The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-03-12

AeeBoE EVA ton wagons al VOiu against ot
least two. Thousand OF the bravest saw
Ttages n sihe worldf " ~ sS ~ ~
~ Maonmazahn, will You. take INV
advice this timer" Indaba-zimbi said,
presently.
What Is it?" 1 asked. ", n
] This. Leave your wagons here,
jump on that horse, and let us two run
for 1t as hard as We can 60. 1.-THE Zplus
won't follow US, they willlbe looking
after the Beers" R @
81 won't leave the other white men, -
said; ''it would be the act Of coward.
II die, | die"
"Very we'll, Macumazahn, then stay
! and be killed." he answered, taking a
pinch Of snuff.
f, Come, let US see about the wagons"
and we walked towards the lager.
Here every thing was in confusion.
However, got hold of Hans Botha and
, put 1t to him II it would not be best 10
desert the wagons and make run for
life.
Show can we do it?" he answered;
''two OF the women are too fat to 20 a
mile, one Is sick in childbed, and we
have only six horses among us. Be-
sides, II we did we should starvc in the
desert No, Heer Allen, we must hght
II out with the savages, and God help
u.s." Hlt'
God help US, indeed. Think OF the
children, IIans!'
~ can't bear to think" he answered,
In brolscn voice, looking at his own
little girl, sweet, curly-haired, blue
eyed child Of six, Slmed Tota, whom I
had often nursed as baby. "Oh, Heer
Allan, your father, the Predicant, always
warned me against trekking north, and
| never would listen to him because /
thought him cursed Englishman; now
see my folly. Heer Allan, IL you can,
try to save my child from those black
devils II you live longer than do; or II
you can't save her, kill her." and he
clasped my hand.
"It hasn't come TO that yet, Hans,'I
said.
Then we set to work on the lager.
The wagons, Of which, including my
two, there were ten, were drawn into
the form Of square and the disselboom
Of each securely lashed with rcins to the
underworks Of that in front OF it. The
wheels also we're locked and the space
between the ground and the bed-planks
Of the wagons was stuffed with branches
Of the "wait-a-bit" thorn, that fortu-
nately grew near in considerable guam
titles. In this way barrier was formed
Of no mean strength rs against foe un-
provided by firearms, places being left
for the men 10 fire from. In q little
over an hour every thing was done that
could be done and discussion arose as
to the disposal of the cattle, which had
been driven up close to the camp. Some
OF the Beers were anxious TO get them
into the laager, small as 1t was, or at
least as many of them as 1t would hold.
l argued strongly against this, pointing
out that the brutes would probably be
seized with panic as soon as the firing
began and trample the defenders OF the
lager under foot. As an alternative
plan suggested that some OF the native
servants should drive the herd along the |
valley OF the river till they reached a
friendly tribe or some other place OF
safety. OF course, IL the Zulus saw
them they would be taken, but the nat
ure OF the ground was favorable and 1t
was possible that they might escape II
they started at once. The proposition
was at once agreed to, and, what is more,
1t was settled that one Dutchman and
such Of the women and children as could !
travel should go with them. In half an
hours time twelve Of them started with
the natives, the Boer in charge and the
cattle. Three OF my own men went with
the latter; the three Others and Indaba-
zimbi stopped with me in the lager.
ITo DE CONTINUED.