The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-08

race. But the infalible in stinct OF the eeroes
the suriscs s Of sheet o. water Thics pfo s
part 2 IN the Debate HaeoS. Od
fo1,ne rn but erS. insisted On NY
irowns Il ssemed. for a while as il wsrs on
trial for my lie before parl ment OF witches.
az sgpd snrceTsrs list emerged from the dye pots
instant demanding that should be bsnlshsd
Violently and at once.
Nv.
All OF a sudden there began the strange
subterranean roll OF drum 1t began family
and itErew. insensibly. to the sonorous dmen-
sions OF the rumble OF a volcano. l had never
heard so remarkable an instrument so weirdly
played. The deaiening. thrilling. blood cur
ding nerve-shaking vibration was enough to
terrify beyond description. Sudden cries as
OF spirits in unearthly pain made my heart
jump Coal blsck crones Of infinite age and
incredible uRliness put out lamps here ana
there until a sort OF devils torchliRht per-
vaded the scene. As each lamp went out. the
figures grew more and more spectral and fan
tsstic. In the mean time the roll and the
rumble OF the drum ing deepened and deep
cacopho2y. It a' Gecsme horrible, eesseIess
hi1, 10 tnunder across which dsrted The
asrant .sSes Of xstons tSat s. n,fs ana
alarmed and then vanished.
In one corner OF the rear apartment. that
nollnx voice. the voice, 1t night have been.
OF Candida wooing a sereech owl, raised faint
chant: Ii was as disma al as Il sfeai Greg orian
would have been sung By ghouls at mid night
crgm6ling sides Of a forgotten tomb. As the
rolling OF the wonderful d!u ms dsepened and
grew no @srs and more an ss-s nS IN
felt an indescribable magnetic aura spread
through the }, use embsgs m aura that soon
was At this point that beesTs conssioas
asa1iis moment p Ossinnns nag 9oSed1 sS man. 2:
subject only to a mysterious and unholy. SELF
generated tpDul.e. . which Seeumulated
storm Of the Sahara. II was an electric tom
pest deriving passion and fury from contact
Al first the gathering thunder OF the drums.
thunder that grew but slowly. had no APP
parent eil. Mes ., uEon the SopgTsgation; They
Ieverishly and little lore restlessly It is true.
But that WAS al livery once IN 2 while more
to sting them into some sort OF momentary
s.s s,, 3nSs In too some
and draw near the nest OF the coming storm.
tlcle. fresh voices would in turn assume the
burden Of sustaining Its passionate melan-
and fiamins or S would bsstir Riassif. yisid
70 the magic spell eXtingpish his pipe. and
One by one men aud women. all OF them
launched themselves upon the deepening.
fatuated into an ocean OF sound. As the chAnGi
became q solemn. rhythmlc river. rising and
falling as It became sensible o! the great un-;;
the ince.sant rum BE Of the Congo drums. hug:
Ympana Of horse skin stretched across ba.-
Yielded to the intense emotional i'm pressions
OF tn. hour. the flutes. torn by an infinite ccI-
les and lack OF meaning. 4
i.y and by some unknown foot began to bssti
m.asSrs soSeyeT Of t The G Gums
the hfes. OF the cannibai chant swallowed up
the new one The int5mdisg pulse beesms
age instruments. and the savage incarnation.
IN moment drums. ffes. voices. and footballs
Kept time together. and deepened In force a.
The next achievement Of the spell was to SCI.
voices. feet, and instruments. The air be-
sxplIc :yRchrony, The very blood began
to ebb and flow to the same all-compellinR
It was, at thi, point that with a trsm endcus
shout. the dance itself began. There bounded
into sPs "a, that seemed to clear itssli so sim
Ing blacks; At first there we're only i've; two
horrible old women, whose very bodies were
SLEEK and as sastc as L She %srs ol sS Sns
had been stripped for bout at wrestling. aud
Who Obviously came from Ban boain.
muscle. was dominated BY, the trsmsn-
fous yet solemn passion OF the incantation.
rose. one moment a wave OF frenzy tossed
hem upward. At the next they sank As IL
III. group 81 a !Hs dsa.sr e The fury
vslop.d. Those who began BY, looking on. by
q and :wsng the
and dellrium: Louder and Louder rolled The
he Congo ffes: deeper and deeper doomed
hi eannlbal Congo chant
his time been swallowed up in the iorerunine
umylt Of a hurricane OF frenzy, Like whirl-
nto its vortex all the frentic naked ssvagsry
hat surrounded me. 1t had already become
reliable and it Kept stretching cut its tsIons
o grip victim upon victim. The scene fairly
" hrdsSsd With
sGieus hystsriA Men and women clssping
I1aas eEnGysysd .larming shocks to one an:
nads the old mansion trsmhls, to its
,ozs'em bsdded ionndstions, Horrible laugh
walls, blood. i1sszins Sslls' as Of battling
,anuibsls Diteous Dloans. and long frantic
RSssy held me- 1od 70 ta
ioOT It vas as y the spirit 81 Ham par
or centuries. had at last gone mad and bro
IN all mankind.
All through this cAtaclysm Of frenzy rolled
oIeysr and forever the maddsning gr0wl Of
he drums, flashed the pieIsing. dsafsninE
bricks Of the hfss. pulsed the feet Of uneountG-
,le dancers who suTgsd In Ill ss from left to
light; from right TO left. unceasinE and un-
IeAried: above all the monsirous. dsmonIAs
hAnt born in the N oonlit African wilderness.
where Nature. the Titan. without cessation
md without compassion. forever dsyours her
Wn children.
As the riot Of sounds grew unspeakAbls. so
I'D the scene grow more and more horribly
minated. In the striking twilight OF the half
lamps. the eye was made dizzy
" the leAping. bounding. springing savARes.
OmR. In their blind fury. Into rio tad haYond