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BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.
CHAPTER XIV.
THB LAST STAND OP THE GRAYS. In a few more minutes the regiments destined to carry out the flanking movements had tramped off in silence, keeping carefully under the lee of the rising ground in order to conceal the movements of Twala's scouts.
Half an hour or more was allowed to elapse between the setting out of the horns or wings of the army before any movement was made by the Grays and the supporting regiment, known as the Buffaloes, which formed its chest, and which were destined to bear the brunt of the battle.
Both oi these regiments were both perfectly fresh, and of full strength, the Grays having been in full reserve in the mornine, and having lost but a small number of men in sweeping back that part of the attack which had proved successful in breaking the line of defense, on the occasion wLen I chaiged with them and got knocked silly for my pains. As for the Buffaloes, they had formed the third line of the defense on the left, and as the attacking force at that point had not succeeded in breaking through the second, had scarcely come into action at all.
Infadoos, who was a wary old general, and knew the absolute importance of keeping up the spirits of his men on the eve ot such a desperate encounter employed the pause in addressing his own regiment, the Grays, in poetical language: in explaining to them the honor that they were receiving in being put thus in the forefront of the battle, and in having the great white warrior from the stars to fight with them in their ranks, »nd in promising large rewards of cattle and promotion to all .who survived in t.lie event of Ignosi's arms bens successful.
I looked down the lore lines of wav ing black plumes and stern faces be" neath them, and sighed to think that within one short hour most, if not all, oftho-e magnificent veteran warriors, not a man cf whom was under forty years of age, would be laid dead or dying in the dust. It could not be otherwise they were being condemned, with that wise recklessness of human lite that marks the ureat general, and often saves his forces and attains his ends, to certain slaughter, in order to give the cause and the remainder oi the army a chance of success. They were foredoomed to die, and they knew it. It was to be their task to engage regiment after regiment of Twala's army on the narrow strip of green beneath us. till they were exterminated, or till the wings found a favorable opportunity for their onslaught. And yet they never hesitated, nor could I detect a sign of fear upon the face of a sinsrle warrior. There they were—going to certain death, about to quit the bless ed lignt of day forever, and yet able to comprehend their doom without a tremor. I could not even at that moment help contrasting their state of mind with my own, which was far from comfortable, and breathing a sii»h of envy and admiration. Never before had I seen euch an absolute devotion to the idea, of duty, and such a complete indifference to its bitter fruits. •'B^hoM your kins!" ended old Infadoos, pointing to Ignosi '"go light and fall for him, as is the duty of brave men, and cursed and shameful forever be the name of him who shrinks from death for his king or who turns his back to his enemy. Behold your king! chiefs, captains, and soldiers, now do your homage to the sacre«' snake, and then follow on, that Ineubu and I may show ve the road to the heart of Twala's forced."
There was a moment's pause, then suddenly there rose from the serried phalanxes before us a murmur, like the distant whisper of the sea, caused by gentle tappings of the handles of six thousand spears against their holders" shields. Slowly it swelled, till its growing volume deepened and widened into a roar of rolling noise that echoed like thunder against the mountains, and filled tl air with heavy waves of sound. Then it creased and slowly died away into notning. and suddenly out crashed th« royal salute.
well be a proud man that day, for no Roman emperor ever had such a salutation from gladiators "about to die."
Ignosi acknowle jged this magnificent actof homage by lilting his battle-ax, and then the Grays filed off in a tripleline formation, each line containing about one thousand fighting men, exclusive of officers. When the last line Ohad g-ne some five hundred yards, Ignosi put himself at the head of the
Buffaloes, which regiment was drawn up in a similar three-line formation, and gave the word to march, and off we went, I, needless to say, uttering the most heartfelt prayers that I might come out of that job with a whole skin. Many a queer position have 1 found myself in, but never before in one quite so unpleasant a* the present, or one in which smy chance of coming off safe was so small.
By the time that we reached tVe edge of the plateau the Grays were already half-way down the slope ending in the tongue of grassland that ran up into the bend of the mountain, something as the frog of a horde's foot runs up into the shoe. The excitement in Twala's /camp on the plain beyond was very great, and regiment after regiment were ifeetarting forward at a long swinging trot in order to reach the root of the tongue %?ef land before the attacking force could ^emerge into the plain of Loo.
This tongue of land, which was some three hundred yards in depth, was even Ifcikat its root or widest pan not more than |skne hundred and filty paces across, llfswhile at its tip it scarcely measured six* «4y. The Grays, who. in passing down ^ftthe side of the hill and on to the tip of &fethe tongue, had farmed in column, on preaching the spot where it broadened out again rea?*umd their triple-line lor* mation, and halt* dead.
