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KING SOLOMON'S MINES.

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.

CHAPTER XIIL THE ATTACK.

Slowly, and without the slightest appearance o! haste or excitement, the three columns crept on. When- within about five hundred yards of us the mam or center column halted at the root of a tongue of open plain which ran up into the hill to enable the other two to circumvent our position,which was shaped more or less in the form of a horse-shoe, the two points being toward the town of Loo, their object being, no doubt, that the threefold assault should be delivered simultaneously. "Oh,for a Gatling gun!"groaned (rood, as he contemplated the serried phalanxes beneath us. "I would clear the plain in twentv minutes." "We have not got one, so it is no use yearning for it but suppose you try a shot, Quatermain. See how near you can

go to that

tail fellow who appears to be

in command. Two to one you miss him, and an even sovereign, to be honestly paid if ever we get out of this, that you don't drop the ball within ten yards."

This piqued me,so, loading the express with solid ball, I waited till my friend walked some ten yards out from his force, in order to get abetter view of our position, accompanied only by an orderly, and then, lying down and resting the express uoon a rock, covered him. The rifle, like all expresses, was only sighted to three hundred and fifty \ards, so to allow for the drop in trajectory I took him half-way down the neck, which ought, I calculated, to find him in the chest. He stood quite still and gave me every opportunity, but whether it was the excitement or the wind, or the fact of the man being along shot I don't know, but this was what happened. Getting dead on. as I thought, a fine sight, I pressed, and when the puff of smoke had cleared away, I, to my disgust, saw my man [standing unharmed, whilst his orderly, who was at least three paces to the left,"was stretched upon tlie ground, apparently dead. Turning Bwiftlv, the'officer I had aimed at began to run toward his force, in evident alarm. "Bravo, Quatermain!" sung out Good "you've frightened him."

This made me very angry, for if possible to avoid it, I hate to miss in public. When one can only do one thing well one likes to keep up one's reputa~ tion. Moved quite out of myself at my failure, I did a rash thing. Rapidly covering the general as he ran, I let drive with a second barrel. The poor man threw up his arms, and fell forward on his iaue. This time I had made no mistake and—I say it as a proof of how little we think of others when our pride or reputation is in question—I was brute enough to feel delighted at the sight.

The regiment wno had seen the feat cheered wildly at this exhibition of the white man's magic, which they took as an omen of success, while the force to which the general had belcmged—which, indeed, as we afterward ascertained, he had commanded—bfgan to fall back in confusion. Sir Henry and Good now took up their riiles, and began to fire, the latter industriously "browing" the dense mass oefore him with a Winchester re-enter, and I also had another shot or two, with the result that so far as we could judge we put some eight or ten men horse de combat before they got out of range.

Just as we stopped firing there came an ominous roar from our far right, then a similar roar from our left. The two oilier divisions were engaging us.

After the sound the mass of men before us opened out a little, and came on toward the hill.up the spit of bare grassland at a slow trot, singing a deepthroated song as they advanced We kept up a steady fire from our rifles as they came, Ignosi joining in occasionally, and accounted for several men, but of course produced no more effect upon that mighty rush of armed humanity than he who throws pebbles does on the advancing wave.

On they came, with a snout and clashing of spears now they were driving in the outposts we had placed among the rocks at the foot of the hill. After that the advance was a little slower, for although as yet we had offered no serious opposition, the attacking force had to come up bill, and came slowly to save their breath. Our first line of defense was about half way up the side, our secord fifty yards further back, while our third occupied the edge of the plain.

On they came, shouting their warcry, "Twala! Twala! Ohiele! Chiele!" (Twala! Twaia! Smite! Smite!) "Ignosi! Ignosi! Chiele! Chiele!" answered our people. They were quite close now, and the tolias, or throwing-knives began to flash back war and forward, and now with an awful yell the battle closed in.

To and fro swayed the mass of struggling warriors, meu falling thick as leaves in an autumn wind but before long the superior weight of the attacking force began to tell, and our first line of defense was slowly pressed back, till it merged into the

Becond.

