Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-09
COPYRIGHTED 1891
rCoPYRIGHTED 1890. !
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS ZAP, TEES !, IS

tatn ,I,srcha a. deep willy and unscrupulous
Of character IS plotting TO 10 ROB Ie,s him BY Mr.
John Blaine Nicholson on cohdlIi n2 Wt1iioro
Ilarries Kate, only daughter OF M II the
Tsiston brother of Mr.. j. NJ. Dalston. - Vi"
latter Mr. Nicholson has insultingly Iei s
bottle OF bay rum for his badness ana itb his
for the govt. He holds a concerns rrsn0e to send
LAWYER Mr.. Smooth, and they arrange noted
ont a Yankee sharper, Mr.. Cob Rowe r q
shot with a revolver, to endea'ol 2rfnI,nd
DaLhe, mio =, ~ Kate Dalston. The Yankee
undertakes to execute his comm . -, IAN
for Africa. At Rorke's Drift ne Is se whom he
ccrous erraud and meets Zulu win Wnoin +be
has a hand to hand fight, the YANKEE gettLi;ns tbe
worst of it. TIL. Zulu Is about 10 give nm are
conn de grace with his bowie kniie wheh 49, naIs
attacked by famished dogs from deserVeu Ai""-''
CHAPTER " .-RowE IS ESCAPE.
At the outburst of yelping denotlng the
approach of another pack, the uos
which had borne the heat and ourueh VI
the fray showed renewed signs OF Jury
They had no intention OF allowing .Ho
newcomers to share in the approhon1inH
feast, and gathered together LOT ue'-
perate rush. a,oI NM
ment had arrived, and the Zulu placed
his hand upon his companion s shoulder
while 1T smoke in his deep voice. Rowe
dId mot understand, but instinctlVely he
feIt for and took the warrior hand IN
his nervous grasp. Real Rfit-
grit. - he repeated, ''lt's something u
die with a man.
The dogs set up unearthly howl, anu
rushed forward. Above the dlu rose th1
shriu scream of q horse in his terror, anu
a white object doomed out or the uarh-
ness.
.'My horse - Dried Rowe, and stepped
forward, striking furiouslY at the brutes
that beset him on all sides.
The Zulu passed him like darK
shadow reached the horse, severed the
knee halter. and leapiug on the bare
back, rush ed by Rowe. AS ne passeu ne
caught the white man by the collar OF
his deerskip coat, and with mighty
effort swung him 10 the shoulders pslore
him.
Down the hill few the white horse !,
mad with terror, and then rhundereu
over the hard ground into the darkness.
The dogs were soon left behind, but their
wild howlings still filled the air, ana
acted like spurs upon the horse. MS
hoofs struck out sparks as he flashed IN a
streak of ghostly white, without isu i
or sturabIe, over the rough ground. Inc
.vo riders pressed their knees IN anu
waited for trouble. An accident OF sotpe
sort was bound to come, blu the rush OIL
air against their heated brows, and the
knowledge of their narrow escape from
a shameful death, gave them sense OF
citation. Another wild burst from Tue
dogs, as the two packs came INTO COL
lision startled the horse to renewed
burst-he tripped, stumbled ana lhel
fell headlong.
Rowe. after living on the broad of hi
hack for a minute or so, slowly rose up
in ovarv bOOa of his body.
He heard the sound of retreatlns
boofs. The horse had gone then! III
proDed about for the Zulu and called on
he could find nobody and there was III
response. The Zulu had gone also!
He sat down on the ground and tool
his head between his hands. de wa
acre from top to toe--bleedlng from
dozen wounds, faint from loss of blood
ana tired to death. Eight hours onl.
had elapsed since he had left Rorke .
Drift. strong and confident; now he wa
us weak as child.
oval, Rowe-Cob Rowe,' he NUT
tered, ''I guess you're pretty wei
played out.
AS though in hooking reply, the lonI
ouiyerlng howl of d jackal rose and die
away. 1t seemed to Rowe as though tn
creature cried 81 smell sick Yankee
whe-ah. weh-ah-he-ah -he-ah.
The night before he would have bee
Indifferent to the cry OF n leopard-no'
the howl of q sneaking jackai made hin
sbudder. He rose up and staggere
away into the night; moving bllndly
and forcing one leg after the other by
stubborn resolution screwed to q point o
tenson and kept there. 1t was an enol
that few men in his state, and under II
circumstances could have made but l
stumbled on, tripping over stones, an
collidtug against ant-hills, Keeling MOI
and more as he went from the diZzlne
caused by the wound on his head.
Thirst then added fresh torture,
went down on lis knees aud licked Il
dew from the scattered blades of gras
crawling eagerly from tuft to tuft.
AT iast utterly worn out, his limbs RI
fused to act, and he lay outstretche
with a twIg or shrub between his parche
Inns. A torpor stole over hinn, and wit
the last glimmer OF reason he made 6
effort TO shake IT off. In his dispair- Il
closed his teeth like a steel trap ov'
the shrub. Immediately from Il
bruised bark, sharp pungent essen'
arose to his brain. He chew
vigorously, and as he did so Il
torpor fled. his brain became clea
The heaven sent dew, had led him
the buchu, q herb possessing great IN
dicinal qualities. With his mind invij
GRATED, he could now hear the ripple
the water near by, and he crawled to
A tiny ril was gurgling into rouI
pool, whose still surface reflected q
stars.
Rowe drank deeply of the cold T
frsshing water, then washed the blo'
and dust from his face, and plunged b
head in.
As he sat up he felt that he was upon
smooth stone, and feeling about
traced tho outline of beaten path, 81
what was more, where the ground hi
been softsned, he discovered the print
a naked foot by the touch of his tine
tips lightly drawn over the ground.
He was then at q well near some hat
tation. Was it pied by friends or en-
mics? That was the question he ask
himself, but without any response fro
his dulled aud throbbing brain. Shou
he investigated
At any rate he would chance 1t.
accordingly rose up, having regainet