Then we—that, is, the Buffaloesmoved down the tip of the tongue and took our stand in reserve, ahout one hundred yards behind the last iini of the Grays, and on slightly higherground.
Meanwhde we had leisure to observe Twala's entire force, which had evidently been re-enforced Bince the morning attack, and coul I not now, nctwithBtaudioc their losses, number less than forty thousand, moving swiftly up toward us. But as they drew ne»r the root of the tongue they hesitated, having discovered that only one reeiment sa would advance into the gorse at a time, and that there, some seventy yards from
tje mouth of it, unassailable except in front, on account of the high walls of bowlder strewn ground on either side, stood the famous regiment of Grays, the pride and glory of the Kukuana army, ready to hold the way against their forces as the three Romans once held the bridge against thousands.^ They hesitated, and finally stopped their advance, there was no eagerness to cross spears with those three lines of grim warriors who stood so firm and ready. Presently, however, a tall general, with the customary head-dress of nodding ostrich plumes, came running up, attended by a group of chiefs and orderlies, being, I thought, none other than Twala himself, and gave an order, and the first regiment raised a shout, and charged up toward the Grays, who remained perfectly still and silent till the attacking troops were within forty yards, and a volley of tollas, or throw-ing-knives, came rattling among their
Then suddenly, with a bound and a roar, they sprung forward with uplifted spears, and the two regiments met in deadly strife. Next second the roil of the meeting shields came to our ears like the sound of thunder, and the whole plain seemed to be alive with flashes of light reflected from the stabbing spears. To and fro swung the heaving mass of struggling, stabbing humanity, but not for long. Suddenly the attacking lines seemed to grow thinner, and then with a slow, long heave the Grays passed over them, just as a great wave heaves up and passes over a sunken ridge. It was done that regiment^ was completely destroyed, but the Grays had but two lines left now a third of their number were dead.
Closing up shoulder to shoulder ones more they halted in silence and awaited attack, and I was rejoiced to catch sight of Sir Henry's yellow beard as he moved to and fro, arrangiug the ranks. So he was yet alive!
Meanwhile we moved up to the ground of the encounter, which was cumbered by about four thousand prostrate human beings, dead', dying, and wounded, and litterally stained red with blood, fgnobi issued an order, which was rapidly passed down the ranks, to the effect that none of the enemies' wounded were to be killed, and so far as we could see, this order was scrupulously carried out. It would have been a shocking sight, if we had had time to think of it.
But now a second regiment, distinguished by white plumes, kilts, and shields, was moving up to the attack of the two thousand remaining Grays, who stood waiting in the same ominous silence as before, till the foe was within forty yards or so, when they hurled themselves with irresistible force upon them. Again there came the awful roll of the meeting shields, and we watched the grim tragedy repeat itself. But this time the issue was left longer in doubt indeed it seemed for awhile almost impossible that the Grays should aeain prevail. The attacking regiment, which was one formed of young men, fought with the utmost fury, and at first seemed by sheer weight to be driving the veterans back. The slaughter was something awful, hundreds falling every minute and from among the shouts of the warriors and the groans of the dying, set to the clashing music of meeting spears, came a continuous hissing undertone of "S'gee, s'gee," th« note of triumph of each victor as he passed his spear through and through the body of his fallen foe.
But perfect discipline and steady and unchanging valor can do wonders, and one veteran soldier is worth two young ones, as soon became apparent in the present case. For just as we thougnt that it was a'i up with the Grays, and were preparing to take their place so soon as they made room by being destroyed, I heard Sir Henry's deep voice ringing out above the din, and caught a glimpse of his circling battle-ax as he waved it high above his plumes. Then came a change the Grays ceased to give they stood still as a rock, against which the furious waves of- spearmen broke again and again, only to recoil. Presently they began to move again—forward this time, as they had no firearms, there was no srnoKe, so we could see it ali.
Another minute and the onslaught grew fainter. "Ah, they are men, indeed they Will conquer again," called out Ignosi, who
Ignosi, I thought to myself, might was grinding his teeth with excitement
line, which, forty minutes before, Lad gone into action*threethousand strong, there remained at most six hundred blood-bespattered men the rest were under foot. And yet they cheered and waved their spears in triumph, and then, instead of falling back upon us as we expected, they an forward, for a hundred yards or so, after the flying groups of foemen, took possession of a gently rising knoll of ground, and, resuming the old triple^ of formation, formed a threefold ring around it. And then, thanks be to God, standing on the top of the mound for a minute, I saw Sir Henry, apparently unharmed, and with him our old friend Infadoos. Then Twala's regiments rolled down upon the doomed band.and once more the battle closed in.
