Show f WF W F kac 2 ta m e qt ft itt ac qt t W t yf egx st alt k tt br C 9 ih 51 s t f I 1 0 I 1 OS A STORY CP CF THE I 1 A 1 lau I 1 r i DOM CAMPAIGN 4 r 3 ON THE 0 I 1 g IN NATAL aa 16 i 1 11 VELDT er li if B L e X ii lb ab an IA CHAPT LIt vill V continue they rode rods all 11 II night sars ht on an without a halt half it was it a desolate country by native or white nun man and far removed from any railway line but felt certion it waa was tha direction taken by moore in order to get into the tb free state it wai was in the eai dawn that they came to a narrow stream tream a stoic binic banks were different from ibo tile dry sandy e adt oft soft and muddy here they dismounted and Il enrich the be little zulu ex the mud at tent ively lettered a little cry dah hone horses and of merit men one two man a large foot toot marki marks and cue mall small woman a i or childs we hart hire tracked them and n d they are not before us 1 am sure of that nothel 1 sprang to his 03 and oon soon convinced himself that wis was right ills excitement could hardly ie Is kept in check ue e auest pr as on he be chalmel it Is I 1 bard on the poor beasts I 1 know but there ie Is no timi tima to be lost hare have a drink of water abny and you can cat your biscuits bla cults ald ing 1 once nore they pressed foiw ira tha tho marks continued a bit lone the don em or wit w cir th tn n they ro tip vir again to the plain and of courna were lost there they were now close to some of the wildest and most preale itous of the rocky range of mount ilni and jimal rothaa felt in doubt as to whether bo he should go through it or continue in the tit bi be had bait been pursuing bill denly giving 4 a low hireling round between bla his teeth turned to hia his Nna ater his hi round wid wild yes eyes blazic g haal bass bass look cht buforo net ni there ts Is a borie horse standing bede the rock do you fee see him thre therel there must be a man there alao also rothes eyes were not so 10 keen but ai as they approached nearer he be distinctly saw the animal stand a len by the rock As they pres preel i 4 their horses on he aw saw too hit Il enrich first pointed out outa man mans figure lying pr on a tuft of euort grass up deri derie eath alb the rock he ile did not move until they wre close to hin him then node taw raw he wn w ts a native ind and was not dead as be hid at first thought but loina asleep quick as thought cothes whipped out Is 19 revolver 1 and covered the prostrate egure with it while Il eurich obeying 2 signal from hia his matter mister crept stealth illy to the man placed his knee on bloo h heet beat and pinioned both his hands with a yell the man started up a rug glint violently but the lithe zulu lid lad bound his hands firmly aril an althos jot be revolver pointed straight at ills his held head ask him who he be Is Il enrIch and if it he bis his scorn a man and woman roman pas pass this iby ay arld fid rothes tell him I 1 shoot him if it he does cot tot answer at once and tell the truth dut dit the crafty native abo was no ceiler than gerald cerald moores boy wis readier with bla his answer than bad had hoped hopa give me m rold gold piece pie ceone ne two thre the lid A 1 I 1 tell you all you nt to kno know baas bass he laid said rattles produced the gold I 1 will give 1 you that if you can tell me anything about a man and a woman om on oil hortenback hort bort eback who came from new e kelso beir inear Ladys I ralth M uld mid be he the min isho bo gired ed his teeth in a horribly asly aa sua e z 1 I can tell you more about them than any one in the world baas bass the man was wait my master and his name tame Is moore lie ile wai was taking the womac to and going to marry her ilen but she nn rin away 1 from us two days ago and now my maiter after beating Chi chlpka la Is trying to find her she lose hersi herself it and die of hunger burger and cold if it wild least do not set get her CIT PTER VIII vill for bluebell a chance had come and had been alacia hen night was begin beginning nin to fall they cum to the river iala clue blue bell thought it was till still the tugela riter river but she wa was not ure sure they had to seek carefully for a drift by which to pas pass over bluebell Ulu ebell was br by this time to utterly as to be hardly bc to keep her ber seat but her mind vale as fixed died on oppose opportunity to presenting itself as ever she vax was quite prepared to elze seize it la tnt whenever it they rode down toward towards the river wore a little la in advance bluebell Ulu ebell with her native calde b bind be moore olad cot not utter a word but she be guthel I 1 that he was rather doubtful ns as to tie safety or at cro crossing crotsl tsing ni the drift ter heart beat acs hard that it enot choked ber her IN hat bat it if her chance wo wad a coming now dow moore rode down the gritty al n it the he river arrer