Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-09
EARNEST GRANVILLE
Etc., and Edward Rapier.
TCoPYRIGHTED 1890.

VIII ieaVe me in peace. You must know
.hat SiTayo has given out that this hous
Is sacred and my father is content to lie
me stay on. -
You are severe on your friends. ,
| sald Dalston, gloomily, "but with caus
sadly admit. Let me tell you,'' h
continued earnestly, snow, how terribl,
nave suffered for having driven yol
into that risk-the thought of it has KEEP
me sieepless. If you had been hit woulC
nave shot the man who gave the wounC
even if it had been myself He endec
with a lowering of his black brow and
snap OF his heavy jaws that spoke mors
than words of his resolve.
Mary shuddered slightly then made 6
movement with her hand. "Let Il
pass, she said, "you did your duty and
did mine. What became of the chief?'
He scuttled away like fox, ana we
Dur Mt his huts to light HIM on his wav. -
If | were q SOLDIER said Mary with
an angry flush on her cheeks, 81 would
scorn TO burn the houses of the enemy
ana chase the women and children into
the rocks. -
1t is war, Miss Rath. and you know
all Is fair in love and wsr?''
mo, sir; wanton cruelty is not fair in
war, neither l imagine would treachery
be in love- -
He finched strangely under her direct
gaze, then with forced smile and a
voice he tried TO soften, said:
- am afraid you are rebel, Miss
Rath -
$50 I am )" she replied, with a change
OF manner. 81 wonder you do not re-
port me to your colonel; [ am sure he
would place me under arrest?''
by the way, talking of arrest, do
you know that Rowe, the man whom you
and MIR. Rath befriended, is under ar
rest?''
What! Not for protecting me against
you. she said quickly, not judging her
words. ION, Pm sorry,' she said
as she noted how he shrunk.
mo, he said with an effort: ssnot
for that. Good heavens, Mar, Miss
Rath, you must not think SO meanly of
me. l was mad then, and hoped Won
had forgiven ano forgotten. No, he
was arrested on suspicion of an a,tem ut
to murder Capt. Blaine. -
Murder Captain Blaine,'' gasped
Mary
"Yes, Captain Blaine was struck
down the night after you last saw him.
and it is supposed that this man Rowe
was the assassin. -
'How horrible. And l was so cruel
to him; how wicked you men are!D
Dalston WINGED again, and plucked
fiercely at his moustacbe.
land where is Captain Blaine now?
Is he recovering?'
mo one knows where he il. Miss
Rath. 1t is supposed be is prisoner
among the Zulus, if, that is, he be still
alive,' he added darkly.
Dalston did not stay much longer; he
had. as usual. Numbered. and had to
'etire after having created a lively sym-
oathy for the man he detested.
Course the fellow he muttered
'loomily, with an oath, "why did he
want to cross my path?'
Mary did not speedily recover from the |
hook which Dalston' s sudden revelation |
lad caused her. And when she did, she |
emembered how Captain Blaine had |
ooked at her with his face close to hers.
When he held the lighted match in his
followed hand, and she felt his parting
,iss upon her hand.
The tears came into her eyes at the
bought, and she reproached herself for
er harshness to him; then, with glow
f resolution, she sprang up aud went in
earch of Pala.
'Pala, che said. az did service
or you, l want one of you.'
'Speak mistress,'' said Pala.
herself, "and 10, 1 will
O it,
:You know Capt. Blaine?''
'He with the sun in his eyes? Is it as
said-will the mistress seek him in
larriage? And she will have me go as
Mary smiled at Pala's simplicity and
ager anticipation. ''No, child, the
,sk would have you do is more dan
erous. The Young man is prisoner;
OH must find him.
Pala showed no emotion at this abrupt
emand upon her to enter upon a search
ithout given point of the compass to
lide her.
GLOW does the mistress know he IL
ive?' she asked with cruel dlreotness.
The Zulus spare not. If he was taken
lptire, he is now lying on the veldt,
ce upwards.
Mary shuddered. HNo,' she MUIR
ured, "ha is alive, and you must find
m. Surely you would not refuse me in
is?''
81 will go, mistress. even to Ulundi;
It II 1 find him, and he lives, what
en?'
Yes, what then? What could a help.
% girl do?
"Tell him-tell him his friends will ]
Ike steps to save him. And, Pala, see I
rayo and ask him to spare this man." {
81 will co. But hear me, l cannot
Y upon my people. II he is alive and l {
ID where he is hidden. mistress must
t set the white soldiers upon the @
aal. - q
'Trust me, Pala; you and will find 8
cans to get him away o
'There is one thing I cannot under.
ind. If mistress has not set her heart q
on this man. why. should she trouble q
out him? He is a soldier and is pre- z
red to die-then let him die.'' u
'sOh, Pala, you are cruel. He must L
{ die. He shall not-1 feel that 1 :
lst see him, and cannot tell you why l q
uld.''
''Ah," said the girl shaking her y
ad "that Is love. Now 1 am con- e
1t, the white girl saved my chief so. 8,
ear will save her chief q
She rolled up her sleeping mat, took
sesegai to act as q stick and weapon "
and went away with a swing oil
stride turning once to salute her
stress, who stood watching her van p
ing figure. el
CHAPTER xv.-ROwE IN A FIX. b.
What Capt. Dalston had said was "