Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 6 December 1889 — Page 2

ALLAN WfflAIN.

A Record of Remarkable Adventures and Discoveries.

BY tf. RIDER HAGGARD.

SYNOPSIS

[Allan Quutermain chafing under the restraint* •f civilization, and in thu ilcatli of his son Harry beinR lonely and disconsolate, without kith or km, concludes to inako another trip into Africa. Ho had heard vaguely uf a distant part «f Africa lioin" peopled wtth astrango white race, and he proposed if possible discover tne truth or falsity of the report. He broachod tho subject to his old triends and uslociato adventurers in Ivukuanaland—Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Uood,—who, themselves weaned of their situation, eagerly join in the expedition. Thereupon the partv embark for their new field of adventure. They soon reached Lamu, and with thoaidof theconsul completuarrangements with a party of Nakai Askai to transport their goods. This party was loth to make the trip, but was induced to do so by the demands and threats of Umslopogaas, a deposed Zulu chife.whoinQuatermain had known in other adveutures. Ten days after leaving Lamu the party found thomselves on the Tuna river. At Chara they had a quarrel with tho headsman of the hearers, who wanted to extort •xtra payment. As the result he threatened to set the Masai on them. Tho party embarked on the river in canoes. At night they deemed it unsafe to camp on shore, and therefore anchored in niidstream. At a late honr, (Juatnnnain. being awake, felt the boat move. 3«on a hand was thrust in the canoe, and one of the Wakwali was stabbed to th» heart. He uttered a piercing yell and Quatermain, grasping Umslopogaa-i's battle-ax, struck a terrillic blow at the hand and severed it from the arm. the hand falling into the boat. Dark objects were then seen moving toward the shore, ami it became known that the RIasai had conspired to murder hem as they slept. The warning was in time, and their lives were saved. The partv resumed itj travels,and,aft"r many hours of arduous labor, they reached tho mission station. They received a hearty welcome. The station was lor.atrd on an eminence overlooking the river,and was gurrouudeil by stone wall, with a ditch on tho outer si leiillfcd with water. Thon? were a giirden ini uiJiny hiiiiutiful cult.ivatoiMlowors withiu tho enclosure. Tho miHsbn consisted of Mr. Mackenzie, his wife, liftlo daughter, Fionsio, I1 reach cook, Al|»hrmsr, and several natives. Hero QuaU'rniain received further information of the unknown white race they were seeking. 11 is feared tho Masai will attack the travelers he:e. Flossie determines to obtain for ^nnterinain a specimen of the 'Goya lily, one of the largest and most beautiful (lowers known. Alphon*" t'ilis the storv of his life—of tho heroic blood of hi* grandfather which does not. course thro his veins of !»is love for his Annette Drawn for conscription,he hunts for ijlory on the bloody battleKeld satified while ill barracks Places his Annette under protection of his cousin. He is ordered to ion. uuin. lioes not want to be ripped open. Deserts. Flies to his An:i"itc. Kinds himself supplanted by his cousin. Strikes and kills his cousin. 1 lees. Sow finds himself in Africa.]

The reader will he enabled bv (his synopsis to enjoy the remarkable story that follows:

CHAPTER V.

UMSLOPOGAAS MAKES A PROMISE.

Next morning at breakfast I missed E'lossie, and asked where she was, "Well," said her mother, "when I got up this morning I found a note put outside my door in which— Well, here it is, you can read it for yourself,'1 and she gave me the slip of paper on which the following was written:

DEAREST —It is just dawn, and I am oil'to the hills to get ir. a blooin of the lily he wants, so don't expc. nie till you see me. I have taken the white donkey: and nurse and a couple of boys are coming with me —also somet'ing to eat, «s I may be away all day, as I am determined to get the lily if I have te go twenty miles for li. FLOSSIE".

"I hope she will be'all right,1' I said, a little anxiously "I never meant her to trouble after the flower-1' "Ah, Flossie can look after herself," said her mother "she often goes off In this way like a true child of the wilderness." But Mr. Mackenzie, who same in just then and saw the note for the first time, looked rather grave, though he said nothing.

