Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-05-28

small stones, ana wear them nlss:s -
day iii belt round ms ~..~. -
ii lie really loved them Tor their
own there sakes dirty, high-priced little
bauble-! GRANVILLE, for his part couldn't
hear to see such ingrsined love Of peli. It
| was miserable: II was mercenary.
To be sure, he himself hunted diamonds
every day oil his life just as hard as Guy
| did; there was nothing else TO do in this de-
testaile place. and q man must find some
thing 10 turn his idle hands to. A 50, he
carried them, like Guy. bound W. III y gir-
die round his own waist it was ,,i,y they
should be lost. ii ever he should chance 10
| get away safe III the end to England hut
| then. don't you see. the cases were so d, ;
ferent. Guy boarded zap his diamonds for
mere wretched gain: wherea. Granville
valued his the sail to himself oiten.1 not
| ior the mere worth in money Of those
shinnlering little trnkets. but tor his
mothers sake, aud GweiiGoline's, aud the
credit OF the family, He wanted Lady
Emily to see her son filling the place IN the
world she had ways looked forward with
hope 10 his filling; and by heavens help
he thought he could still I'LL it. He
couldn't marry Gwendoline on beggar' s
pittance; and by heavens help. he hoped
still to be nb.e to marry her.
Guy on the other hand. found himself
almost equally surprised, in turn ut the
rapid way he grew really to he fond Of
Granville KeImscutt Though Ke.mscott
knew Gas he thuuyht) the ter Bile secret of
his half unconscgou, crime--.ur he coul
feel now how completely he had acted un-
der Montague Nevitt's compelling ipflu-
ence--Guy was aware before long OF such q
pro ound and deep-seated sympathy exist
Ingly attached, in time to his friendly fell
| low Ir .soi,er. Inspite of the one barrier they
coNtt never break down. he spoke freely.
| by degrees. to Granville. Of everything else
| in his Whole life; and Granville in return
| spoke to him just as freely. good tel ow,
| Granville when you got to know him
| There was only single trait in his charac-
| ter Guy conldn't endure; and that WAS his
| ingrained love of money -grubbing. For the
way the man pounced down npou those
| dirty little stones when he saw them in the
mud. and boarded them up in his belt. and
seemed prepared to defend them with his
very life-blood, Guy couldn't conceal rom
himself the fact that he fairly despised him.
Such vulgar, commonplace. unfedeemed
love Of pelf! Such mere bourgeois avarice!
OF what use could those wretched pebbla
be to him here in the dusty plains OF far
inland Africa?
Guy himself kept close count Of his finds,
to be sure; but then. the cases. don't You
see, were so different! He wanted his dia-
mords to discharge the great debt OF his
life to Cyril, ,sand to appear an honest man,
| rehabilitated once more before the brother
he had so deeply wrongea and humiiiated;
! whereas Granville Kelmscott, rich mans
son. and ihe heir to great estate beyond
| the DIRE ans Of avarice-that he should have
come r.sking his lite in these savage wilds
| for mere increase ofsuperfluous wealth,
| why. II " ssimpy despicable!
| So eighteen months wore away in.niutuA
friendship, tempered to certain degree by
mutual contempt; and little chance Of es-
cape came to the captives in Barolong
| land.
! At last, as the second winter came round
| once more. Tor two or three weeks the
| Englishmen i'm their huts began 10 per-
/ ceive that much hustle and confusion was
going on all around in King Khatsua's
dominions. Preparations foy war on
considerable scale were clearly taking
| place. Men mustered daily on tho dusty
plain with firearms and assegais. Much
pombe was drunk: many palavers took
| place; a constant drumming of gongs and
/ TOM toms disturbed their ears by day and
| by night. The Englishmen concluded
some big marauding expedition Was in
| contemplation; and they were quite right.
| Kin. Khatsua was about to concentrate his
forces for an attack on neighboring black
monarch, as powerful and perhaps -
cruel as himself Montisive Of the Bush
yeldt.
Slowly the preparations went On n
around. Then the great day came ct last
nd King Kha,sua set forth on his mighty
| campaign. TO the sound Of big drums and
cthe blare Of native trumpets.
1 When the warriors had marched out q
| the vi lagos on their way northvard to the
war, Guy saw the two prisoners chance 81
escape had arrived in earnest. They were
i guarded as usual, OF course. bns not 20
strictly as before; and during the night in
particular. Guy noticed with pleasure, little
4 watch was now kept upon them. The say.
age, indeed. can't hold two ideas in his
head at once. II he's making war on his
neiRhbor on one side, he has no room len
to think Of guarding hi prisoners ON the
other
i Tonight" Guy said. one evening, q
they sat together in their hut over their
/ native supper OF mealie cakes and spring
box venisOn. I've must make bold stroke.
/ We must creep out OF the kaaAl Is we'll o.
We can. and 60 for the sea westward,
through Namaqna land to Angra Pequ-
'.Westward?" Granville answered very
obviously. "But why westward, War.
ing? Surely our shortest way to the ooes1
Is down to Kimberley. and SO on to thu
Cape. It'il take rs weeks and weeks -
reach the sec. won'tit. BY way Of Mama
mo matter for that" Guy replied with
confidence He knew the map pretty veil,
and had thought It oil over. As soon q
the Baroleng miss us in the morning,
they'll naturally think we've gone south,
= vow say. toward our own .peors: So
10. .nsy .dRs 'a .y G to s.l. 'h. m 0l sas
ifthey were TO catch US after we'd onO run
away. you may be sure they'd kill - q
soon o. look at us But It would nes0 %
Cur to them, don't you see. We wGFe gOinl
j IN ~et4 <,rN AvaA atD q