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I'L ATTSM ( ) (I TJ L WEEKLY JlEiCALI), TlllJIlSDAY, SKI'TEMJilU 15, 1887.
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By H. ItlBEIl IIAGGAL'i).
tto no linijor pn!j)n cri, rrrr ui tuoj erspira
tiod had boeiu HTri-ntcHl out of us; wo simply
lay la tbo bottom of tho boat, wl.icb wo were
now phys!tttll y incapable of directing, fooling
like hot orntrfira, and I fancy iHvk-rgoing very
.'much tho eamo nonsatioris that tho j'oor IIkLmIo
when thoy ura dyin;? on land, namely, th.at of
low eufloration. Our hkhw began to cruck,
and thu bloxl to throb In oar how'u l:ke the
boating of n rtatn ciiflno.
This had boon (joiny on for nomo tlmo,
rhon ruddenly tbo river turned a Jitllo, end
I heard Sir Henry call out from tho lows in
a hoarpo, startled voice, and looking up Piiwa
most wonderful f.nd awful thing. About
half a mile ahead of us, and a little to the left
of tho center of the etream which v.o co:i!d
, uorr bco waa about ninety feet broad a Invo
pillar liko jat of almost white flanio iwofrom
tho surfneo o? the water nud fpra.eg f f ty feet
into th air, when it htruck tbo rcof nr.'l
rprwad on eonio forty fe::b in diameter, fall
ing back in cur-rod theets of firo shaped like
the pstals cf a full blown roso. Indeed, this
awful gas Jsl resembled nothing eo much 03 a
great flaming flower rfciiia out of tho blnck
water. Iilow was tho straight -stalk, a foot
or more thick, and iibovfl tin dreadful bloom.
And as for the arii;luc? of it, mid itt fierce
end awesome beauty, who enn describo it?
Certainly I cannot. Although wo v.-ero row
some 500 yards away, it, notwithstanding tho
etorr.n, lit r.p tba wholo cuvem as clear ru day,
and wo could soo that tho roof was hereabout
forty feet hfroYonnd washed j;erfec-tly Finooth
with water. Tbo rock was Mac!;, mid hero
and thoro I could make out long, tinning liucs
of- oro running through it liko great veins,
but of what imt.il they wero I know not.
On wo ru;had toward thin pillar of Civ,
whlob gleamed fiercer than any furnace ever
lit by man.
On toe rushed toward the pillar cf jlre.
"Keep the boat to tho right, Qaatcrmaiii
tl tho right," shouted Sir Henry, tm.I a irJa
tite afterward I saw him fall forward sento
1)63. Alphonco had lilrea-Jy gone. Good r. an
the next to go. Thero tlu-y lay ns though
dead; only IJmslopogaa.3 r.r.d I kept our
onaoa. "We wero within firt.y yr.rds of it
now, and I saw tha Znlu'.-J Lead fall forward
on Lis fraud?. He had gone, too, f.nd I was
a! one. I could not breathe; tho lierco heat
dried mo up. For yards end yards round tho
p roat rose of firo tho rock rcof waa red hot.
The wood cf ths boni. w.d almc-st burning. I
raw the feathers en ono cf the dead swans bo
gin to twist and shrivel up; but I would not
give in. I know that if I did we should pass
within threa or four yardd of tho gas jet and
perish miserably. I set tho paddlo so as to
turn the cauoo a far from it as poes-iblo, and
keld on grimly.
ily eyes sesmod to bo bursting from my
head, and through tha closed lid-s I could see
the fierce lihs. Vr'o vrere nearly epposito
cow; it roared like all tho Lh-es of hell, and
the watt-r boiled furiously around it. Fivj
aecondamore. Wo wero past; I heard the
oar behind mo.
Then I, too, fell senseless. Tho net thia
that I rememt'.- waj feeling a breath of air
opon my face, lly eyes opened wi;h jreat
cliOculty. I looked up. Tar, far above mo
hero was lisht, though around me was de p
floorn. Then I remembered, and looked,
l'ha canoo still Coated down tho river, and in
tho bottom of it lay tho naked forms cf my
ecmpamoiis. Vero they usiad if" I wondered.