Here the

\struggle was very fierce, but again our people were driven back and up, till at length, within twenty minutes of the fight, our third line came into action. f''r" But by this time the assailants were much exhausted, and had besides lost many men killed and wounded, and to break through that third impenetrable hedge of spears proved beyond their power. For awhile the dense mass of struggling warriors swung backward and forward in the fierce ebb and flow ot battle, and the issue was doubtful. Sir

Henry watched the desperate struggle i' with a kindling eye, and then without t'**- a word he rushed off, followed by Good, ^"S^and flung himself into the hottest of the fray. As for myself, I stopped where I was.

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The soldiers caught sight of his tall form as he plunged in the battle, and there rose a cry of— "Nanzia Incuba!" (Here is the Elephant!) Chiele! Chiele!"

From that moment the issue was no

•:vr -longer in doubt. Inch by inch, fighting I-- -". with desperate gallantry, the attacking force was pressed back down the hill-

Bide, till at last it retreated upon its reserves in something like confusion. At

that moment, too, a messenger arrived

to 8av that the left attack had been reti4 pulsed and I w.as just beginning to ^congratulate myself that the affair was

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^horror, we percfived our men f:|who had been engaged in the right defense

being

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the plain, followed by svsarms of the enemy,

who

had evidently succeeded at

this point. Ignosi, who was.standing by me, took

in the situation at a glance, and issued a rapid order. Instantly the reserve regiment round us (the Grays) extended itself.

Again Igaosi gave a word of command, which was taken up and repeated by the captains, and in another second, to my intense disgust. I found myself involved in a furious onslaught upon the advancing foe. Getting as much as I could behind Ignoei's huge frame, I made the best of a bad job, and toddled along to be killed, as though I liked it. In a minute or two—the time seemed all too short to me—we were plunging through the flying groups of our men, who at once began to reform behind us, and then I am sure I do not know what happened. All I can remember is a dreadful rolling noise of the meeting of shields, and the sudden apparition of a huge ruffian, whose eyes seemed literally to be starting out of his head, making straight at me with a bloody spear. But, I say it with pride—I rose to the ococcasion. It was an occasion before which most people would have callapsed once and for all. Seeing that if I Btood where I was I must be done for, I, as the horrid apparition came, flung myself down in front of him so cleverly, that, being unable to stop himself, he took a header right over my prostrate form. Before he could rise again, I had risen and settled the matter from behind with my revolver.

Shortly after this,-somebody knocked me down, and I remember no more of the charge.

When I came to, I found myself back at the koppie, with Good bending over me with some water in a gourd. "How do you feel, old fellow?" he asked, anxiously.

I got up and shook myself before answering. "Pretty well, thank you," I answered. "Thank Heaven! when I saw them carry you in I felt quite sick, I thought you were done fcr." "Not this rime, my boy. I fancy I only got a rap on the head, which knocked me out of time. How has it ended?"

They are repulsed at every point for the time. The loss is dreadfully heavy we have lost quite two thousand killed and wounded, and they must have lost three. Look, there's a sight!" and he pointed to long line% of men advancing by fours. In the center of, and being borne bv each group of four, was a kind •of hide tray, of which a Kukuana force always carried a quantity, with a loop for a handlet at each corner. On these trays—and their number seemed endless—lay wounded men, who as they arrived were hastily examined by the medicine men, of whom ten were attached to each reginient. If the wound was not of a fatal character, the sufferer was taken away and attended to as carefully as circumstances would allow. But if, on the other hand, the wounded man's condition was hopeless, what followed was very dreadful, though doubtless it was the truest mercy. One of the doctors, under pretense of carrying out an examinati"n, swiftly opened an artery with a sharp knife", and in a minute or two the sufferer expired painlessly. There were mauy cases that day in which this was done. In fact, it was done in most cases when the wound was in the body, for the gash made by the entrv of tue enormously broad spears used by the Kukuanas generally rendered recovery hopeless. In most cases the poor sufferers were already unconscious, and in others the fatal "nick" of the artery was done so swiftly and painlessly that they did not seem to notice it. Still it was a ghastly sight, and one from which we were glad to escape indeed, I never remember one which affected me more than seeing those gallant soldiers thus put put out of pain byi the red handed medicine n5en, except, indeed, on an occasion when, after an attack, I saw a force of Swazis burying their hopelessly wounded alive.

