The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-14
?HE LIGHT THAT Failed.
Continued from. Second raae.l

Bilh ISt SPONTANEOUSLY cuoWlhk lutu
one after another. "Chief mate dirke,
by n colnprnlor.--Jnnk ashore OF Kako
date,--Somali muleteer being logged
starShell bursting over cimp at Der
bera,-Slnte.dhow being chiyled rouu,
Taiprrah Day.--Soldicr lying dead in thl
moonlight outside suaklm,-lhroat Gu
by Frzzes."
"H'm !'said Torpenhow, "can't say
caro- 1or Observation-Disclosures myself
but there's no accounting for tastes
Doing anything now, are youP"H
mo. Amusing myself here" W
! Torpnnhow looked nj tho aching desc
lation Of the place. "Faith, you vequeel
acknowledgements. Got any money!
Enough to 20 on with. Look here
you want mo 10 do war-work?" u T..a+
II don't. My syndicate may. though
You can draw inore than little, and
don't suppose YOU care much what you
get, do You ~
mot this time. l want my chance
Grst.' g@a. ',s 50
Torpenhow looked ut the sketches
again, and nodded. Eyes, you're RICH.
to taxa your first chance when you can
get It." pau
lilo rode away swiftly through the
Gate OF the Two War.Ships, ratified
across tho causcway into the town, and
wired 10 his syndicate, Got man here,
picture work. Good and cheap. Shall
| alnnge2 VIII do letter-p,ets with
sketches" .l s.4l.3
The man on the redoubt sat swinging
bis legs and murmuriug, III knew the
chance would come, sooner or later. by
God, they'll lave to sweat for this II l
come through this business alive!"
In the evening Torpenhow was able
to announce to his friend that the Cen
trail Southern Agency was willing to take
him on trial, paying expenses Tor three
months. "And, BY the way, what's
your name?' said Torpcnhow.
"Hsldar. Do they give me free
hand?' ,5TE0G 4. 'r.
"Thoy've taken you on chance. You
must Justify tho choice. You'd better
stick IL me. I'm going up country with
a column, and I'll do what can for you.
Give me some OF your sketches taken
here, and III send 'em along" To him.
sell he said, "That's the best bargain the
Central Southern has ever made; and
they got me cheaply enough"
SO 1t came to pass that, after some ptr-
chase OF horse flesh and arrangements
financial and political, Dick was made
free ofthe New and Honorable Fratern-
ityof war correspondents, who all possess
tho inalienable right OF doing as much
work as they can and getting as much for
it as Providence and their owners shall
please. TO these things are. added in
time, II the brother be worthy, the power
OF glib speech that neither man nor wo.
man can resist when meal or a bed is
in question, the eye OF horse coper, the
skill Of a cook, the constitution OF
bullock, the digestion OF IN ostrich, and
an Infinite adaptability to all crcum-
stances. But many die before they ut
tain to this degree, and the past.masters
in the craft appear for the most part in
dress clothes when they are in England,
and thus is their glory hidden from the
multitude.
Dick followed Torpenhow wherever
the lstter's fancy chose to lead him, and
between the two they managed to accom-.
plish some work that almost satisfied
themselves. 1t was not an easy life in
any way, and under its influence the two
were drawn very closely together, for
they ate from the same dish, they shared
the same water.bottle, and, most bind
ing he OF all, their mails went of to.
gether. 1t was Dick who managed to
make gloriously drunk q telegraph clerk
IN palm hut far beyond the Second
Cataract, and, while the man lay in bliss
on the floor, possessed himself OF some
laboriously acquired exclusive iniorma-
lion, forwarded by contiding cores
pendent OF IN opposing syndicate, made
a careful duplicate of the matter, and
brought the result to Torpenhow, who
said that "all was fair in love and war.
correspondence" and built an excellent
descriptive article from his rivals riot
Gus waste OF words. It was Torpenhow
who-but the tale OF their adventures,
together and apart, from Phile to the
waste wilderness OF Herawi and 8Iuella,
would fill many books. They had been
penned into square side by aide, in
deadly fear OF being shot by over.excited
soldiers; they had fought with baggage.
camels in the chill dawn; they had jog.
ged along in silence under binding sun
on indeiatigable little Egyptian horses
and they had aoundered on the swal.
lows Of the Nile when the whale-boat in
which they had found berth chose to
smite hidden rock and rip out half her
bottom planks.
Now they were sitting on the sand
bank, and the whale boats were bringing
up the remainder OF the column.
Yes" said Torpenhow, as be put the
last rude stitches into his over long.neg.
lected gear, ut has been beautiful bust.
ness -lsr $3.50, ....
"The patch, or the campaign ?" said
Helkar. 'Don't think much OF either,
myself"
"fou want The Euryalus brought up
above the Third Cataract, don't your
and eighty.onc ton guns at Jakdul?
Now, I'm quite satisfied with my
breeches." He turned round gravely to
exhibit himself, after tho manner OF
clown. ~
tits very pretty. Specially the let
teriug on the sack. G. B. 7. Govern
ment Bullock Train. That's sack from
India" tis
SITS my initials-Gilbert Belling Tor
penbow. ! stole the cloth on purpose.
What the mischief are the camel corps
doing yonder?' Torpenhow shaded his
eyes and looked across the Hcrub.strewn
gravel. i23 = +. s5yy ~
Abugle blew iuriously, and the men
on the bank hurried to their arms and
accoutrements.
!" 'Pisan soldiery surprised while bath.
ing,'' remarked Dick, calmly. "D'you
remember the'picture2 It's by Michael
Angelo. All beginners copy it. That
scrubs alive with enemy"
The camel corps on the bank yelled 10
the infantry 10 come to them, and Il
hoarse shouting down the river showed
that the remainder OF tho column had
wind Of the trouble and was Fastening
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