Was I left alone ia thLs awful plncef I
knew not. Next I became conscious of a
Vuj-tdnj thlxit. I put my hand over the edge
the boai into the water and drew it vp
aain wiih a cry. 10 wonder; nearly all tho
kin was bai-nt oi? tho back of ia. Tho water,
kowever, waiS cold, or nearly so, a T drank
pints and fplashed myself till over. J-ly.body
jemod to ruck up the fluid as one may see a
kr:ok. wall sack up rain af ter a drought ; but
who"I wai buruc J the touch of it caused in
tnee paha. Thau I bethought mjself of the
thej-s, and dracius myself towards them
with ciCIeulty, I tp: ink'ed them with water,
and to lay joy ihty bcaii to recover Um
'opojtas Cxit, then tho ethers. Nest they
drank, absorbins wtterlike so many sponges.
Tken, foelhc; ehi-'y a ji:eer contrast to our
recent sensations wo be;aa a best we could
Oo get into our doths. As wo did se Ccod
joinUJ to the 1 o: t sidj f tho c.ir.oo; it was
mil tlitrd witk heat, aud i:i places actually
barred. Hal It Wen built liko our civilized
boats, Good said tkafc the planks would have
Certainly warped and kl ia enough water to
sink us; bat ZortunUly it was du Gut of
Uia soft, willowy wood of a single reat tree,
aJ had bide aearly iU-so mcl'.es and a bot
tom four iuchee tLick. Wht that awful
Same waa we tierer cliicoTrred; but I Fupxoso
HiAi there was at hi; spot a ci-aek or Lolo ia
Caa bed of the rirer sm-oah whi:k a vast
alums of ffas forced its way fro.!i its vol
Oanic home ia tho bowels of tho c&rtu toivards
ILo upr- How it rsi became ignited it
U, of coarse. Impossible to say probably, I
aLould think, froia some Pioi-.ta:ieou3 eiplo
aion of mephitic gases.
As soon as we kad get some things on and
eLaken ourselves together a little wc set to
work to make cut where we wero now. I
bavo said that thero was light above, and on
examination we found that it carr.e from tho
afcy. Our riyer that vas, Sir Henry said,
literal realization of tho wild vision af tiio
jot, was no longer underground, but was
fii-min on lis darksome way, net now
ULrouh "caverns measureless to man," Lui
Jweoa two fid;htful clills which cannot
fcavo been less than 2,000 feet hih. So Ligk
ero they, Indeed, that though tho sky was
boro us, where we wwo was dense gloom
Oot dai'kness, indeed, but tho gloom of a
eoza closely shattered in tho daytime. Up
ma either side rose tho great straight ciills,
srka and forbiddnj, tiil the eye grew dizzy
trila trying to measure their sheer height,
tka ktlie spaa U sky that marked where
(Ley ended lay lika a thread of blue vpoa
ttieir soaring blaekneiiS, which was aurclieved
Ey any tre or sreeper. Here and theie,
wvvever, grow ghostly patches of a louj gray
tchen, banging motionless to the rock, as tho
hite beard fee tie c;" of a dead man, Ik
seemed ns though only the dre or liavier
part of the li;;ht had sunk to the bottom of
this awful plaee. No bright winded Kimlc atn
rotild fall s-i low; th"y died fnr, fur abovo our
beads.
I'y thi ilvi rV od'i' was a little fboro
formed f round fragments of rock washed
i:it( this j'j.ipj by the constant netim of
water, and ivinjj tlie place the uppe.'irnnco
of In-ill; truwn with thou-'anda of iokhi'I can
non b:;ll Evidently nhon the water of the
underground river is hirh Ukto is no b ;ac-h
at all, or very little, between the border of
the stream und lh pi(-eijitous cliirs; but now
tliere wa3 a tpuru of seven or eight yards.
