The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-28

the night, each man with a
I knew what they
wanted-the gold they seen-and
knew they had logged me to this
lonely place. In my fright I ran blind
~ along, with these big. black. naked
ieet coming pounding after me. ! did
not know where I was running to. and
would have been speedily dead where
these brutss were driving me. II The
capricious moon had not again skim
med out from behind the black LIQUIDS
and cast her light I'm front OF me just
IN time TO save me from plunging into
the abandoned uuarries which lie.
great precipitous holes. near the foot
OF Lion mountain. The hunters gave
a laugh as the moonlight showed me
To them s~pringIng back from the Drink.
Inc baggars had got me in a trap.
Iney paused a little In front of me,
LOT the moon once more dived out of
sight, and just then from the street of
Maiays from which I had cut OF came
to my ears the roll,cking voice Of my
friend John. roaring on his homeward
way. 'Ta-ra-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!' / did
not pause to him what I was saying.
suppose ] ought to have yelled Help
or Murder' Instead. ! sang at the
pltcn or my voice the same idiotic re-
frain. 'Ta-ra-ra-na-boom-de-ay! John
must have recognized my voice. There
was an instant's pause. a great laugh.
a whoop. and back came 'Ta-Ta-ra-Ta-
boom-de-ay" nearer than the first time.
The next instant there was a rush OF
kaffirs upon ne: I saw the big sticks
raised; j stepped back instinctively
from them; 'Ta-ra-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!'
i screeched; my heart bounded up and
clicked the cry. for my foot was over
the edge; snd. grabbing at rocks ard
mud and grass. l rolled dow the cliff.
Il looked at the place afterward and
mirveled I VA not instantly killed. I
was knocked senseless-there's the
white mark on my held-and when I
came to my senses l looked up, won
dering where / was and what had hap
pened, and the moon was out again and
smiling down upon me as II everything
was all right. / tried to get up bur
could not: my leg was broken. As I
managed to sit up / saw the Kafirs
coming to me from the other side of
the quarry where the carts used to IN
ter. They had come around to strip
my body at leisure. Well. sir. I'm my
utter despair at my helpless condition
i suppose l went clean crazy. When
my voice began to work aga'n IL took
the same cry that had been cut snort
by the stun OF the fall. and there I sat
glsring at the savages. shaking my
fist at them and bowling like a lun-
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