The sun., 1897-06-06

whole week. bot 70 pore APPEARED; ssithe. did
Atci was glad Of for he feared thai thsy might
Insist oa h.s sosatnS tssar Tarty. ,s ,,. -
ran the risk - starting OF after 6ark TO drive
the cattle toward ths n'oIntatnA AT dawn.
plata be lighted Ere % vi.Arred grass 10 at
irass their attsniIoa- Letting the cattle zra1e
eeDeioT2nentn EEL ST Wien =, iast he isI sa@ % psr:S
coming after the tastle he began to enfice them
80; spg or Ss ae him Z; Il Ss SGn nISs .ss
gaining on aim he would go a little faster. and
sometimes he pretended 20 have trouble With
sc herd 70 > 10 encourage his pprsuers and en-
the Basutus til Abel thoaRht that theT verer
friends to remain ignorant OF their fate. Then
he treated them he DID the other bands that
had Pre-sded thenl-not one escaping TO tell the
How maEy different parties he succeeded IN
thus yipine nut g probably uhkroHn: 5pi ! Is
.Abels farm to within three miles Os the noun
tains- Still the Basutus never suspected that
found IL oct by accident: for \ larger party than
usual haying set out on the spoor Of the ea'tle.
many to kill in the time. and Was forced 10 let
foule Of them ercApe. The effect OF their retEru
hra,,Gt s2bp ,hns .o,5s 1s whit. sd
cine man " was destroying every Basutn that
vent down on the way 70 krese.s farm, Arm @ and
topped hill to the mountains was white with
their bones The consequence was that most q
Mosheehe's warriors were dreahfully frightened,
and they avoided going in that direction.
Nevertheless. the daring Boer soon got sur
prise. which showed him forctbly how precartous
Twelve young bloods, who wished to carry
favor with the King. banded thsnseiTsss h ss,, TO
They started out steathily. under cover OF tark
ness Unheard and unseen they reached Abels
| the bushes and boulders on the slope.
At the first signs Of dawn they saw Abel max
fos, s O." of the rock ledge soon thsy saw him 60 on
! his knees. and then down nat on his face Abe!
was drinking At a little spring. whose cool water
| boiled up In the midst OF q pond or basin as
As he lay there. face downward, drink king. he
noted in the water the reflection OF the blue sky
| overhead and Of the green leaves overhanSinR
the edges. Then he became aware OF something
ing Mt him from the bottom Of the mirsorlike
| Eool. with asssgas posed ready to strike him;
s Fd SSs fron hiS S n ,Se
he thought Of ruse to escape By
| know you won't spare Ine. neither will ask you
| We've got you safe this time" said they,
nv Weii. aid he. do "a n me % one e fsror before
! die. have loved always the wide. free ye!dt
and the sky, Take me up or the hilltop and ls,
! before you Kill me. Besides" added he quickly,
my clothes will be useful to you. and you had
! with yonr asseeais yonl make them full o,
holes" Now he said these things while still
! feroc eountenances reflected from its depths.
Quite right you are. shouted they. Come
ap . on ,6os 6os Sp Ss Sn f .nd Sh@ Went ons
the others, closing in around him as he arose
! escorted him up on the table land. their ready
ascended by an, easy way. Arriving on the flSi
hilton: he gazed around. as he had asked; at the
First taking Of his hat. he gave it 10 one The1
his neckerchicf he gave 10 another. to third hi'
ppc to fourth 1 h nSeF Sse S9I and andihsr MET
coat; another his shirt. and 50 on. till he hac
given something to all but three who re
others were busy like children with thei
jus, aeauired presents They thought the!
Of all except his trousers and boots He notet
their self-confdcncc with satistaction. Takini
al Gf his m long ha5dsS 9'i + on @ b
who had as yet received not hing: Two mained
one on his right hand and the other on his left
the ciiI, where there was sheer drop OF abou
eight feet. He took OF his last boot with tn
he was taking his foot out OF il. he gave il
mighty swing. striking the heavy heel OF 1t II
,a IN n, she Nth bs c, a. fb @
One bound carried him down over the rock.
| A yell Of disappointment burst from the throat
Of his outwitted cap,ors. Their buried but IL
aimed assegais few after him; but none touche
rocks. and none of them dared to follow him Il
his jump but ran down by the easy way b
which they had broaght him Up. Then the
were too late. for Abel got around to the wester
side OF the hill. mounted his horse. and began I
pick them DO oSn with the gun he had strappe
on the saddle. When they saw how things wer
going against them they scattered over the hill
side to hide from his bullets. Bat all day lon
he sought them out. Yet one fellow lay so we
hidden that Abel unsuspectingly went into daI
ger and started when an assegai whizZesl pas
his head. But this lurker got shot, too. and b
night the whole twelve left their bones to
adGe ed to the rest.
Some OF them, after getting their presents {
wearing apparel had put II on. and did not pc
| haps have time to take il of atterward. ia
Abel cent a bullet through the breast OF his ow
| coat when he shot the Basutu who wore it. I'll
| shirt. too. had hole through il. His gun an
| pocket articles he found where the warriors ha
r ! dropped them, on the very spot they had stoo
| in when he jumped down.
That night. we may be sure. he didn't rest cas-!
fearing lest another party might put in their al
| pearance. But they left him in peace for a fe
days. However. they were bent upon taking hin
dead or alive.
]. After escaping from two or three other no
3 | turnal attempts. he was advised by a comman,
n ant OF burghers to leave the farm for q time an
go with his troop.
: They say that the number of Basutu warrior
o killed by Abel Kruger exceeds all belief. Son
put il at a thousand, others say little less: bI
At any rate he made such slaughter among the
s that his name will be handed down :or gener
: tions one OF the most famous OF all the hero,
, OF the inter-racial wars Of South Africa
a G. r. REILLY.
ON THE UPPER NILE