The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
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broke off the branchlets of the trees ana
laid them from pole to pole oil the up
rights which formed the supports OF inc
edifice. matching ii Win lhe srdss dl.d
stuffing dry leaves and tufts OF Tern INTO
the intersticeS till it became quite d SUP
stantial edifice. " e., ,,,s
drink should be amply provided for the
travellers. and sent many messages 10
Erie and Mrs Sutton. when JUST as they
were about 10 mount ana rlde hdpdi1
discovered that the Gala bashes wnlcn neio
the water were quite empty. so the l-aKa-
hari was ordered to the mountain spring
TO fetch some.
II say. Kapain, Get a big fire made
I'D to scare away the beasts, there IotS
of stuff about. and look here. nave you
any of that herb juice your Inotner SiNeS
to soothe pain? l am suffering horribly,
all down my side, too. kapaln ulFed
into a bag and drew forth square or
roughly embroidered leather II wa i,hS
a large purse and from 1t he extracted
a little bottle, dropped some OF the con-
tents into some water which Nortn swat
lowed, and lay down again on the ped
they had made for him OF grass and
leaves and Harnesses. Forester proposed
to stay beside him until the I1akaharl re-
turned, but North would not hear OF IL
ut will not take an hour to go TO the
fountain and back" he said, ana the
sooner you go the sooner NumJald VIII
come to me. L shall not get to sleep ulI
YOU are off. See what splendid nre
have, No wild beast Will pass that Oood-
by Hope | shall see you in London
Cad | feel more comic rtable already
Goodby" He seemed dropping asleep as
Forester shook hands with him
on their way to saddle their horses
Kapain threw two more big branches on
the fire 1T will last till the I-akahari
returns" he said. but he will take longer
than the baas thinks The lower pool IS
quite dry. He'll have to climb up 10 the
top one" .-..,,.,.. .,-,..,
strange, uncanny fancies. Il never knew
North TO fail in a shot before and he
has lost his favorite horse Is ms luck
going to change Suppose some OF those
burning branches rolled down against,
or were blown against the hut-why, IL
would burn like finder. The smoke, too,
would suffocate him. He would cease TO
breathe almost before he felt any pain.
Then they might look for the heir pre-
sumptive in vain. Surely fate had given
him another chance. Should he be 50
weak as to disregard it.
'Kapain-stop-I came away with the
baas's pet riding whip. / must take II
back. Hold my horse IL Is only re"
yards I'll not disturb him with the noise
of horses feet-wait here.
The Obedient native drew rein and stood
quite sill. Forester dismounted. ana
holding a whip in his hand. walked
straight and with composed air to the
fire; though not quite opposite the door,
the glare showed North sleeping peace
fully. Forester stood moment gazing
at him. his face twitched, his eyes con
tracted, then he stole away TO the nre,
passed il in the direction where he had
one vigorous kick to a blazing branch
and sent it toward the hut. The impetus
was not quite enough. 1t stopped short
of actual contact. but the dry heritage,
the leaves and infammable materials near
by caught the fame and before Forester
turned his back on the scene he could
see that the lowest layer Of grass and
twigs composing North's temporary shell
ter had already kindled.
FORESTER walked on rapidly and stead
fly.
the baas. He sleeps quietly, and I gor
nv own whip. but we have lost a little
time: we must press on. That's not
bad horse you are riding. Is ii your own
or one of BaaS North'S ~
They spurred on into the quiet silvery
night while the red glow of the fire
on the other edge of the forest grew
paler as they put an increasing distance
between IL and thmselves.
(To be Continued.)