And here, on this k-wh, wo detennint d to
land, in ord-r to rent ourselves a lit tie after
all that we had pone through, und to stretch
our limbs. It wa.s a dreadful place, but it
would give nn hour's respite from the terrors
of tho river, and also nllow of our repacking
und arranging the canoe. Accordingly we
selected what looked liko a favorable KjKjt,
and with some little diiliculty managed to
beach the canoe and scramble out on to the
round, inhospitable pebbles.
"My word," called out Good, who was on
shore the first, "wlmt au awful place! it's
enough to give one a fit." And be laughed.
Instantly a thundering voice took up his
Tords, magnifying them a hundred times.
"Give one a ft ho! ho! ho!" "A fit ho!
hoi ho!" answered nnolhcr vnico, in wild ac
cents, from far nn the clii?. "A fit! a fit!
a lit!" chimed in voice after voice, e.-u.h Hing
ing tho words to and fro with s-huuts of aw
ful laughter to the invisible lips of tho other
till tho whole place echoed with the words
and with Mirieks of fiendish merriment,
w'nich at lust ceased ns suddenly as they had
begun.
'Oh, monDieul" yelled Aljlionsc, startled
quito out of such solf command as he
po-scssed.
"Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! Hon Dieu!" the
Titanic echoes thundered, shrieked and wuiled
in (.-very conceivable tone.
"Ah," said Umslnpognas, calmly, "I clearly
perceive that devils live hero. Well, the
place looks like it."
I tried to explain to him that the cause of
nil tho hubbub was a very remarkable and
interesting echo, but he would not believe it.
"Ah," he said, "I know an echo when I hear
one. There was one lived opposite my kraal
in Zululnnd, anil the IntomlnV (maidens)
"used to talk w ith it. But if what we hear is
a full grown echo, mine nt homo can only
have been a baby. No, no thoy no devils
up there. But I dmi't think much of thorn,
though," ho added, taking a pinch of snuff.
"Thoy can copy what one says, but they don't
seem to bo nb!e to talk o'l their own account,
and they dare not show their faces," and he
relapsed into silence, and apparently paid no
further nttontion to Mich ooiittfTViptiblo fiends.
After this wo found it necessary to keep our
convei-sation down to a whisper f:r it was
really unbearable to have every word one
utiTod tos.-ed to and fro like a tennis ball, a3
precipice called to precipice.
But even our w hispers ran up the rocks in
mysterious murmurs, till at hu;t they died
nway in long drawn sighs of sound. Echoes
r.ro delightful u;id romantic thing, but we
had more than enough of them in that dread
fid gulf.
As soon as wo had Fettled ourselves a little
on the round stonr s wo proceeded to wash
and dress our burns ns well as we could. As
wo had but a, licik oil f"r tho lantern w-o could
not spare any for this purpose, so we skinned
cno of tho swans and used tho fat oiT its
breast, which proved an excellent substitute.
