Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-19

she caught glimpse of horsemen.
Sweeping her gaze over the nearer veldt
she saw something moving rapidly, white
but indistnct.
"What is that, Pala?' she whispered,
pointing with rigid arm.
Pala turned her bead slowly and fixed
her dull eyes on the object.
''It is a horse and its rider, - she NUT
tered, indifferently, and was turning her
head again, when, as though swayed by
sudden impulse, she looked again, this
time long and f1edly.
What could one borsemen do against a
hundred Zulus! With q sharp sob, Mary
peered over the rock and would have
drawn back, but that the power Of
movement seemed gone from her limbs.
Her eyes had met the cleaning orbs of a
savage who was standing motioniess on
shelf below.
A scrambling noise behind her told her
that Carlo had reached the summit, and
the next moment she felt his cold nose
upon her neck; then was almost deaf
ened by his joyful bark.
AS if it were a signal resolved upon, the
warriors below shouted in triumph.
The Leading savage withdrew his gaze
from Mary's white face, and thus re-
lieved from the fascination of his stare,
she wriggled back and buried her head
IN her arms. The next moment the man
reached the top of the rock standing ont
in silhouette to his comrades below, who
greeted his appearance with yell.
Before he could raise his assegaI to
stab the shrinking girls, Carlo flew at his
throat, and together they fell. The man
mex: to the summit was knocked from
his feet by the falling bodies, and those
below after the first alarm had to turn
their attention TO the now furious hound.
Mary raised her white face, and as she
heard the savage swapping of Carlo give
way to the sharp cry of pain she pre-
pared herself to die; shaking off the
| numbing sense of fear.
"Let US lift our hearts to God, Pala Z,
for the time is at hand!'
The Zulu girl paid no heed. Her eyes
in which glowed the light of great hope
were fixed on the gathering darkness
below, and seemed scarcely to breath
| as she listened with look of fixed and
awful intent on her face.
"Pala,'' said Mary gently, as she
looked closely into her companions face,
| with a new dread at her heart, "Pala
awake, join with me in that prayer my
| father taught us.
Pala did not hear, but raised herself
on her arms and cIaned her neck. An
assegai whizzed by her head. She did
not heed 1t.
| "Oh - murmured Mary in horror.
| She heard footsteps approaching, heard
| the sharp clatter of assegais as they rat
| tied against the rocks, heard man
drawing himself up, felt grasp upon
her arm, and then in the fearful pause
heard the voice of Zulu hailing from
below-a voice that came swelling W
with the clesrness of trumpet note.
cit is he-the chiefi' rang out al
exulting voice, as Pala leaped to hel
feet.
The man on the rock stayed his HAND
and shouted Srayo!' Every warrior
took up the cry until the word rolled ant
Numbered round the lonely hill.
| Aye" shouted Pala proudly; I'm!
chief, my lord. Now get ye to him g
once, lest he Stay ye for warning agains
women.
The men, all the fury gore out o
them, went down the hill abashed
then Pala turned her attention to Mary
who at last had swooned away under tn
| long-continued strain.
When she regaiued consciousness sht
found herself back in her room, ant
thought she had been through an aw'
full dream. No, there were the broker
windows, and there in the doorway was
tall warrior, whose eyes were fixed i'll
tently on her face. She started up il
terror.
"Do not fear, m istress. - said a soft
sibilant voice, sit is the chief.
Mary turned her head, and saw
Pala standing with downcast looks an,
dropping head, her whole appearance
betokening greatest sbyness.
"where are the others?' asked Mar
in Zulu, still suspicious.
Sirayo moved his arm. 81 bid then
go home, lest should have killed then
in my anger.
care we safe, or-are you a.
enemy?'
Pala gave sigh of protest, but di
not speak.
'.They will trouble you no more." h
said gravely in his deep voice, ''and
will go when l am rested.
"who brought me here?' was Mary
next question.
"You we're dead, Mistress whis
pered the bashful Pala, sand the chic
carried you.''
sit was good of you," said Mar
gratefully. ''The way is rough an
dark-it was heavy task. What can
do for you?'
The chief waived his arm with dignI
fed gesture and as he did it Mary sa'
blood drop from his wrist. Her dres
too she noticed was stained red.
His dark eye followed her glance. az
cold not stop the blood from touchin
you, for the wound was opened.
} Mary walked to the chief and took b
sinewy arm in her hand. The left wri:
} she saw was pierced by pistol bali, an
the blood trickle slowly out throug
} some clay and grass, with which he ha
plugged the hole.
CHOW is this. - said Mary, turning ,
Pala. "why did you not dress III
wound?"
The Zulu girl at this sharp reprooi
covered her eyes with her hand an
cried silently.
s.Truly - thought Mary, "the way
, of girl In love are beyond reason. -
5 She busted herself briskly, and 500
r had the wound properly cleansed
: anointed and bound. Then she got som
! food for the chief and when the man
utterly tired out, fell asleep, she bad
Pala throw a kaross over him.
: The Zulu girl also slept, but Mar
i dared not close her eyes, and fortunai