Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-06-17


u 81 uut her
surh .earrh ~ could Do made revealed
nothing The oxen had s,ne. and their
spoor waa ohli,eratei by the frrsi failen
SNOW. The white man eaile,i pnuu,li
u his kafiif servants What was 10
be- doneY" he asked
Then Zulu spoke. who Was the driver
81 the frat wagon
My father" he nald a. the white
man, this h my word The os.a are
lost IN the snow No man knows width.
er they have gone, ot whsihsr hey live
or are now hat hides aud l-Snos Yet a.
the kraai yondsf.' and ha p0iniei o.
sorDo huts alpn. two miles away un the
hillside, Elves q witch doctor named
zweeta. lie IL old-yefy old bat be
has wisdom. aud be- can tell yoa where
the ossn arr u any man may. my "a.
thsr.-
stuff" said tho white man. "ssill.
~ the kraal canDot h. colder than this
wagon, wa will go and ask zwsete.
An hour later he siooi IN the hut II
Zweeta. Before him was very ancien,
man. . mere hsg - hones. with sight.
lees eyes. and with ono hand his left
whit. and shrivel.d.
What do yea saok ~ zwer,e. my
whit. father asked The old man IN q
thin voice. "yeu do net .s,lleve In ma
and my wissioml why shoald ! help yoal
Yet will io u. though u is aWains, yoas
law. and yuu do wrong to aal ma Yes,
IA show ynu there 10 truth in us xalu
doctss~, ! will help yvu. Ny fsthss,
know what yea sss,k. You sreh a. know
whsse your osen have ran Tor shelsnl
srum the ooldl IL u no, ssr'
IN IA ~. doctur, answered tho whi,s
man. "you have hong eass"
Yes. nv white father, ! have hong
ears, and yet they say ! a.uw deaf
have keen eyes also, set | rannss -
yoar face. Let ms h.aTken. LIT ms
looi.-
POE awhile hs sas silent, ruehins "a
snd fro them he sls,hei "foa have I
farm. white man, duwn s~aT Pine fuwn
u n aoti Ahl l thoaah, 50 And a.
h"ar's ride tram y"aT fafsn lives q ih-sl
with fosr snFess o,l, ia bic riah, hand
There 10 th-s oa the ih~fs farm
ehrfe grow minssa sEess Tasfe. u
the klssf. yua shall hna yonf asea zee
ave days journey frsm here y,,a uAal
hnd them all ! say ell, mY father. ss
cept three unly the iaa iafk Att
eandsf ga. the little sol zula "a viii
ans horn and the ss~rkled "a Thss'
yoa shall nat iina, fH they have died h
the snsw Bend and yea shall hnd ,h'
oshsrs. No. not ash sa Zee | Do no
woFs wonders foF reward WIZ shuni,
n am rich"
Aud now the white man suoifesi fia
IN che end, 80 great is the tsswsf q
superstition. hs ssnt Aad here "A ma
h. stated thet 80 che eleventh fiay "a ~
suiousn ~ the bfaai - xweets the
~hosn hs ssn, Fe'arns-l With the aaen
sseeI't the tbFee only After that b
scnffssi ns mnfv Ths-e eiovea DAYS h
slsut ia = hut q the oil nans kfaal
sad esrff afisfntsih be- Saina AMI talhs'
with him sitting tsi intn ihs nlaht
On lhs ihit,l das ao "a 2wseis huv
u was that his leit hand was shiia an
shfselssi. ani ~ho wefs nisiotseaas
ani NADIA q y hun BE- bat iat fali s 90
wpgds Then the oli man ieii him ~
tale shat y - etl here uT. in tfuih
D. acted rather ihsa teii his stuff Wa
shs death ~ waffiHF Ca quesiiaa D.
tisilssi siih his stita sllsslns b.. = a.
hlHs irli ani whefe dii W, siugs sfog
sffuwfui. De- afaansai. ut efsa uefi
Moreover be- bal mani sulsss rae T..
each q ths astsas 10 bic tale fhis ussn
antlrni aHt eiihesrsi ss.rits.i ~ ht,
aHain lu she faf lest u SO thu lsas
that sisiks 60 his nstsnsf tsiiinH s
dsssis i'iia fufssiii.n - dsr.is that o.,
o. ulHfu knueu