As those who read this history, will probably long ago have gathered, I am, to be honest, a bit of a coward, and certainly in no way given to fighting, though, somehow, it tas often been my lot to get into unpleasant positions, and to be obliged to shed man's blood. But I have always hated it. and kept my own blood as undiminished quantity as possible, sometimes by a judicious use of my heels. At this moment, however, for the first time in my life, I felt niv bosom burn with martial ardor. Warlike fragments from the "Ingoldsby Legend," together with numbers of sanguinary verses from the Old Testament, sprung up in my brain like mushrooms in the dark my blood, which hitherto had been half frozen with horror, went beating through my veins, and there came upon me a savage denire to kill and ppare not. 1 glanced round at the serried ranks of warriors dehind us, and somehow, all in an instant., beyari to wonder if mv face looked like theirs. There they stood, their heads craned forward over their shields, the hands twitching, the lips apart, the fierce features inutinct with the hungry Inst of battle, and in the eves a look like the glare of a blood-hound when he sights his vjuarry.
Only Ignosi's heart seamed, to judge from his comparative self-possesfcion, to
at mv side. "See, it is done!" Suddenly, like puffs of smoke from the mouth of a cannon, the attacking regiment broke away in flying groups. their white head-dresses streaming be hind them in the wind, and left their opnonents victors, indeed, but, alas! no more a regiment. Of the gallant triplo I chest of our army. It was not until the
ail appearance, to beat as calmly as ever beneath his leopard-skin cloak, though even he still kept on grinding his teeth I could stand it no longer. "Are we to stand here till we put out roots, Uinbopa—Ignosi, I mean—while Twala swallows our brothers yonder?" I asked. "Nay, Macumazahn," was the answer "see, no** is the ripe moment let us pluck it."
As he spoke afresh regiment rushed past the ring upon the little mound,and wheeling round, attacked it from the hither side.
Then, lifting "his battle ax Ignosi gave the signal to advance, and, raising the Kukuana battle-cry, the Buffaloes charged home.
What followed immediately on this it is out of my power to tell. All I can remember is a wild yet ordered rush, that seemed to shake the ground a sudden change of front and forming on the part of the regiment against which the charge was directed then an awtul shock, a dull roar of voices, and a continuous flashing of spears, seen through a red mist of blood.
When my mind cleared I found myself standing inside the remnant of the Grays near the top of the mound, and just behind no less a person than Sir Henry himself. How I got there I had, at the moment, no idea, but Sir Henry afterward told me that I was borne up by the first furious cba'.ge of the Buffaloes almost to his feet, and then left, as they in turn were pressed back. Thereon he dashed out of the circle and dragged me into it.
As for the fight that followed who can describe it? Again and sgain the multitudes surged up against our momentarily lessening circle, and again and again we beat them back. •'Thestubborn spearmen still made good
The dark, impenetrable wood Each stepping where his comrade stood
The instant that he fell,"
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as the "Ingoldsby Legends" beautiful puts it. It was a splendid thing to see those brave battalions come on time after tim over the barriers of their dead, sometimes holding corpses before them to receive our spear thrusts, only to leave their own corpses to swell the rising piles. It was a galiant sight to see that sturdy old warrior, Infadoos, aa cool as though he were on parade,shouting out orders, taunts and even jests, to keep up the spirits of his few remaining men, and then, as each charge rolled up, stepping forward to wherever the fight was thickest to bear his share in repelling it. And yet more gallant was the vision of Sir Henry, whose ostrich plumes had "been shorn off by a spear stroke, so that his long yellow hair streamed out in the breeze behind him. There he stood, the great Dane, for he was nothing else, his hands, his ax, and his armor, all red with blood, and none could live before his stroke. Time after time I saw it come sweeping down as some great warrior ventured to give him battle, and as he struck he shouted,
O -hoy! O-hoy!" like his Bersekir farefathers, and the blow went crashing through shield and spear, through head-dress, hair, and skull, till at last none would of their own will cone near the great white "tagati" (wizard), who killed and failed not.
But suddenly there rose a cry of "Twala. y' Twala," and out of the press sprung iorward none other than the gigantic, one-eyed king himself, also armed with battleax and shield,and clad in chain armor. "Where art thou, Ineubu, thou white man, who slew Seragga, my son see if thou canst kiil me!" he shouted, and at the same time hurled a tolla stright at Sir Henry who, fortunately, saw it coming, and caught it on his shield, which it transfixed, remaining wedged in the iron plate behind the hide.
Then, with a cry, Twala sprung forward straight at him, and with his battle ax struck him such a blow upon the shield that the mere force and shock of it brought Sir Henry, strong man a3 he was, down upon his knees.
But at the time the matter went no further, for at that instant there rose from the regiments pressing round us something like a shout of dismay, and 011 looking up I saw the cause.
