The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-03

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my eyes, and the first thing they fell on
was the venerable c%ountcnaicc of orr old
friend Eil!ali, VINO was seated by the side
of the imprOvised bed upon which l was
sleeping, nn,l tlloughtfully strokiny his
long beard. The sight of him at once
all that we had recently passed through,
which was accentuated by the vision Of
poor Leo lying opposite to me, his facc
knocked almost to a jelly, and his beauti-
ful CROWN of curls turned from yellow To
white, and I ii II my eyes aGain aud
gronned.
.Thou hast slept long, my Baboon," said
.Iiow long. my fathere" I asked.
"a round Of the sun and n round of the
moon, a day and q night, Inst thou slept,
and the Lion also. Sec, he sleepe,th yet"
blessed is sleep" l answered, "for 1t
'" %Teli me ep r he said' sMhat hath befa,len
We, and whit is this strange story of the
death of her who dieth notY Bethfnk thee,
my son; 1t this be true, then is thy danger
and the danger of the Lion very great
nay. almost is the pot red wherewith We
shall be p,otted, and the stomachs of those
who shall eat ye are already hungry for
the feast. Knowest thou not that these
.Amahagger, my children. these jewellers
. n these caves, hate We? They hate We as
strangers. they hate We more because of
their brethren whom She put to torture for
yye. Assnredly, IL once they learn that
the terrible OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, they
will STAY ye by the pot. But let me hear
thy tale, my poor Bab0on."
Thus adjured, I set to work and told him
not everything. indeed, for ] did not think
1t desirable to do SO, but sufficient for my
purpose, which was to make him under
stand TINT Shc was really no more; having
the real thing would have been incompre-
hcnsible to him-been burned up. ] also
told him some Of the horrors we had un-
dergone In effecting d escape, and these
produced a grent impression on him. But
l clearly saw that he did not believe in the
report Of Aycsha's death. He believed in
deed that we thought she wasdead, but his
explanation was that 1t had suited her to
disappear for awhile. Once, he said, in
his fathers time, she had done Sc for ten
years. and there was a tradition In the
country that many centuries back no one
she suddenly r~eappeared, and destroyed q
woman who had assumed the position of
queen. said nothing to this, but only
shook my head sadly, Alas! I knew too
we'll that Ayesha would appear 10 more,
And now concluded Billali, "what
May" I said, ~ know not, my father,
Can we not escape from this country"
He shook his head.
4'It is very difficult. BY Kor ye cannot
pass, for &c would be seen, and as soon as
those fierce ones found that We were alone,
we'll" and he smiled significantly, and
made movement as though he were plac.
ing u hat OF his head. 'I3ut there ism way
over the cliff whereof I once spake to We.
where they drive the cattle out 70 pasture.
Then beyond the pastures are three days
journey through the marshes; and after
that 1 know not, but ! have heart that
seven days journey from thence is u mighty
river, which floweth to the buck water.
II We could come thither, perchance ye
might escape, but how Gun ye come tllith.
er::"
.Billali," I said, "once, thou knowest.
did save thy life. Now pay back tho debt,
my father, and save me mine and my
friends, the Lions. It shall be q pleasant
thing for thee t think of when thine hour
comes. and something to set in to, scale
against the evil doing of thy days, IL per
chance thou hast done my evil. Also. Il
thou he right, and IL She doth but hide her.
self, surely whcn she comes again she shall
reward thee"
"My son, the Bnboon," answered the old
mnn. "tst.i.s not TINT / have nm upgratesu,