Show I II THE BLACK PEARL II 11 Il lii- lii Henry 31 U. IouI low OI O I 01 beg you ou captain stop annoying that girl And wh why doctor Perhaps you arc are after her yourself Please leave me mc out of or this will you The girl Is honest and decent and It would b be he shameful not nOl to leave heave her alone alon Oh nonsense A I Kaffir girl Irl like her ought to consider er It an honor hotter that thata a white whitt man will look Jook at her herNo her her- Now No stop tO right them lucre captain I will not p permit you YOLI to Insult that lint girl Irl not hot even tm in words and ns us long Jong as I Iam Iam Iam am here I shall know knous' how to protect her Iter from Crom you rou You rott seem to forget doctor that It Is I who command here but I 1 let that pass and anti us both of or us have evidently n fallen In love 10 with this girl I propose that we box Lox for her the tile winner to take her Mor soul and body hody You ma may be bo In command here captaIn cap- cap aln tairi but to fulfill what whal I consider a amoral amoral moral duty I would not hesitate a moment moment mo mo- ment meat to break military rul rules s. s A As for Cor boxing you ou know m my opinion of oC that sport Yes I know that you ou prefer the lie duel hut ut that is simply because you ou became used to it while you ou were a student In this part parlor of tho the world we have ha no duels And because duels are not hot recognized here hereth th the WI weaker must submit to all sorts orts of uC indignities What hat sense Hense would there bo ho in a n. list fight between lIet you OU anti and mo me I would be lie like a child In III your our hands absolutely at atthe time mercy of Jf your brutal force Coree No When two moon men cannot a agree and must f light fight ht con con- should i bo IH made c Ivon n. n and this can only L be so o In a pistol duel Your opinions ire are certainly ver very ery lan antediluvian m my d dear dar ar doctor and will vi Tu-vi-r hi hl I rf recognized hero here No nothing hut but t I the lie maxim Might 31 II ht I Is right is apt alit to be respected where you ou are in iii command You Halter me mime doc hut doe but I hoar hear tho the signal for drill and must leave heave youVe you WP Ve can talk tho ho matter r ov-i-r when I 1 come corne hack hak saul said tho thin and auth re retired cc 1 tired tind to 11 his tent while the doctor stood looking after him in iii silence S S SI I happened to lo overhear o this conversation conversa con tion unintentionally Our ln commander chief Captain Richards and our oua surgeon sturgeon Dr Stipples had met mel outside the latter's tent in the tho sha shadow ow of which I 1 had thrown myself to take tako a short nap I r portrait painter Henry Pointer hind hall the year tar previous at tilt the outbreak of th the lit Boor Boer war volunteered for hospital service er and promoted to the ank of oC corporal I J was WiLS now In this camp with a body of or 00 men und r tho the command of oC Richards s sYo Wo Yo had been licen In the lie camp about aboul a week On ou our left was tho ho hou house e and stable of oC a South African millionaire t clo-t II by bya bya a church and a couple of stores ami on nn the right rig about a kilometer r away awny were the huts of oC a it number of or Zulus From the very first da day there was not nota a n. man in the he Ic regiment who had not been heen struck II by the thc unusual beauty of or the time fiT fir teen year daughter of the time chief chic of the Zulus who always watched us at al a re- re distance when we Inc passed sed her fathers father's hut Never have I seen a more perfect I man of or young oun womanhood and nover never have I 1 felt elt t so o much the lie Inability of my m blush to do Justice to n a subject She walked among us liS almost naked but no 1 white woman could be he more chaM chaste chanto to than she lio and not one of or the this privates over uvel thought Jat of 01 any uny familiarity i thu princess cs as Os tile c Only Dr r. r II i les and antI Captain Richards Hichar 8 had hati over ovet talked to h her r. r rh Tho captain was wasa I a a. omi athletic fellow tellow standing at least six feet Ceel two in his stocking feet teet but with distinctly more l brawn awn than brain while time the doctor an unusually talented talented tal tal- man was rather rathel below than above tho the average e height vcr very slender not po possessed es ot of much physical strength 11 He lie spoke a number Humber of or forel foreign n languages lan lan- ganges guaJe and African dialects among these thai hint of the lie Zulus Tho rho captain