The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-03

hear their hoarse cries sung in kind Of
chant, We want the man who has taken
our land. Where is the man who has
stolen our land? Bring out the head of
the man who has come for cur Iand'
Day and night the cry of the thousands
of armed natives continued. 1t lasted
for week. and then there came to me
the summons had all the time been ex-
pectlng-that I was to come before the
king.
Il went to the Indaba, and the king at
tackled me. Who were the men who had
helped me to steal their lands? Ny re-
ply was always the same: I have not
come for land, o king! We want no
lands. We are too great to want lands.
We leave that to the Boers-to the men
With cattle. All we want is to look for
gold Hour after hour of argument, of
abuse, followed. The king went into his
nut, and then the chiefs piled me with
questions. Who were the men who had
told the king to let me take their lands i?
said: Do not let us bring the great
name of the king in our talk. He is
great. We are but as dogs. Why should
we try to mix him up with our common
little affairs? This, of course, was re-
ported to the king, and greatly pleased
him. But who were the men, the chiefs
insisted, who advised the king TO let
you have our land?' know nothing
OF your land I replied. Who says that
ff aegg advised TS the king to give me your
some who had been friendly to me. L
know nothing of it,, replied They went
IN and told the king; and the word came
out from the king that the Indaba was to
deal with those chiefs who had been
friendly to me. On hearing this the old
prime minister quietly tapped his SNUFF
oox and took out pinch Of snuff, for he
They took him and other of my friends
and slew them. They went to their VIII
lagos, and they slew every man, woman
ana living thing in them, and RACED the
nuts to the ground. Not so much as a
fowl was allowed to survive, and 900 or
10o people were that day slain.
MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE.
II was allowed to go back to my tent.
Tomorrow, they said, we will deal with
you 1 knew what that meant, and I
felt that had stayed there long enough.
What is the use Of all the wealth in the
world to man when his wife is a widow
So, early next morning, I put nv horses
to my wagon and made straight for the
south. l had not gone far when 1 saw
little cloud behind me- I knew what
that Was-an Impi sent after me. Without
hesitation cut the traces Of my sWiftest
morse, Jumped on it, left the wagon be-
hind and rode as hard as 1 could away.
Hour followed hour, the sun set and I
was parched with thirst. My horse fell
down exhausted, and I still pressed for
ward on foot. My tongue became bigger
and bigger. I saw the sun rise; 1 saw the
sun set. My tongue was now hanging out
OF my mouth-a great, hard, dry lump. I
nad half lost my senses, and could only
just remember enough to keep straight
south. AT last came to river. 1 rolled
In 1t. 1 could not drink, for my tongue
was so big that 1t blocked my mouth, and
SO hard that water seemed not to touch
1t. But 1 bathed my face and threw the
water on my tongue At last, with a sud
den spring, the tongue flew back in the
mouth. thought it had slipped down my
throat. 1 had to leave the river and go
on. There is no need to tell Of the days
that followed-sun rising and sun setting,
and the weary tramp over the hot yeldt'
At last got to Mafelzing, and made first
for the postoff1ce."