Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-02-04

are lots more where I came from
II rebuled him for his ~flippancy, but il
the end I consented to take him"
CHAPTER II.
Something over a fortnight had passed
since tho night when I lost half . sovcrsicu
and found G1,250 In looking for it, and in.
stead Of that horrid holo, for which, after all,
Ell Dorado was scarcely a missioner, u very
different scene stretched away before US clad
in tho silver robe Of the moonlight. We wcro
camped-Harry and I, two Kafirs, q Scotch
cart and Blk oxen-on tho swelling side Of q
great wavo Of bush clad land. Just whcro
We made our camp. however, the bush was
very sparse and only grow about in clumps, I
while here and there were single aut topped !
miucsa trees. To our right q little stream. /
which had cut a deep channel for itself in the
bosom Of the slope, flowed unsteady on be-
twoen banks green with maidenhair, wild
asparagus and many beautiful grasses. The
bed rock hero was red granite, and in tho
course Of centuries OF patient washing the
water had followed out sonle Of the hugo
slabs In its path into great troughs and cups, !
aud these wo used for bathing placcs. No
Roman lady, with her baths Of porphyry or
alabaster. could have had u more delicious
spot to lave herself than wo had within Ifty
yards Of our skcrm or rough Enclosure Of
mimosa thorn that we had dragged together
round our cart to protect us from tho attacks
Of lions. Thoro were several of these about,
as ! knew from their spoor, though wo had
neither heard nor seen them.
ut was a little nook where tho eddy Of the
stream had washed away q mass OF soil, and
on tho edge OF it there grow a most beautiful
rl1 ,nit,oSn fh0Vn EnpootlN <kn tl,rr,, ~.,ou .
largo smooth slab of granite fringed all
round with naidenhair and other ferns. that
s!orel gently down to q pool OF the ~clcarcst
sparkling water, which lay in a BOWL Of
granite about ten foot wide by five foot deep
In tho center. Here to this slab wo went
ovory morning to batho, and that delightful
bath h um!ony The most pleasant OF my hunt.
ing "reminiscences, as it is also for reasons
that will presently appear among tho most
painful.
at was a lovely night and Harry and I
sat 'thoro to tho windward Of tho fire, Mt
which the two Knfirs were busily employed
in cooking some impula steaks oil u buck
which Harry, to his great joy. Ind shot that
morning, and wore as perfectly contentcd
with ourselves and tho world Mt largo az two
people could possibly he. Tho night was beau.
tiful; it would require somebody with moro
words on the tip of their tongue than I have
TO properly describe the chastened majesty OF
those moonlit wilds. Away forever and for
over, away to tho mysterious north, rolled the
great bush ocean over which the silence
brooded. There beneath US, a milo or moro
to tho right, ran the wide Oiphnnt and
mirror like flashed hnck tho moon, whose
silver spears were shivcred on its breast and
then tossed in twisted lines OF light far
o,,1 ,,:lo l>,,A kla - Al. -.
Down uponthe river banks grow great tim
her trees that, through the stiffness. pointed
s~olenlnly to heaven, and the beauty Of tho
night lay upon them like q cloud. Every
where was silcnce-silence in the starred
ing earth. Now, if ever, great thoughts
IN hit rise in a mans mind, and for q space
he might loose his littlcncss in tho senso that
he partook Of tho pure immensely about him.
Almost might le seem to SEQ tho spiris Of the
heavens, girdled round with stars, passing
down in tho dead quiet to look, now that tho
night had covered up her sins, upon the sleep
lug face Of his lost bride, tho Garth. Almost
might he hear tho echoes Of angelic voices, ar
the spirits poised on bent and rushing plnions
swept onward from universe to universe;
and distinguish tho white fingers OF the wind
playing in tho tresses Of the troos.
"Hark! what was thatf'
"From far ava down by tho river there
comes a mighty rolling sound, then another
and another. It is tho lion seeking his meat.
II saw Harry shiver and turn q little palo.
He was a plucky boy enough. but the roar Of
q lion for tho first time in tho solemn bush
veldt at night il apt to shake tho nerves of
any lad,
ing down by tho river thoro; but I don't
think that you need make yourself uneasy.
We have been here three nights now and il
they were going to pay US a visit | should
think that they would have done so before
this. However, We will make up the fire.
"'Here, Pharaoh, do you and JimJim get
some more wood before VIC go to sleep, else
the cats will he purring round before morn
ing
Pharaoh, a great brawny Swat, who
had been working for mo at Pilgrims Rest,
laughed, rose and stretched himself, and
then calling to Jim-Jim to bring the az
and a REIN, started of in the moonlight
toward a clump Of sugar bush, where We cut
our fuel from somo dead tlees. He was .
f1ns fellow in his way, was Pharaoh, and !
think that be had been named Pharaoh h.
cause he had an Egyptian cast Of counten-
ance and a royal sort Of swagger about him
But his way was a somewhat peculiar way,
on account Of the uncertainty OF his temper,
and very few people could get on will him;
also, il he could get it, he would drink like
a fish, md when he drank he became shock
ingly blcodthirsty. These were bis bad
points; bis good oncs were that, like most
people 0: the Zulu blood, he became exceed-
inSly attached to ono If he took to you at all;
he was a hard working and intelligent man,
and about as dare devil and plucky q fellow
at u pinch as / have ever had to do with.
he was about I've and thirty years Of age or
80, but not e 'kcshla' or hinged man. b.
lievc that he got into trouble in some way in
Swaziland, and tho authorities Of his tribe
would not allow him to assume the ring, and
that is why he came to work at tho gold
fields. The other man, or rather lad, Jim-Jim,
was O Mapoch KaAr, or Knobnose, and even
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