Hurrying from this dreadful scene to the farther side of the koppie, we found Sir Henry (who stil! held a bloody bat-tle-axe in his hand), Ignosi, and one or two of the chiefs in deep consultation. "Thank Heaven,here you are.Quatermain! I can't quite make out what Itrnosi wants to do. It seems that, though we ha /e beaten off the attack, Twala is now receiving large re-enforce-ments, and is showiag a disposition to invest us, with a view of starving us out." "That's awkward." "Yes, especially as Infadoossays that the water supply has given out." "My lord, that is so," said Infadoos "the spring cannot supply the wants of so great a multitude, and is failing rapidly. Before night we shall all be thirsty. Listen, Macumazahn. Thou art wise, and has doubtless seen many war in the lands from whence thou earnest—that is if, indeed, they make wars in the stars. Now tell us, what shall we do? Twala has brought up many fresh men to take the place of those who have fallen. But Twala has learned a lesson: the hawk did not think to find the heron ready but our beak has pierced his breast be will not strike at us again. We too are wounded, and he will wait for us to die he will wind himself round us like a snake around a buck, and fight the fight or 'sit down.' "I hear you," I said. "So, Macumazahn, thou seest we have no water here, and but a little food, and we must choose between these three things—to languish like a starving lion in his den, or to strive to break away toward the north, or"—and here he rose and pointed toward the dense mass of our foes—"to launch ourselves straight at Twala's throat. Incubu, the great warrier—for to-day he fought like a buffalo in a net, and Twala's soldier's went down belore his ax like corn before the hail with these eyes I saw it—Incubu says 'Charge but the elepftant (Incubu) is ever prone to charge. Now what says Macumazahn, the wily old fox, who has seen much, and loves to bite his enemy from behind? The last word is in Ignoei the king for it is a king's right to speak of war but let us hear thv voice, O Macumazahn! who watches by night, and the voice too of him of the transparent eye." "What sav est thou, Ignosi?" I asked. "Nay, my father," answered our quondam servant, who now clad as he was in the full panoply of savage war, looktd every inch a warrior king, "do thou peak, and let me, who am but a child in wisdom beside thee, hearken to thy words."

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Thus adjured. I, after taking hasly counsel with Good and Sir Henry, delivered my opinion briefly to the'effect that, being trapped, our best chance, especially in view of the failure of our water supply, was to initiate an Two-thirds ov what is attack upon Twala's forces, and then ]1 nothing but jealousy.

recommended that the attack be delivered at once, "before our wounds grew stiff," and also before the sight of Twala's overpowering force caused the hearts of our soldiers "to wax small like fat beoreafire." Otherwise, I pointed out, some of the captains might change there minds, and, making peace with Twala, desert to him, or even betray us into his hands.

This expression of opinion seemed, on the whole, to be favorably received indeed, among the Kukuanas my utterances met with a respect which has never been accorded to them before or since. But the real decision atf to our course laid with Ignosi, who, since he had been recognized as rightful king, could exercise the almost unbounded rights of sovereignty, including, of course, the final decision on matters of generalship, and it was to him that all eyes were now turned.

