Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-19

fulfill yours upon your goes, but WneI
the girl is delivered into my hanus
will give you this rife and hunuIeu
rounds of cartridges.
Maputa looked at the sporting Mar
tina and his eyes glistened.
1T is good. " he said it is very goou;
often have | wished for SUCH gun thdt
will enable me to shoot game anu "
talk with my enemies from far away
Promise it to me, White Man. anu YOU
shall take the girl If can give nei
to you
You swear it, Maputa?
Il swear it by the head OF Chaka anu
the spirits of my fathers. H.,
Good. At dawn on the fourth udy
from now it is the purpose OF Umgond'
his daughter Nanea and Nahoon 10
cross the river into Natal by the drlIC
that is called Crocodile Drift, taxing
their cattle with them and hying rom
the King also shall be of their con-
panv. for thew know that | have learn
ed their secret and would murder me
if tried to leave them. NOW you ~
are Chief of the border ana Guai ui.'t
of that drift. must hide at nlshI VIZ VIZ
some men among the rocks IN the on .--
low of the drift and await our colIlns.
First Nanea will cross driving the cows
and calves for so it is arranged, anu l
shall helm her then will follow ulh-
coma and Nahoon with the oxen anu
bsifers On these two you must ran
killing them and capturing the caIue,
"a asto,.,,,a,d I will give YOU the rifle.
What If the King ask for the girl
White Man?" .Ao4 IN tho
Then YOU shall answer that III Tue
uncertain light you did not recognize
her and so she slipped away from YOU
moreover that you feared TO seize Vne
eirl lest her cries should alarm the lhen
and they should escape you.
Good but how can l be sure that you
will give me the gun once you cross
the river?" Ill,
.Tbus: before enter the ford l Will
Law the rife and cartridges upon
stone by the bank. telling Nanea tnat l
shall return to fetch them when nave
driven over the cattle.
1T is well White Man, will not
fail you" ..o
So the plot was made, and after some
further conversation upon points oil de-
tail. the two conspirators shook nands
and parted. $500,
"That ought to come off all right,
reflected Hadden to himself as ne
plunged and fioated in the waters OF the
stream but somehow | don't quite
trust our friend Maputa. 1t would have
been better # I could have relied upon
myself to get rid of NahOOn and his re-
spected uncle-a couple of shots would
do it in the water. But, then, that
would be murder, and murder Is un-
nleasant. whereas the other thing Is
only the delivery to justice Of two base
deserters. a laudable action in a mill
tarv company. Also personal Inter
! ference upon my part might turn the
girl against me. while after Umgona
| and NahoOn have been wiped out by
Maputa. she must accept my escort.
/ OF course there is a risk, but in every
walk of life the most cautious have TO
take risks at times"
4 AS it CHANGED Philip Hadden was cor
rect IN his suspicious OF MS coadJutor,
Maputa. Even before that worthy chief
had reached his own kraal ne nad come
to the conclusion that the white mans
plan. though attractive in some ways
was too dangerous, since it was certain
that # the girl Nanea escaped, the King
would be indignant. Moreover, the
men he took with him to do the killing
in the drift would suspect something
and talk. On the other hand he would
earn much credit with HIS Majesty by
revealing the plot, saying that he had
Learned it from the lips of The white
hunter, whom Umgona and Nahoon had
forced to participate in it, and Of whose
coveted rife he must trust 10 chance
to possess himself.
An hour later two discreet messengers
were bounding across the plains, bear
:ng words from the Chief Maputa, the