Show orif P I 1 I 1 1 l jr 1 I 1 go 0 4 ft 1 K 1 LOST i OST A STORY OF hrc Y c f LU fi WO ER CAMPAIGN t 0 S ON THE 3 k rt 1 IN NATAL X so a I 1 I 1 z I 1 i VELDT 1 dy by it IL L machinate Mck nil I 1 a I 1 I 1 0 is ift billib ill r V continued ia k waa was a bryabt moonlight night and aa silvery light fell 11 oa or the long row rows of rum CUM trw and nettyle nett tle alv 1 imp OL a strange white alt abt ben ten oa on their leabes and tracing a curious checkered Vatter ft on the pith below suddenly I 1 a 01 looked a horseman hot shot tato into alow lewa a horr hurts riding tra latU up the bobotas bren riven as bluebell with a sudden little gasping err cry drew back she he saw the rider pause lie turned his hi horae horse round and nd waved it like a platt 11 llla the air as it to ram one behind him the th turning again rode rods straight stra liht BP up the avenue bluebell only wilted waited to see another ml and jet yet another horseman hor arman hoot shoot into I 1 view then turning quickly to her t door she he opened it and flew new along the tb I 1 bassage to her three fathers room bhe kno knocked ked furlon furiously sly lo 10 a moment her ber father valet dew demanded sleepily tie eplly who a li Is there tather father tu ehe she cried her tolee oleo ringing out clear anil and strong tho aih her heart seemed almost bur stlLa ad old hot tongue and dry quickly aad ct get your rev revolvers olvert the boers they are coming up the ito ILYO avenue Dusl tiny they are almost on shil eh could heartier hear her father mutter a I 1 will oath at bilat moment it a ja shudder through her there were oily only women la in the L houi bouse besides tier ter aunt and herself tain there raj tras marle marts aba clr liiri hoy hold lin haj aa am servant for two tw yeara years and two epp halt OASIS zulu ciolk who slept down stairs the native 1 boy boys slept la in an outside abed adim adam licille and blue bell bergelt were thu thoi only two who could defend themselves against an dit tAcking party for bluebell had bad jazz ois alloo learned to uie use firearms 1 I am anz ready I 1 tried cried her father in a 11 ll let tb tt corn COMO out on im more than then a match tor for a core score ot of doer doe docs Tat tather ber father oh ob dont like iotti cried the girl arl aa as basils flung apo the room door let ui us peak speak to hem them ithac after alt all they hare liars no unfriendly intentions 4 will hould should they we have never don done them any y barm we have al t wari Ills hiell tf exclaimed her father N baem spasm hail 1224 passed over bli big fae act but at blat moment the scuffle cf P artt emed seemed a acore score of 0 hone horse hoot boots I 1 bounded sounded under the stoop outside and a load exclamation was wa uttered r back baek cirit I X hall shall go 0 to the window myself 4 wd leslie in a low 4 tol bluebell stood back a little at the moment a sound of shrieks behind told her that this th servants ranta had wen roused from their lumber slumbers she turned and saw ulia miss elizabeth pale and horror stricken la in tier ber blue duffle 0 droning gown her head covered with the efly white cap clip which she he always won wort during the night hurrying hurry ni towards her bar followed ollow cd by the shrieking I 1 marts and the bowline howling native girla girls keep them quiet it will be all auntie they can t mean ui us k hann it la the boere doers bluebell said in tit short whispers whit pere tor or the waa listen L ine ing it at the same time to what went on at the window I 1 her ller father bad had duas it open opel A voice 1 from below called out litun the door to us adam leslie 1 and surrender tur render yourself as our prisoner r or 11 burn your house about 11 your earsl bluebell Bine boll did not reco olze e the roice votes 1 willich though dutch in accent spoke excellent ent english her ifer father an it la ID a roice voice that trembled with i i 1 I will not open the door to you you I 1 boer boor local what do you want with a sw am better speak for the aake sake I 1 K of your own eifel retorted the rates 1 1 la in alwer base informer I 1 an and d but for the kiting of 0 ale alt irthy god we should bairt been without our leaders loaders through utti youl you surrender yourself prisoner ria oner or well hans hang yoc yot to the nearest trebe tre and bum jow your hou and all it cont atrial that a the best beat lourae course m with villains like youl aa 1 I refuse to surrender shouted stew leslie beside himself with race rage eu H turned to blurb 4 it r ing ame I 1 my say revolver revolT cr load cl e r cried between hie his teeth 1 but bosto JD it f ob ying bluebell sprang orvn A ino ID pushing her father aside interposed herself be I 1 tweda him and the window nith eyes that hardly teemed to see she locati down oa on the tt ansis blow an array arm I 1 they seemed to her excited mind tan tali stalwart fellows in khaki and wid wide noer hats each maa an armed and each with stern and relentless gaze on the aindow in treat on an a R fine rue high k stepping tep pinc horse sat the man who waa was evidently the