very cau but ly ir before he 13 his horse a forefeet hid had plunged aitto the th stream isi lie ire tamed turned and iad chii d come on it Is all ri krisht ht divele 1 Is auh balse le urged tors ott lard rd her horse harst which cad lath loth to take the plange plan re her iter eye were fixed on cloo e hos hone wu Is now wail 4 ine ing in ab challow I 1 ilow water before them A thought rushed throna her raiv mind should site off her hone tn in im to the sw w it ft current t to carry ler ber div b fore her pursuers reach he she ngat be drowned altarui Alth rui ruh tho co 04 d swim her cloties would would tie be an almost ot stice dat aa death by cuch such senile means aou d le be li to the fate before her tha were last just bout to plunge into tb the 0 water bhea live gave a andi ib cry Blut liell a lot t V I 1 ey ex fl I lowing siw his horia horse suddenly mumble in the water moore made wide a le ep erate effort to heep himself up but an a the horse endeavoring endear endeavor orinc int to re arpin its it footing mad a vother bl blun un erling step bit hi rider WM was thrown brer his hd bad md 14 t vf V fill Is 1 drow drown nim last itna ilan runt run help himl cried mebell Du tbelL she lar ir ica or aLfter wrung the then cit y from her whither it vis was reil terror at the accident tilt that ind happened to hr her persecutor tor or the zu aullen I 1 leas w wild 1 1 d C con 0 n diction tit the chance hal i c cecii 0 ra e to her la in a r bid wid niu nio zd eri into the river ie rr tr a hodan the reins f bluebell i a hotte and ender caring to draw hn after him bu but th animal I 1 ft it ing up ha his forelegs for elti and bluebell nu ebell breathed an tilt aclid d thank cad the next vest arata t ahe she hid 1114 d froin from the hoses ho ses bick ani sail was wa fun run fling with incredible up the batik the cran was wi to 10 ions long thit it staid above her bead tut but once ah go out olit ct c it she hi wai was in a ebirt stub ts under deric rc th of trail grats without 1001 ag back hick hardly brei breathing thing e Is raw on it waa was 0 so o dark that tn alit felt aun sure in a few seconds the be beyond L th tb tight of her enam es on on oil 01 over it tatti effs iffs of 0 krass a into bushes beiring herself out again dot not wh rhth th er the he waa going hardly caring oarin caly only de to put a dis between b rp if BPI th tb b fil fit that his hal hi S seemed ro to near bluebell was harjay able to draw breath it came in ob sob ising gasps troa from her dry and parched her iler car wee wc e trained strained to cil h I 1 round of arr rr pursuers era horie hoses hoofs hoots or it at leist a saoul no sound camo came and presently ahe she ventured to i her speed abit had hid haip nil child the nan man h hr ve ben be n drow dro aed but ehe she hd to of hersile lf she must find tame billing place I 1 the night at leat though bhe she vas was warm anil and perra ring 1 with her breathless rtin ale al e knew that thit presently it would be intensely cold she had bad loo enod persed the hv hevy ink which covered her almost ta 1 the heels as the ran and circled c it on an her am arm sh dand dared not drop it it impaled her flight far for that would cire give ber her pir auer a clu she wa on an the tandy eatn maln nt lit in 11 t where walkin w a at least tests 1 un even than on the dry artas she the saw before her a little atte hillick it have ben j ant 1 hill fron from fro n it site tie anil and app ap pinic ari i ce ats soan soon at it IL it wax was not in an ant hill bill but the thi deserted deer ted bole of an ant bear as the she discovered she crawled into it 11 I 1 was dry ard warn warm they will not find me bre b re tr ill thought aren it they follows on my track tracks they could not see the bear hole bole in the dirk she threw herself on an the g anjil she could hardy hardly a ft t so biall ws w tb 1 bole and gild tor for the first lm i m faced br her position ehe had bad no food and na no men is of is s g ary sis she bailot as lot lo t on a it ables veldt not knowing abe whee e ti tot wt isn track wa was V holly of her bout bouts as the abe wis was w is wa wis to b come of if it ehe she could not and her wiy way to any human hib she ah mus must t in a evil ably die of starvation stin atlon the girl bent her herace tice on her clispy band hand and arely surely ai its earnest a prayer aa as ever rose to the can eam of the almighty father ascended from rom thit that strange hiding place oh merciful father r thou who art rt able to eave save thy children when th tb y cry to thee krant grint me thy hep help now I 1 commit myself to thee there is non none other to whom bom I 1 can cair eo go belp me help me for thy sons sorts eabe sake to sar sa fleek came to ter presently and 11 tbt desert deserted c d beir bear bole la its the midst at al a lonely and li d olat veldt alone la to the wor