San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-02

He lifted the spear in his hand and drOTG
IL dorm bGttCCen the bHlpS shoulders
Then of a sudden foam burst from her
lips and she. fell forward upon the body
of her sou and was dead.
lon the morrow at dawn / rose and
shook the dew from the red wolf hide.
Then | went on into the forest and
howled like wolf, They heard me
the ghost wolveS-and howled in answer
from far and near. Then | heard the
pattering of their feet, and they came.
around me by tens and by twenties and
fawned upon Inc. | counted their num-
ber-they numbered three hundred and
sixty and three.
"Afterward went ON to the cave, and
| have lived here in the cave, Umslopo-
gaas, for nigh upon twelve moons, and
/ have become wolf man. For with
the wolves hunt, and what bid them
that they do. Stay, Umslopogaas, now
you are strong again, and you shall see
this very night"
Then UmslOpOgaas rose and laughed
aloud. Il am young in years." he cried,
anu SSdlSNiN W lllC lllll III
of men, yet hitherto l have not turned
my back on lion or witch, ON wolf or
man. Now let us see this impi of yours
this impi black and gray, that runs on
four legs, with fangs for spears"
You must first bind on the she VOLTS
hide" quoth Galazi, "else before a man
could count his fingers twice there would
be little enough left of YOU"
So Umslopogaas took the gray VOLTS
hide and bound it ON with thongs of
leather, and its teeth cleaned upon his
head, and he took spear i'll his hand.
Galazi also bound on the hide of the
king of the wolves, and they went out
on to the space before the cave. Galazi
stood there awhile and the moonlight
fell upon him, and Umslopogaas saw
that his face grew wild and beastlike,
that his eyes shOne and his teeth grinned
beneath his curling lips. He lifted up
his head and hOwlCd out upon the night.
Thrice Galazi lifted up his head, and
thrice he howled loudly, and yet more
loud. But before ever the echoes had
died upon the air there came howlings
in answer. Nearer they grew and near
er. Now there was II sound of feet and
a wolf, great and gray, bounded toward
them, and after him many another.
They came to Galazi, they sprang upon
him, fawning around him, but he beat
them down with the Watcher. Then of
sudden they saw Umslopogaas, and
rushed at him open mOuthed
Stand, and do not mover cried
Galazi. "Be not afraid!
Il have ever fondled dogs" answered
Umslopogaas. Shall ] learn to fear
them now ---
Yet though he spoke boldly in his
heart he was afraid. The wolves rushed
on him open mOuthed, so that in breath
he was well nigh hidden by their forms.
Yet no fang pierced him, for as they
leaped they smelled the smell of the
skin upon him and dropped down at his
feet, fawning and licking him. Then
Umslopogaas saw that the wolves leaped
at him no more, but the she wolves gath |
cred around him who wore the she VOLTS !
skin. They were great and gaunt and
hungry, and their number was so many
that he cou, not count them. UmslOpo- !
gaas, looking on their red eyes, felt his |
heart becOT.e as the heart of a wolf, and |
he, too, lifted up his head and howled, |
and the she wolves howled in answer.
The pack is gathered; now for the
hunt" cried Galazi. Make your feet |
swift, my brother for we shall journey |
far tonight. Ho, Blackfang! Ho, Gray
snout! Ho, my people, black and gray,
away, away"
He spoke and bounded forward, and
with him went Umslopogaas and after
them streamed the ghost wolves. Pres
emily they stood by a klOof that was
thick with wood. Galazi stopped, hold
ing up the Watcher, and with him
stopped the wolves.
81 smell quarry" he cried. "In, my
people, I'M"
Then the wolves plunged silently into
he great kloof, but Galazi and UmslOpo-
yaas drew to the foot of it and waited.
Presently there came a sound of break
ng boughs, and 10! before them stood a
buffalo, bull, who lowed tiercely and
shifted the air.
This one will give us good chase,
my brother"
As Galazi spoke the first of the wolves
irew from the covert and saw the buff
,alo; then, giving tongue, they sprang
coward it. The bull saw also, and
dashed down the hill, and after him
came Galazi and Umslopogaas, and with
hem all their company. On rushed the
null. mad with fear. He rushed so
To IA Continued