The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
get through. I wish you were not SO

get through. wish you were not SO
plucky."
Carter laughed. ooh. am frightened
hard enough but / should be still more
frightened at what / should think of
myself IL anything happened to Mr.. Smith
which could have prevented IL I'd been
there. It's very kind of you to offer an
escort. and I'd thought of that before
but I'm sure I shall be able to move
quicker and more quietly without one.
But IL Mr.. Slade could lend me gun.
I'd feel lot more comfortable with
that"
Certainly, my boy. certainly. You
shall have my Winchester. and | believe
can scare up n revolver somewhere"
"You are very good. I have a revolver
already, but it's only useful to me as
sort of knuckleduster. couldn't hit a
haystacli with it ten yards off. Same
with the rife: I've never used one. But
where I was brought up in Wharfedale.
you see. the governor had some glebc,
and his income was small. We mostly
lived on rabbits and a few grouse in the
season. and SO you see / learned to be
pref. seful with shotgun.
81 ~ handed a weapon. "There you
are. 3"nat's a double twelve-bore ham
mcr gun. and both l.rrels are cylinders.
It's an early Holla.; aud was a swell
tool in its day, VIII i was some time
a~o." Na
THANK you very nsut,'. 7 hope shan't
have to use it. but it'll feel comfortable
under my arm. When you've lived most
of your life in the country. you miss
going out with gun. Well, now, III
say good-by''
"Wait minute till we've called up
your boy. I'll shout from the veranda."
Don't please said Carter, remem.
berins that on all previous occasions
when trouble foreboded White-Man's
Trouble disappeared. He did not wish to
call Laura's attention moro than neces-
sary to the risks of the journey. I'D
far rather go alone"
ooh, Carter" said the voice of the Kroo-
boy from the darkness outside. then you
plenty-much dam fool. say / lib for
come with you to Malla-Nula. You no
fit 10 go by your lone
They looked out through the Iii door
way and saw the yellows on White-Man's-
Troubles eyes, and the gles:a OF lbs
teeth which latter were cclipsei when
he finished his speech, leaving the eyes
alone to tell of his whereabouts
Now. that's a real stout boy az yours,
Carter" the trader said Hi YOU, come
In. You fit for a pcs?"
az TT for a bottle" said WhiteNIGns-
Trouble. who looked nipped and graz
when he stood UP in the lamplight. Poor
fellow. he thought he was going to ccr-
tain death with perhaps torture as an ad.
dtiion but when 1t came to pinch, AMI
the white man led, he screwed up his
pluck to follow.
So at last the pair of them set off quietly
into the shadows. TWO handshakes were
all the farewell. but there was soft
something in Laura's eyes that sent queer
thrills down George Carriers spine. Sladc
himself saw them through the outer line
of the sentries. and warned those en-
thusasts not to fire on them should they
presently return: and a dozen yards away
from those scntries. they melted irto the
warm blackness of the African rjgt..
Up on the veranda of the factory Laurc
Slade leaned over the rail and listened TO
the beating of her own heart. She
strained her ears along the line of mys-
terous phosphorescence which marked the
beach. but no trace or hint did she get
of how it Jared with the man she loved.
Once only during that watch did sha
hear sound which she took to be
distant glnshot. and then, din. din IS
though two other snots followed it. Then
the roar OF the surf and the night noises
of Africa closed in again, and for safe;y
or hurt Carter had passed beyond ler
reach.
Kate will like that man." she said TO
herself. and then she shivered q little. .!
wonder If Kate will take him away FROM
me?"