The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03

has been said St. Maur was a copious
talker. 81 they rode on I'm apparently
jovial good fellowship. After the hrst
injuries for the RayenscleuSh household
Forester observed that North made no
mention OF them whatever, and though
h. seemed to have recovered health ana
strength, he looked Thin and haggard.
4 rough but excellent meal awaited
them on reaching the laager. and soon
after they turned i'm. as North warned
them that they must be about at dawn
next morning.
Forester Law long slecpless. The sight
OF North awoke all the feverish ferment,
the contention between good ard eVi!
which had racked him before. lie be-
walled his lost opportunity. and yet ielt
that something. THAI unseen power, when
his mind was too limited to perceive, be-
cause Il Vas materially invisible. had saw
I'd him from "A damning act which might
have endangered himself. yet he re-
GREETED his own salvation. what coLll
possibly await In the present, or the ia
ture. in which superstitious fools beIeVe'
that cOull compensate him for the loss
Or the fortune the position. the distinc-
tion. his cunningly devised shot would
have brought him. had il only been sue
cessful. The idea had cone to him ike
a sudden inspiration as he and his COM
panions were hastily JismountinS ana
giving their horses to the care Cr the
after-riders as the huge herd OF wild
creatures Numbered toward them.
Forrester's was an exceptional nature.
IL was almost unmiXediy material, though
not exceptionally sensuous. His immoral
ity was more mental than physical. nesh-
Iy indulgence had little or no attraction
Tor him. but - was quite unconscious of
Pa craving FOR joys which gold could not
buy. or distinction satisfy. With his fell
low men he had no sympathy. IL they
served him well. they had certain value
/ in his ewes. otherwise a hecatomb might
perish without causing him pang.
Fortunately. the blacklist villain. the
noblest good man are alike inconsistent.
Forrester's Inconsistencies which slightly
humanized him were love for his moth
/ er who had served him well. and an in
tense longing. not untinged with some
I thing OF affection. for Madeleine. who vas
I so far an unattainable good. In both his
f hearts desires Godfrey Isles existence
was an insurmountable obstacle, was
{ there any just cause why he should not
. be removed2 Forester could see none.
Z This expedition may offer me some more
/ chances. / must ne on the alert and take
I them: hesitation means weakness and
I cowardice and cannot accuse myself OF
/ these" were his last waking thoughts,
after which he fell asleep and lay tran
l guilty the picture OF conscience at rest
lSext morning the understanding st.
I Naur was reused from his peaceful ana
/ profound slumbers and Obliged to hurry
I over his breakfast. as North wished to
I start him and Forester in advance while
he waited to see his own train i'm motion.
For brief spell of lion shooting the
I marty Travelled very light. n blanket rolled
I'D and fastened before the sad'ile. n few
l additional articles of warm clothing in
leather bags. after riders carrying spare
I ammunition. coffee. bread. calabashes
| full OF water axes. salt and various i'm
I nortant tribes: each huntsman was fol-
lowed by an after rider. who held an adj
. ditional short double-harreled smoth bore
I rifle the favorite weapon for this kind
/ OF shooting for the use of the "machoa"
(white mani to whose service he was at
l tached.
Each hunter wore a broad leather belt
| from which depended many useful agen-
a, and held I'm his hand his own particu-
| lar rifle trusting to provide themselves
with meat. fire and shelter out OF the
inexhaustible supplies of veldt and forest
| and mountain.
] They rode leisurely in westerly drec-
| tion under the guidance Of North's chief
| man, Numjala. and soon reached a range
OF hills. the abrupt steepness of which
| suggested considerably greater height
than they really possessed. Through these
they pAn>'-sted. following the channel