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

The prayer of the Bee notwithstand-
ing, Philip Hadden slept i'll that night
lie felt in the best OF health and his
conscience was not troubling him more
than usual. but rest ne could not. When
ever he closed his eyes his mind con-
jured up a picture of the grim witch
| doctOress. so strangely named the Bee,
md the sound of her evil-omened words
as he had heard them that afternoon
He was neither superst:t:Ous man nor
timid one, and any supernatural man
that might linger in his mind were
to say the least of it, dormant. But
do what he would he could not shake
of a certain eerie sensation of fear, lest
there should be some grains of truth in
the phophesy!ngs OF this hag What If
1t were a fact that he was near his
death and that the heart which beat So
strongly N his breast would soon be still
| for ever-no, he would not think of il.
This gloomy place and the sight which
ne saw that day had upset his nerves.
The domestic customs OF these Zulus
were not pleasant, and for his part he
was determined to be clear of them so
try.
In fact. f he could in any way man
age it, it was his intention to make
dash for the border on the following
night To do this with good prospect
Of success however, il was necessary
that he should kill a buffalo or some
other head game. Then, as he knew
well, the hunters with him would feast
upon meat until they could scarcely stir,
and that would be his opportunity. Ma
hoon, however, might not succumb to
this temptation, therefore he must trust
10 luck TO be rid OF him. If It came 10
the worst he could put bullet through
him, which he considered he would be
justified n doing, seeing that in reality
the man was his ja.lor. Should this ne
| ceSsity arise he felt indeed that he could
face it without undue conjunction. for
in truth he d,sli&ed Nahoon; at tines he
even hated him. Their natures were
antagonStic, and he knew that the great
Zulu d!strusted and looked down upon
him, and to be looked down upon by
savage "nigger" was more than his
pride could stomach.
Al the first break of dawn Hidden
rose and reused his escort, who were
still stretched in sleep around the dying
fire, each man wrapped in his kaross or
blanket. Nahoon stood upand shook
himself. looking gigantic IN the shad-
ows Of the morning.
What is your will. Umlungu (wh:te
man, that you are up before the SUM-"
My will, Muntumpofu yellow NAM
is to hunt buffalo," answered Hadden
coolly. 1t irritated him that this saw
age should give him no title of any
sort
Your pardon" said the Zulu. read
ing his thoughts, but cannot call You
Inkoos, because YOU arc not my chef.
or any mans still, if the title White
Man Offends you, we will give you
name"
AS you will" answered Hadden
briefly.
Accordingly they gave him a name,
Inhl.zin Myana, by which he was known
among them thereafter, but Hadden was
not best pleased when be found that the
meaning Of these sOft-sounding sylables
was Black Heart" That was how the
,nyanga had addressed him, only she
used different words.
An hour later and they were in the
swampy bush country that lay behind
the encampment searching for their
game Within very Ett.e while Ma
h0On he'll uQ his hand, then pointed to
the ground. Hadden looked: there,
pressed deep IN the marshy soil and to
all appearance net ten minutes old, was
the s2oor of a small hard of Buffa.o.
Il knsw that we should find game
to-day" whispered N2hoon, because
the Bee SAID so"
Curse the Bee" answered Hadden
below Ids breath. Come on"
For a quarter Of sn hour or more
they followed the spoor through thick
reeds, till suddenly Nahoon wh,stlsd
very sca.ly and touched Hsdden's arm.
He looked up, and there about three
hundred yards away. feeding on some
higher ground among patch Of M
mosa trees. were thu buffaios. SIX Of
them. an old bull with splendid head
three COWS. a he.fer and calf about four
months cd. Neither the wind nor the
nature OF the veldt were favorable for
them 10 stalk the game from their pres
ent position, so they made detour OF
half a mile and very carefully crep to-