Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-08


s.ck OF the stock Exchange. the men. tho
women she drinks. the dancos-evcry-
thne lie was as Indifferent to the price
a. shares as 10 the rise and fan OF the
quicksilver In his barometer: he neither
desired to so in ON she ground floor nor
a. come out In the attcs. He simply
wanted TO set clean away. Besides. he
Nscsaw "a slump, and he would be ac-
miy saving money on the voldt. Al
hs point Teddy Isaacs stroncd mp and
interrupted the Grafton.
"NhCro are YOU of TO theng''
oNianicaland" answered Norris.
"obl You had better bring harrington
hack"
Tridy Isaacs was a fresh conner 10 the
Rand and knew no better harrington
meant TO him nothing more than
abe name OF man who had
f..n lost twelve months before
the astcrn borders OF Ma
flonalari But ne saw three pairs Of
egcbr1ws lift simultaneously. and heard
tlroc simultaneous outbursts on the latest
lDandc- grievance. however Norris
answered him quietly enough.
eyes. IL 1 come across harrington. I'll
,r.rs him back" he nodded his head
once or twice and smiled. you may
make surc Of that" he added. ana
turned away from the group.
I-acs gathered that there had been
trouble between Darlington and Norris.
AND applied 90 his companions for infor-
nation. The commencement OF the trOu-
l.r he was told. dated back to the time
rr.n the two men were Notwithstanding
.. ly si1c close 90 Port Elizabeth in
fn. Cape Colony. Norris owned a wife;
harrington did .ot. The story was suiii-
ci.rfv ugly as johannesburg was accus-
toned 10 relate 60. bat upon this occasion
Teddy Isaacs was allowed 10 infer the
details. He was merely put I'm possession
n- fn. more immediate facts. harrington
dad lot The Cape Colony In "a hurry. and
,.m,re Ior.h 90 the Transvaai when
,oharr,slurs was as yet i'm its brief
infancy h.l prospered exceedingly.
Meanwhile. Norris. as the ostrich indus
fry declined had gone from worse 90
.r and finally Dee. too. driitcd TO
johannes 'urg with the rest Of the hot-
SAM of south Africa. He came TO the
town DID, ONE. and met Darlington one
morning eye t0 eye ON the stock TX
,l-rl,. certain amount Of natural
disappointment was expressed when the
-..r wore seen 90 separate without hos
DUR DO WAS NANrffi t'lANAa l' AAAtAt No.
t..t they were nghtng oIt this duel.
-lo.rh not in the conventional way.
r.ey fought with shares. and harrington
won be had "a clearer head. and be-
sides. Norris didn't need much running
T.rr'rrfon could see % that IN his spare
fmc 10 was iu fact as though Norris
stood un with a dcrrnger 10 face ma
chine cun. His turn, however had come
after Iar-ington's Disappearance. ana me
,.as now able TO contemplate an eNpedl-
zion into Nanicaland without reckoning
Up his pass book. Accordingly he bought
a hrck-wacou with a tent covering over
ths hinder part provisions Sufficient for
s.x months. a span Of oxen, couple OF
horses sailed for the thick-hcad sickness,
hired "a Grilua lad as wagon driver ana
h..f-a-dozen Matdbele boys who We're
waiting for a chance to return, ana
started northeastward.
From Johannesburg he travelled 10 Ma
Lon's town near the Zimbabwe ruins
and with half a dozen brass rings and an
empty cartridge case hired Md-ongWl
l1v who had been up 10 the Mashona-
land plateau before. The lad guided him
t9 The head waters of the lnyazuri. ana
there Norris fenced I'm his camp, IN a
Grass country fairly wooded. and studded
with gigantic blocks OF granite.
The Ma-ong,d boy chose the site fifty
yards west of an ant-heap. and ABOUT a
quarter OF a mile from "A forest OF macha-
ll Tie had camped on the spot before,
be- said.
"When?" asked Norris.
"Twie." replied the boy. Three years
igo and last year"
Last year?' Norris looked up with a
r-art OF surprise. you were up here last
r-arT'
"Yesg'
For a moment or two Norris pulled at
BIS pipe. then he asked slowly
who WITH
"Air harrington" the boy told him.
md added. at is his wagon-track which
ae have been following"
Norris rose from the ground, and walked
straight ahead for the distance or ll0
Yards until he reached a jasmine BUSH
which stood I'm a Decline with the open
iIg OF his camp fence. Thence he moved
round In a semicircle until he came upon
"a wacon-track in the rear Of the camp
and after pausing there he went forward
again and completed the circle. He re-
turned to his wagon chucking. Barring
ton. he remembered. had been lost While
travelling uorthwards TO the Zambesi; but
the track stopped here. There was not
"a trace Cf 10 to the north or the east or
the west il was evident that the boy had
Darlington last canping-ground as the
cite FOR his own, and he discovered COM
PORTING irony in the fact. He felt that
no was standing in BarringtOns shoes,
and the shoes were easy TO the feet.
That night as he was smoking by the
IRE, he called out 20 the Ma-ongwi boy.
The lad came forward from behind the
wagon.
Tell me how you lost him." said Norris.
"He rode that way alone after sable
antelope" The boy pointed an arm TO the
-,lthwest "rhe beast was wounded ana
we followed its blood-spOOr. We found
his horse gOred by the antelope's horns.
He himself had gone forward on foot. We
tracked him to little stream, but the
opposite bank was trampled, and we lost
on sign OF him"
Norris remained upon this encampment
Tor a fortnight. Blue wilde beestes, koo-
docs. Glands. and eemsbok were plentiful.
and once he got a shot al a wart hog boar.
At the end OF the fortnight he walked
around the ant-heap early one morning
ard OF a sudden pumped down fun length
In the grass
Straight in front Of him he saw a herd
a. buffaloes moving In his direction down
O. glade Of forest a quarter Of a mile
away Norris cast a glance backward;
the camp was hidden from the herd by the
intervening ant-heap. Ho looked again
towards the forest; the buifaOes adj
vanced slowly. pasturing as they moved.
Norris crawled behind the ant-heap on
his hands and knees, ran thence into
camp. buckled on a belt Of cartridges.
fnatched up a 450-bore Metford rife and
got back 10 his position just as the first /
az the herd stepped INTO the open. IL turn /
81 90 the right along the edge Of The wood, /
and the others followed i'm file. Norris /
viggled forward through the grass. and I
fe.ecting fat bull In the centre OF the .
kro aimed behind It's shoulder and fired. ]