Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

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ooo,,ng of red CLAW. there was the superb
t,oure which would mark the man out OF
an army. and there the scars upon the
arched breast.
opick look shot from the black eyes,
q Look of half-defiauce, half-entreaty
Rowe shut his lips upon the woro tna.
was about to escape from him, uu.
someone else had marked the s"h'
glance. and attention was fastener upon
the Zulu. ..o,f
.swho are you that force yoursei!
among us?'' demanded an oihcer VI
native levies. 1,,,,,
''Who am 1?'' repeated Tue Nu,u
looking proudly around, and seeing
| faction was certaiu-s'I am Sirayo!
nombshell could not have caused
GREATER CONSERVATION for moment. TOT
! III. name was that of the greatest Auiu
warrior then a dozen voices shouteu
sseiZe him!'
At the wild shout, the white morse
bucked again, and taking Rowe u.s
vares. shot him headfrst in among Tue
struggling crowd. ,,,
Profting by the confusion, the Lulu
wrenched himself free, ana Dounueu
away between the tents. In his pain was
the chaplain g horse. .,o
rho rhentain himself alarmed at the
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seeiug the herce Zulu bounding toWarus
him thought the catastrophe had nap
naned at last. Frautically he mounted
his patisnt steed and dug his heels INTO
the ribs. Unfortunately, however, ne
, had forgotten to pull up the stake that
held the horse, and that ill-used anlna.
, finding himself brought up Wneu lie ha'
o stra,ched the rope to its fullest extent,
ran round in q circle. The feariul
a chaplain closed his eyes and cisspeu us
a horse round the neck while his coat tai'S
few out behind.
n At this extraordinary spectacle there
a was a wild yell of laughter from Tue
s crowd of pursuers, DIT tne PuieuoN
n himself had no time for mlrth.
Selling the unlucky chaplain by the
IN leo he hurled him off the seat, then
~ drawing the peg, he vaulted to the
a horses back and sped away, training Tie
I'd rope from his hand.
:sTo horse, to horse' shouted tue pun
,e suers, "or he will escape. NO Ne can =
W not! See there are some '1rienuiieS IL
his way haf
n That was true. The cry had reachee
81 | tho sharp ears OF the natives, anu
ra dozen of them seized their assegais AM
er rushed forward to bar the way.
It. Those who had pursued now pauseu u
II watch the impending tragedy.
"a body of men rushed to meet the ny
II ing horsemau, leaving two to stop Hill
10 in case he escaped the first attack.
If straw dashed on, drawing in the rop
until he held the heavy stake IN h'
bnnd The men opened and let him en-
a. TOR but with a sudden pressure Oh u
.on | knee he made the horse swerve 10 I'll
he right. thereby keeping all the men
ito one side. At the same time ne hurle
the stake at them: fruitless enort.
The assegais were poised-then the
ing flew TO the mark, and the crowd "aite
to hear the thud of the spears anu u
his shrek of the dying man.
1t was not to be. At the crltlcai ul'
mept Sirayo slipped off his morse anu "a
tch along by its side, catching an assesai
lido ira shaft as it few above him.
The men. thus deprived of their pre-!
o,e started in pursuit and rapidly gained {
the fast wearying horse. Seeing Uni
nm Sirayo let 70 the rein and trusted 10 q
ba owo heetpess to escape. BeIore III
,nne were the two armed men, beyond
the omen prairie, and behind were
20 dozs,, warriors and a score OF mount
nan ready to hunt him down il niece
s.rv It was thrilling moment.
rev Escape was hopeless, but ne "ot
nd make the attempt. The hrst Oh the
One men stepped forWeru u hioo' ' -
Win for second he paused
Is so Those Id tne oahp a,sti,
n of lift of his head-then clear and distl'
above every other souuu peaieu ioA ~
and Usutu war cry.
hose Those LOOKING OIL 90" w -; :,
pped native quail, tney saw nis go :,
mile harmlessly over the Zulu's nead, u
thew saw his arms go up as the spear
orpe driven into his heart.
can The other man turned anu neu'
those who pursued hesitateo IKE p
,nar of isclaIs suddenly confronted oy III
,char Siravo. even in this moment OF dang
ont the skin across the apdomeu oi
dead man, lest his spirit should ma
and him, and then he bounded Oh asaiu.
, .sTo horse-to horse-he Will escal
shoot him - were the hoarse cries
,.o, hnsrt forth now that the pent up exc
slack meut was free.
80 Several men came forward with I'll
and tiny puffs of dust marked where
I, tho bullets struck about the flying war;
49, ,.Caeae fripgI'' Numbered ID Ar
t.don u shoot O man down ike ooe
broad he Ia the Zulu chief he must De I'd
"a aI,,a The fellow deserves to escape
he added under his breath
sber Young officer had caught ho'
fora. vbite horse and bridled him. NOW I,
his sword drawn, ne rusueu ny 'no
~ he entering into the fierce excitement o.
an >, ohaae. The rider's blue eyes hasheo
tn an his lips were parted.
, be- A cheer greeteo us appo"
4 the if Blaine! Hurrah for the fro
horse!'
,ecen- Away flew the horse, passing the
taran- gard .sfrieudlies, passing the
nure man. passing the outermost line OF
ARMED and living on the heels of the Zulu.
spike. Another cheer, as another ofhce
fr,can q nowerful black steed, dashed
IS ap- .sBravo, Dalston! Mcdonald 8
anions foreyerlo Dalston smiled as ne ru
n snr- nv cool and confident.
/ and between the Frontier Horse and
q bent donald IS troop there was keen riv
and greater interest entered mt
zen the scene, A hush of expectation fell
he felt the camp, aud the tension OF fe
back. showed Itself III .he "''
stride ewes, and pressed lips
cleared "see, he will surrender! The
bound looks round, rs tie - A..