Then wo repacked tho canno and finally be
gan to take some food, of which I need
scarcely say we were in ned, for our insensi
bility hud endured for many hours, and it
was. cs oar wntehes showed, midday. Ac
cordingly we seated ourselves in a circle, end
wuresoon engaged ia discussing our cold meat
with such appetite us we could muster, which,
in my case at any rate, was not much, as I
felt sick and faint after my sufferings of the
previous night, and had besides a racking
headache. It was a curious meal. The gloom
was so intense th.at wc could scarcely see tho
way to cue our food and convey it to our
mouths. Still we got on pretty well, although
tho meat was tainted by the heat through
which it had passed, till I happened to look
behind me my attention being attracted by
a noiso of something crawling over the
stones and perceived sitting upon a reck in
my immediate rear a huge species of black
fresh water crab, only it was fire times tho
size of any crab. I ever saw. This hideous
and loathsome looking animal had projecting
eyes that seemed to glare at one, very long
and flexible antenna?, or feelers, and gigantic
claws. Nor was I especially favored with its
company. From every quarter dozens of
these horrid brutes wero creeping up, drawn,
I suppose, hy tho smell of the food from be
tween tho round stones and out of tho holes
in tho precipice. Some wero already quita
close to us. I stared, ipa ite fascinated by the
unusual sight, and as I did so I saw one of the
beasts stretch out its huge claw and give the
unsuspecting Good such a nip that he
jumped up with a howl mid set tho "wild
echoes Cying" in sober earnest. Just then,
too, another, a very large one, got hold of
Alnhonse's leg, and declined to part with it,
and, as may bo imagined, a considerable
scene ensued. Umslopogaas took his ax aud
cracked tho shell of one with tho fiat of it,
whereon it set up a horrid sort of screaming
which tho echoes multiplied a thousand fold,
and began to foam at the mouth, a proceed
ing that drew hundreds xaore of its friends
out of unsuspected holes and corners. Those
on tho ?iot, perceiving that the animal was
hurt, fell upon it like creditors on a bank
rupt, and literally rent it limb from limb
with their huge pincers, and devoured it,
using their claws to covey the fragments to
their mouths. Seizing whatever weapons
wero handy, such as stones or paddles, we
commenced a war upon the monsters, whose
numbers wero increasing by leaps and
lounds, and whose stench was overpowering.
So fast as we cracked their armor others
seized the injured ones and devoured them,
foaming at the mouth, and screaming as they
did so. Nor did the brutes stop at that.
When they could they nipped hold of us
and awful nips they were or tried to steal
the meat. Ono enormous fellow got hold of
the swan we had skinned and began to drag
it ofT. Instantly a score of others Cung
themselves u;Kn the prey, and then began a
ghastly and disgusting scene. How the mon
sters foamed and screamed, and rent the
flesh and each other! It was a sickening and
unnatural sight, and one that will haunt all
who saw it tiil their dying day enacted as it
was in the deep, oppressive gloom, and set to
tho unceasing music of the many toned,
utrvo shaking echoes. St ran go as it may
seem to say eo, thero was something so shock
ingly human about these fiendish creatures
it was as though all the most evil passions
and desires of man had got into the shell of a
magnified crab and gone mail They were
so dreadfully courageous and intelligent, and
they looked as if they understood. The whole
Eceuo might have furnished material for an
other canto of Dante's "Inferno," as Curtis
said.
"I say, you fellows, let's get out of this, or
we shall all go off our heals," sung out Good;
and we were not tdow to take tho bint. Push-
4ng tho canoe, around which the animals were
now crawling by hundreds and making vain
attempts to climb, off the rocks, we bundled
into it and got out into midstream, leaving !
behind us the fragments oX our meal, and the i
Bcrenrntng1, foaming, Ftinklng mass of mon-
feU-rs in full possession of tho grounds.
"Those aro tho devils of the place," said
Unv.Iopogar.s. with the air of one who has
solved n problem; aud, upon my word, I felt
almost inclined 1 agreo with Llm.
Umslopogiias' remarks wero like his ax
very mush to the point.
"What's to bo dono nextr said Sir Henry,
blankly.
"JJnrt, 1 suppose, I answered, and we
drifted accordingly. All tho afternoon and
well into tho evening wo floated on in tho
f;!onm l,oneath the far off line of blue sky,
scarcely knowing when day ended and night
began; for down in that vast gulf tho differ
ence was not marked, till at length Good
limited out a star hanging, right above us,
which, having nothing better to do, wo ob-
sorved with great interest. Suddenly it van
ished, tho darkness became intense, and a
I familiar mnriimriMr'' sumiil filled f.ho nir
"Underground again," I said, with a groan,
mailing up tho Jump. ies, thero was no
doubt about it. I could just make out
tho roof. Tho chasm had come to an
end and tho tunnel had recommenced.
And then Ix'gan another long, long
night of (lunger and horror. To describo all
its incidents would bo too wearisome; so I
will simnly sav that about midnight we
struck on a flat projecting rock in midstream,
and wero as n arly as posiblo overturned
and drowned. How ever, at last we got off,
and wont upon t he uneven tenor of our way.
