Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-14

shape'y head, and her eyes met those OF
the very one for whom that sigh was
spent From chin to brow the lovely
face was suduseI with bushes, then the
color faded, leaving the face white and
| cold.
"Father, she said. "here is Can't.
Blaine who was captured by the Zulus
and has marvellously escaped.
sBlaiue approached and greeted the old
| farmer, while Pala With sly look ut
| Mary withdrew hurriedly and ran to-
wards the house with many look back
over her shoulder to see IL she was fol-
lowed. When out OF sight she stopped
| quickly, took something from bag OF
| monkey skin at her side and placed II
+ uuder IL large fl It stone.
This done she went on to the kitchen +,
swaying her body to a dancing step and
| clnppiuG her hands.
Dick had watched the performance
| from the stable, but he gave little
thought 10 the stone and its hidden
| secret. Here was an opportunity for
| love-making, and Dick was not the man
| to let il slip.
He carefully arranged his woody locks.
cooked his snasher jaun!iiy OIL one side,
and staggered towards Pala with an
exaggerated imitation OF the cava!ry
roll, rubbing his cords together rs he
went to make swishiug noise.
Paa observed Ills approach with n
broad stare, then busted herself with
the fire.
"Murnin' - said Dick. crossing his
legs and leaning gracefully against o
tree, fine dey dis mornin'
"It's Afternoon said Pala, with q
toss of her head.
$50 it are,'' answered Dick. looking
anxiously up at the sky might u
known dat from the state of my STUN
mick. Sornefn nice for dinnah,' he
continued with u ins!duous smile.
Pula glanced at him out of the
corners of her eyes. 80 Tain t dinner
its tea. -
Soh-doan't keer, s'loug as it's
sumfin efyou II jes eat outn de same
pot.
Puls laughed scornfully.
"My. you as plump said Dick,
driving his approaches nearer. 'Now,
should say your arm were bigger as
mine. He unlinked his legs and
spnnned Psla's rounded arm with both
of his hauds. A sounding slap from her
dlsengaged hand sent him Keeling.
Dick lnughed. felt he was indeed get
ting on with his courtship. II he could
venture to give her return salute of
ihs same hearty description he would
feel safe.
"Not too plump TO work. he OBJ
served, ''got mighty strong arm.
Spect row you could hoe de corn well in
mygeartien.
Pula Strengthened herself, and Dick q
eyes glisteHed as they dwelt upon her
fine figure and proud bearing. He HIM
self was handsome fellow, with Il roll
licking glance, and no doubt had PLAYED
havoc in many a kranl, SO that he had
much confidence in his power Of cou-
quest.
.You be my wife? Go. plenty of cat
tle-plenty milk. Ell. what say?'
Pala looked him up and down. "I'm
n Zulu she said proudly-"you,
dog-gO!'
Duck pride was wounded at its most
tender part. He went ut once, with his
head up, and before he knew where he
was, be found himself at the base Of the
awful Kopje Alleen.
His first impulse WAS to run, but the
sting of Pala's contemptuous rejection
had innoculated him with reckiessness.
He resolved to explore the peak, even
if he were to come in contact with the
spirit of the flaming eve.
He went up at first with clatter. the
noise OF rafting stones giving him cour-
age as the shrill whiStling Of boy III u
lonely place gives him u feeling of secu-
rity, but when in the shadow of the
lurger rocks halfway up, the dull echo
OF the stones oppressed him, and he
moved cautiously.
Turning large rock he came suddenly
upon n grinning SIX ull perched on ledge
level with his face, and at the same in
slant binding shaft of light struck
usluilt from above and shone through the
hollow eyes.
Dick stood paralyZe5, his eyes stand
ing ut and his lower jaw falling away.
while u suTgling noise came out of his
throat.
He had no power TO fly from the awful
thing. and would in few seconds have
gone off in d iii had not the flame sud-
denly died away. He continued 10 glare
Ut the spectre in aLed way, when
noise from above attracted his attention.
1t sounded like Observation-Disclosures
laughter it was true, but still something
he could understand.
withdrawing his glance by painful
effort from the skull, he looked up to see
what matter OF spook it was. The irst
thing that struck him was that the spirit
had IL white face, n singular thing at the
outset, because as he understood, all
spirits were shadowy ami dark. The
next strange thing about the spirit was
its voice.
"Hulloa, you black n:eger,' it cried
out. ''have you got any tobacco about
you?''
"Yoh.'' cried Dick, "et's ole Skim
jacket - he gave n whoop and Skinned
up the remaining distance like q channels.
With the help of skins and ruses
Rowe had made himself a snug sleeping
place beneath n shelving rock and from
that safe retreat he could see all who
approached the farm house. Dick was
soon ut ease, though II was some time
before his face recovered its usual hue of
poii>heI mahogany.
His attention was given to curious
instrument which Rowe was working
upon.
$780, he observed with awe, .dot
was de ting made such a fire true de- dead
Zu!u's head.
Eyes. that was spirit Is eye that scared
you, Dick; you watch me throw line OF