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vcald brsuy them through ths mss. Now
ever silce had allied tbose thTes Elephants
s.nS.e handed / had gained great iatceacs
5seg these ussa, sn1 they ilsteaed 70 ma 30
II we went a. hard As ever We coa.d So ia
members of The ALPINE club ~oui4 lot have
Ussc io lt with IA We uAA-1s ths bowl1srs
burn. a. a FrencbIaAn S0u = say. " bsa We
hAAl done sboat mile. TIE spears began 10
snsergs from the bsir OF scaLaeTsd bush, and
he wsOop of their bearers as they Sis'sed us
broke upon our ears. quick as our pace had
been before, II grew much quicker now, TO-
terror lent wings 20 M gallant crew. But
they were Eorely tired. aud the loads were
heavy, 60 that TIn, or rather climb, as "a
WOzid, NaElbcs sc.l4sls. scrRbby looking
lot Of men VITA b.g speaEs, small shields, ous
wi-aout pluEses. elinDe4 considerably faAter.
TEs lzsE uIs u that pleasing chsse wa hks
"a fox huas, re being .As fox, AID always II
view What As.Oniahed ne was the ex.raor-
dinary endurance and activity shown by Maj
va Sac never even tagged l think thas
girls musclss must have been made of iron,
or perhaps it was the strength of her VIII
tlat supported her. At any rate sine reached
tae foot q the peak second. poor Gobo, wko
Uas an exceLent hand a. running away. be-
ing lrst.
Presently / came painting up, and glanced
At tho zscen. Before us vas a wall of rock
about one hundred and fifty feet in height,
upon which tho strata so laid as 20 form
a series OF reflections sufficiently resembling
steps 70 make the ascent, comparatively
speaking, easy, except st one spot, where it
vas necessary 70 climb over a projecting
angle OK cliff and bear little 10 the left IL
was not really difficult place, but what
made .t awkward was that Immediately be-
meath this projection was a deep fssure or
donga on tho brink OF which we now stood,
originally dug out, no doubt, bv the rush Of
water from the peak and cliff This gulf
beneath would. at the critical point, be try
ing 10 the nerves OF a weak hesded climber,
and Il proved in the result After the
projecting angle was passed the remainder
Of the ascent was vtrv simple. At the sum-
/ init. however the brow OF the cliff hung
over, and was pierced by single narrow
path cut through IL by water in such fashion
that single bOwlder rolled intopt at tue top
would make the cliff quite impossible 10 peo-
pie without ropes.
"N ambe's soldiers were at this moment
about thousand yards from US, so it was
evident that we had no time 70 lose / at
once ordered the men 70 commence the as
cent, the girl Maiwa who was familiar with
the pass going first TO show them the way
| Accordingly they began TO mount with alac-
rity pushing and lifting their loads in front
| Of them. When tho frst Of them, led by
Maiwa. reached the projecting anglc, they
/ put down their loads upon = ledge OF rock
and clamoered over Opco up, by gong on
their stomachs on a bowlder they could reach
| the loads which were held up 10 them by the
men beneath, and in this way drag them up
over the awkward place. whence they were
easily carried 70 the top. But all Of this took
| time, ard meanwhile tho soldiers were com
| ing r2 fast, screaming and brandishing their
big spears. They were now within about
! four hundred yards, and several loads, to-
| getber with AL the tusks, Lad ye. 10 Be got
over the rock. | was still standing ct tho
bottom OF tie ciiG, shouting out directions
/ 10 the men above, but IL occurred u me that
II would soon be time 10 move Before doing
50, however, thought that it might be wei
| To try ard produce a moral effect upon the
advancing enemy. In my hand / beld q
| Winchester repeating caTblns, but the dis
tanee was too great for me TO use it
vita effect, 50 l tEraed to Gobo, who
was shvering with terror a. nv
SIDE. and, handing him the csrbiDe,
took from hius my express Tne enemy was
now about GO yards away and the express
was only gbted 20 500 sail | knew that il
cogld bs trusted for the extra fifty yards.
Running in front Of Wanbe's soldiers were
two men-csPta'ns, I suppose-ons Of them
very tail. | put up the 800 yard flap, snd,
| sltssng down with my hack against the rock,
| | drew loag breath - STACY nysslf and
covered ths tail maa, giving hin full sight.
Feeling taat | was on him I p1llNi and be-
fore TIE sound Of the striking bullet could
reach ny ears | saw the man throw up MS
arms and pstcA forward on to bis head His
companion stopped eead. giving ma TAR
chance. rapidly covered him and fired tie
lsft tarrel RE tGrn.d round once and tnen
ssE~ down X heap
"fsis caused the eneny - hesitate: they
had never seen men silled al such a distauos
before, and thought that there was sonse-
tniaG uncanny about tAs performance. Tax
ing "a vsntsgs q the luii. ysve TIE express
back 70 oiebo. and, SINGING the Winchssfer
repeater over nv back, / began - Climb the
| eli. When ws reached tiss PROTESTING ssyl.
sil tse loads were over, bit the t,Isks stil
hsd 70 be rasssd up. snd this. owing 10 Their
weiGRt and the smoottness ~ tear s1rfaca
vas very difficult tass OF ooHrSe 1 ouuh'
20 have abandoned tt- tusxs often ard otter
have ~ncc repraaened myself for not doirc
81 indesl. thsnk that ray 0bsfinscv abou
them vas downright ssnfui bus aleayssa.
ossssnsse a1olt thinzS- and I could not bsaI
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