leader a oung man dress dressed like the others but with a race face rot unhandsome thou h it was whose merciless determination t struck true C k a cold chill through bluebell I 1 ou make a mistake she he said and J her tolee voice rbt out clear and sweet after the tb wens mens hoarse angry voices my tatter father la Is no informer seme one has brn been telling you a wicked lie we were always friendly with any doers that we kew kaew th the young man looked behind belind him the diezi instant a horseman hor har semu in the bacU round rode forward and camp came alongside tha boer leader bluebell care gave a falat cry almost backward baek vard and she beard heard a tearful oath burst from her father aa as he too recognized the man 9 it tas vas gerald moore CHAPTER VI NIL in fae niom light hia his dark I 1 ass Z had a look udom it that seemed to eyes ai and alki aa as that of at any flond coald could b be bl L he looking th v at the win dw v T chwe la Is no ascel ty tor for 1 tec be year rw daught r mr leslie he id OM bat but yo i sea there absolutely I 1 9 e W C 1 j lil 4 I 1 a no or use in resistance resli tanco dl all if Is known now if it you dont surrender yourself he prisoner it will be wore worse for yourself the commando have order orders to shoot you it you resist A shriek broke from miss eliza ell ath a alip lp behind bi blad bluebell luebell 11 but the tirl girt uttered neither word ord nor cry as horrified eye eyes looking dark and lire large in the midst of tier ter ghastly white fice face trained themselves to catch a glance from her cathor ie Is care gave her aone none file own face was contorted sod convulsed with some om terrible emotion the veins in bh bli forehead wre were swelling to bursting for a moment or of two he could not speak though hia his lips up twitched convulsively then suddenly bla his kcjr broke broks from mm hut low and baarse a L voice that bade bluebell shudder you traitor he be said and his ht tone tons vita terrible to bear beer so that even the doer leader brack away a little lancing glancing at moore doubtingly 1 I 1 ice see your game now lou ov lined urged me to fire ire Ita formation and then you your df self turned and informed oa on ael met you iro ate a J lot I 1 Iscar lotI and I 1 uld tare lare ald 14 ay my child into your hands fur for fold I 1 hay 1197 god ad almighty f me 1001 my 11 the words were in it bla big throat lie made a will wild movement as a it be mojid hare have feared out of the window upon moore then a sudden stron po aft r uta hi t cm to foot tacit and L LA L alil rin ebell rolled from her grasp ani falling to the floor flour tty lay there after cue jue or two convulsive motions per factly still till miss elizabeth elisabeth gale another cry and find forward beet beat over him 1 II 11 I lay on hia big mile side hie his face ace still a drop deep almost a purple red in hue hia his eyes hilt open but glued and lt ill bis his jaw dropped bluebell trick strick en diab and motionless leu stood beside him unable to make loy any attempt to raise him from the round ground meantime a rapid consultation was going on between the leader of th the commando and gerald moore you can set et lit to the tb houfe houps and do as a you like with the old mant maul aall said moore savagely 1 I 1 bays something elie else to do the cirl girl li Is my property and I 1 claim her Ds ae as you like replied the young leader coldly lie eyed moore with cold contempt notwithstanding the use ui that they bad mad made ot of moore I 1 big was w not a character which corn com mended itself to the koer boer leader leaders who know more about him than did most englishmen I 1 bare have nothing to do with any say dirty work my duty la Is to take adam leall dead a altre alive and 1 I mean to condne myshir to that in a few minute minutes the word of command had beer given to the commando who proceeded to break down the door and alo also to force ores their way loto into all ahr r bouee house by means of the 1 door of a bedroom which opened onto the stoop the women upstairs heard beard the nolle noise and mil miss elizabeth Elli abeth uttered a terrified exclamation while the frightened howled and hr loed la in cert f 1 I she co to them aad and demand their right to force themselves them into any REY ones home house like this cald said bluebell suddenly aud denly star barting tar tingas ting as if from a horrible dream beton before MISS ellia illa blk ith could prevent her she bad mored from the room and out to the heal of the fieira all waa derk below only bhe she child see e that the outer doo had been opened and a ja flood of moonlight streamed reamed at in upon the floor in iti a fight she he saw the doers la in their aandy sand y colored clothes striding through that beam of light cut but the he had no time to speak no tin time ova to think belonis ahe she knew whit what wae was about to happen ahe she wai was egied seized in a etrone strong almost vice tice like grip something dark claw close and iding nu a AX fattened fastened around her face a a 0 that ahe she could not utter a sound