on the theother theother theother other side sille spoke no nothing thins but his native tongue o Yo soon noticed that these two men were courting the princess but hut in a avery avery avery very different manner for Cor while the time doctor doctor doc doe I tor or treated her ns us his social 1 equal tho ho I captain plainly showed that he lie considered himself far Car above her Two days aCt after this conversation I stood in the tue shadow ow of or too trees near the well It was late hate In th the afternoon and the time princess as usual camo came to fetch etch water While she was filling her jug the captain came camo galloping imp up Jumped off ort and ran toward the beautiful girl I Isa sa saw w that lint sue she picked up her hr jug jus- and tried to lo get away but the captain barred her herway herway way and endeavored to make her understand understand understand under under- stand that h he was In love hove with her Just then I caught sight of the time doctor and amI went toward him because I feared a meeting between the time rivals rl though I did not know how I 1 a corporal could ver very well Interfere In itt time Iho affairs of or 11 my ni superior super simper officers Time The captain had taken hold of or the time girls girl's hand and drew h her r closer and closer In spite of oC her hc struggling an and was Just on tho the point of or taking her Into his arms when the time doctor hit him hint a blow with his list fist Time The captain stepped stumbled over a root and amI fell Cell heavily on his back baek While the time doctor handed time the girl her jug antI and told lold her to lo hurry away avay the tho captain he lie got up very slob slowly slowly slow slow- ly b placed himself in a a. boxing attitude You hit lilt me Yes I J hit hll you the doctor replied calm calmly as ever I hit you OU because you look advantage of your pur greater strength to abuse a weaker and that you shall shan not now do the same sarno I will merely show you this With these words ho drew his revolver Do you ou Intend to murder me cried tho tIme captain and let hits his arms drop By no imo means the Hie doctor replied but butI butI I want to prevent pre you OU a no brave man from commUting committing a 0 cowardly deed I havo have hit hilt you OU and you must vindicate your honor You have ha tho the right and the power to have me arrested arid and placed before a martial court but you OU know W very well lint would not wash ore oft the time blow Well 11 what do 10 you want then you ou chevalier sans veur ot It sans you ou protector of 01 the young and virtuous I want to kill you but nit in honorable duel s I AS you please then you craz crazy fool But Dut then It must be rigid right lucre here on the time spot That suits me exactly Draw your tour revolver Timers There re Is Corporal Pointer ITo IIo can give us tho the signal L Let Tet et him count One two three and on three thre we shoot Is that all right Right Dont Don't talk about rl right hl here wo we arc are both crazy now but tho lie sooner It Is over ocr tho time better Will you please sc count corporal I stammered something hut but time the captain cap cap- tain nih Interrupted mo me Impatiently with the words lie IIo is no good doctor Count yourself r. r All All right Attention One One td Three The two shots idiots rang out simultaneously I saw tho tIme captain totter toller anti and fall fail and run ran to his side I saw how the time blood gushed from a 0 wound in iii his neck pressed my linger on it and cried Oh doctor ho la is dlo dying the Jugular vein IB Is severed tie Slowly terribly slow slowly It seemed to me the doctor camo ennui toward us As he stood over o lie tho wounded man maim ho he mumbled J I Jw w wanted to kill him Then I saw In liU uk face foco how ho lie struggled lcd thu time old ohl expression came caine back which I lint hilt so often when he ime stood at al the bed hell stile Hide of oC the time Sick und and wounded he kneeled down own and lied tied up the vein S S 5 A few days dars later hater when I put a fresh bandage on the captains captain's wound he Bilked asked about what had happened after alter he be came unconscious and I told him hint ever every thing not omitting tho the doctors doctor's struggle Klc with himself Half an hour later Inter I saw how the captain cordially shook the doc doe tors tor's hand band and said Paid You have hac taught me Inc a needed much lesson doctor I 1 thank you ou from the bottom of ot my heart and beg you to forgive me Please tell the princess princess' how son sorry I tech rel and let us Ul two be le friends |