The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-23
Nv paralleled them. keeping al

be lion that had been entering Grey
oke's compound and stealing his
heep. and as they retraced their way
ward the bungalow late in the after
BON M lurked in their rear.
Never in his life had he been so Deep
Interested in anything as he was i'm
pese strange creatures, and when half
Ray across the plain the party came
Unexpectedly upon band of antelope
faxing in little hollow and M heard
be voice of one of the little black
1cks the men carried and saw a buck
4p into the air and then come heavily
The ground quite dead deep respect
~ added to his interest and possibly
trace of awe as well. Fear he knew
In a clump of bushes q quarter of
1 bile from the bungalow M came to u
alt. The strange odOrs that assailed
lis nostrils as he approached the ranch
Earned him to csution.
The black servants and the WaZiri
warriors. some of whom were always
listing their former chief, presented
% Nus nostrils an unfamiliar scent
Pne which made the black shock upon
bis head stiffen as you have seen fine
hair upon the neck of a white mans
bound stiffen when for the first time
his nose detects the odor Of an Indian.
A\dArkness came ON M approached
thnef 20 the bungalow. always careful,
however, to keep down wind from it.
Filled with wonder as he was, the
troglodyte had become "A prey to the
ivest sort Of curiosity concerning the
identity and habits of these strange
beings. Particularly was he interested
hi some one whom he had not seen,
yet of whose hidden presence he was
nguely aware. In some way this I'M
hown individual reminded him of
2at-ul. the beautiful girl with whom
5e had walked but yesterday beneath
me shade of the tree ferns-Nat-ul,
the girl he loved.
Through the windows lie could see
people moving about within the lighted
interior, but he was not close enough
Ito distinguish features. He saw men
and women sitting about long table,
|eating with strange weapons upon
which they impaled tiny morsels Of
food Xhich lay upon round fat stones
befoe them.
There was much laughter and talk
ing, which foated through the open
windows to the cave mans eager ears.
but throughout it all there came to
him no single word which he could in
terpret
After these men and women had eat
en- they came out and sat in the shadows
before the entrance to their strange
cave. and here again they laughed and
chartered. for all the world. thought
M, like the ape people: and yet,
though it was different from the ways
Of his own people, the troglodyte could
not help but note within his own
breast strange yearning to take part
in tia longing for the company Of
these strange. new people.
He had crept quite close to the We
randa now, and presently there flOated
down to him upon the almost stagnant
air message as clear as word Of
mouth, which told him that Nat-ul, the
tion. but of course he could not guess
that 1t carried any peculiar signif-
canoe. It was merely an expression
Of the natural timidity of the civilized
white woman in the midst Of the saw
age African night. >
.It's nothing. Miss Custer" he said.
TN just walk down there to reassure
you-a prowling hyena. perhaps. but
nothing more"
The girl would have been glad to
deter him, but she felt that she had
already evinced more perturbation
than the occasion warranted, and 30
she but forced a laugh, remarling that
It was not at all worth while Yet In
her ears rang the familiar name that
had SO often fallen from the lips of her
dream man.
When one of the others suggested
that the investigator had better take
an express rife with him on the
chance that the intruder might be Old
Raffies. the sheep thief, the girl start
ed up as though to object, but re-
alizing how ridiculous such an att
tude would be. and how impossible to
explain. she turned instead and en-
tered the house.
Several Of the men walked down
into the garden. but though they
searched about for the better part Of
haH an haur they came uDOn no iQdi-
cation that any savage beast was Turk
ING pear by.
Arrays in front Of them silent ng-
~ moved just outside the range OF
>heir vision. When they returned
|nGnin to the veranda It took up its
|Dooition once more behind the rose
|iushes. nor until all had entered the
|hunGaiow and sought their beds did
~ figure stir.