Telegram-herald., 1888-09-23

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"IReir eaptdlR asked i0hsrs 10 .osrs 9ofR0-
party answered that be was conveying
Maina. Wenbe's runaway wife. together
with tLs white hunter and bis men, 10 DO
given up TO Wanbe. in sccordsncs
with his command The captain then
wanted 20 know why We were 30
many, 70 which our spokesman replied
thai | and nay men were very desperate
fellows, and that it was feared that II re
were sent with a srlailer escort we should
escape, and bring disgrace and the wrath of
Warnao upon their tribe. Thereon this gen.
tienaa, tae NAtuiuu captain, began ~ aEnuse
himself az my sz7'snse. and mock ma, saying
that HslBb~ woais make mo pay for toe sol
disrs that 1 bad killed Hswoui pat RE in
the Thing thas bitSs'-in other words, the
lSo1 trRp-and leave ma there 20 die like
jaokai caught by the leg. ! made no answer
to this, Though my wrath was great, but pro-
tended to b Frightened lRdsaA there was not
much pretenEs about III was frightened
could not conceal from myself that IL was
ours was a most hazardous enterprise. and
thas it was very possible that / night make
aeoralntanss wian that Hon trap before !
vas many days older. However, 1t was quite
impossible tO desart poor Every IN hts mis-
forsune 50 / had 20 90 on, and trust 20 Provi-
deH0e as have 50 often had to do before
and since
And now q fresh difficulty erose.
Warnbef sosdiers insisted upon accompany
ing Us. and, what Is more did al they could
to urge as forward, as thcv were naturally
anxious 10 set to the chioFs place before
evening, But we, on the other hand, had
excslleos reasons Tor not arriving al night
was closing In, since we rAiod upon the
gsoofn to cover our advance upon the koppie
which commanded tho town. Finally they
got so i1aper sunats that we had 10 fiatsy re
fuso 70 nove faster, alleging as a reason that
the girl was tired Thss did not accept this
excuse In good part, and as one tine /
thought that we should have como 70 blows,
for there Is no love lost between Bsttanas
and Mstukus. At last. however, either from
motives OF policy or because thsy were 50
evidently outuurnbercd, they gave IN. and
suffered Us 70 go our own pace. ! earnestly
wished that they would have added TO the
obligation by going theirs, bat this they alb
solrte.y declined co do. On the contrary,
they accompanied Us every foot Of the way,
keeping up running fire Of allnsions to the
Thing that bites that Jared upon my nerves
and discompcscd my tamper.
About hall past Ia the afternoon we
came TO q neck OF ridge Of stony ground,
whenoe we could plainly see Warlhss town,
lying some elk or soven miles away and 5000
feet be0eath us The town Is built In a val
ley. With the exception Of Wanbes own
kraal; toat Is situated al tho mouth of some
caves upon tho slope Of toe opposing noun
tsins, over which hoped TO see our impi's
spears come 6ashing IN the uorrow's light.
Even from where we stood it was easy to see
how strongly The place was fortified with
schanses aud stone walls, and hox difficult of
approach Indeed, unless taken by surprise,
it seemed TO me quite irnprssn2bls to q forcs
operating without cannon, and sven cannon
wouid not make much impression on rocks
and stony koppsss 1Iled With owes
Then came the descent OF the psss, and en-
arduous business it was. for the psta-if il
may be called pstk--vas almost entirely
composed Of huge water worn bowiders, from
tho one to the ether OF which wa had TO jump
Ike so many grasshoppcrs It took rs two
hours TO get down; and travelling through
that burning sun, sten at last we did reach
the bottom, /, for one, was pretty nearly
played out Shortly afterwards. tust as IL
was growing dark. we came 20 the frstlhne
Of fortficatfons, which consisted of iple
stOss wall pierced by a gateway so narrow
that a man could hardly squeeze through j.
We passed this without question, being ao-
companied by Wsnbess soldiers Then came
bels Of land fhT,s hundred Paces OF moro IA
width, VERY rocky and hrokea, and having
no huts upon II Il vas ia bollavx IL this
belt that tie cattle were krasled IN esso Of
dsngcr On the farther SIDE Esrs 1ore for
tiscations. snd aboth2rsnzl gateway shaped
like sn inverted ', and jEst beyoSd ard
through n sn~ sbs i-pppfr We hst planned
70 sc4zs looming sp assisst sse lis- ~ noun
tains behind. As vcnt I whisFer-d ray s1s
| gsstiozs 20 cur captain. with tbe result that
st the sscond Eas5~s5 he bait~1 tie csval-
czde, and. adirssssng tie oap.sin of Wsnses
sosdieTx SD f0st W you'd rsit III ws TO-
osiv@d Wsmeo's word % enter tie town
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Z ouly - ns1Ft bard over TIE prisoners - =
t1fsa ~ tn 90 olisfs krsal for usulbe vas
7 'hungTy ~ begsn Upoz them, and BIS heart
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sssr-lT ~ ~-sh -sir7ne her. Oar lssder
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