corll ia as it lt seemed bluebell leslie 11 slept sou soundly nd Y she awakened sud daly nily it 7 ns a tir ter rable sound like that of as tatia der that broke her lumber blueit I 1 cp up shivering bilth ath an his terror for fhe she ad heard that sound once before arid nd knew watt it 11 wai was it als th ill tint rn amr tr ef r lion she crouched down in her hiding eb aling from rom head to fool whit what if th tit t grible bins king ot of beast beasts should cism r her spoor and trace her to her smelter eh elter the thought of 0 the horrible death thit wit would thea bj inevitable raade made BI Bl ebella Lebell a ficia creep and her bleed tura turn cold there was no more sleep bleep tor far her that night she lay tar vi th ith limbs nd md loudly beiting hirt h on hr her bed of 0 brass her cars to catch the sudden blood curdling cur dlin roar rear of the lion before the grassy entrance to her shelter but it dd not come the rumbling diel 1 away and wha wh a mori morn inz n cane mile tell ml fell on her kees k ees n annj winked the pro protesting arm hid shielded her froni from the terri tutors orrs ct c the nt she cran a id d out of 0 he be hading and looked arund a rund he be A great rat flit ili plain strete bcd on eve side oae one cr or two small borew cov red w ti th tiny ti ny brot broe e jbf tl L bit tr 0 river or hill child ild the se s e anthim anT wiM there vs wa to re her as te to the direction H ahk the wis w is to sa go se sie wai MI absolutely loit on the te atti r be ble B gutbell knew what thit mearitt je aern aber J 1 the cases ot at she hd md l r el J ot at n illein ile lit on oz ci ere cie e it was n child 1 b r ir let t 01 lie I 1 lain and never heinl heard of to li the assay a 0 iq IT jonir ns death by and sh ahil ti der derl derd d before the urk i cr it but at the she h hil hid id es cc ebeid ad afroz what wa was tar far wn wie e than death ru lets MS lier her dr dreaded ea ded per pene teutor found hr scala it tf la were 11 he would be 1 r row there was wa no ilce to 0 1 ris 1 must set et off oft at onee and trust to providence to guide her in the fisit direction D cebell looked vp 0 at the ma tun tie tu aja nil ly indication ot of the direction in ab v I 1 ts b ld at t sr tace tam me si i knew that moore bad had asce been a going w westward att she he would turn southward out hward abe took off her ion long cloak for or t w waa as now crowing growing very vann warm but 9 it ter her boulder Str by the th straps ill d begin abt that terrible journey she cou d make no toilet and her fast she ah coad not break already she was beginning to 0 o feel desperately bengry bluebell hid had begun to realize the full cull horror and physical pains ot of her matlon lion the hot bat noonday sun beat down on her bead held tiring giving her a ackins headache and almost blin dlag ter the dry red dust covering covern her ice and as it seemed to her every rich of hr her body and cauling catt ting he har r hor her ible discomfort left b hr br r mouth and throat h r p pitched e d and dry her thirst j larch vat well n eh 1 into arabi oh red how bow long can I 1 endure it itt live me necy ey and pity into D guide me 0 1 she moaned aloud at hat merreck inan ant all ahe she wanted waa was wi er the of third thirst bad hid aval owed up all 11 minor at t lift last the ink sink dob down on the dry iaal appealing app hinds to he poll 11 33 eky sky that via WIS aa its bran brass bore have her if it ther there Is e no help for me then let ae e d u e outI Zt 1 0 VI V I 1 li fore this in tolerable to ottiar Otti ah maddens roe me dut but there em no a from thoro there crr carle le akles ard for the mo treat it seem 4 that cod was ai AS lees ai as 0 0 0 0 a two days later a small body of english 11 and d en ers calie briskly aldir s erces the there re I 1 andy sandy vc aidt idt they be langej to a regiment and hid mil been bren puru lax a flying body 0 of 1 1 boera I 1 O 0 I 1 r 2 flora from Este estcourt ourt rt they hill bid g gone 0 e f fur r her ahn thy th y brt arst and were tc bc be bufore fore nl desht 1 I t cre took them hallo what have we here cried young are ton 1 to hia his coro earn panon pinion pol izz to something was on the red afi s end ind he ile plumed and slip ll pInt ing from hia his hone horse picked it up look awne a woman a clipper slipper and a very OUR on at I 1 that hat lieutenant int greene examined it care filly ilar then p hinted invited to a almost nel mrk m rk on the ami mind that a what thoe doer fellows would call a spoor preston theres R goman somewhere hereabout her look there a a kopje to co covered verel with shrubs ride me round that way order th tb mea men to ride slowly preston who in command give the ne ceary order the two young officers rode quickly round by the kopjo doth both had an instinctive feeling hit hev they were re on the verge of forne discovery to be |