Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-11-22

pass Ieaulns 10 ambe's town with feelings
very different from thoss with which VIC
had descended it few days before. Eat if
] was grateful for the issue Of events, you
can easily imagine what poor Every's feel
ings were. When we got 10 the top of the
pass he actually, before the whole inpi,
Topped down upon bis knees and thanked
Heaven for his escape with tho tears running
down bis face. But then, as have said his
nerves were shaken; though, now that his
beard was trimmed and he had got some TT
of clothes on his back and hope in his heart,
I be looked a very different man from the poor
wretch whom we had rescued from death by
torture
swell, we separated from Nala at the little
/ stairway or pass over the mountain, Livery
and and tho ivory going down the river
which we had come up a few weeks before,
and the chief returning to his own kraal on
the farther side of the mountain. He gave
us an escort of $50 men, however, with in
structions to accompany us for six days
journey and keep the Matuku bearers in
order and then return. | knew that in six
DAYS We would be able to reach district
where porters were plentiful and whence we
could easily get the ivory conveyed to Della
goa bay"
''And did you land it up safer" | asked.
swell, no." said Quatermain; 1--WE lost
about a third of it in crossing a river. A
flood came down suddenly, just as the men
were crossing, and many Of them had to
throw down their tusks TO save their lives.
We had no means of fishing it up, and 81 we
had to leave it, which was very sad How
ever, We sold what remained for nearly
$1,000; SO we did not do so badly. doa't
mean that got $1,000 out of it, be-
cause, you see | insisted upon Every tax
ing half share. Poor fellow, he had
earned it if ever man did. lie set up a
store in the old colony on tie proceeds, and
did uncommonly we'll"
Sand what did you do with the Lon trapln
asked Sir Henry
"Oh, | brought that away with me Also
and when | got to Durham | put it in my
house Bus really, could not bear 20 sit
opposite to it nights as | smoked. Visions of
that poor woman and the hand Of her dead
child would rise up in my mind, and also OF
all the other horrors Of which it had been
the instrument. ! began to dream 10 List
that it had me by the leg. This was too
much for my nerves, so | just packed 10 up
and shipped it to its maker IN Sheffield,
whose name was stamped upon the Steel,
sending him letter at the same time TO tell
him to what purpose the Internal machine
had been put | believe that he save IL TO
some museum or other"
And whnt became OF the tusks Of the /
three bulls which you shotl You must have
left them at Nala's kraal, suppose
The old gentlemans face fell at this ques-
ton
All" he said "that Is very sad story. |
Nala promised to send them with the goods /
to my agent al DelasOa, and so he did. But
the men vino brought them were unarmed, I
and, as it happened, they fell in with slave
caravan under the command Of half-breed
Portugee, who seized the tusks, and, what is
worse, swore that he had shot them. paid
him out afterwards, however, he added,
with smile of satisfaction; "but it did not
give me back my tusks, which no doubt
have long ago been turned into hair brushes"
And he sighed
well, said Good, "that is a capital yarn
IF yours, Quatermain; butt
But whatr he asked, sharply, forseeing
draw
But | don't think that it was so good as
nine about the ibex--it hasn't the same
lnishn
Mr.. Quatermain made no reply. Good was
,eneath IT,
do you know, gentlemen, he said, "it is
IF past in the morning, and If we are
.oing to shoot the big wood tomorrow we
ught to leave here at $50 SHARPE
oh, If yoa shoot for a hundred years you
viii never beat the record Of those three
yoodcocl," said
"Or Of those three elephants, added Sir
lenry.
And then we all went TO bed, and dreamed
hat ! had married Maiwa and was much {
lraid of that determined lady. ,
THE END. ,