After breakfast was over I took him aside and asked him if it would not be possible to send after the girl and get her back, having in view the possibility of there still being some Masai hanging about, at whose hands she might, come to harm. "I fear it would be of no use,'1 he answered. "She may be flftean miles off by no\v, and it is impossible to say what path she lias taken. There are the hills

and he pointed to a long

range of rising ground stretching almost parallel with the course followed by the river Tana, but gradually sloping down to a dense, bush-clad plain about five miles short of the house.

Here I suggested that we might get up the great tree over the house and search the country round with a spyglass and this, after Mr. Mackenzie had given some orders to liis people to try and follow Flossie's spoor, we proceeded to do.

The ascent of the mighty tree was rather a jumpy performance, even with a sound rope ladder lixed at both ends to climb up, at least to a landsman but Good came up like a lamplighter.

On reaching the height at which the fern-shaped boughs sprung from the bole, we stepped without any difficulty upon a platform made of boards, nailed from one bough to another, and large enough to accommodate a dozen people. As for the view, it was simply glorious. In every direction the bush rolled away in great billows for miles and miles, as far as the glass would show, only here and there broken by the brighter green of patches of cultivation, or by the glittering surfaces of lakes. To the northwest Kenia reared his mighty head, and we could trace the Tana River curling like a silver snake almost from his feet, and far away beyond us toward the ocean. It is a glorious country, and only wants the hand of civilized man to make it a most productive one.

But, look as we would, we could see no signs of Flossie and her donkey, so at last had to come down disappointed. On reaching the ven„nda I found Umslopogaas sitting there, slowly and lightly sharpening his ax with a small whetstone lie always carried with him.

What doest thou, Umslopogaas?" I asked. "I smell blood," was the answer and I could get no more out of him.

After dinner we again went up tho tree and searched thesurrouding country with a spy-glass, but without result. When we came down Umslopogaas was still sharpening "Inkosikaas,11 although she already had an edge like a razor. Standing in front of him, and regarding him with a mixture of fear and fascination, was Alphonse. And certainly he did seem an alarming object—sitting there, Zulu fashion, on his haunches, a wild sort of look upon his intensely savage &nd yet intellectual face, sharpening, iharpening, sharpening at the mur-lerous-looking ax. ••Oh, the monster! the horrible man!" said the little French cook, liftinsr bis hands in amazement. "See but the hole in his head the skin beats up and dovra like a baby's! Who

'would nurse such a baby?" and he burst out laughing at the idea. For a moment Umslopogaas looked up from his sharpening, and a. sort of evil light played in his dark eyes. "What does the little 'buffalo heifer1" [so named [by Umslopogaas, on account of his mustaches and feminine characteristics] "say? Let him be careful, or I will cut his horns. Beware, little man-moDkey, beware!"

Unfortunately, Alphonse, who was getting over his fear of him, went on laughing at "ce drole d?un monsieur noir." I was about to warn him to desist, when suddenly the huge Zulu bounded off the veranda on to the space where Alphonze was standing his feature* alive with a sort of maligious enthusiasm, and began swinging the ax round and round over the Frenchman's head. "Stand still," I shouted "do not move as you value your life—he will not hurt you but I doubt if Alphonse heard me, being, fortunately for himself, almost petrified with horror.

Then followed the most extraordinary display of sword, or rather of axmanship that I ever saw. First of all the ax went flying round over the top of Alphonse1s head, with an angry whirl and such extraordinary swiftness that it looked like a continuous band of steel, ever getting nearer to that unhappy individuals skull, till at last it grazed it it as it flew. Then suddenly the mo Lion was changed, and it seemed to literally flow up and down his body and limbs, never more than an eighth of an inch from them, and yet never striking them. It was a wonderful sight to see the little man lixed there, having apparently realized that to move would be to run the risk of sudden death, while his black tormentor towered over him, and wrapped him round with the quick flashes of the ax. For a minute or more this went on, till suddenly I saw the moving brightness travel down the side of Alphonse's face, and then outward and stop. As it did so a tuft of something black fell to the ground it was the tip of one of the little Frenchman's curling

Mustaches.

