The Wahpeton times., 1904-04-01

whiriing clouds Of black dust-liki
cayenne pepper in appearance. ant
| quite as agreeable-Cleland saw
something which made his neart leap
| 1t was loag line OF stationar!
lights!
He had no doubt now but that h,
had come in sight of the English
camp. He spurred on, hope lending
him strength and swifiness.
In half an hour he was quite clos
| to the encampment. Then he paused
a strange. uneasy feeling possessing
4 him.
| Could this be his own campo II
consisted in the center of a long zare-
ba. protected by what seemed like a
Jungle OF mi;aosa and palm, thicl;ly
lntc. spcrsad With half-grass and creep
ers. AS he approached he saw that in
font there was a deep trench and a
storkade. At either end there were
tlelanu was accustomed.
He stool still. a chilly fear creep.
ing over him. Suddenly as if they
had sprung ont of the ground. two tall
figures stood. one on either side o!
him. and two immense brown HANDS
gripped each one of his arms
Cleland turned quickly towards one
Of his assaliants. and saw q tall, d,lsky
figure. clad in a dark aad dirty lib
beh." OF upper garment. loose draw
ers. and on its head piece of rolled
cloth. somewhat resembling the Turk
ish turl:an. Tho face beneath was
dark and sinister.
Cleland could no longer have any
doubt on the subject. lie was in the
hands of the enemy!
He had sufficient knowledge of the
language to explain.
Where are you taking me? ar.
an innocent man."
Cursed be all Christian dogs anc
infidels!" exclaimed one Of his cap
tors. Allah il Allah! You are spy,
and the khalifa will hang you, as he
has hung others!"
Are you taking me to the Khalifa?'
exclaimed Cleland, only able to under.
stand half Of what was said
The man made brief assent. ano
then, pointing his lance at Cleland's
breast, made him come on.
There was really nothing else for it
but to allow himself to be led forward
I'D Slolo
resistance.
He was dragged on by his captors,
whose savage looks and tones showed
clearly that they had no feeling save
that OF bitter hatred against the man
who wore the dress OF the hated Eng
lish intidel In a few moments Gle
land found himself entering the zarcba
by means OF an opening concealed be-
hind brushwood and mimosa-thorn.
Inside the Zareba he was dragged
across pits aad trenches. between lines
of fercefaced, gloomy eyed dervishes,
who sp:ang to their feet lance in
hand, past huts, donkeys and tethered
camels, on to a central hut. which he
guessed must be that of the Khalifa.
The door was open. and the mex,
moment he found himself in the pres
cnce OF the ruler of the Soudan, the
man who had such terrible reason tu
hate the accursed white race---ac-
cursed both for their unbelief and for
their determined attempts to over
throw his power
A straw mat lay ON the floor in the
center of the hut; on this reclined the
Khalifa. He locked up as his soldiers
entered with their prisoner, but made
no attempt to rise.
Cleland met Il pair Of cold, merci
less black eyes. set in Il thin. dark
face. keen as an eagles. and as cruel.
without wincing or wavering. The
Khalifa waved his hand towards his
men. who began an excited Grafton,
most of which Cleland could not un-
derstand but one word be could
make out, and that was spy.
Ito be continued.l