Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-12


Their stomachS under cover Of the tell
tambud grass. At last fIhey were with
in-Sorty yards. and further advance
seemed impracttcable, for although he
could not smell them, It was evident
from his movements that the old bull
had heard some unusual sound and was
growing suSp,ciouse. Nearest 10 Had
den, who alone of the party had rife,
stood the heifer broads.de on-a beau
tiful shot. Remembering that she
would would make the best BEST. he
lifted his Martin. and aiming at her
Immediately behind the shoulder, gently
squeezed the trigger. The rife explod-
ed and the heiier fell dsad, shot through
the heart Strangely enough the other
butfaloeS did not at once run away. On
the contrary they s5med puzz.ed TO ac-
count for the suden noise and not beng
able to wind anything. lifted Their
heads and stared around them. The
pause gave MADDEN space to get n
fresh cartridge and to am again, this
time q. the old bull The bulle; struck
him somewhere in the nsck or Shout
der, for he came to his knees, but IN
another second was up and having
caught sight Ce the cloud os smoke ne
charged straight at Il. Because Of this
smoke or some other reason. Hidden
did not see him coming and in c0nse-
quence would most certainly have been
trampled or gorel. had not Nahoon
sprung forward at the Imminent risk
OF bis own LIE and dragged him down
behind ar ant heep. A moment more
and the great beast had thundered by,
taking no further notice Of them.
Forward" said Hadden, and leav-
ing most Of the men to cut I'D the heif-
En- and carry the best of her meat to
camp. they started on the blood spoor.
For some hours they followed the
bull, TIL at last they lost the spoor on
a patch Of stony ground th.ck,y cover
ed with bush. and exhausted by the
heat. sat down 10 rest and to eat some
b.ttong. or sun dried flesh, which they
mad with them. They finished their
meal and were preparing 10 return to
camp when one cf the four Zulus who
were with them went TO drink at a little
stream that ran at distance OF not
more Than ten PAGES away. Hat a
minute Letter they heard a h!dious
grunt:ng noise and a sDlashing Of water.
and saw the Zulu fly into tla ar. An
the while that they were eating the
wounded buffalo had been lying N WE y
FOR them under thGck bush on the
banks c. the Streamlet. knowing. cum
ming brute that ne was. that soon.sr or
later his turn would come W'th a
shout OF CONSERVATION they rushed for
ward to see the buil vanish ever the
rise before MADDEN could get a chance
or firing at him. and to find their COM
panion dy.rs. for the great morn had
pierced his lung.
1t - not a buffalo, il is 2 devil" tha
poor fellow gasped and expired.
Devil or not. l mean 10 XII II" ev-
claimed MADDEN. So. leaving the 9TH
ers to carry the body ofahe,r conrad n
camp, he started on, accompanied bv
Nanoon only. Now the ground was
more open and the chase easier. for t3ey
frequently sighted their quarry. though
they could mob come near enough 10 fire
at It, Presently they Travelled down =
steep cliff. "
DO you know where we are?" asked
Nahcon, pointing TO belt Of forest on
poslte. That s Emagudy. the Home
for it." ''N ''''' Hea''S
MADDEN glanced around him. n was
true yonder to the left were tha FaT
the Pool CT Doom, and the Hut of the
Bee ~ ~ '"9
Very well" he answered. then W.
must head for It too"
Nahoon halted Surely Won would
not enter there" he exclaimed
Surely / VIII" replied Hadd.n "brt
there IS no need for you to do so f van
are afraid" " > w
Il am afra:d-of ghosts" said the z,,-
III, "but VIII come"
So they crossed the strip o. .urs and
entered the haunted wood Il was a
gloomy place indeed: greas wide-topned
trees grew thick there, shutting out the
sight of the sky; moreover. the air in
IT, which no bresze stirred was heavy
with the eXhalat.ons OF rotten foliage.
There samed to be no life here and no
sound, only now and again a loathsome
spotted snake would unco.l Itself and
glide away, and now and again a heavy
Dough would fall with a crash.
Haddsn was too intent upon the buf-
falo, however. to be much impressed by
his surroundings. He only remarked
that the ,.ght would be bad for shoot
ing and went on.
They must nave penetrated a milo or
more into 5he forest when the sudden
increase cf blood r2on the g1oor told
them that the hulls wound WIS proving
fatal to him.
Run, now" said Hadden cheerfCllv
NAY, hamba gloh' go softly" an
severed Nahocn. The devil IS dying
but he wil try to play us another trick
bs'C-e he DIES" and hA wert or. peer
ing ahead of HIM cautiously.
at is all right here. anyway" said
Hadden. pclning to the spOOr that ran
straight forward printed deep in the
marshy ground.
Nshoon did not answer but stared
steadily at the trunks of two trees a
few PAGES in front CT them and to their
right 'LcOk." he whispered.
Hadden did 50 and at length made
out the o'rtlire Of something brown that
WIS CIOuCHSu utuIIu iiIc tlVto.
He is dead" he exclaimed.
mo, answered NahooD, che has come
back on his own path and is hunting
for US He knows thai we are follow
ing this spoor. Now, If You stand here
I think that we can shoot him through
the back between the tree trunks"
Hadden knelt down. and, aiming
very closely at a point Just below the
bulls spine, he fired There WIS an
awful below, and the next instant the
brute was up and at them. Nahoon
flung his broad spear, which sank deep
into fss chest: then they fed this way
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