The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-22


while Hans with couple OF sweeps
OF his long knife. severed the cords
with which Robertson was tied.
The poor man who In the glowing
light | could see was raving mad.
sprang up. shouting out something
in Scotch about ''the dell" SEEKING
a great spear which had fallen
from the hand OF one OF the
priests, he rushed furiously at the
giant who had given the order. and
with a yell drove II at his heart.
saw the spear snap from which
I concluded that this man. whom
rightly ! took TO be Rezu, wore
some kind OF armor. Next instant
the axe he held, great weapon,
flashed aloft and down went Rob
ertson before its awful stroke,
stone dead, for as we found after
ward, he was cloven almost In two.
At the sight of the death OF my
poor friend rage took hold OF me.
In my hand was double-barrelled
rife, an express loaded with hol-
low-pointed bullets. covered the
giant and let drive, first with one
barrel and then with the other. and
what is more, distinctly did ! hear
both bullets strike upon him. Yet
he did not fall. He rocked little, /,
that is all, then turned anf 4
marched off toward hut, the
whereof Hans had told me whit
stood about fifty yards away.
Leave him to mel" shouted
Umslopogaas. "Steel cuts where
bullets cannot PIERCE and with
bound like to that OF buck, the
great Zulu leapt away after him.
think that Rezu meant to enter
the hut for some purpose OF his
own, but the Slaughterer was too
hard upon his tracks: He ran past
II and down the other slope OF the
little hill on to the plain behind
where the remnants OF his army
were trying to reform. There IN
front of them the giant turned and
stood at bay.
Umslopogaas halted also waiting
for us to come up since, cunning
old warrior as he was. he feared
lest should he begin the fight be
fore that happened, the horde OF
them would fall on him. Thirty
seconds later we arrived and foun'
him standing still with bent BODY
} small shield advanced and tn
great axe raised as though in the
act of striking. wondrous picture
outlined as it was against the
swiftly-rising sun.
Some ten PAGES away stood the
giant leaning on the axe he bore,
which was not unlike to that with
which woodmen fell big trees. He
was an evil man to see and at this 1
my first full sight of him, likenec
him in my mind to Goliath whom
David overthrow.
Huge he was and hairy. with
deep-set, piercing eyes and great
hooked nose, his face seemed thin
and ancient also, when with a mo-
ton of the great head, he tossed
his long locks back from about it,
but his limbs were those of Her.
cules and his movements full of a
youthful vigor. Moreover hi
aspect as a whole was that of a
devil rather than that of a man;
indeed the sight of it sickened me.
Let me shoot him." l cried to
Umslopogaas, for / had reloaded
the rifle as / ran.
NAY, Watcher-by-Night," AMI
swered the Zulu without movingl
his head, rife has had its chance
and failed. Now let us see what
axe can do: If l cannot kill this
man, will be borne hence feet
first who have made a long jour
ney for nothing"
Then the giant began to talk in
low, rumbling voice that rever
berated from the slope of the li';.>
hill behind us.
"Who are you," he asked, speal'
ing in the same tongue that III.
Amahagger use. "who dare to como
face to face with Rezu? Blacl
hound, do you not know that ]
cannot be slain who have lived
year for every one Of you r. s
days, and set my foot ", e