Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15

geance was come.
We did so, and she strobe up to her
lord, and flinging the white robe from
her, stood before him, her fierce, beau
tiful face fixed like stone.
"Who am II" she cried. in so terrible
q voice that lie ceased his yells.
"Am I that woman who was given
to thee for wife, and whose child thou
slewest?
"Or am the spirit come to see thee
die?
"What is this?" she went on, drawing
the withered baby hand from tho
pouch at her side.
SIS it the hand of a babe, and how
came that hand to be thus alone?
"What cut 1t off from the babe, and
where is the babe?
"Is it a hand, or is 1t the vision OF q
hand that shall presently tear thy
throat?
"Where are thy soldiers. Wambe?
"Do they sleep aad eat and so forth
to do thy bidding, or are they per-
| chance dead and scattered like the win.
ter flowers?"
He groaned and the tierce-eyed WON.
an went on:
"Art thou still a chief. Wambe. or
does another take thy town and power!
and say, lord what doest thou there
and what Is that slaves leglet upon
thy knee? .
"Is it a dream. Wambe, great lord
and chief. Grand she lifted her
clinched hands and shook Them in his
face-"hath a wOman's vengeance
found thee out, and woman's wit
overma tched thy tyrannous strength
and art thou about to slowly die in
tormepts horrible to think OH, o thou
accursed murderer Of little Children
And with one wild scream she
dashed the dead hand OF the child
straight into his face and then fell
senseless on the floor.
AS for the demon in the trap. ne
shrunk back as far as it's iron bounds
would allow. his eyes starting out OF
his head with pain and terror. ana
then once more began to yell
The whole scene was more than l
could stand.
"Nala." said. "this must not so on.
That man is fiend, but he must not
be eft to die there.
"See thou to it,"
"Nay." answered Nala. "let him taste
of the food wherewith he hath fed $"
many; leaIe him till death shall find
him."
THAT will not" | answered
"Iet his end be swift See thou to
It,"
"As thou wilt, Macumazahn." An.
swered the chief, with shrug OF the
shoulders.
First let the white man and Malwa
be brought forth"
So the soldiers came forward anu
carried Every and the woman into the
open air
AS the former was borne past his tor.
mentor, the fallen chief. so cowardly
was his wicked heart actually prayed
him to intercede for him and save him
from a fate which. but for our provi-
dental appearance, would have been
Every's own.
So we went away, and In another
moment one of the biggest villains OH
the earth troubled it no more.
Once In the fresh air Every quickly
| recovered.
looked Mt him and horror and sor-
row pierced me through to see such a
sight.
His face was the face of man OF
sixty, though he was not yet forty, and
| his poor body was cut to pieces with
stripes and scars and other marks OF
the torments which Wambe had for
| wears amused himself with intiicting
on him.
AS soon as he recovered himself a
| little he struggled on to his knees.
burst into paroxysm Of weeping, and.
clasping my legs with his emaciated
arms, would have actually kissed my
feet
what are you about, old fellow? |
said, for l am not accustomed to thar
sort of thing, and it made me feel un'
comfortable.
"Oh. God bless you" he moaned-
"God bless you!
"If you only knew what have gone
through!
"And to think that you should have
come to help me and at the risk Of your
own life!
"Well, you were always true friend
yes, yes, a true friend"
"Boshw l answered, testify; I'm a
trader and 1 came after that ivory"
and pointed to the stockade OF tusks.
"Did you ever hear of an elephant
hunter who would not have risked his
immortal soul for them, and much
more, his carcassT"
But he took no notice of my ex-
plantations and went OH God-blessinS
me as hard as ever. till at last be-
thought me that cup of tea might
steady his nerves bit.
I gave him and was not disap.
pointed in the result, for lie brisked up
wonderfully.
Then I hunted about In Wambe's s
hut and found kaross for him to put
over his poor bruised shoulders, and
he was quite man again.
"Now," | said "why did the late
lamented Wambe want TO put you in
that trap"
because. as soon as they heard that
, the fight was going against them and
that Maiwa was charging at the head