To the right and to the left the plain was alive with the plumes of charging warriors. The outflanking squadrons had come to our relief. The time could not have been better chosen. All Twala's army had, as Ignosi had predicted would be the case, fixed their attention on the bloody struggle which was raging around the remnant of the Grays and the Buff
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battle of their own at a littie distance, which two regiments had formed the
horns were about to gall them that they hpd dreamed of their approach. And now, before they could even assume a proper formation for defense, these had leaped, like greyhounds, on their fltnks.
In five minutes the fate of the battle was decided. Tatcen on both fUnks,and dismayed by the awful slaughter inflicted upon them by the Grays and Buffaloes, Twala's regiments broke into flight, and soon the whole plain between us and Loo was covered with groups of flying soldiers, making good their retreat. As for the forces that had so recently surrounded us and the Buffaloes,' they melted away a though by magic, and presently we were left standing there like a rock from which the sea has retreated. But what a sight it was! Around us the dead and dying lay in heaped-up masses, and of the gallant Grays there remained alive but ninety-five men. More than 2,900 had fallen in this one regiment, most of them never to rise again. "Men," said Infadoos, calmly, as between the intervals of binding up a wound in his arm he surveyed what remained to him of his corps, "ye have kept up the reputation of your regiment, and this day's fighting will, be spoken of by your childrens' children. Then he turned round and shook Sir Henry Curtis by the hand. "Thou art a great man, Ineubu," he said, simply "I have lived a long life among warriors, and known many a brave one, yet have I never seen a man like thee." [Continued next wetk.l v??
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
A pony is being daily sent up in a balloon, and being let down by a parachute, a la Baldwin, in London, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is being agitated by anxiety to know whether the pony is scared or not.
The Princess of Wales has suddenly fallen off in her looks to an appalling extent. From being the handsomest and most youthful woman of her years in all the kingdom, she is now said to be only a much-made-up caricature of her younger self.
What purports to be the skull of Darnley, the husband whose violent death history charges upon Mary Queen of Snots, has been found in an English museum. It indicates that Darnley was a coarse libertine and afflicted with a loathsome disease.
Of all the tender and tearful farewells to Mrs. Cleveland, the prettiest was •hat of Secretary Bayard. Just as the train was about to start he said to her, with his courtly bow: "Good-by. You brought nothing but sunshine with you, and you are taking a great deal of it away."
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A Chinese farmer, atKinkiang, was robbed on his wedding night by a clever burglar who had concealed himself in the nuptial chamb -r, and removed everything so completely and concientiously that the uuhappy p.iir had to send and borrow B)me clothes from the neighbors before they could make their appearance the next day.
Down in Massachusetts, not far from Sagamore, on the line of the Cape Cod ship canal, is the Tupper farm. The remarkable thing about the farm is that it was purchased or secured, or preempted in 1624 by the founder of the Tupper line. Thomas Tupper, who settled on the land when the place was an Indian village known as Shaum, and that his will, still in existence, has kept the farm in the Tupper family, without break, for six generations.
Skunk-hunting has proven very profitable in Connecticut. The pelt is valuable to make into American sable. The oil is good for rheumatism, croup and the earache. Some prodigious strings of skunks have been taken near Norwich since January. Frank P. Lewip, on the evening of Feb. 21, killed twen-ty-eight. skurks. Two days later he papered the sides of his old wood-shed with black and white hexagonial pelts, worth fi-om 50 cents to $1.50 each. In Bozrah, a few days ago, a professional skunk-hunter bagged twenty-twoskunks in a single night, yet there are plenty left to be captured.
The settlement of the suit of Alexander Stewart, of Vermont, against Judge Hilton recalls other attempts to prove re ationship with A. T. Stewart. "Every Irishman by the name of Stewart throughout the world," said Judge Horace Russell yesterday, "imagined himself a relative of the deceased millionaire and wanted a share of his estate. We received letters from ail over the globe, and most of them were peremptory in their demands that the money be sent to them at once. Even some persons whose names sounded like Stewart wrote to us and expressed the conviction that Mr. Stewart's name had been originally like theirs, and that he was a close relation.
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Some dealers buy these po! imitations for a few cents less an 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 oil the face. Hov/ then arc you to know?
Inorderthat youcantcllastrong blanket from a weak one,the manufacturer of 5.^ Horse Blankets sews the above S/& 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 5/a blankets. Remember: none are genuine unless the 34 Trade Mark is sewed inside.
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Guide to Health (Sent Free).
Letters of in
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On Night Trains lx-t. Indianapolis ami 'hi(M£0.
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A Sure Cure for all Diseases In
HORSES,
Cattle, Sheep and Hogs,
Arising from Impurities of the Blood, and from Functional Derangements.
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