The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-02-26

CHEF.
the iniquities Of misspent life weigh
ing on you at the last'
"You look after yourself, and think OF
your own sins, young man. he an
swered, with grim smile, and taking q
pinch Of snuff; and at that very moment
fash of lightning, / don't know from
which storm, struck the ground within
thirty PAGES OF me. That was enough
for me, / fairly took to my heels, and as
went / heard old Indaba-zimbi's dry
chuckle Of amusement
climbed the hill till came to where
the chief was sitting with his Indunas,
and sat down near to him. / looked ut
the mans face and saw that he was In
tensely anxious for his sons. safety, and
by no means confident OF his powers to
resist the magic Of Indaba-zimbi. He
was talking in low voice to the Induna
next TO him. / affected TO take no mo-
tice and TO be concentrating my atten-
ton on the novel scene before me; but
In those days ! had very quick ears, and
caught the drift Of the conversation.
"Hearken!" tho chief was saying, 'if
the magic OF Indaba-zimbi prevails
against my son l will endure him no
morel OF this am sure, that when he
has slain my son he will slay me, me
also, and make himself chief in my
place. fear Inaaba-zimbi. 0nl"
"Black one" answered the Induna,
wizards die as dogs die, and, once dead,
dogs bark no more"
"And once dead, said the chief, ''wiz-
ards work no more SPELLS" and he bent
and whispered in the Induna's ear, look
ing at the assegai in his hand as he whis-
pered.
Good, my father, goodl" said the In
duna, presently. at shall be done to-
night, II the lightning does not do It
first.n
"a bad lookout for old Indaba-
zimbi," said to myself. "They mean
TO kill him." Then thought no more
Of the matter for awhile, the scene be-
fore me was too tremendous.
The two storms we're rapidly rushing
together. Between them was q gulf OF
blue sky, and from timo to time flashes
Of binding light passed across the
gulf, leaping from cloud 10 cloud. re-
that they reminded me of tho
story OF the heather Joye and his
The storm 4 at was
shaped like giant and ringed with the
glory Of the sinking sun made an ex-
cellent Jove, and i am sure that the
bolts which leapt from 1t could not
have bean surpassed even in mytho-
logical times. oddly enough, as yet tho
flashes were not followed by thunder.
A deadly stiffness lay upon the place;
the cattle stood silently on the hill
side; even the natives were awed TO
silence. Dark shadows crept along the
bosom OF the hills, the river to the
right and left was hidden in wreaths OF
,loud, but before US and beyond the
IL shone like line Of silver
beneath the narrow space Of open sky.
Now the Western tempest was scrawled
all over with the lines Of intolerable
light, while the inky head OF the cloud
yiant TO the east was continually suf.
fused with q white and deadly glow
hat came and went in pulses, as
.hough blood Of fame was being
pumped into IT from the heart Of the I
storm. a
The silence deepeDed and deepened, .
he shadows grew blacker and biacker;
hen suddenly all nature began 70 moan
beneath the breath Of an Icy lind. On
anne the wind; the smooth surface OF |
he river was rtfiied by into little 4
waves, the tall grass bowed low before
I, and in It's wake came the kissing /
ound Of furious rain. |
Ahi the storms had met From each
here burst an awful dazzling blaze
4 light, and now tho hill on which we
at rocked in the noise OF the following
hunder. The light went out OF the sky,
arlxness fell suddenly on the land. but
ot for long. Presently tho whole land
cape grew vivid in the flashes; tap
cared and disappeared, now every thing
ms visible for miles, now even the mon
: my side vanished In the blackness.
he thunder rolled and cracked and
ealed1iko the mpofdoom, ,whirlwinds
ore round, lifting dust and eyon stones
Ugh into the air, and in . low, oontinu-
US undertone came the hissof the rush
ng rain.
! put my hand before my eyes TO shield
hem from, the terrible glare, and looked
eneath II towards tho lists Of iron