At length, after a pause, during which he appeared to be thinking deeply, he spoke: "Incubu, Macumazahn, andBougwan, brave white men, and my friends Infadoos, mv uncle, and chiefs: my heart is fixed. I will strike at Twala this day, and set mv fortunes on the blow, ay, and my life" my life and youi lives also. Listen: thus will I strike. Ye see how the hill curves around like the halfmoon, and how the plains run like a green toward us within the curve? "We see,'' I answered. "Good it is now midday, and the men eat and rest after the toil of. battle. When the sun has turned and traveled a little way toward the dark, let thy regiment, my uncle, advance with one other down to the green tongue. And it shall be that when Twala sees it he shail hurl his force at it to .crush it. Butthe spot is narrow, and the regiments can come against thee one at a time only so shall they be destroyed one by one", and the eyes of all of Twala's army shall be fixed upon a struggle the like of which has not been seen by living man. And with thee my uncle shail go Incubu my friend, that when Twala sees his battle-ax flashing in the first rank of the 'Grays' his heart may grow faint. And I will come with the second •regiment, that which follows thee, so tb# if ye are destroyed, as it may happen, there may yet be a king left to fight for and with me shail come Macumazahn the wise." "It is well, oh king," said Infadoos, apparently contemplating the .certainty of "the complete annihilation o£ his regiment with perfect calmness. Trulv these Kukuanas area wonderful people. Death has no terrors for them jwhen it is incurred in the course of duty.! "And whilst the eyes of the/multitude of Twala's regiments are fixefcl on the fight," went on Ignosi, "behold one third of the men who are lejft alive to us (i. e., about 6,000) shall c(reep along the right horn of the hill and fall

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the left flank of Twala's force, and one third shall creep along the le(t horn and fall upon Twala's right when see that the horns a toss Twala, then will I, wit who are left to me, charg Twala's face, and if fortune the day will be ours, and be drives her horses from them the mountains we shall sit ii Loo. And now let us eat ready and, Infadoos, do tho that the plan be carried out let my white father Bougwan

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the right horn, that his shining ciye may give courage to the men." The arrangements for attack thus briefly indicated were set in moti,'on with a rapidity that spoke well for the perfection of the Kukuana military system. Within little more than an hour rations bad been served out to the men' and devoured, the three divisions were formed, the plan of attack explained to the leaders, and the whole force, with the exception of a guard left with the wounded, now numbering about 18,000 men in all, was ready to be put in motion.

Present.lv Good came up and shook hands with Sir Henry and myself. "Good-bve, you fellows," he said, "I am off with the right wing according to orders and so I have come to sha,ke hands in case we should not meet again, you know," he added significantly.

We shook hands in silence, and not without the exhibition of as much emotion as Englishmen are wont to show. "It is a queer business," said Sir Henry, his deep voice shaking a little, "and I confess I never expect to see tomorrow's sun. As far as I can make out, the Grays, with whom I am to go, are to fight until they are wiped out in order to enable the wings to siip round unawares and outflank Twala. Well, so be it at any rate, it will be a man's death! Good-bye, old fellaw. God bless you. I hope you will pull through and live to collar the diamonds but if you do, take my advice and don't have anything more to do with pretenders!"

In another second Good had wrung us both by the hand and gone and then Infadoos came up and led off Sir Henry to his place in the forefront of the Grays, whilst, with many misgivings, I departed with IgnoBi to my station in the second attacking regiment. [Continued next wcek.]l

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Youth'a Oompanion. A boy may be homesick enough to feel badly, and even to cry, and yet not quite sick enough to lose his self-pos-session.

Little Bennie was away from home for the first time in his life—away from his father, mother.sister and his twin brother. He was sleeping alone for the first time, also,and his little heart was heavy.

The room was dark, the house was strar ge and the mice in the wall made frightful noises. Bennie's soul was filled with apprehension, and after a while he lifted up his voice and wept sorely. "What is the matter, Bennie?" called his aunt from an adjoining room. "The matter? Boo-hoo! The matter? I was just a thinking how Georgie is a missing of me. Boo-hoo!" mi

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Master Ned (to the Rev. Dr. Trehern) Wish I'd been here last night when you baptized the company. ^r

Rev. Dr. Trehern—What do you mean, my son? I did not baptize anybody. "No? Well, mamma said that when you came in last night you threw cold water on everybody."

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FLOOD'S FATOBS.

Some of the People He Made Rich, and What they Did with It.

