The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-11

NC adshes along the fence. which was I'M
usually low and was net OF barbed wire
IN lew seconds he would be over and
then Il meant a race for dear life. Ny
pony, 1 knew was one Of the quickest
IN the country, and, as we mad a good
start possibly Tor a short time We should
Keep ahead, but in the end knew the os-
uleh must easily catch us
As oy instinct my faithful friend
scented danger, and after one whispered
wore N his ear he was off ike the wind
mere was suddenly a crash behind us
loio"ed by a measured beating which al
most made the ground vibrate and set
my neart humping. II you have never
heard the tramp" Of an Infatuated os-
trlch no words will adequately describe IL .
tne nearest approach to It that can think
Oh Is the sound of the regular "thud!
thud! of soldiers on the march. There
was no mistake; We were being pursued
uy furious cock ostrich-a formidable
roe indeed! Now Il was only question
OF ume. The pony's feet seemed scarcely
10 toueh the ground and l bent forward
Urging MN on fevershly as l had never
done before. Nearer and nearer came
the beating, the distance between us and
our strange pursuer growing less ana less
every second. l was powerless to do any
thihs out hold on to my flying horse We
were miles away from any farm in the
direction we were going and those behind
knew nothing of the terrible danger L
was IN Could there be no help? Alone
on the boundess veldt, l looked vaguely
up INTO the blue sky
There was a distant shout and was
u4thiy conscious that a short, heavy kerr
RE whizzed past me. l dared not stop
for the ostrich was now but a few wards
nehihd and could almost feel the vibra-
tlon OF Its great wings as 1t SKINNED,
hah-1ylng, half-racing, over the earth
presently another kerrie came whizzing
past, and this time IL must have inter-
tered In some way with the progress of
the great bird, for l could tell II had
stopped snort, and as the chase was not
resumed | ventured to look back My
heart seemed suddenly to stand still. my
mead swan and / had the greatest diff
Guilty to keep my seat in the saddle. The
infuriated ostrich had turned and was
charging at a kafir who was coming up
from camp IN pursuit. The man saw his
danger and excitedly threw kerrie after
kerrie, which passed wide of the mark.
Vague ideas flashed through my mind of
going 10 his help-an absurd idea of
course, and now impossible. for the pony
had become thoroughly frightened and
was boiling as hard as he could 60 There
was more shouting now and | hoped that
ing back again, l saw 1t was to late-os-
trich and man had met!
The kaffir made a tremendous spring at
the long neck of the bird, but he was too
slow, and an awful kick sent the poor
wretch into the air and dropped him with
thud upon the earth. Before he had
time to recover. If, indeed, he ever could
the bird was literally dancing upon him.
and / shut my eyes TO hide the ghastly
sight By this time several kaffirs and a
Dutchman had come up and with a long
lasso they caught the sensitive part OF
the birds neck and strangled 1t, dragging
1t Off the PROSTATE kaffir at the same time.
l never knew how 1 reached home that
day. For days and nights the CHASTITY
light haunted me, and / was troubled by
the thought that the man had practically
given his life for mine, while l had done
nothing even to attempt to save him. His
master, hard; mercenary boer, was more
nlied with annoyance at the loss of the
valuable ostrich than with pity for the
man. The unfortunate kaffir had only liv
ed till he reached the farm, and then he
succumbed to his terrible injuries.
-N-<-e
Decided on That Point--Algie-"w What
is the first thing you would do If You had
aOoO00?" Tom Resign "-Chicaeo