The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

notorious. Charlie. my boy. Pass that bottle
don't You dare 70 touch II, young 'un. Some
wipe out the English. Dutch and P~ortuguese1
wine EN- out, every, ono Of. them. III make
SpG FL RR6 hSS =, HINT I'm z hole S:,o IlPs king; III, Be
beyond Ill., zs%SssI. 'vTfTR o S' Ypals sii0f ma it /
He drank himself stupid. and all night
Charlie stayed in the room,, supplied at the
s s1PSS0 and IN IA the e0m most b SasS SaS , SnG mS or se oi
Charlie; .Fruln's. a brick, He made up his
very vst yOu Jung and grateful an f0r al tRe past; NJ
s sntyi9 ais lTS% fGS %9n asnnGY S fSSIlS 81 tuP PiitsSr9SSls %
ose SIt, to London T EiHn his 6loSd WINS a matter
wick sobered up he told the younEster they
must 60 their divers ways and Charlie
Rs u'' was so' going anSW to "'% Stand Snf by q sS8' k alP
bin straight and would not be shaken of.
d asSiMl' int ESf b a@ Eam GiTjeS e sp ~ Sst e b1 some SSpe.
two. and it came about through Charles per-
glad Of heart to see somebody from his cast-otf
past, that the cousins went off together with
Tie tSo S Sa GEaE Charlie HieUdf iG nSt know noa { eh nalt RESs W ISs
the object Of the, expedition. nor the freight
they carried into the Wilderness. .
had left the rough trek the .Mashonaland
20 pa0a as tS n avoid Sa FSrt e Tali ep th on fr ias9 snG post oss n
over the wilderness. making the frst Path with
he trusted TO Keswick's knowledge OF the land
gam gam to grow PoS'f Ssry yoaa'n Ht H1af time dns n I'D IGobsea e:
gula, chief Of the fierce Matabele nation. was
OH SlSke SdRsl, with 81 c P5l 'RRPR cdss. a M9o f eesfa
knew. from the newspapers. which. were
come. out alive. Il the Kanir King turned down
y, Jim and set his impis on the pioneers. Into
was calmly plotting his wagons. and Charlie.
knowing they had no protection from Rhodes.
and were there, In fact. unknown TO the Eng
day with 2 white man and some Kafirs, and
the chests in the wagons. 1t was whiskey. beer
and u lot OF native brandy. Charlie was horrl-
fed. Keswiek was smuggling, and. let alone
bringing that stun into the country to de-
The white man and Keswick had a debaueh to-
gether over their bargain. and then. the
s stFSnSeT 1 IoadeS G9 Ris RaSir so %its tSs s WitR t ths
secretly to Rhodes's troopers at a big profit.
anything since he left Kimberley, but he drank
enough that night to alarm his cousin, He
S td the w kat fhs h nnd sSoia;ed ioc ch 1nH gave Who drink sas
cursIng his folly at sticking to a man evidently
Along in the evening Keswick staggered up
and threw himself down BY, Fruin.
pock aG%.S 'h IA '6 Rs RIGSF face aS ergo Go;o sdh9 MONEY =
easily made. eh? Pshaw. confound the money.
Il, worries them, Charlie, it worries the proud
themselves! Idrove Or. Jim wild once before.
Do you know what he threatened 2 To hang
nss S ShnF anlch hang ms. az WHO'S 4fiR ReY GRADUATED Hey!
Charlie. and Dick, with that money, the best
whore you were a gentleman. in spite of--ofthat
and quit this cursed country for good
got, r2ying mnd over his cousins first words.
vor Nc ge y J., cried tbet he; f9aming; Are
ernment House dandiesl Taunt mel I'm
proud o it.I'm a man. nywGy a better man
muscle than any two of you! I'll show them.
III show them, in less than O week who's the
to see him. and with the aataDele Iii teach
L Rr; Jim Q talk tall OF 81 RR2i han, Z III There won't be a
p'99qpS %haat e. on 8n esr Il f IS th Hsrif BSlck?' yelled Char
!ieii leaping up. frightened out of his wits.
'W.ha, are you planning to d9T
You forced your company on me. and now you
had best shut, up and ask, no questions,
yo @BEt and oh Ss pat y sSS mneh s shns in nP his a as xiSs
love for him. He turned to and gave Keswick
q Lively tongueJIashiRREE, . and !. kesWiGk gulped
@inStq. e oh %iHi; f tsaiiRReedd kkim mSif sesnssif ss snd.
and what not, jImpedto the Soorioepers and
Kafirs are accustomed, to having the white
and Charlie Was Very White: While Reswicf..
tanned by the sun. and with the unhappy
ike one Of themselves. Besides he had been
familiar and had drunk, with them, while
e eanats e hS4 n fine III tbe h ksf diie miSd' an % t tSs
voorloepers started to obey. and at that Kes-
wick with Q rush Of oaths called them of and
and refused, He told the Kaffirs his cousin
Hanged; he Thu Threatened 10 tie up Kssw lex he
acted like a mailman himself. and started to
mTeddle with the oxen with his own hands;
him down Keswick rose, up unable to, speak
for rage, for 9 minute. Then-he knew how to
Charlie Fruin and stripped him stark naked.
and cut into his flesh with great strokes q the
THAT night Charlie lay apart. hiding his
shame and his wounds, and grooming, while
mothers relations as the man at his farewell
dinner had prophesied. and got drpnker than
ever SGs on the IN yS %aso9G,SS o eGat len E b,d The R Rfs ts day
He was sobered and sick.
."fou Shouldn't have meddled,' said he. re-
Shoot You by ali the laws OF the veldt.' Look
here. young 'un, you should have kept away
from me. It's not my fault I'm, not what was
not n gentleman, as you said last night. It's
tho fault Of those fellows who were at the same
school and e9illege 9 : me, and who w9uld a.
sorry, l. Well. 1t can't be helped. You in
with my work. I've got e go away Tor perhaps
a week with two Of the Kafirs. Is there any
thing / can do for you? You must stay here
"'Dick. said Charlie. looking at him In hor-
ror. are you going to try what you sald2 Are
you going to raise the Kafirs against the white
"'Young 'un.' said Keswlck, if you want to
save your life trust to me and ask no questions.
You made me mad last night, but you're The
you shake hands before J. goT ,
No, said Charlie, and they parted.
but the halfbreeds left in charge watched him.
and. besides. he was too sorely hurt by the
sjambpk 7? move. Keswiek loaded his ,Kafirs
with bottles, probably as a present for the
King. and went OF across the ve'dt into un-
known wilds. He was gone two days when, In
the evening, a holy of troopers Of the Is. b. A..
q, rode up at a gallon, and male Charlie a prIs-
man who had dickered with Keswick. had, hesn
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