Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-16
THE LOST HEIRESS.
Love, Battle and Adventure.
The Fosioker Edward Rapier
EARNEST G:RNVILLE,
COPYRIGHTED 1890. I


sharpness by drawing it sharply across
his captive riding boots, with erun
of satisfaction at each gaping gash mhue
in the leather.
Then ne poked the point Of the spear
an absent. preoccupied way III the
body of his cantive, while lie debated
whether he should straigEtway XII MS
man or slay him by inChea, With inter-
walls for 4 MONDAY nap, aud dinner OH
the remainder of tn booty.
The idea OF long-drawu out pro-
gramme 80 tickled the Xula, that he
made a harder thrust than lac had III
tended, which eXaspeTeted Blaine. He
drew his feet up and sent mis- heavy BOGUS
fun INFO the others stomach.
Tae Zulu drew his knees up and
squirned III the dust, helpless as Ii
manned worm, but, happily for himself.
safe from hIE desperate captive, who,
struggle as IA might, could not loosen
the udz that 5, cured him to the post at
his back
The yellow dog, who probably thought
lis muster was in n Gt OF silent miCth,
rushed round ara round, barking III
great appreciation at this unacCustOmed
fun.
With q quaverinG, indrawn breath,
that gave hun an impression that he was
swallowing knives, the warrior passed
his hands over the pit of his stomach
He had never beer SO much surprised
before in his life, and as ha moved his
hands gently over the painful spot,
he looked nj Blaine repToachfully.
Other prisoners he had taken i'll tribal
warfare mad not behaved so uureascn-
ably. They hid always awaited death
with calmuess, even indifference. 1t
was Just ike Il white man TO kick like d
dying buffalo.
Gradually he raised himself 20 Il sitting
position. and relieved his mind by calling
the cur by every slauderous epithet he
could remember under the circum-
stuucas. y black mnn, unless previously
instructed 10y his Christian brother, does
not possess the gift of swearing, but he
IS professor in the use and application
of insults.
The man drew so extravRgautly upon
his Imagination Tor Il supply OF eppro
pirate epithets, that HE mind was left as
drv us the palm OF his hand, ard he re-
solved to take council with others as to
the 1lttest way of killing the inconsider-
ate white man.
Accordingly in q few minutes he was
cscortnE his captive across the veldt in
a direction due south.
They walked STEADILY. until afternoon,
with only one rest FOR refreshment,
which consisted of n drink of water from
Il running stream ana a bite OF biltOng.
Capt. blaine had scanned the horizon
round and round, time after time, but
not single human being had appeared
within the radius OF that wide circle.
The silence over the lupd weighed upou
hun, subduiug the gallant spirit of de-
hnUce into Il feeling of dull despair.
The very birds were voiceIess. The
kuorhgans lowered their heads and ran
through the grass cut OF his path; the
great white breasted pauws raised their
long necks 10 watch hin ana his silent
companion or whirled away for u short
distance Oh heavy wings.
Every step was taking him further
away from his friends, and nearer TO his
fate, for he had no doubt that his death
WIS but deferred, and he guessed that
he wes being taken 10 some spot whore
Others. beyond his cnpturer, could see
HIM die. And ever between these SOM
Der thoughts there obtruGed another.
''i:ow he asked himself, again and
again, chad ne become prisoner?
who had stolen upon him and struck him
down? What had become OF his friends,
aud why had they not discovered him?''
These questions were beyond explana-
ton ana only added bitterness TO The de-
spair in his heart.
Towards evening they passed between
the fingers, two coniral shaped hills,
overlooking the tiny thread-like course
OF the ItvoSi-h stream fateful to she
house Of Napoleon.
Soon after the warrior raised his voice
I'm 4 shout that rolled through the still
ar until tbs waves OF sound echoed
against the front or square mount,
quite . mile away.
Back came an answering call, and the
savage from his deep chest sent n reply
as q woman might send a snatch of Cos
sip across "a narrow street to friend op-
posi:e.
The native in his home upon the plains
does without telephones or electric wires
he can shout his message by word OF
mouth from hill top TO mill top, in a
laundering roll no civilized man Gun an
swer.
Blaine lifted his weary eyes and SAW
circle of huts at the base of the modn-
tain. That then was 10 be the end of
his iourney-and tho finish of his life
lie looked upon the grim mountain a
moment and II faded from his view. In
llS GLatt llt bdh III bIt lbHilldT room IN
his English home far away, and in 1t the
image OF his gray-haired. sweet faced
mother, as she looked upon him with lips
thst moved in silent prayer, the day be
said good bye.
They crossed q wide, horseshoe shaped
douEa, which formed natural moat
about the mountain, and the young
officer saw something which drove the
grayish tint from his face and the weak
ness from his heart.
The warriors of the kreal had evil
IDENTITY been engaged 1T Isaudlana. They
had brought back from the field two of
the heavy trRnspor; wagons packed high
with booty. Blood-stained helmets
beltO and boots, stripped from the dead
were scattered about the ground.
One of the long yokes attached TO the
heavy trek chain, had been set on
end, with the ''skeis'' (throat pieces
stIll in. On the summit was q battered
helmet, snd rugged out below, on the
skeIs. WIS red coat, gnshed in dozen
places with broad assegai Stabs.
As Blaine's eye fell upon this grim
scarecrow, they lit up in a sudden fame,
for he read in 1t a story of heroism.
That torn and bloody coat told of one
who had died fighting to the last against