And so the hours passed until it was nearly 3
o'clock. Sir Henry, Good and Alphonso
were asleep, utterly worn out. Umslopogaas
was at the bow with tho iole, nud I was
ptcering when I perceived that tho rato at
which we wero traveling had perceptibly in
creased. Then, suddenly, I heard Umslopo
gaas mako an exclamation, and next second
came a sound as of parting branches, and I
became aware that tho canoe was being
forced through banging bushes or creepers.
Another minute and a breath of sweet open
air fanned my face, and I felt that wo had
emerged from the tunnel and wero floating
upon clear water. I say felt, for I could see
nothing, the darkness being absolutely pitchy,
as it often is just before dawn. But even
this could scarcely damp my joy. Wo were
out of that dreadful river, and wherever wo
might have got to, this at least was something
to be thankful for. And so I sat down and
inhaled the sweet night air and waited for
tho dawn with such patienco as I could com
mand. ;
CHAPTER XL
TliE FnOWTCIXG CITY.
For nn hour or more I sat waiting (U m
slopogaas having meanwhile gone to sleep
alsV, tiil at length tho east turned gray and
huge misty shapes moved over tho wirfaco of
the water like fehosts of long forgotten dawnx
They were the vapors rising from their
watery bed to greet the sun. Then tho gray
turned to primros , nnd tho primrose grew to
red. Next, glorious bars of light sprang tip
across the eastern sky, and through them the
radiant messengers of the dawn came speed
ing upon their arrowy way, scattering the
ghostly vapors and awaking the mountains
with a kiss, as they flew from range to range
and longitude to longitude. Another mo
ment, nnd the golden gates were open, and
the sun himself came forth as a bridegroom
from bis chamber, with pomp and glory and
a i'.-uddng as of 10,000,(XJO spears, and em
braced the night and covered her with bright
ness, and it was day.
But as yet I could seo nothing save the
beautiful blue sky above; for over the water
was a thick laver of mist exactly as though
tho whole surface had been covered with
billows of cotton wool. By degrees, however,
the sun sucked up tho mists, and then I saw
that wo were efioat upon a glorious sheet
of blue water, of which I could not make out
the shore. Some eight or ten miles behind
us. however, there stretched as far as tho eye
could reach a range of precipitous hills that
formed a retaining wall of tho lake, and I
have no doubt but that it was through some
entrance in these hills that tho subterranean
river found its way into the open water. In
deed, I afterwards ascertained this to be the
fact; audit will be some indication of the
extraordinary strength and directness of the
current cf the mysterious river that the
canoe, even at thi ; distance, was still answer
ing to it. Presently, too, I, or rather Umslo
pogaas, who woke up just then, discovered
another indication, and a very unpleasant
ono it was. Perceiving some whitish object
upon tho watjr, Umslopogaas called my
attention to it, and with a few strokes of the
paddle brought the canoe to the spot, where
upon we discovered that the object was tho
body of a man floating face downward. This
was" bnd enough, but imagine my horror
when Umslopogaas having turned him on to
his back w ith the paddle we recognized in the
sunken features tho lineaments of whom
do you su ppose? ' None other than our
ooor servant who had been sucked down
two days before in the waters of tho sub
terranean river. It quite frightened me. I
thought that we had left him behind forever;
and behold! borne by the current, he had
made the awful journey with us, and with us
had reached tho end. His appearance also
was dreadful, for ho bore traces of having
touched tho pillar of fire one arm being
completely shriveled up, and all his hair
being burnt off. The features were, as I
have said, sunken, nud yet they preserved
upon them that awful look of despair that I
had seen upon his living face as tho poor fel
low was sucked down. Really the sight un
nerved me, weary and shaken as I felt with
all that we bud gone through, and I was
heartily glad, when suddenly, and without
any warning, the body began to sink just as
though it had had a mission, which having
been accomplished, it retired; the real reason,
no doubt, being that turning it on its back,
allowed a free passage to the gas. Down it
went into the transparent depths fathom
after fathom we could trace its course, till at
last a long lino of bright air bubbles, swiftly
chaing each other to tho surface, alone re
mained where it had passed. At length
these too were gone, and that was an end of
our poor servant. Umslopogaas thoughtfully
watched the body vanish.
