The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-27

FfstfiH'l 10 'LF bg'lN ana tore Oh Il
blanket. 'Tn"re he I.e-; he dared Il
thunder death, and It lew him
TIE crowd broke ont into Mid shout
and drr" n'.,r"r. Jan-iia stOoI uumOve
4s 'h- y'it, .u,."a-'d and weapons Wei
traua.-n"d lie saw arrows beng tittc
t. 10" h.su 'rns-bows aud spears Dciu
aimed at MN, and h" knew that shove
e mI,-.Ies might desc, nI upon ham, bu
- gave 10 sign If fear. He heard Emo
N,Ic" behind hnn:
keep cool, and fire if any IF then
come forward!
II" raised the rife and aimed at lie
I"ip'c, vino" voice was i"udest III Incit
in2 IN attack, b1t the priest was nov
beyond reason. n wild frenzy possesse'
pot only INN, but All ot Tne priests an'
many 81 lnr people. 1t seemed a. though
they h.." ImmDed some exciting narcotic
liz. tAit "rch drives the Malay int
III" stat" Of band fury called "alnuck,
Tor winnie in"y ragged many Of then
seemed "bIiFl"d' /" Jan-lIa and strodt
about win ii"huc gestures and unmean
lnS cries.
I"F"IPec ran lew steps toward Jan
la, ana stopping hurled his AK at the
youth; II passed close 10 his head and
fell IN the room beyond. kulCan
cF"HcH"d closer behind the door, and his
sister, with Il blush Of shame upon her
lace, PICKED up the weapon.
Keep back, sand Enc to her. Come
Hsld", Jan-lla! he cried, but the boy
Hdd raised me rlhe again, and he heard
the chick Of the hammer as it fell and
the Cartridg" failed TO explode.
Jdu-lld looked amazed; the whole mass
OF men rushed at him and We're almost
upon him before he realized his position
ana turned to the sheltering doorway.
As they came up the slope Eric stepped
t"rth, amt they halted for moment at
the NIEht OF MN who, as Iepelpec had
assured them, was dead. He was calm
ana collected, but his face was stern and
terrible. lepeIpec himself, terrified,
staggered back with his eyes bullying;
ont three other prleSts-taiI, wiry men
mad ana raving, Ill ferocious ecstasy
OF nate or lntoXlcatlon, sprang at him.
One oil them drew his bow taut, and as
ne $1,000 Tor single second with his arm
drawn back Eric fired at him, and be-
ioI' '"' oVherS had recovered from the
starting sound they both fell beside the
drcHer' lepelpec, either losing his head
III MS rear or gaming courage IN his
desperation, took three steps forward,
anu ne 100, felI, pierced by the great
l"aty-lonr bullet from Erlc's weapon.
lhrfe was great scattering; the |
crowd melted away like mist before the
W Wl''o' lhto me shelter of the woods |
Ihey iHshtd' 1alllnS over one another, |
Gas liz ASIDE thelr weapons and even |
'neli garments III ther haste. Eric stood |
t"eir aIohe beside the four bodies. The
lltNl,"Die regret which comes to those
VINO nave To Kill filled his soul as he
"'Ae" upon thelh. Ihey were all dead
-pio"iS oi MS sure hand and sklll-but
was SAD ana plttul sight. Hus-
''h's they were, perhaps, and fathers,
o. niue cillldren would weep for them
una uced them; 1t was sal. and the more
nat IL was his duty to Fill them. But
nc iheSe thoughts had passed through
us h:lnd there was another wild rush,
nd the air was again filled with con
used outcrles.
lie saw the priests and their followers
merge rom the wood, and, with every
-" 81 terror increased, come wildly up
nc siope toward the house. Resolved
XIII no more unless sorely pressed, he
nIered the house, but the cries Of
QucIHdl' QnetZal, save u.s. caused him
haIt upon the threshold. "Is it a
USE ne thought. No: there was evi-
ehce OF the most extreme terror in all
ne laceS' the backward chances Of fear
no surprise were too real t" be simu-
''eo lie stepped toward them, and
ley gathered about him, crouching and ,
illihS PROSTATE. Leila and Jan-ila came .
Ut ana stood beside him i'll surprise.
Inc whole great crowd seemed ami
idteu py common fear; their looks
olnted IN one direction-toward the lit
e forest. At the same time came a
o"y OF people under Listah, from the -,
~ along the riverside They had
''eIE reached the mill when they were !:
:" "iiecteo III the same manner as the !
80, ",'" some retreated to the city, /
me those about Llstah broke into a .
III run and reaching Eric threw
upon the ground. He could
q nothing. The trembling multitude
'ou' MN mad subsidized into silence as ,
STOOD there, weapon in hand, wonder
what strange, terrible and unnam- y
DC, DC, monster was about to appear. a
linen out of the morning silence came L
e long, ringing call of bugle. Sweet X
Id clear II rang out and swept along S
e canyon and echoed back from its r
ais, and re-echoed again and again $
It'll 1t sobbed away its life far down 5
nong the pointed pinnacles upon whose Il
ps the red and scarlet and crimson t;
ere Just fading in the sunlight. He o
rang over heads and recumbent bod o
and rushed to the riverside IT, h
saw sight that filled his heart with c,
nils of surprise and delight. and N
used him to whirl his sombrero above fl
head, shout loudly and dance With V,
IN most undignihed manner, n
1t was wondrous sight; coming as if a.