Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-12

| Dlngaan, he, under pfetense of spyin
on them, took the bold course of goin
straight up to the chief, Sususa, and ad
/ dressing him as his brother, which b
was. The chief knew him at once, an
SO did the soldiers, for his fame was stl
/ great among them. Then he told hir
his cock and bull story about my bein
a white spirit, whose presence in tn
! lager would render it invincible, an
with the object of saving my life in tn
slaughter which he knew must ensue
! agreed to charm me out OF the laage
| and deliver me into their keeping. Hoy
the plan worked has already been told
it was risky one; still, but for it m
troubles would have been done wit
these many days.
So l lay and thought with heart ful
Of gratitude, and as did so saw old In
daba-zimbi sitting by the fire and goin,
through some mysterious performance
with bones, which he produced from hi
bag, and ashes mixed with water.
spoke to him and asked what he wa
about. He replied that he was tracing
out the route that we should follow.
felt inclined to answer .'bosh," but re
membering the very remarkable in
stances which he had gFen of hi
proves in occult mstter9 held M
tongue, and taking little Tota into m,
arms, worn out with toll and danger anc
emotion, went TO sleep.
Invoke just as the dawn was beginning
to fame across the sky in sheets of prim
rose and of gold, or rather 1t was httlt
Tota who woke me by kissing me as sht
lay between sleep and waking, and call
ing me Papa" 1t wrung my heart te
hear her. got up, washed and dressed
the child as best l could, and then We
breakfasted as we had supped, on biltons
and biscuit. Tota asked for milk, but
had none to give her. Then we caught
the horses, and saddled mine.
We'll, Indaba-zimbi," | said, now
what path do your bones point to-
Straight north" he said. THE jour
ney will be hard, but in four days we
shall come to the kaal Of a white man,
an Enghshman. not Boer. His kraal
is in a beautiful place, and there is a
great peak behind it where there are
many balloons"
I looked at him. '"This is all nonsense,
Indaba-zinbi." l said. whoever heard
Of an Engiishman building house in
these wilds, and how do you know any
thing about it2 l think that we had
better strike east towards Port Natal"
"As you like, Macumazahn." he an
swered, ''but it will take US three months
journey to get to Port Natal, if we ever
get there, and the child viii die on the
road. Say, Macumazahn. have my words
come true heretofore, or have they not?
Did not tell you not to hunt the ele-
plants on horseback? Did not tell you
to take one wagon with you instead of
two, as it is better &c lose one than two:"
You told me all these things" an
swered.
land so tell you now to ride north,
Nacumazahn, for there you viii find
great happiness-yes. and great sorrow.
But no man should run away from hap
piness because of sorrow. AS you Will,
as you wiii.'
Again | looked at him. In his divina-
tons l did not believe, but yet | came to
the conclusion that he was speaking what
he knew to be the truth. It struck me
IS possible that ne might have heard of
some white man living like hermit
in the wilds, bus preferring to keep up
his prophetic character would not say SO.
T. H. -. i.
''let Us ride north"
Shortly after we started. the river we
had followed hitherto turned off in a
westerly direction. SO we left IL All
that day we rode across rolling uplands,
and about an hour before sunset halted
at q little stream which ran down from
range of hills in front of Us. By this
time was heartily tired of the biltong,
so taking my elephant ride-for | had
else left Tota with Indaba-
lmbi. and started to see if l could shoot
something. Oddly enough we had seen
no game al the day, nor did we see any
on the subsequent days. For some
reason they had tempo
rarily left the district. l crossed the
little streamlet in order to enter
the belt of thorns which grew
upon the hillside beyond. for there /
hoped TO find buck. AS | did so | was
rather disturbed TO See the spoor of two
ions in the soft. sandy edge of pool
a hope that they might not
still be in the neiehborhood, went on
INTO the belt Of scattered thorns. For
ong while hunted about without seeing
except one dinker buck, which
bounded off with crash from the other
'ide of stone without giving me
chance. At length, just as it grew dusk,
spied a Petite buck, a graceful little
,reature, scarcely bigger than q large
hare, standing on a stone, about forty
-ards from me. Under ordinary cir
,umstances l should never have dreamed
# firing at such thing, especially with
N elephant gun, but we were hungry.
So sat down with my back against
ocS. and aimed steadily st its head. r
I'D this because If struck il in the body
he three-ounce ball would have knocked
I 10 bits. At last pulled the trigger,
he gun went of with the report OF a
mall cannon. and the buck disa ppeared.
ran TO the spot with more anxiety than
should have felt in an ordinary way
ver koodoo or an Gland. To nv delight I
here the little creature lsy-the huge |
'ullet had decapisated 1t. Considering |
II the circumstances, do not think I |
ave often made a better shot than this. |
ut if any one doubts, let him try his !
and at rabbits head fifty yards away /
With an elephant gun and 3 rhree-ounce
'alL
! picked up the pete in triumph and