San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-01
CHAPTER NJ.

GALAZI BECOMES KING OF THE WOLVES.
On the morrow Umslopogaas awoke,
and all that day rested in the cave,
while Galazi went out to hunt. In the
evening Galazi returned, bearing buck
upon his shoulders, and they skinned
the buck and ate of it as they sat by the
fire. And when the sun was down
GaIazi took up his tale:
Now, Umslopogaas, son of Mopo,
hear! | had passed the forest, and had
come, as it We're, to the legs of the old
Stone Witch. Here the sun shOne mer-
rily, and though it grew toward the
evening | was afraid no more. SO |
climbed up the steep rock till | came to
the knees of the Stone Witch, which are
the space before the cave. | lifted my
mead over the brink of the rock and
looked, and my blood ran cold and my
heart turned to water, for there, before
the cave, rolled wolves many and great
Some slept and grOwled i'll their sleep;
some gnawed at the skulls of dead game;
some sat up like dogs, and their tongues
hung from their grinning jaws. | look
ed, saw, and beyond | discovered the
mouth of the cave, where the bones of
the boy should be.
But had no wish to come there, who
was afraid of the wolves, for now
knew that these We're the ghosts who
live upon the mountain. So bethought
me that would fly, and turned to go.
And even as | turned the great club
Watcher of the FOrds swung around and
smote me on the back. Now whether
this was by chance or whether the
Watcher would shame him who bore it
| do not know. | swung up the Watch
er, and crying aloud the war cry of the
HalakaZi sprang over the brink of the
rock apd rushed upon the wolves. They,
too. sprang up and stood bowling, with
bristling hides and fiery eyes. Yet when
they saw it was man that rushed upon
them they fled this way and that, leap
ing with great bounds from the place of
rock, which is the knees of the Stone
Witch, so that presently stood alone in
front of the cave. Now | walked to tine
mouth of the cave proudly and looked
III through the opening. AS it CHANGED
the sinking sun shOne at this hour full
into the cave, so that could see the end.
Look now! There is hole in the
wall of the cave, where the freight falls
below the shadow of the roof, twice the
height of a man from the floor. 1t is a
narrow hole and high, and man
might sit in it, his legs hanging toward
the floor of the cave. And there man
sat-or that which had been a man
and the black skin had withered on his
bones, holding them together and max
ing him awful to see. His hands were
open beside him; he leaned upon them,
and in the right hand was piece of
hide from his moocha. 1t was half
eaten. His eyes were also bound around
with a band of leather, as though to
hide something from their gaze; one
foot was gone, one hung over the edge
of the niche toward the floor, and be-
meath it, ON the floor, lay the blade of a
broken spear.
Now come hither; place your hand
upon the wall of the cave, just here; it Is
smooth-smooth as the stones on which
women grind their corn. What made
it so SMOOTH you ask. will tell you.
when peered through the door of
the cave | saw this: On the floor Of the
cave lay a she wolf, very great and
fierce. Near to her was another wolf
he was a dog-on his feet. AS watched
he drew back near to the mouth of the