Umslopogaas leaned upon the handle of Inkosi-kaas, and broke into a long, low laugh and Alphonse, overcome with fear, sunk into a sitting posture on the ground, while we stood astonished at this exhibition of almost superhuman skill and mastery of a weapon. "Inkosi-kaas is sharp enough," he shouted "the blow that clipped the 'buffalo heifer's' horn would have split a man from the crown to the chin. Few could have struck it but I none could have struck it and not taken off the shoulder too. Look, thou little heifer! Am I a good man to laugh at, thinkest thou? For a space hast thou stood within a hairsbreadth of death. Laugh not again, lest the hair's-breadth be wanting. I have spoken."

What meanest thou by such mad tricks?" I asked of Umslopogaas indignantly. "Surely thou art mad. Twenty times didst thou go near to slaying the man."

And yet, Macumazahn, I slew not. Thrice as Inkosi-kaas llew tho spirit entered into me to end him, and send her crashing through his skull but I did not. Nay, it was but a jest but tell the 'heifer1 that it is not well to mock at such as I. Now I go to make a shield, for I smell blood. Macuma-zahn—-of a truth I smell blood. Before the battle hast thou not seen the vultures grow of a sudden in tho sky? They smell the blood, Macumazahn, and my scent is more keen than theirs. There is a dry ox-hide down yonder I go to make a shield." "That is an uncomfortable sort of retainer of yours," said Mr. Mackenzie, who had witnessed this extraordinary scene. "He has frightened Alphonse out of his wits look!" and he pointed to the Frenchman, who, with a scared white face and trembling limbs, was making his way into the house. "I don't think that he will ever laugh at 'le monsieur noir' again." "Yes,11 answered I, "It is ill jesting with such as he. When he is roused he is like a fiend, and yet he has a kind heart in his own fierce way. I remember years ago seeing him nurse a sick child for a week. He is a strange character, but true as steel, and a strong stick to rest on in danger." "He says he smells blood." said Mr. Mackenzie. "I only trust he is not right. I am getting very fearful about my little girl. She must have gene far, or she would be home by now. It is half past three o'clock."

I pointed out that she had taken food with her, and very likely would not in the ordinary course of events return till night-fall but I myself felt very anxious, and feared that my anxiety betrayed itself.

Shortly after this the people whom Mr. Mackenzie had sent out to search for Flossie returned, stating that they had followed the spoor of the donkey for a couple of miles and had then lost it on some stony ground, nor could they discover it again. They had, however, scoured the country far and wide, but without success.

After this the afternoon wore drearily on, and towards evening, there still being no signs of Flossie, our anxiety grow very keen. As for the poor mother, she was quite prostrated by her fears, and no wonder, but the father kept his head wonderfully well. Everything that could be done was done people were sent out in all directions, shots were fired, and a continuous outlook kept from the great tree, but without avail.

And then at last it grew dark, and still no sign of fair-haired little Flossie.

At eight o'clock we had supper. It was but a sorrowful meal, and Mrs. Mackenzie did not appear at it. We three also were very silent, for in ad dfcjpn to our natural anxiety as to the

fate of the child, we were weighed down by the sense that we had brought this trouble on the head of our kind host. When supper was nearly at an end I made an excuse to leave the ta ble. I wanted to get outside and think the situation over. I went on to the veranda, and, having lit my pipe, sat down on a seat about a dozen feet from the right hand end of the structure, which was, as the reader may remember, exactly opposite one of the narrow doors of the protecting wall that enclosed the house and flower garden. I had been sitting there perhaps six or seven minutes when I thought I heard the door move. I looked in that di rection and listened, but being unable to make out anything, concluded that I must have been mistaken. It was a darkish night, the moon not having yet risen.

Another minute passed, when sud denly something round fell with a soft but heavy thud upon the stone flooring of the veranda, and came bounding and rolling along past me. For a moment I did not rise, but sat wondering what it could be. Finally, I concluded it must have been an animal. Just then, however, another idea struck me, and I got up quick enough. The thing lay quite still a few feet beyond me. 1 put down my hand toward it and it did not move clearly it was not an animal My hand touched it. It was soft and warm and heavy. Hurriedly I lifted it and held it up against the faint starlight.