'What did he follow us for?" ho asked.
" 'Tis an ill omen for thee and me, Macuma
zahn." And he laughed.
I turned on him angrily, for I dislike theso
unpleasant suggestions. If people have such
ideas they ought in common decency to keep
them to themselves. I detest individuals who
make one the subject of their disagreeable
presentiments, or who, when they dream that
they saw one hanged as a common ft Ion, or
some such horror, will insist upon telling ono
all about it at breakfast, even if they have to
get up early to do It.
J ust then, however, tho others woke up and
began to rejoice exceedingly at finding that
wo were out of that dreadful river and once
more beneath the blue sky.
When wo had been sailing for an hour
Good, who was searching tho horizon with
a spyglass, suddenly announced joyfully that
bo saw land, and pointed out that, from tho
change in the color of tho water, ho thought
we must be approaching the mouth of a
river. In .another minute we perceived a
great golden dome, not unlike that of St.
Paul's, piercing the morning mists, and while
we wero wondering what in the world it could
Le, Good report d another and still more im
portant discovery, namely, that a small sail-
utg boat was advancing jowaru us. ims uic
ol news, which wo wero very shortly able to
verify with our own eyef, threw c.n into a
considerable flutter. That the natives of this
uuknown lake s.houid understand tho art of
sailing seena d to Fegec.t that they possessed
some fK greo or civr.izaiion. Jn a lew more
minutes it beeamo evident thut the occupant
or occupants of the advancing Imat hiid mado
us out. lor a moment or two sho hung in
tho wind as though in doubt, and then c."!iie
tacking toward us with great swiftne In
ten nioro minutes cho was within a hundred
yards, and wo saw that iho was a neat little
boat not a canoe "dugout," but built uroro
or less in European fashion with planks, and
carrying a singularly largo sail for her sk'.o,
But our attention vn eKn diverted from the
boat to her crew, which consisted of a man
and woman nearly as white as ours-jlves.
"Wo stared at each other in amazement,
thinking that wo must bo rnistnlc:i ; bnt no,
thero was no doubt (.bout it. They were not
fair, but tho two people in tho boat wero de
cidedly of a whito as distlnguiohed from u
black race as white, for instance, as Span
iards or Italians. It was a patent fact. So
it was true, after all; ami, mysteriously led
by a Power beyond our own, we hud discov
ered this wonderful poojjlo. I could have
shouted for joy when I thought of tho glory
and tho wonder of tiio thing; and as it was,
wo all shook bunds and congratulated each
other on the unexpected success of our wild
search. All my life had I heard rumors of a
whito race that existed in the highlands of
the interior of this va'-t continent, and longed
to put them to tho proof, uud now here I saw
it with my own eyes and was dumfounded.
Truly, as Sir Henry sr.id, tho old Roman was
right when ho wrct: "Ex Africa semper
aliquid novi," which he tells me means that
out of Africa there 1 ways comes somo new
thing.
Tho man in the boat was of a good but rot
particularly Cno physique, and had straight,'
black hair, regular aquiline features, and an
intelligent face. Ho wo3 dressed in a brown
cloth garment, something liko a fianncl shirt
without the sleeves, and in nu uiiiui.-.takab!o
kilt of the samo material. Tho leg3 and feet
were bare. Round tho right arm and left leg
ho wero thick rings of yellow metal that I
judged to bo of gold. The woman had a
sweet face, wild and shy, with large eyes und
curling brown hair. Her dress was made of
the same material as tho man's, and consisted,
as wo afterwards discovered, fir.;t of a linen
undergarment that hung down to her knee,
and then of n single long strip of cloth, about
four feet wide by fifteen long, which was
wound round the body in graceful folds and
finally flung over the left shoulder so that tho
end, which was lyed blue or purple or seme
other color, according to tho social standing
of tho wearer, hung down in front, tho right
arm and breast being, however, left quito
bare. A more becoming dress, especially
when, as in the present caso, tho wearer w as
young and pretty, is quite impessiHo to con
ceive. Good, who has nn eye for such things,
was greatly struck with it, and so indeed was
I. It was so simple and yet zo effective.
Meanwhile, if we had been nstonLhed at
tho r.ppcaranoe of tho man and woman, i-.
