The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-09-18
MAIWA'S REVENGE
ALLAN QUATERMAlN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE
BY HI. RIDER HAGGARD.
BY III. RIDER HAGGARD.
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often do this sort Of thing?'
We'll" he answered, with dry
smile, "the last time had to load
three shots as quickly as that was al
rather larger game.
ut was at elephants.
II killed them all three as dead as ]
killed those woodcocks, but it very
nearly went the other way. I can tell
you.
II mean they very nearly killed me. =
Just at that moment the keeper came
up.
did you happen to get one of them
there cocks. sir?" he said with the
air OF a man who did not in the least
expect an answer in the affirmative.
well, YES, Jeffries,'' answered Qua
termain.
You will find one of them by the
hedge, and another about fifty yards
out by the plow there to the left
The keeper had turned to go. looking
little astonished, when Quatermain
called him back.
stop a bit, Jeffries," he said
you see that pollard about one hun
dred and forty yards off?
wen, there should be another wood
cock down in line with it, about
sixty PAGES out in the field.v
well, if that beant the very smart
est bit of shooting murmured Jeffries,
and departed.
After that we went home, and in due
course Sir Henry Curtis and Cap
tain Good turned up to dinner, the
latter in the tightest and most orna-
mental dress suit ever saw.
remember that the waistcoat was
adorned with i've pink coral buttons
1t was a very pleasant dinner.
Old Quatermain was in excellent
humor, induced, / think, by the recol-
lection Of his triumph over the doubt
ing Jeffries.
Good, too, was full Of anecdotes.
He told us the most miraculous story
of how he once went shooting ibex in
Kashmir
These ibex, according to Good, he
stalked early and late for four entire
days.
At last, on the morning of the fifth
day, he succeeded in getting within
range of the flock, which consisted of
a magnificent old ram. with horns so
hong that am afraid TO mention their
measure, and five or six females.
Good crawled upon his stomach, pain
fully taking shelter behind rocks, till
he was within two hundred yards;
then he drew fine bead upon the old
ram.
At this moment, however, diver
sion occurred.
Some wandering native of the hills
appeared upon a distant mountain top.
The females turned. and rushing over
rock vanished from Goods ken.
But the old ram took holder course
In front of him stretched mighty
crevasse at least thirty feet in width
He went at it with a bound.
While he was in midair Good fred,
and killed him dead.
The ram turned complete somer-
sault in space, and fell in such a fash
ion that his horns hooked themselves
upon big projection of the opposite
cliffs
There he hung until Good. after A
long and painful detour, gracefully
dropped lasso over him and fished
him up.
This moving tale of wild adventure
was received with undeseryed in
creduiity.
"Well,' said Good, ''if you fellows
won't believe my story when tell it
Ia perfectly true story, mind perhaps
one Of you will give us better; I'm
Inot particular if it is trte or mott
And lie lapsed into a dignifed silence.
Now, Quatermain,' ! said, don't
let Good beat you; let's hear how you
killed those elephants you were talking
about this evening just after you shot
the woodcocks."
Well" said Quatermain, dryly. and
with something like a twinkle in his
brown eyes, lit is very hard fortune
for man to have to follow on Goods
'spoor.'
Indeed, If it were not for that run
ming giraffe, which, as you viii re-
member Curtis, we saw Good bowl
over with Martini rife at three hun
bred yards, should almost have said
that this was an impossible tale"
Here Good looked up with an air of
| indignant innocence.
However he went on, rising, and
lighting his pipe, IF you fellows like,
| will spin you yarn
1
! was telling one or you the other
night about those three lions, and how
the lioness finished my unfortunate
'voorlooper'' Jim Jim. the boy whom
we buried in the breadbag.
Well, after that little experience
thought that would settle down a bit
SO ! went in for venture with mar
| who, being of a speculative mind, had
conceived the idea Of running a store
at Pretoria upon strictly cash princi
Iples.
The arrangement was that l shonlt
find the capital and he the expert
ence.
/ Our partnership was not Of loni
duration
The Beers refused to pay cash. ans
at the end OF four months my partnel
had the capital and had the expert
ence
n After this came to the conclusion
thar storekeeping was not in my line
ana having four hundred pounds lef
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