It was a newly severed human head. I am an old hand and not easily upset, but I own that that ghastly sight made me feel sick. How had the thing come there? Whose was it? I put it down and ran to the little doorway. 1 could see nothing, hear nobody. I was about to go out into the darkness beyond, but remembering that to do so was to expose myself to the risk of being stabbed,I drew back, shut the door, and bolted it. Then I returned to the veranda, and in as careless a voice as I could command called Curtis. I fear however, that my tones must have betrayed me, for not only Sir Henry, but also Good and Mackenzie arose from the table and came hurrying out. "What is it?" said the clergyman, anxiously. Then I had to tell them.

Mr. Mackenzie turned as pale as death under his red skin. We were standing opposite the hall door and there was a light in it so that I could see. He snatched the head up by the hair and held it in the light.

It is the head of one of the men who accompanied Flossie," he said, with a gasp. 'Thank God it is not hers!"

We all stood and stared at each other aghast. What was to be done? Just then there was a knocking at the door that I had bolted, and a voice cried, "Open my father, open!"

The door was unlocked, and in fled a terrified man. He was one the sj. ies who had been sent out.

My father," he cried, "the Masai are on us! A great body of them have passed round the hill and are moving toward the old stone kraal down by the little stream. My father, make strong thy heart! In the midst of them I saw the white ass, and on it sat the Waterlily [Flossie]. An Elmo ran [young warrior] led the ass, and by its side walked the nurse, weeping. The men who went with her in the morning I saw not." 'Was the child alive?" asked Mr. Mackenzie, hoarsely.

She was white as the snow, but well, my father. They passed quite :lose to me, and looking up from whore I lay hid I saw her face against the sky."

God help her and usl" groaned the clergyman. How many are there of them?" I asked.

More than two hundred—two hundred and a half a hundred." Once more we looked one on the other. What was to be done? Just then there rose a loud, insistent cry outside the wall.

Open the door, white man! open the door! A herald—a herald to speak with thee." Thus cried the voice.

Umslopogaas ran to the wall, and reaching with his long arms to the coping, lifted his head above it and gazed over.

I see but one man," he said. "He is armed, and carries a basket in his hand."

Open the door," I said. "Umslopogaas, take thine ax and stand thereby. Let one man pass. If another follow, slay."

The door was unbarred. In the shadow of the wall stood Umslopogaas, his ax raised above his head to strike. Just then the moon came out. Tnere was a moments pause, and then in stalked a Masai Elmoran clad in the full war panoply that I have already described, but bearing a large basket in his hand. The moonlight shone bright upon his great spear as he walked. He was physically a splendid man, apparently about thirty-five years of age. Indeed, none of the Masai that I saw were under six feet high, though mostly quite young. When he got opposite to us he halted, put down the basket, and struck the spike of his spear into the ground, so that it stood upright. "Let us talk," he said. "Tho first messenger we sent to you could not talk and he pointed to the head which lay upon tho paving of the stoop—a ghastly sight in the moonlight "but I have words to speak if ye have ears to hear. Also I bring presents and he pointed to tho bas ket and laughed with an air of swaggering insolence that is perfectly inde scribable, and yet which one could not but admire, seeing that he was surrounded by enemies. "Say on," said Mr. Mackenzie. 'I am the 'Lygonani' [war captain] of apart of the Masai of the Guasa Amboni. .-I and my Men followed these three white men, "and pe pointed

to Sir Henry, Good and myself,

'but

they were too clever for us and escaped hither. Wo have a quarrel with them and are going to kill them." "Are you, my friend?" said I to my. self. "In following these men we this morning caught two black men, one black woman, a white donkey, and a white girl. One of the black men we killed—there is his head upon the pavement—the other ran away. The black woman, the little white girl, and the white ass we took and brought with us. In proof thereof have I brought this basket that she carried. Is it not thy daughter's basket?"