was clear that they were far more astonishe d
at us. As for tho man, ho appeared to bo
overcome with fear an i wonder, and for a
while hovered round our canoe, but would
not approach. At last, however, he came
within hailing distance, and called to us in a
language that sounded soft and pleasing
enough, but of which wo could not understand
one word. So we hailed back in English,
French, Latin, Greek, German, Zulu, Dutch,
Sisutu, Kukuana, and a few other native
dialects that I am aeqaainfed with, but our
visitor did not understand any of theso
tongues; indeed, they epix-ared to bewilder
him. As for tho lady, she was busily em
ployed in taking stock of us, and Go-.xl was
returning the compliment by ttaring at her
hard through his eve-r'ass. a proceeding that
she seemed rather to sajoy than otherwise.
At length tho man, b- i ig unablo to make
anything out of us, siu'ur.dy headed his boat
round and began to head oil for the shore,
his little boat skimming away before tho
wind like a swallow. A.r. she passed acres?
our bows, tho man turned to attend to the
large sail, and Good promptly took tho oppor
tunity to kiss his hand to tho young lady. I
was horrified at this proceeding both on
general grounds and because I feared tent
sho might take offense, but to my delight she
did not, for, first glancing round and seeing
that her husband, or brother, or whoever it
was, was engaged, sho promptly kissed hers
back.
"Ah!" said I, "it seems that we have at
last found a ianguago that the people cf this
countrv understand."
"In which case," faid Sir Henry, "Good
will prove an invaluable interpreter."
I frowned, for I do not approve of Good's
frivolities, and ho knows it, and I turned the
conversation to more serious subjects. "It is
very clear to me," I said, "that tho man will
be back before long w ith a hostcf his fellows,
so that we had best make up our minds as to
"Tho question is, how will they receive us?"
said Sir Henry.
As for Good, he made no remark, but be
gan to extract a small square tin caso that
had accompanied us in all our wanderings
from under a pile of baggage. Now, we Lad
often remonstrated with Good about this tin
case, inasmuch ns it bad been an awkward
thing to carry, and he had never given any
very explicit account as to its contents; but
he had insisted on keeping it, saying mysteri
ously that it might come in very useful one
day.
"What on earth are you going to do, Good?''
asked Sir Henry.
"Do? wiry dress, of course! You don't
expect mo to appear in a new country in
these things, do you? and ho pointed to his
soiled and worn garments, which were, how
ever, like all Good's things, very tidy, and
with every tear neatly mended.
We said no more, but watched his proceed
ings with breathless interest. His fk-st step
was to get Alphonse, who was thoroughly
competent in such matters,' to trim his hair
and beard in tho mcst approved fashion. I
think that if he had bad some hot water and
a cake of soap at hand lie would have shaved
off the latter, but ho had not. This done, ho
suggested that we should lower the sail of the
canoe and all take a bath, which wo did,
greatly to the horror and astonishment of
Alphonse, who lifted his hands and ejacu
lated that these English were indeed a won
derful people. Umslopogaas, who, though he
was, liko most high bred Zulus, scrupulously
cleanly in his iersoii, did not tee the fun of
swimming about in a lake, also regarded the
proceeding with mild amusement. We got
back into tho canoo much refreshed by tho
cold water end sat to dry in tho .run, while
Good undid his tin box nnd produced first a
beautiful clean white shirt, just as is had left
a London steam laundry, and then some gar
ments wrapped first in brown, then in whit?,
and finally in silver paper. We watched this
undoing with the tenderest interest and much
speculation. One by ono Good removed the
dull husks that held their splendors, carefully
folding and replacing each piece of paper as
he did so; and there at last kry, ia all tho
majesty of its gold epaulets, lace and buttons,
a commander of the royal navy's full dress
uniform dress sword, cocked Lat, shiny
patent leather boots end ali We literaliy
gasped.
