Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-09-07

r. H. A Story Illustrating
=" Hze y the Horrors
of War
D0oOx (/I1 By IT. B. WELSH..
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CHAPTER vI.-(continued)
As they walked toward the door
Hayburu's eyes fell on the dark bulk
O. the dead hyena beside II. A curl
Gus expression passed over his face.
lie touched the dead beast with MS
foot.
What's this. Cieiand-a dead dog!
Rather a dangerous kind OF dos.
answered CleIand. smiling. 1t u
hyena, and would have made short
work Of me II l had not happened to
be beforehand with my rifle"
Lucky for you. ! thought ! heard
shot as came round: but fancied
had made a mistake afterwards.
said the other. with a peculiar inton-
alton. An ugly customer to deal
with. and you're lucky to have es'
capped. Well. are you ready"
They went out into the moonlit
night. Cleiand led the way up from
the camp.
Il was tempted by another fellow to
take look around before We turned
In" he saad. as they walked on ns
quickly as the sand would permit I'VE
thought We might happen to fall on
some traces Of the Basgara. We got
into n jungle. and had the greatest
difllcuity In AndIn. our way out. In
the thIckest part OF It the other fellow
trippcd and ,eil. his rife went on. and
he shot himself right through the
shoulder. It's nasty wound. and.
though I did the best could to ban
dnke Il, I'm rather afraid he won't be
able to keep Il still. I ran all the way
back, and have not reused anyone.
was In such hurry to get you up TO
aim
Ciciand thought this account little
inconsistent with the icisurcly way In
which he had seen Major Rayburn
wandering round the camp: but he
said nothing. and the two mon hur-
Tied on together.
The ground became less arid as they
Jid so. An occasional mimosa.bush
dotted the sand. Presently they came
In view OF what was evidently the
Jungle.
You are done up. I can scc." said
Rayburn. suddenly pausing to look Mt
the other. II have n flask with me.
VIII you take iittlc7"
~ nm all right. thank you" said
Cleland. quietly. Il do not take alco-
hoi. you know"
The other made no remark. but
stepped on. clcland following. In n
few minutes they were in the very
heart OF the scrub. An almost impene-
trablc Jungle II was. whose sharp mi
mosa-spears caught the incantious
traveller by the clothing. pierced It
through. and pierced the flesh with n
thousand sharp. thorny pricks. over
whose rough half-grass his feet STUN
bled and tripped Mt every step. and
whose huge twisted ropes OF crccper
flung down struggling tendrils over
his neck and shoulders so that he was
caught like n fly In SPIDERS web.
This Is becoming almost impassa.
ble!" Cleland exclaimed. Where is
your wounded man. Major. Rayburn?
Is he anywhere near here?"
We were quite as far as here. but
looks to me as II had lost my bear
ings." said Rayburn. He paused and
seemed lost In thought: then started
suddenly. "Ah. see now! This
palm tree was our guide. remember
that. This is the way. DR.. Cleland."
He turned aside to the left, leading
Cleland more into the heart OF the
jungle than ever: then he paused
again.
will you stay here for n few min
utes while run on in this direction.
doctor. and see II there Is any trace OF
my poor companion? ! begin to feel
quite uneasy. Have a cigar while
am away; they are the best Havanas."
Cleland agreed. and stood waiting
while the other went on. and soon dis
appeared from sight. Cleland heard
him calling "Vanburgh! Vanburgh.
where are you, man - for few min
utes: then his voice died away and
there was complete silence all around.