New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-01

which / experienced HOW lons, lnis n'l. 80
OF movement lasted | cannot tell AT any rate
after certain time il ceased, and there was
nothing but sweet oblivion. Some TINE towaru
the morning / half awoke with delicious sense
OF having had a sound lrshlng sleelN so refresh
ing indeed that wanted some moro OF IT,
"Confound il. there arc the Nasal again
inwar,lly calculated with semi-consclous feenhS
Of fear and profound ANNOYANCE. as became aware
Of native voices Well | don't care lei them
steal and murder ! am tired OF this mstrabie ile,
/ declared u myself with sublime resignation 10
whatever fate might have IN store lof PIE ana !
more firmly closed my eyes, as II by that means
/ would also shut out all thought OF danger 10
myself and men. Stl in spite OF my desire ana
the evident drowsness which possessed me-
could not again fall quite sound asleep As Vi
dream was aware of noises not usually heard ID
camp There was the movement the mixing o.
bells and the lowing of cattle mingled with the
strident voices Of worncn while very PRONOUNCED
cathedral odor saluted my sense Of smell.
" How qucerl" thought ] must have been
dreaming that was IN 4 Nasal village aud can't
get the idea ont OF my head"
Still the same sounds came waited to my ear.
Dear me-" | again soliloquized, am asleep
or awaken With growing uneasiness, sat up
and rubbed my eyes, which were stupid ana dalea
from the effect of the opiaie. II was sun dark
and could distinguish nothing properly.
Feeling vaguely that something was wrong
or that I was still dreaming, made move TO
put my leg over the camp bedstead to get up
My foot Only struck the ground giving me aTr
been my. cork mattress There was no mat'ae ;S
thcrei Nor was there any bcdstead More ana
more surprised and astOunded, ] could only SIT
and attempt to gather my scattered senses ana
to clear my eyes by hard rubbing.
Il must have got out of bed IN my Sleep !,
| said to myself with nervous laugh. SongorO'
lmy servant / called out Bring hight
There no reply. go , go
more in higher key.
Still there was no response. -,
"By Jovc I'll wake you up| / cned WIN
the rising warmth permissible IN an African
jumped up only to go bang NioIenly
against something hard though happily yielding
and to rebound like a ball back on the moor
amidst a sufocating cloud OF me aust collapseu
and dumb-foundered
Good gracious!" I said to myself when |
had recovered my, senses and made sure N Iaaii
hut or am either mad or dreaming" 10 make
sure l was not the last, / made frantic efforts
to awake myself. Again shouted hastily TO my
servant There was a moment OF silence, theh
| sharp and clear through the fresh morning ar
| rose Nasal chant sung by band OF women;
As sat breathess and tsrrors'TcHea cDg
| lybon n'ebor" we pray to God, we pray TO inc
white medicine man. ! knew the meaning s oI
| that PRAYER only too WELL for daily with painful
| insistcnce il had been dnned in my ear from
| morning till night in varying tones OF nope ana
| despair
As | sat and listened with bated breath, the
| dreadful thought shaped itself III my NINA tiat
| | was not mad neither was / dreaming, DuU thaU
| in my proper persOn-body as well as soui-iWas S
| in Nasal kraal with an oVerWheihnins .n.I ~,
| of dismay the conclusion shaped ltSelI III my
mind that while | stupid with uhe opIdte'
! the camp had been surprised. prohabiY my mn
| butchered aud myself carried on capuNe' or tnc
| moment | was too much overcome by the horror
of this discovery to do anything but SIT sun ana
| try to realize The full nature of my dangerous
| nostion Meanwhile daylight was breaking WIN
| tronicaI rapidity and through the intcrstlces OF
the hut's walls sufficient hight was pehetIT III.
to enable me TO see my surrouhdlhea IL inI
| readers can imagine what huge clothes-DaSNet
| eight feet long by five broad and between lhfce
| and four deep would look like when turned up
side down and freely plastered over WIN cattlc
dung they Will understand "HaU Iic in''"0 VI =
| Nasal hut is like.
When I had become little more master OF
| my nerves and my courage, crept eau lousy ~,
to what seemed to me to be the entrance TO une
| Int The singing was still going on win uil-
| abated vigor Cautiously pushing aside the SKIN
which did duty as door ! peePeI "us' 30 nr
| gathered in front while behind a teroclous CON
course OF warriors stood looking on, resting as e1
their huge spears and eXmDthg Ihe N9uc I lul,
| of a rabbit from its burrow-and II on this
| occasion was the helpless rabbit for whom they
Good hesyens' grOansd' as I ii realized ali d
now There no installing the teEflp ii,Ie
| before me Cure their cattle or be klIleu
No amount of plausible talk would get over them
This time and standing as was stripped OF eNeIt
thing but my sleeping sun, Soun ot nUy ore mar.
| amuse them by any display OF Wiat W.T. mar
| vrIlous things to these untutored saVages.
| MnanwbiIe the Nasal became impatient for my
appearance. The singing stopped a G Nct ,
| Gould he heard among the warriors; NeXt mo-
ment the door-covering was pushed aside ana
one Of their number appeared at the opening.
Lybon Sobai p 9w 40 you do = ne sm nHSG
/ Then he held out to me TUT oil grass 10 "Ssat
| me Of the friendly feelings Of my captorS-that
being their symbol OF ami'y anu Pe"oo ""'''-
no HaiI Hail" he CALCULATED half in fear hall
| in the tone of a man not accustomed u h"Ne Hi'
au Z cann1t be your friend till know why have
bccp brought here and what has become OF my
men oftily answered, becomlhg master oi NY NY
| self and seeing that fearless demeahor was lily
'es' Your our men are safe from our spears ne re-
Piled They sleep in camp ana VIII wa w9IU rS SUT
| rretnrn, This was indeed good news anu reah'
| mated me with new hopes oil ne; ..o,, e.,
Yes: but why have you dared TO touch tht
ybOn Of the whi' Sc man wniie HIS '''i-' "'
We brought you that you might stay anon 3li
our cattle and heal them; afterwad you VII
| return to your men. ,,
Heal your cattle!7 I cred with simulated
anger Neverl You have outraged the ser
yaHi of Ngai; your cattle must all perish a an,
your warriors become IKE women AM fo ar, nre
dic,Ion yisjblv affected the m'sseI 2 r.. a"d ne
looked Us if he expected TO be blasted by th'
fierce scintillations OF my eye
" Bring forth the lybon" was howled ,out a
this moment by the impatient crowd while II
expectation Of my forthcoming the women ''iG'
more set up a shrill song to dlSaTm my wraini
/ knew too well the character Of the people WIZ
whom had to deal ana the dangerously eAcllaDl'
condjtion they were in to venture 10 oppose thc
wishes and, therefore. assuming, as bold IRON
as possible | crawled out of the hut: On my ap
pearancc the crowd shranIJ back while TO sooth'
nv RULED spirit the women redOubed the clamo
Of their sharp, cracked voices at the same, TIM
accompanying their singing oy vigorous hahu
On getting outside and regalning my feet my
first thought was TO ascertain where l was.
sharp look around apprised me tina
the kraal was very large warriors, one
forming circle of continuously connected has
, ket,huts similar to the one had left Upwar
! of a hundred warriors faced me with an array o
/ ferocious faces which would have been the cnv!
and tho DESPAIR Of all other African tribes Sev
eral hundred cattle, in variou> stages OF the DIR
disease occupied the rest of the open space, whic
had much the appcarance of recllng dunChill
:" Whv have been bronght hercP ! once NOR