Telegram-herald., 1888-09-06
MlIVlS REVENGE



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esrt a ge@4lg great iaaa, hs wDlM asFuo,
weal1 dare - speak 70 aila 81 taas lashs1n.
AL1s- slsa ~ are desgsEsle bll.es at aeart,
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tEs 81 4iAn instantly cc.lapssl. Ee vas
at-sr.f oFeEeaas. 4s sal. Ll5 learl vas
sp.i. ia two. ash vel realized tic e1tsut -
LIS uabeassler Pat ths occas.oa vas
very urgs.l lie asard skal = Enigafy huater
ulsa j. tlo Ee.s aeoTaoad, . tzeutllal white
laaa-h9s beauf.fal he conia Het lavs ira
agiscd had be no5 seen eAls 70 nlsh, sld 10
case b beg his assistance. Tas truth Was
thas tlres 8uE elepEGa-s saea - A. Eaaa ever
saw azd for years heea Tie terror OF their
kr8al Wh4ch Nas e1s aneh place = cas..a
traai ~ tho great chef UaGsbss. where
taey lvsd 70 keep the cattle. And nov. of
lz.s, these elephants hGd eone taaa much
damage. bas last q ght they bad destroyed .
whole patch o. slsl.-l8 land aud DO feared
tla- * shsY came back they wcll1 ell starve
rex. se1soa lcr want 0f focL Would the
mich.Y white nian thsa IL pleased % corns
aal I'D ta8 elepAantsi IL would * easy for
hia % DO. 81. n.os5 easy. It was only
n-cesa-y that hs should hide himself IA
tire. for saree was fun rnoon aud tlea
when tie eis7h21ts appeared be would speak
% them w4la tie <un, and they would fail
down deed, and there would be az end c1
taeir tronb4nS
.-Ot course I hsnmed and hawed, and
made great favor OK eonsenting to tSis pro
rosal, thoagh really Was delighted 10 havs
sgcn a cnance. One of the conditions that Z
made wss teat a messenger sbe1lG Et once
he dispatched 20 Wambe. whose traal "a
two dnys' journey frou where | was. telling
him that proposed 20 come ard pay M Re
Eeects 10 him in a fsw days. and 70 ask bis
formal permission TO shoot IN his country.
AIo / inslual-ed chat l was prepared 70 pre-
seut him with 'h0ugo, that IS biackm2il,
sad shas [ hoped 20 DO little trade ui.h
him IN IVORY. OF which / hssrd Re had 3
greas quaatssy TSis message the old gen
tle-nan prssnis-d % dispatch at once, though
there was ss.aething about his manner which
saoue4 Els thst lie was doubtful as 20 how It
would 10 received Afss- chat we struck
car camp as4 moved on te the kraal, which
- reached abent an ho;sr before sunset.
TEls zrzal VS. a collection Of huts surrounded
BY q sight thorn fence. perhaps there were
ten q taan n ali It vas situated IN = kloof
O. the mountain, with rivulst flowing down
it. Ths <loof vas dsnssly wooded. but for
some distance above tie <raal Il was free
from bush. and here, On tho rich deep ground
brought dawn By the rivulet we're she Guilt
waited lands. ia e--sent somewhere about
twenty or twenty-five acres. On the kraal
side II thsss laads stood n single hEt which
served for roealic sso-ss. which at the mo-
mont vas used As dwelling place by al Old
woman, tAe STSt wife OF or friend TIE head
I Eaan.
sIs appears that this old lady, having had
sor,s digsrenes Of opinion with her husband
about the sxtazt OF authority allowed 70 a
I younger and mora amiabis wife, had rseEsad
I to dwell N The kraal any more, and by way
I OF marking her displessnre had taken I'd her
/ aoozis among the rnea.ies As the issue viii
snow. shs vas. ~ IL happened, cutting of
her nose % spite her face.
T Close by this hat grew large banyan
tree. a glance at TIE Tnealie ground showed
NE tkas tie old headnan had not exagssr-
afad the mischief done by the elephants to
his crops, watch we're uow getting ripa
+ Nearly hals Of ths entire patch was destroyed.
7 The greas brstss had eaten al they could
aad the r-st they bad traupied down.
went up 70 their spoor and started back in
a-nagement Never bad SEEN such spoor
before Il vas siEnply enormous, more es-
psciallY that u one old bun, that had. so
sad ths natives. but q single tusk- One
mi~ht have used any Of the footprints for a
hip bath.
Having taken stock of The position, my
next step was 70 make arrangements for the
fray The three bulls. according 70 the
natives, had been spoored into the dense
patch q bush above rhs kIoof. Wow, is
SERVED - me- very probable that they would
return tonight - feod on slse remainder Of
tlsa riponi1g nsealisz Il 80. there was n
bright moon. xnd Is struck me thst by the
exercise Of a little Ingenuity might bag era
or more q them vifh0us exposing myself to
I env risx which. having the highsst respect
I for sae azErsssivs powers Of buli elephants.
vas great consideration % ne This. th~n,
wss ny plan. To The right OF tae hats "a yoa
iocs up ia kicof. ard commanding tie
uaes,is lands. stands the haaTan tree that
havs nentianef Into thar banyan tree
nisss up ny misd 90 60 Then II the e.
+ raangs appeared so0uid zpt q ssot Sc taera-
I aanou1oe6 ny iuteneacas - the bcearusn
81 ths kraat Who vas deiightsd Nov. -
sad. '5is peepie might sisep IN peaoe. FOR
whiie sbs ri rhtY write hunter sst aiofs Ike
srirlt Wacch.nS over TIA welfare q rs
krsai WAT vas tae1c - fesrF
"l tod ham tbas be was an N n-ratafHl
truss 81 tainz Of sleeping in peaoe whila I,
rerried Ike a wo1n1sd vuleurs on = tree.
watetsi frr his welfare ia rakefnl sorrow,
and szcn more he collarsed, and owned thaz
M ser.is were ssarp hs1s irsf'
eH eva-sr. ss have said. c,nfieuce was
-,s.llleteir restored. and tiaf evening ererT-
boiv IN tfe krsal. lntluclng tle sgperan-
n,fa1sd victi-a - jeaiorsv ia tie htsle 5us
shars the w-eiis coi1s Tere stored. went 20
b>I visa q zsass of sryeet secssr = -froza sle-
phsats and sa ossar aaissals Esas pr9wl b.
usras
yer mv rarf. pitohsa ny csssr helo~
shs 0a1l ard taen har,nS procured e team
81 wsod frorn tar seaaman-rsshsr rctsea
sne ~ re wsv-T 80 s. arToss tsva hoss.as