Mr. Mackenzie nodded, and the warrior went on. "Good! With thee and thy daughter we have no quarrel, nor do we wish to harm thee, save as to thy cattle, which we have already gathered, two hundred and forty head—a beast for every man's father.11*

Here Mr. Mackenzie gave a groan, as he greatly valued this herd of cattle, which he had bred with much care and trouble. "So, save for the cattle, thou mayst go free more especially," he added frankly, glancing at the wall, "as this place would be a difficult one to take. But as to these mja Lt is otherwise we have followed them for eight days, and must kill them. Were we to return to our kraal without having done so, all the girls would make a mock of us. So, however troublesome it ma.y be, they must die. "Now I have a proposition for thine ear. We would not harm the little girl she is too fair to harm, and has besides a brave spirit. Give us one of these three men—a life for a life—and we will let her go, and throw in the black woman with her also. This is a fair offer, white man. We ask but for one, not for the three we must take another opportunity to kill the other two. I do not even pick my man, though I should prefer the big one.11 pointing to Sir Henry "he looks strong, and would die more slowly." "And if I say I will not yield the man?" said Mr. Mackenzie. •'Nay, say not so, white man," answered the Masai, "for then thy daughter dies at dawn, and the woman with her says thou hast no other child. Were she older I would take her for a servant but as she is so young I will slay her with my own hand—ay, with this very spear. Thou canst come and see, an1 thou wilt. I give thee a safe conduct and the fiend laughed aloud at his brutal jest.

Meanwhile I had been thinking rapidly, as one does in emergencies, and had come to the conclusion that I would exchange myself against Flossie. I scarcely like to mention the matter, for fear it should be misunderstood. Pray do not let any one be misled into thinking that there was anything heroic about this, or any such nonsense. It was merely a matter of common sense and common justice. My life was an old and worthless one, hers was young and valuable. Her death would pretty well kill her father and mother also, whilst nobody would be much the worse for mine indeed, several charitable institutions would have cause to rejoice thereat. It was indirectly through me that the dear little girl was in her present position. Lastly, a man was better fitted to meet death in such a peculiarly awful form than a sweet young girl. Not, however, that I meant to let these gentry torture me to death—I am far too much of a coward to allow of that, being naturally a timid man my plan was to see the girl safely exchanged and then le shoot myself, trusting that the Almighty would take the peculiar circumstances of the case into consideration and pardon the act. All this and more went through my mind in a very few seconds. "All right, Mackenzie," I said, "you can tell the man that I will exchange myself against Flossie, only I stipulate that she shall be safely in this house before they kill me." "Eh?" said Sir Henry and Good simultaneously. "That you don't." "No, no," said Mr. Mackenzie, "I will have no man's blood upon my hands. If it please God that my daughter die this awful death, His will be done. You are a brave man (which I am not by any means) and a noble man, Quatermain, but you shall not go." 'If nothing else turns up I shall go," I said, decidedly. "This is an important matter," said Mackenzie, addressing the Lygonani, 'and we must think it over. You shall have our answer at dawn." "Very well, white man," answered the savage, indifferently "only remember if thy answer is late thy little white bud will never grow into a flower, that is all, for I shall cut it with this," and he touched the spear. "I should have thought that thou wouldst play a trick and attack us at night, but I know from the woman with the girl your men are down at the coast, and that thou hast but twenty men here. It is not wise, white man,11 he added, with a laugh, "to keep so small a garrison for your "boma" [kraal]. Well, good-night, and good-night to you also other white men, whose eyelids I shall soon close once and for all. At dawn thou wilt bring me word. If not, remember it shall be as I have said." Then turning to Umslopogaas, who had all the while been standing behind him and shepherding him as it were, "Open the door for me, fellow, quick now."

Thi3 was too much for the old chiefs patience. For the last half hour his lips had been, figuratively speaking, positively watering over the Masai Lygonani, and this ho could not stand. Placing his long hand on the Elmora,n's shoulder, he gripped it and gave him such a twist as brought him face

•»T\ie Masai Elmoran or young warrior can owu no proper.y, so all tho booty tucy may win in battle belongs to their fattora

