The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-02-20
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CHAPTER vIr.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER vIr.-(Continued.)
They rode all night straight o,
wttAeat q halt. It was a desolat'
eea1fry. uninhabited by native o,
white man. and far removed from an.
railway line: but Rothes felt certain
1t was the direction taken by Moore il
order 70 get into the Free State.
It was In the early dawn that the!
came 70 q narrow spruit (stream)
whose banks were different from tn
dry, sandy veldt, soft and muddy
Here they dismounted, and Heinrich
the little Zulu. examined the mud at
teAtively, uttered a little cry. "Baah'
horses and OF men! One. two mans
large footmarks, and n small WON
ans or child's. We have tracked then
and they are not before us; l am sure
o6 that"
Rothes sprang to his side and soor
convinced himself that Heinrich was
right His excitement could hardly he
kept in check.
We must press on, Henrich!" he
exclaimed. "It Is hard on the poor
beasts. I know, but there is ne time to
be lost Have a drink Of water. bov
and you a eat your biscuits rid
Ing"
Once more they pressed forward. The
marks continued a bit along the dom
"a. or water course, then they rose up
again to the plain. and Of course we're
lost there. They were now close to
some OF the widest and most precip-
itous Of the rocky range of mountains,
and asthey approached the pass Rothes
felt In doubt as to whether he should
% through 1t or continue in the di-
rsction he had been pursuing. Sud-
denly Heinrich. giving a low, Kissing
sound between his teeth, turned to his
master, his round, wild eyes blazing.
"Baas. baas, look! Straight before
us! There is a horse standing beside
the rock! Do you see him. There!
There must be a man there, also."
Rothes' eyes were not so keen, but
- they approached nearer he Gi~tinct-
u saw the animal standing motto Hess
By the rock. As they pressed their
horses on he saw. too, what Heinrich
nrst pointed out-a mans figure, lying
PROSTATE on a tuft OF short grass un-
derneath the rock.
He did not move until they were
close to him. Then Rothes saw he was
. native, and was not dead, as he had
at Arst thought. but sound asleep.
Quick Al thought Rothes whipped out
his revolver and covered the PROSTATE
figure with II. while Heinrich. obeying
. signal from his master, crept stealth
fly to the man, placed his knee on his
chest and pinioned both his hands.
With . yell the man started up,
violently. but the 1.-THE Zulu
had bound his hands firmly, and
Rothes' revolver pointed straight at
his head.
ASK him who he is. Heinrich, and
Il he has seer q man and woman pass
this way" said Rothes. TELL him l
shall shoot him II he does not answer
ct once and tell the truth"
But the crafty native, who was no
other than Gerald Moore's boy" was
reader with his answer than Rothes
had hoped.
Give me gold piece-one, two three
and l tell you all you want to know,
oaas," he said.
Rothes produced the gold.
Il will give you that il O can tell
me- anything about a man and a wom-
IN - horseback who came from New
Kolso. near Ladysm:th." said he.
The man showed his teeth In a hor-
Eibly ugly smile.
i can tell you more about them
than any one In the world, baas. The
wal my master. and his name
u Mr.. Moore. He wal taking the
woman to Harrismith, and going to
marry her there. But she ran away
froa us two days ago. and now my
master, after beating Chipanga, is try
Ing 70 ind her. She lose herself and
die Of hunger and cold, II wild beast
Do not get her."