save a low citified moan moat and sad bhe she felt herself lifted oft her feet and carried aa 22 easily as a it ahe she waa WAS A child down tars stairs she struggled violently mak ing ln wild efforts to free her handa bands and arm arts bich elere ere bound to her aide side by a 1 cloth but it waa was useless aa As well a fly hare have struggled to escape troia an aeh eb she t could cot not feel feet the th change from th the warmth of the air inside to the chilly atmosphere witti olt but abe ah gleamed that her captor had immell passed outi lc with tier her and in a fw flar int minute she he could feel the jolting of his steps as he be based over the roth and uneven rath outside the homestead homesteading log A deadly despair succeeded the first will w ill revolt of Il luebell a senses she could 0 have n no doubt as to who her captor as she had been carried ob oft aa as truly as was ever maid malil of thi tho eight electa century by the man who tor for some reason of bla bit own Blue Bluebell beli had never thought it love bed t to 0 make ber her his wife she was lit 10 the snare of the fowler as an powerless to tree free herself as any poor fluttering flutter flut n broken witted bird the thought of what she u was leaving behind wax was terrible to her as her unknown fate late her iler father had clemed dead as she looked upon him was as he be really to it almost seemed to buo bue bell 11 v shut thu heart that it mould be better for him if it he be amere ere she bad had been tu peael led at first by the fearful tearful accusation made against her father but in the that lapsed between hs seizure by the visitation of at god and her seizure by mails a villainy Elu bluebell ebell had slowly been coming out ot of her stupor to rea rem use that it might be true if it it were so if it ber her father tether tempted by the traitorous villainy of the man whom be he had called a badas Ise lu arlot allot bad had committed this base hue deed thourl bluebell Blu tbell could not fin an it in her heart I 1 to cm call it t a crime then the th punishment meted mated out to him might be so gerrib a e that natural death would be a thou sani 94 umes prefer preferable abe 4 4 J st S t AL alb b 0 ind then poor miss ul lei left to fasce those tho men am wita per par hayi bars the dead body of br her brother la in the til hour house bluebell fit felt her heart torn tort with an ic and anxiety aa ahe the of IL 11 she be made violent trued ill to free fr herself algal they were war or than useless ui eleia the strung ailes held her bet as a la in a rice vice at thil this time oo 00 word bad ball been 1 at tit ted toted suddenly V Iti 1 eella captor paused the next moment bluebell heird beard a long peculiar call ri 91 ug on the lb night air it wai was like the TOO eel 1 of the australian bush atter after a momentary pause it was answered ani wfred then bluebelle Blu etelle captor bli his walk jolting and stumbling nc at every step it presently ahr wai was another pau pause then fancied she he heard the obad sound of horse a hoot boats but her beering waa was ao so deafened by the thick cloth that she be could not be b ure sure in a fr few minutes however ho she the knew ob the e bad ba beta correct she tit felt herself lliter up ind and placed on the ue saddle ot of some animal which ahr guessed from train the height and from the ue use of the aide id saddle to be a hone horse then a voice poke spoke cloe close to her ear car the voice that was wa to hateful to bluebell Ulu ebell and with such good reo there lj Is no uie use in to resist ca you are wholly in my power and n d I 1 am determined you axall not escape m nr bow now you yoot are on bores borenback back I 1 am I 1 going to release your armi arms so 0 o that ou my may bold hold on with all your might for we ire are going over a bad bit of round ground if it rou you don da t make any resistance reali tance I 1 will tale off that head dress presently but the more resistance rel tance you make the one orse you will be b treated and let me tu you it is I 1 perfectly useless noab ing 1 bu but death ran can sale you from me maam of 0 tout te bluebell could make oo 00 attempt at ID her hand hands were alel rl el from th taj cloth that had bad pin honed them to her side ide retna reins were placed in her ter band a whip waa was flicked in the nir air end ail the animal beneath moved forward for the next hour bluebell found thinking impossible the bone horse jolt ed rid tumbled and bumped at every step sometimes putting hie his forefeet fore feet into hole holes from which be had to be e extricated by main force then inz ing over loose clu clumps mpg of rage a or it brues with such aa Is al moot to ducoe it her bluebell luebell Il wai was accustomed cus tomed to the difficulties of riding on the veldt but now disabled by the w want at t of might suffocated orated aa as a ahe h a w waa AS by the cloth over her head and mouth iho she waa was utterly unable to keep steady and several times her guide had to tell else ber her aa as ibe she was wa falling from the horto to tri 1 h e n A |