The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-15
exhausted man briefly told bis advea-


tsI was on guard at our camp IL the
wood when you missed me he said, as
he threw himself into Dunbar's bed
ssAnd doubtless my absence caused you
much surprise and aHXicty- Well, it
all came about in this way y ust before
dawn, / heard voices in the distance.
and, calling the dog to my side, set
forth to discover the cause of this un-
usual occurrence I had not gone far
when I came across e band of Cingalese,
headed by a European Enalziug straight
for the camp, where you and the coolies
were asleep. I knew il was useless to
try and escape them, but / thought
might by the sacrifice Of my own liberty
afford you a chance to escape"
Dunbar's eyes were moist with tears,
as he grasped the gallant FrencEman's
hand.
$50 to call their attention to me-"
Campignon continued, Il fred a re-
volver and made a dash Tor the woods,
crying aloud, as though urging others
to flight My rusc succeeded In a min
ute they were in hot pursuit. but / led
them a long dance before ! finally fell
into their clutches"
'sHow brave! How generous was
all Dunbar could say
by Archer's orders I was carried TO
the village, and after undergoing inciig-
mites / viii not shock your ears by re
citing, / found myself doomed to fate
uncomfortable If it We're not that the
hope Of escape glimmercd in my brain
"a paddIer IN one of the great war
canoes in which my brutal captors
make their expeditions OF piracy We
had just returned from a murauGing
excursion to Il peaceful village forty
miles up the river, when the blessed
chance had so often dreamed OF came.
6iclzened with the scenes Of rapine and
bloOdshed had witnessed, crazed with
my own sufferinEs, I was desperate,
and the headman was Il fool TO strike
me when this mad mood was ON me, for
the blow had hardly been given than ]
sprang on him-fOr / seemed in my
frenzy to have the strength of ten men
and struck him so fierce a blow that I
believe killed hin--I hope to heaven
did"
''And then?''
And then, without hope Of escape,
I flung myself on the scOwiug wretches
who crowded round me, and should
have been a dead man in another min
ute, when help came from a quarter /
little dreamed OF"
"HeIP!'
AYE, just as my strength was spent,
a grand tail figure of Il man who looked
TO me in my need like some angel sent
from Heaven, dashed between me and
my enemies and bade me flee for my
lie"
slow stranger'
Not so. 1t was just the chiefs son
who was giving me life for Il life-the
man we captured and set free on the
bank of the QuaEla-"
and you fed directly herc?"
81 knew not where I went, Tt was
blind good fortune which brought me
to your side"
nd r1a7-lrarrz ay-saT4 nov he suffer
ing for his humanity" Dunbar said,
with T. chivaIrous thought of the young
chiefs danger.
Not he, indeedr' CamPignon replied,
confidently. They would not dare to
harm his fathers son, for the old chief
Garu GhOoi would take life for every
drop OF his blood they she'd"
''But he-rnight not he"
''Ah, you do not know. The chief
himself is gone down the river to inter
cept us-the very man. in fact, in com
mand of the canoe we met just before
we entered the lake.
'Archer must have paid these people
heavily for such aid,'' Arthur unused.
eyes, indeed; and heard that in adj
ditiOn TO his rewards he has given the
chief substantial aid in hushing up a
complaint which has been made against
him to the British government"
non, let me relate my adventures toyou
and then you shall have a few hours
needed rest, which you can indulge ia
without fear. for I viii lock the door,
and no one but myself ever comes to
this part CT the house after the coolies
have put the chamber in order"
Then the young American in terse
sentences related the incidents OF the
past month.
can 17aaT nm one rTly~sf,aV-yr Fam
pignon said. when Arthur had finished
his graphic recital, 81 can tell you
| how you came into that cave temple
see the whole thing now as clear as
| daylight, for about week ago one OF
| the natives told me that Ashuu GhOoli,
/ the young chief. had surprised small
/ party OF strangers in the woods, con-
sistiBg of two natives and one Euro
/ pean, that the white man was dying of
the jungle fever. and that he had car
/ ried him to C house in the woods where
/ he had hidden away n girl with whom
[ he is living contrary to the wishes of
| his father. As the fellow only men
| toned it to me as an Illustration of the
/ young chiefs generosity, / thought he
was relating something that happened
months ago"
And tho natives-my brave boat
/ men-did you hear anything OF their
fste?" Dunbar asked. eagerly.
Eyes, said Campiguou, they were
/ allowed to go to the coffee plantations
some hundred miles up the river
THANK Heaven for that! Now rest
awhile, my friend, for must return to
Sir Harry"
1t IVES lucky that he had resolved
upon doing so, for hardly had ne
reached the veranda than runner
came at full speed bearing a ruissive
from Capt. Archer addressed to him. Il
was written with lead pencil on a leaf
torn from a poclzetboolz and read:
'sThe fugitive has got the start OF us, and it is
/ likely TO be q longer chase than anticipated
! for We have learned that he is making for the
river BY the very path you came by As 1T may
/ be even q day or two before return, let me
l earnestly beg You viii take great care OF
I Sir Harry for. poor fellow, he may have an
attack Of eEau1otionaI parozy suas- II so, and Il
you cannot manage lin, do not hesitate to send
for aid TO The village The two cooIie-servauts
In the house are nc better than "a couple or old
/ women Do this for lue und you VIII sad that
nave both the r1cana aud the inclination to Ea-
ciproclts the favor FRANK ARcaEHLrs
! Though his heart was beating with a
Wild eNultant delight, A rthur Dunbar
managed to dismiss the messenger in a
cold, Indifferent manner. usvfurr him q