"What f we said, "what I Aro you going
to put those thing3 on?"
"Certainly," ho answered, composedly : "you
boo so much depends upon a first impression,
i-specially," he added, "an I obmrvo that thera
aro ladies alxmt. One at Icaxt of tis ought to
bo detvntly dresL"
We 6.iid no more; wo wero 6inif ly dura
foundod, especially when wo considered the
artful way in which Good had concealed tho
content of that box for all those months.
Only one suggestion did wo mr.ke, namely,
that he should wear his mail ehirt nfxt bis
skin. II replied that he feared it would spoil
the set of hi.i coat, now carefully rpruad In
th tun to La to tho err uses out. but uually
(To to ritntr'nni !.)
A Reinarkablo Growth
Tho many friend of , ?i!cssis. Mont
gomery TVant Sc Co., formerly at 227 am 1
220 "Wabash Av., Chicago, -will be Iail
to know that the rapi.l growth of the ir
business lias forced tliem to remove from
Wabash Ave. to 111, 112, 1KJ and 111
Michigan Ave, where, tin y have jur
chiised h magiuuYe.nt building, the seven
floors of which they will occupy exclu
sively. These seven floors ai) each 1C0
by 103 feet, aggregating nearly 1 20, bOO
square feet (about ? ::(;( s) of floor si;rfaci
The. new quarters vr:il enable them to
handle their ;rg ; In:-.in ess to the better
advantage of their thousands cf custom
ers. Fifteen years ngo Mis-ts. Montgom
ery Ward & Co. occupied but. one room
and that only 2j by 40 feet. The enor
mous growth of their lui-ir.rss during
fifteen yonrs can only he rxpl-dncd by
the fact that they p. 11 direct to consum
ers, supplying all their wants, and never
misrepresent any article. The stieccf-s of
this house ji roves the old spying, that
"Honesty is the best policy," and from
from this policy they never (h-viitc.
The Fall catalogue iAnir;d by Messrs.
Montgomery "Ward cc Co, ought to be
in every family.
Catherine Junker
lied in (la! vestoti,
Tex., Aug., IS, ag.d S
Dr. C. A. FSarshaii.
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Preservation f mi! ur.-.l teeih a hj.reinlty.
Terlh txtracbA without y.aiii Uj v?i of J.i'ivjl.ing
All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
i- 1TZOERAI.D Pl.OCK. Pr.tTr.s.-TOL'TH.ei'F.H.
can live lit heme an (J make more
money nt work for us than st. any
thiiiL'Vlse !n thM world, ( apiril
not replied ; you aro started Jree.
Moth scics : all :u:-s. Ar.v one oh."
do the work, bare earnine sure
fremfir.it st;rt, Ce'ly 0:1 r fits and
terms free. Better net delay. v-if yen n.,t h
iois to fend n yni,r addrnas arid fire! eui ; ani
if you are wis" veil will do so at once. Address
H. Halliti fcuo., Portland, .Maine. 2'Jlv
Have anything you want from a two
p i.-ocnger
CARRIAGES FOR
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are always kept rea.ly. Cat-? or
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Ladies' Kid Button Shoe?, formerly ?3.00. now 2.00.
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Ladies' Feb. Goat Shoe-, formerly 2.75, now -tl.75.
Ladies' A Calf Shoe?, formerly $2.25, now S2.00.
Ladies' Tud Operu SHpp-T?, tormerlv 1.00, now Toe
Men's Vori::ng Shoes, tormerlv $1.75, now $1.10.
Choice Box oiTew old Goods left at less than half Cost
Manufacturing and Repairing Really and
Promptly done.
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