Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-04
JUPITER Xx.-a RESCUE.

rho horrors of that awful night lett
..-..r, IMPRESSION on the young British
ar.r They dried up the fount Of ner-
,,r4s. la his nature and made sleep al
,-.., a terror to him for many months.
Sometime in the night. it seemed an
,.. rressure round the leg relaxed.
.... ma coils were drawn slowly over the
.,.f ara few feet, when the regular
,-.rf a- q The Gorged reptile warned
r.u that f.. slept.
r.t4.n-trd TO change his position,
......- reg bent under him. and ne had
49,. Z r.-orously TO restore the blood
1901. had been forced out by the pres
s.-..
,gHr. as rubbed he pondered over his
---...n. uu. the more he dwell upon l.
il.. ,r.-s hopeless it appeared. Get out
,--....s. ,Le issgrH ne could not, and re-
r..r %. TINT svcrtbie hole for another
r-. Eas impossible.
There was only one chance OF escape
..-t resented itself 10 him, and that
moo. the slightest. II was through the
r-..- which the python had entered.
r....r..rre was indeed small. In the
tr-. .se the hole was probably not
,..--... rough, 10 The second he was not
-.. 44J q led TO any opening, ana
.-.r rs passage was barred by the
-r..
....r, however, he made up his
RI. take the desperate course. and
D., ... .rs- ray Of light wAich struggled
'ne crack above, he wnriiy
rs Coward, feeling about with h:s
90. apl.y. 20 locate the sleeping mon
str
ID. struck against something hard, and
rla.E Jap ;h- nsseGal which the Zulu had
9r..r.a- with the butt OF this he softly
-.r.I The cave ahead, ana could not
..ra..ss "a suudder us he touched the
l5..rl body.
Ib- .realure Missed ct the touch, aud
fts great diamond shaped head Was
-..,.g -ivaue-d yard or two, until it
-.-l.l e.. ne spot where the ray of light
s..ne au dark stain of blood.
d. -.rSgI tongue darted out from the
--a yaas mrdaUinEly, but its stony eyes
.-e Iu.I. md the muscles along its
ue.. w--. EUcci.
WHY. oil disgust and rage surgeu
Hu.-n Blaine: he poised the assegai,
u-aur0s- IL with fierce thrust right
t.-a.-u tre prone head, and before the
dsrlai HruI first into the hole beyond.
lIs Rri-gIed along III mad haste, with
aa uwIui -rusa that the serpent would
e. ze Am from behind, DARED into a nest
of large egEs, which smashed under his
gut, releasing number OF half
l4ly4-t nythous, which Kissed and
sg.i-Hrd. Wttn a groau of horror he
.c-alu led on. the tunnel narrowing ut
hmm fns l,t-
il- sG1ull-Ts.
Hete he remained painting and fighting
sur 1rputa, unable to advance, and
afraid 10 retreat, with q strong. musky
sua. as-ailiug his nostrils, and foul,
damp air passing into his lungs ut every
.al5red breath. Intense darkness COM
plpt=d the horror OF his position, ard
strange sensation of ht-headedness
came over him. In another hour, if ne
bad remained in that state. rs would
have grown delirious, if not mad.
Fortunately, some OF The Young
7r thous, in their blind movements, fol-
lowed him, and the cold touch on his
te.s noted upon his nerves like spark
on d aurre! of gnnQowder. With cry
or 55.-ust, he forced himself through
IN. narrow piuce, leaving q part of his
coat behind, nnd found himself able TO
move more freely.
Then cool drHught gave him renewed
strength. and the next instant, with his
.uHE. drinking III the pure ar aud his
EYES blinking at the glorious light OF day,
De- found himself on the face of the preci-
pIye. up which ne had climbed the day
before. He rested on q ledge of rock,
pressing bis lips against cold stOue for
tr- moisture in il, then gradually reused
himself.
lle looked below upon the circle of huts
and SAW number of dirk skinned war
r0rs clustered about nres ut the morning
meal. and then he Eiaucei over the
country, which stretched ike map be-
fore hm To i-aullAna range on the left,
Hulaue mountain tc the right. Afer
pG bp saw two black speoks moving,
Abreast, out at wide distance apart. He
settled himself 10 watch these with q
LINGERING hope that t2ey were friends.
Is they advanced, there came into
view behind them three dark lines, and
he rev deep sigh OF relief. Butler
ami his rough horse were evidently out
so force, md very soon il was plain to
h.n that they we're making direct for
Jbn stronghold below.
The scouts thrown out in advance took
"a ziE-zuE course rs they swerved to right
or left 70 mount ridge or search
donca. but the mass behind came on
zlyudiIy ut & brisk walk. One of the
Ihe three troops, it was soon apparent,
was not composed OF rough horse. The
waving peEuons aud the large English
horses marked that column out as de-
tauhmeGt of Lancers.
Al the kraal below, the EuIus had no
suspicion that sU attack was imminent
They sat about the fires, chatting with
that wealth OF gesture ana redundancy
or description which charneterIzes the
savage man for whom time has little i'm
portauce.
v hen the leading scout of the advanc-
ing force topped the ridge facing the
square mount, and his shadow outlined
IN Gigantic SHAPE by the young sun, was
thrown almost up 10 the kraaI, they did
not see him.
The man remained but a moment in
dark silhouette against the blazing dawn,
tkeu gal!oped at full speed back to the
main body, which paused TO receive his
news. The other scouts were called in,
aud the column crept along the ridge,
disappearing from Blaine's sight, and
he eagerly waited for their reappear-
ance.
Soon ;hey topped the ridge in extended
line, paused moment, then Numbered
down TO the douga.