Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01

meal not yet partaken of. 81 see we dis
turbed his breakfast" he added, but We'll
take 1t after him In case he should want
it."
The woman glared at him and made a
half motion as if she would have thrown
herself upon him. Then she stopped sud
denly, and I could see her hands clench
themselves with the greatness of the effort.
It's yersilf will make the height ov a
foine robber won ov thin days, and tits the
lone wimen wild no one nigh to purtect thin
yen be hardest on, I'm thinkin'. But sure
an yer Welcome, an We can ate 1t yersilf,
an the black naygur that's wild yez, for
it's little yer like to see CIV Mike for a day
or two"
Tho sergeant looked keenly round the
bare apartment, then picked up the damper
ana s.M threw to me with the remark:
You'd better take charge of that, young
ster. linen without word he wrapped
the ham In piece of newspaper that lay
on the floor and turned away. We left the
woman standing by the smoldering remains
OF the fire, her eyes blazing with fierce
resentment, yet pathetic with the forecast
of the future. 1t Was the last We saw Of
her. In another minute we had plunged
into the gray depth Of the forest once more.
Jacky stood awaiting us just within the
shadow of the trees. In answer to the
sergeant's question he pointed onward into
the long arcade before us. white fellow
horse make jump here he said: white
fellow horse no go far" Nothing more
was said. Jacky turned and led the way
once more. The day was still young, ana
although the trees stood close and the
growth overhead was more than usually
trick, yet the sunlight cleaned and CULVER
ed in long spears and arrows of gold as it
shot through the leafy cover and lit I'D the
dim recesses of the sbush. There was a
loud hum of insects In the air, and now
and then the harsh note Of a bird sounded
amongst the branches. but otherwise all
was silent. Not even fancy could conjure
up the faintest sound of horse hoofs. any
more than my most persistent efforts could
enane me to trace the footprints of horse
or man upon the soft yet elastic ground
over which Jacky Travelled with such con-
fidence.
The course he followed was up hill. The
slope was not a steep one, yet by the time
we mad travelled for several hours it had
begun to tell, and Lat least, was far from
sorry when the sergeant called halt.
horse no good" he safi, as he accepted the
damper and meat handed to him and
squatted down to eatiit.
No mo , good, Jseky79 said the sergeant.
White fellow make walk. y Horse co.
and Jacky explained his me Gaming by sway
ing his body from side to side. The ser
geant glanced at his carbine. which lay on
the ground beside him. and Jacky grinned
The news seemed to give new zest to orr
pursuit, for in very few minutes we had
eaten our simple meal and were on foot
again. Upward and upward still. Grad
from the ground. and now their glitter had
ceased to sparkle amongst the leaves over
head. With the sun the hum of insect life
had died away and left cold stiffness be-
hind. 1t was growing colder too, and an
occasional shiver crept over me in spite of
the exercise. Little by little the long ave-
nues of trees grew grayer and more color
less. and the ends of the vistas grew misty
and seemed to be closing IN. The sun had
gone down. 1 looked around me uneasily
as l went, and more than once thought
the sergeant cast quick glance Of ques-
ton around him. Jacky alone was appar-
emily visited by no doubts. On. and on-at
the same slow, deliberate trot. his head
bent forward, his arms hanging loose at his
sides, his eyes fixed on the ground.
At last he stopped. TOO much dark
he said, as he squa tied on the ground and
waited for us to come up. There was no
appeal from Jacky's decision, Of course, SO
We prepared to camp for the night Our
preparations were necessarily simple
Jacky collected the materials for a fire,
which the rapidly increasing cold rendered
necessary in spite of the danger it involv-
ed Of night surprise from the man we
were hunting, and possibly companions
with whom he might have the means Of
communicating. Its a case of watch and
watch about" was the sergeant's remark
and pot the first man you see, young fell
low, If you don't want him to pot you"
The fire soon burned brightly, and after
we had eaten some more of the damper we
proceeded to make the best of it. 1t fell to
nothing happened to disturb it. 1 was in
no danger Of falling asleep, however, in
spite of my exertons throughout the day,
It may have been the novelty and excite
ment of the events that had occurred since
I had left Hutchen's in the morning it