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to face with himself. Then, Miniating his fierce counterance to within a few inches of the Masai's evil featherframed features, he said in a low growling voice: "Seest thou me?" "Ay, fellow, I see thee." "And seest thou this?" and he held Inkosi-kaas before his eyes. "Ajr, fellow, I see the toy what of it?" "Thou Masai dog, thou boasting wind-bag, thou capturer of little girls, with this: 'toy' will I hew thee limb from limb. Well for thee that thou art a herald, or even now would I strew thy members about the grass.'1

The Masai shook his great spear and laughed long and loud as he answered, "I would that thou stoodst against me man to man, and we would see," and again he turned to go, still laughing. "Thou shalt stand against me man, be not afraid," replied Umslopogaas, still in the same ominous voice. "Thou shalt stand face to face with Umslopogaas, of the blood of Chaka, of the people of the Atnazula, a captain in the regiment of the Nkomabakosi. as many have done before, and oovv thyself to Inkosi-kaas, as many have done before. Ay,laugh on.laugh on! to-morrow night shall the jackals laugh as they crunch thy ribs."

When the Lygonani had gone, one of us thought of opening the basket he had brought as a proof that Flossie was really their prisoner. On lifting the lid it was found to contain a most lovely specimen of both bulb and flower of the Goya l?ly, which I have already described, in full blooin and quite uninjured and what was more, a note in Flossie's childish hand written upon a greasy piece of paper that had been used to wrap up some food in. "DB.VP.E8T FA

N A N I

TUB SOKT.

life for me. Try and attack them at night they are going to feast on three bulloclc3 they have stolen and killed. I have my pistol, and if no help comes by dawn 1 will shoot myself. They shall not kill me. If so, remember me always, dearest father and mother. I am very frightened, but I trust in God. I dare not write any more as they are beginning to notice. Goodbye. FLOSSIE."

Scrawled across the outside of this was. "Love to Mr. Quatermain. They are going to take up the basket, so he will get the lily."

When I read those words, written by that brave little girl in an hour of danger sufficiently near and horrible to have turned the brain of a strong man, I own I wept, and once more in my heart I vowed that she should not die while my life could be given to save her.

CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

A WATER SPOUT.

An Interesting Observation of an American Officer.

Among the reports of the Hydrographic Bureau for October is the following remarkable account of a waterspout by Chief Officer Calloway of tne American steamship Santiago: "On the 2!)th day of April, 1.889, at about 6:30 o'clock a. m., Royal Island (one of the Bahamas) bore about, distance four miles: wind light from southsoutheast, weather partly cloudy. Observed a waterspout forming off the starbord bow (ship heading southwest), and moving' in the direction of the steamer at an angle of three points. On account of its close proximity. I was about to steer clear of it, when I observed it breaking, about thirty yards from the ship. Immediately afterward the steamer passed through the outer edge of the whirlpool, the diameter of which I should judge to have been about fifty to seventy yards. "On passing through the outer edge I observed that the center was hollow, the water circling from west to east, or against the sun'. The water that fell on the deck was very salty, and the drops as large as a fifty-cent piece. During the few seconds of our passage of about thirty or thirty-live miles per hour. I did not observe any calm in center at all, the water arising from it resembling an inverted fountain. After clearing it the wind resumed its regular force, about fifteen miles per hour. Being the officer of the watch,

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had little time to observe the barometer, but it fluctuated one or twohundredths and then resumed its previous reading. "The clouds above and around the spout wei*e very ragged and much disturbed, similar to those in a thunderstorm their motions were very rapid, ascending, descending and breaking away from each other. The water was whirling rapidly for several minutes alter the break, showing what tremendous circular force there must have been. I may mention that upon passing through it the steeriug of the vessel was not affected, so if there was any currant at all it must have been circular and confined to the center."

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The Name "America."

Ameriero Vespucci had no part in the bestowal of his name on the now world. It was the act of a body of learned men. Columbus always believed that the country he had discovered was a part of Asiii but the discerning and comprehensive mind of Vespucci thought differently he believed it to bo a separate continent. Ilis written description of the country, its people, climate and productions convinced tho le.iraed men of Europe that bis views wore correct ., J3*.

Tim Dolan and his wife wan night Wore drinlcin' uv the crnyture, Whin somothing stnrtod up a rtpfht, And thov wiut it it rio^it i.n' tight,

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Tim

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