The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

Ing ana vindictive balloons came chatter
ing 10 The foot of the hill, and uttered a
sort of triumphant screech as they sight
ed the enemy. The brutes bounded up the
hill In pursuit with great cunning, seeking
shelter from retaliation In the trees
and bushes by the roadside. BY leaps ana
bounds they gained and soon the stone
men were struck more than once. blood
flowing from a cut In Weldons head
"The demonsr he gasped. They're
more like savage men than brute beasts!'
Il wish you'd realized that before YOU
disturbed Them" his reproachfuI comrade
grunted.
At last they were at the top, and de-
ehvity again stretched before them. JUST
as the stones came down I'm a shower The
Vengeful apes seemed to have no idea of
relinqulshIng the chase. The riders sped
down at breakneck speed and now they
thought they were fairly and safely away
The road twisted and wound Soon they
were out Of sight and soon after the
yelps OF the pack sounded more family.
THANK heavenl' cried May who was a
little In advance. THAT was tight hole"
I'm know better another time than 10
meddle with pack of these moneysp
weldon gasped. "Halloap
They were turning a corner at full
speed, the danger behind rendering them
blind TO any In front As Weldon cried
out, May ran up against an obstruction.
and was pitched far over the handlebars.
a good ten feet into some bushes by the
wayslde. There was no possibility for his
friend 70 escape; he was scorching directly
behind. and the descent was steep. He hit
on thee obstruction and his chum's wheel
and, Ike an arrow sped after another he
also shot through the air and lighted be-
hind May. There. hidden by the bushes
they lay still and senseless.
Immediately from the other side OF the
road. where the wood was dense, a brutal
black face, with wide yellowish eyeballs
peeped out, listened for moment. then
leaped TO the lifeless men, and began TO
rifle their pockets. II was the same Kaffir
who, in the morning, had been almost
caught by May-the man wso was wanted
In Cape Town for assault and robbery Elk
cited by the slight Of the gold which May
had shown when settling the hotel bin
disappointed in tamperlng with the
wheels he had run with unresting speed
by the short cuts over the mountains. I'M
Ill, at this dangerous curve in the road
he had been in time TO tie grape vine
taut acress the path, with almost fatal re-
suits TO the white men, whose bicycles lay
smashed in the road
The KafFir rog le lost no time in search
ing his late masters pockets but ne
had hardly begun 10 do so when he was
arrested in the act by a strange tumult
up the HILL Fearful OF capture he left
his prey, and ran across the road 10 his
former hiding place. He was not half
way across when a huge old gray baboon
far In advance of the others, bounded
round the bend. a big rock in its forepaws.
II saw the Kaffir, and, with a scream of
fury, discharged the missile. The stone
struck squarey between the robbers eyes,
and ne sank to his knees, supplied with
terror and blinded with hood. In an in
slant the pack came up, yelping, and Inn
mediately they set upon the unhappy
wretch, stoning him, until he was a shape
less heap-quite dead. They shifted about
him for awhile, apparently seeing no diff
ference between him and the one who had
thoughtlessly killed their small companion,
and at last chatterlng triumphantly they
went back, satisfied with their revenge
When the two wheelmen at length came
to their senses the lonely rood was very
quiet and still. They knew what a swift
and dreadful punishment had befallen the
robbng Kaifir, as soon as they saw the
grape vine, witness of the mans attempt
to kill and steal, and the stone-surround-
ed black body, token of his horrible end.
The wheels were useless, so they had a
long, silent walk 10 the nearest station OF
the mounted police. where they tod OF
their escape from the babeon pack, and
still stranger escape from robbery ana
murder.