James C. Flood, the millionaire mine owner,who died in Heidelberg'on Thursday, was even-tongued, cool, calculating, patient and courageous. Like most men of his temperament, he made but few friends. It was hard to gain his confidence, but he never permitted an opportunity to go by to help the few who were his friends. While Flood was still dispensing liquors over the bat of his saloon in San Francisco, he was a member of a volunteer hook-and-ladder company. When he became a power in the stock market he did not forget the associates who had been members of the fire company or patrons of his saloon. One by one they dropped the reins of the horse car, gave up their hods, yielded up whatever might be called the badge ot honest toil, and began to frequent the pavements about the Stock Exchange. They were at first ill at ease in their new station, but they acquired one good habit from Flood, "the silent golden Irishman," as he was called— they did not talk too much. They never missed a chance to talk of Flood's virtues, but had nothing to say about his business.

When, in 1873, the big bonanza was uncovered in the Comstock lode and Flood and his partner began the manipulation which made them so rich and others so poor, Flood and his associates still remembered their old friends, and their fortunes went sailing skyward too. To help them along, Flood did far more than his share. He lent money to some, carried stocks for others and made all licher than they had ever dreamed of being. But their riches, easily got. easily went, and to-day but few of them have anything it.

J. M. Walker was one of the men who profited most in the big bonanza deal. Now his mansion in Oakland is a hospital, while his daughter, once such a belle, now the divorced wile of a clerk, was two years ago playing minor parts in a small theati r.

Dennis McCarthy was once city editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and he was let into the secret to the extent of winning $100,000. He is dead and left only a small estate.

Joseph Goodman published the Virginia City Enterprise, and his friendship fcr the bonanza firm got him information which resulted in the accumulation of at least $75,000. He felt that he must have at least an even million and he went into stock speculation after the collapse of the big bananza deal. When last heard from he was raising raisins on a little ranch hear Fresno, and would probably be satisfied with any fortune that could be represented by five figures.

Pat Crowley was Chief of Police of San Francisco. He profited by his intercourse with Flood to the extent of $425,000. His ambition was only half as large as that of Mr. Goodman, as he wanted only $500,000. He followed the editor and is again a policeman.

Flood had a fancy for fast trotting horses, and Pete Finnigan was his driver. Peter got his horse in first once in such a clever manner that several brokers "went broke" betting against it. Mr. Finnigan had a "tip" on the big bonanza which sent Consolidated Virginia up to an unheard of figure. He also had sense. He kept his money and built one of the finest of the houses on Nob Hill, and became the chief patron of the turf on the Pacific Coast.

Beyond the Mark.

Christian Union. We form bad habits so easily that it is a mistake not to watch ourselves at least as closely as we watch others. This is especially true in regard to our language,not only grammatically, but to avoid forming the habit of using exclamatory words that have not a particle of sense in the way we use them— "splendid," "horrid," "awful," "magnificent," and a ho3t of others. If you tell an incident that is pathetic, or should induce sober, serious thought, to have it met with a word that does not express any relation to pathos, IIOWS your listener a most superficial thinker, and you must lose respect for his mental power, while it is by no means certain you do not offend in the same wav and start the same thought in another

The other day two young girls were in a car, one telling the other sometmng that interested them both greatly. When she leaned back, saying "Wasn't that awful?" "Yes it was," said the other emphatically, and then they both giggled. Now, one of two things they were perfectly heartless, or the thing they told was not awful. Most probably the latter, for they continued their journey in the utmost good humor. It is not wise to form the habit of using extravagant language it is like paying too dear for your goods, and no one doeB this who knows their value.

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Horse Blankets which are stro and have a reputation are alwa_ imitated in poor qualities whk look like them, but having fev/o, warp threads arc not as strong.

Some dealers buy these poor imitations for a few cents less and by saying they are "just as good, sell them at the same price as the strong blankets to parties who do not know the difference.

You cannot tell whether horse blankets are strong by the look or feel, as the warp threads do not show on the face. How then are you to know?

