Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-03

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will recover.
Thanks TO your arrival. my father"
answered. 'In another minute we should
all have been beyound the reach of recov
cry, for those devils OF yours would have
slain us as they would have slain our ser
want, F." and | pointed toward Mahomed.
The old man ground his teeth, ard
saw an extraordinary expression of NAL
ignity light up hes eyes
Fear not, my son, he answered
Vengeance shall be taken on them sucl
as would make The flesh twist upon the
bones merely to hear of il. To She they
shall go, and her vengeance shall be
worthy Of her greatness. That man,
pointing 10 Mahomed, Il tell you that
man would have died merciful death
to the death these hyena men shall die,
Tell me, pray of thee, how il came
about"
In few words | sketcbed what had
happened.
"Ah, so. he answered. Thou seest.
my son, here there is a custom that if a
stranger comes into this country he may
be slain by the pot, and eaten"
at is hospitality turned upside down,
| answered, feebly. I'm our country we
entertain a stranger, and give HIM food to
eat Here We eat him, and are enter
tanned
1T is a CUSTOM, he answered, with a
shrug. Myself think 1t an evil one;
but then, he added, by an after-thought,
Il do no; like the taste of stranger, espe-
cially after they have wandered through
the swamps and lived on wild fowl
ders that We were to be saved, she said
naught Of the black man; therefore, being
hyenas, these men lusted after his flesh,
and the woman it was whom thou didst
rightly Stay who put it into their evil hearts
to hot-pot him. Well, they will have
their reward. Better for them would II
be if they had never seen the light than
that they should stand before She in her
terrible anger. Happy are those of them
that died by your hands.
All" he went on, lit was gallant
fight that We fought Knowest thou that
thou, long armed old Baboon that thou
art, hast crushed in the ribs of those two
but as the shell of an egg? And the
young one. the Lion, il was beautiful
fight that he made one against so many
three did he stay outright, and that one
there, and he pointed to body that was
still moving a little, will die anon, for
his head is cracked across, and others of
those who are bound are hurt. 1t was a
gallant fight, and We and he have made a
FREUD of me by it, for | love to see a well
fought fray. But tell me, my son, the
Baboon-and now | think of it thy face.
too, is hairy, and altogether like baboon's
how was it that We slew both those with
hole in them Ye made a noise, they
say, and slew them-they fell on their
faces ct the noise"
explained to him as we'll as | could
but very shortly was terribly wearied
and only persuaded to talk at all through
fear of offending one so powerful if | re
fused to do so-what were the properties
Of gunpOwder, and he instantly suggested
that should illustrate what / said by
operating on the person OF one OF the pris
oners. One he said, never would b,
missed, and il would only be interesting
to him but would give me on opportunity
of an installment of revenge. He wa
greatly astounded when | told HIM that /
was not our custom TO avenge ourselves il
cold blood, and that we left vengeance L
| the law and higher Power, of which ht
knew nothing. | added, however, tina
when recovered would take him on
| shooting with US, and he should kill al
animal for himself, and at this he was a
/ pleased as a child at the promise of a rev
/ toy.
Just then Leo opened his eyes beneath
the stimulus of some brandy (of which W.
still had little that Job had poured dowr
his throat, and our conversation came t,
an end
After this we man ged to get Leo, whC
was in a very poor way indeed, and only
half concious, safely off TO bed, supported
by job and that brave girl Ustane, t,
whom, had not been afraid she nigh
resent it, | would certainly have given a
kiss for her splendid behavior in saving
my dear boys life at the risk of her own
But Ustane was not the sort of young per
son with whom one would care to tax,
liberties unless one were perfectly certain
that they would not be misunderstood. so
depressed my inclinat.ons. Then, bruised
and battered, but with a sense Of safety il
my breast to which had for some day.
been stranger, l crept off TO my owl
little sepulcher, not forgetting before
laid down in it TO thank God from IA,
bottom of nay heart that it was not &
supulcher indeed, as, were il not for 8
merciful combination of events that 7 90,