee for wife. and
L z
come 10 see thee def What is thisF she went
on, drawing the withered baby hand from
the pouch at her side Is it the hand of
babe, and how came that hand to be thus
alonei What cut it Off from the babe, and
where is the babei Is it a hand, or is it the
vision of hand that shall presently tear thy
throati Where are thy soldiers, Wambei
Do they sleep, and eat, and go forth TO do
thy bidding, or are they perchance dead and
scattered like the winter leavesF
HE groaned. and the fierce eyed woman
went on; Art thou still chief, Wambei or
does another take thy town and power; and,
say, lord, what dost thou there, and what is
that slaves leglet upon thy kneel Is it
dream, Wambe, great lord and chief, orr
and she lifted her clinched hands and shook
them in bis face-'hath woman's vengeance
found thee out, and a woman's wit over
matched ny tylannous strengthfand art thou
about TO slowly die in torments horrible 70
think On, oh, thou accursed murderer Of lit
tie childrenf and with one wild scream she
dashed the dead hand Of the child straight
into his face, and then fell senseless on the
floor As for the demon in the trap, he
shrank back as far as its iron bounds would
allow, his eyes starting out Of his head with
Et4AA t'AAA ~ ~ tAtA1 eAIA 'tAS1 hA'AN bNbsAt
TO yell
"The whole scene was more than could
stand
"'Nala, | said, this must not go on. That
man is a fiend, but he must not be left to die
there. See thou TO it,
"'Nay, answered Nala, let him taste ?f
tho food whcrewith he hath fed so many;
leave him till death shall find him.
THAT will | NOT | answered. let his
end be swift. See thou TO it,
AS thou wilt, Macumazahn,' answered
the chief, with shrug of the shoulders.
First, let the white man ana Maiwa be
brought forth
$50 the soldiers came forward and carried
Every and the woman into the open air As
the former was borne past his tormentor the
fallen chief, SO cowardly was his wicked
heart, actually prayed him to intercede for
him and save him from fate which, but for
our providential appearance, would have
been Eyery's own.
$50 we went away, and in another mo-
ment one of the b .ggest villains on the earth
troubled it no more. Once in the fresh air,
Every quickly recovered | looked at him,
and horror and sorrow pierced me through
to see such a sight His face was the face Of
n man of CO. though he was not yet 40, and
his poor body was cut to pieces with stripes
and scars, and other marks OF the torments
which Wambe had for years amused himself
with inAicting ON him.
As soon as he recovered himself a little
be struggled on to his knees, burst into par
oxysm OF weeping, and. clasping my legs
with his emaciated arms, would have actu-
ally kissed my feet.
"'What are you about, old fellowT said,
for | am not accustomed to that sort OF
thing, and it made me feel uncomfortable.
"'Oh, God bless your he moaned-'God
bless you II only you knew what | have
gone through And to think that you should
have come TO help me, and at the risk of
your own lifel Well, you were alwaysa true
friend-yes, yes, true friend
"'Boshr | answered, testify; I'm trader,
and came after that ivory and | pointed
10 the stockade Of tusks. Did you ever hear
of an elephant hunter who would not have
risked his immortal soul for them, and much
more his carcassf
''But he took no notice Of my explanations,
and went on God blessing me as hard as ever,
till at last | bethought me that a nip OF
brandy. Of which had flask full, might
steady his nerves a bit. 1 gave it him, and
was not disappointed in the result, for he
hrisked up wonderfully Then | hunted
about in Wambe's hut, and found kaross
for him to put over his poor bruised shoul-
ders. and he was quite man again.
"'Now. said, why did tine late lamented
Wambe want to put you in that trapf
Because, as soon as they heard that the
fight was going against them and that Maiwa
was charging at the head Of Nala's imp, one
of the women told Wambe that she Lad seen
me write something on some leaves and give
them to Maiwa before she went away to
purify herself Then, Of course, be guessed
that had had something to do with your
Selling the koppie and holding it while the
impi rushed the place from the mountain,
so he determined to torture me to death be
fore help could come. Oh, heavens! what
mercy it is to hear English againP
"How long have you been prisoner
here, EveryF | asked.
/" six years and a bit, Quat rmain; have
lost count of the odd months lately. came
up here with Maj Aldey and three other