Inorderthat youcantellastrong blanket from a

weak

facturer of

The Entire Trains rira TIirciEgii "tViJhcsf. Change. Pullman Sleepcra and Elegant

Reclining

their

Ueneral Passenger Agent, CHICAGO, ILL

Ladles! Those dull tired looks and feelings speak volumes! This licmedy corrects all con ditions, restores vigor and vitality and brings back youthful bloom and beaut y. Prepared ot Pr. Kilmer'sDlsrKNSAT.Y, Bintrhnmton, N. Y. Letters of iiviuiry answered. Guideto Health(Sentl-'ree).

Rip

cuair 4'ars en 13is:fit 'i'rau.fl. 5

MiignaSicemt Farior :i:fs oa SPECIAL PULL^Afl SLEEPSOn Nisrht Trains bi-l. iixiianapfiiR

close connection

"88

ail

ililf!

one,the manu

S/A

Iiorse Blankets

sews the above 5/A Trade Mark inside of each blanket. This is a guarantee that it is the strongest blanket made for the money and will wear well.

Many poor imitations have been sold as

S/A

blankets. Remember

none are genuine unless the 54 Trade Mark is sewed inside.

THE POrCLAJi LIXE^ between

CineinDaliJiidiiin'apfili'

LAFAYETTF

ITS..dowith

.iH

l'ncs for the Wvst UHll KortlUYCSi. $

AT eW^RIiATI

in Cincinnati,with the trains of the C.W. «1J. (B. & O.), N.Y. P. & O. U. K. (Erie), and trie C.C. jg & I. Ry (Bee Une),for the East, us well w»th $ the trains of the O.

Southern), for the

O. & T. P. IJy (Cincinnati

South

advantage over all

and Southeast,gt\es ".in

its competitors,

tor no rnu^

from Chicago, Iiafayetto or Indianapolis in make these connections without compelling p. to submit to a longr and disagreeable omnibus transfer for both passenger and bagtTfl?

Five Trains cacii way, Three Traitw esiela way on Suntiay, between indiaaapolis and Cincinnatii

Thrcmg-h Tickets and Bagr/aro Chocks to

line at all Coipon Ticket Offices throughout I he country. s'f

1 II II .\UTIN C. R. LaFOLIiETTK, Dist' as:.'r Asrent, Western Pas^rAffent IKMANAI'OLiy, 1XD. LAtAIETlK, »n«*

JOHN

EGAN, Gcn'l Pass'rand Ticket Agent, UNU.NNATI, O.

'FREE

S85

«OI DGOTNWATCH| Hold for 8400 un-r S

watcli in tho world. fi-ct time-1 ki-i-per. Warranted. Heavy itiolld Gold lluntinre

Cabkh.

ElcKMit I-.otU

lodleH'andgwits'Hlae*unasnlfloont.and

with workH and cam-B of

equal value-OH'E tt'ISE&SOm In each

locality can

hom^d^Tto those

securo

zrh A Sure Cure for all Diseases In

on®

Fltl.H. How ia tide possible!

answer—we want one por* Hon

l-i eacli locality,

t» keep In

who c»U,

a comi-lctc

lino of our

have callod.they becom* your own pro^rtg

llssssssss

vhpwi tlu enn bo 8fi»n. all over America. rile ul once, auu

wake fmre if the clmnci-. Header it will bo ha,. for you to aliov.- tliesumplea to those v. ho m:iy cull at yonr borne and your reward will bo meet H,.tisf»rlory. Al"*t.ilmnlttn whlA to wrUeu*coats bail cent and aft.r youkn.jw a l^.SoO da rot onro to ffo further, why harm la done., Unt »juao do r.ot

CA.O ut ouc^youno cun Hcaro RKI: orfcf 0f

hAot sniM c(r',4 watched tlio world

tl»»

and

OTU MRP® IIIMM

MAMPI.r.S. We pay all exorean, fi^leht, etj

SXIilSON CO., llox 814, fOUTLA/l), MAIN*.

DR. ELLIOTT'S

Medicated Food,

HORSES,

Cattle, Sheep and Hogs,

Arising from Impurities of the Blood, fi-om Functional Derangements.

A DEAD SHOT ON WORMS, AND A CEHTA1 IEVENTI0N A HOG CHOLERA.

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