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Uy H, UIDEIl JIAGGAKD.
jcaa" Tnii vitcu' ueah, era.
as regards thoir religion) 1G is ft natural one
for imaginative pcojilo, wlio know no Letter,
ami might therefore be expected to turn to the
sun and worship him as tho ull fathor, Lut it
cunnot Justly bo culled olovating or spiritual,
it is truo that they do sometimes kj alt of the
un C3 tho "garment of tho nplrit;" but it is a
vaguo torru, and whut ll:ey really adore L
tho ilory orb himself. They ulso call him the
"hono of fctornity;" but here again tho mean
ing Is vague, and I doubt if tho pbraso coa-
veyo .any rery clear impression to their
mincu. C-iome oi Uiem do indeed bellove in a
future llfo for the gool I know that Nylep-
tba does firmly but ft is a privato faith.
arising from the promptings of tho nplrit, not
an essential of their creed. So, on tho whole.
I cannot Bay that I consider this sun worship
oa a religion indicativo of a clvilizod people,
however magnificent und imposing its ritual.
or however moral and high sounding the
maxima of its priests, many of whom, I am
euro, have their own opinions on tho whole
Bublcct; though of courso they have nothing
but praise for a system which provide them
'with so many of tho good things of thla
world.
Thero are now only two more matters to
which I need allude, namely, the language
and ' the system of caligruphy. As for tho
former, it is soft sounding, and very rich and
flexible. Sir Henry 6uys that it sounds some
thing like modern Greek, but of course it hna
no connection with it. It is easy to acquire,
being slmplo m its construction, ana a lie
Culiar quality about it is its euphony, und the
way in which tho sound of tho words adapts
Itself to the meaning to bo expressed. iOg
before we mustered tho language we could
frequently make out what was meant by the
ring of the sentence. It is on this account
that the language lends itself so well to poet
ical declamation, of which these remarkable
peoplcjare very fond. Tho Zu-Vendl alphabet
seoms, Sir Henry says, to be derived, like
every other known system of letters, from
a Phoenician source, and thereforo more re
motely still from tho ancient Egyptian hie
ratic writing. Whether or no this is a fact
I cannot say, not being learned in such mat
ters. All I know about it is that their
alphabet consist of eighteen hieroglyphics,
each of which la, to my mind, more puzzlinjj
and cumbersome than tho last But a tho
people of Zu-Vondis oro not given to tho
writinffof novels, or of anvthinsr except busi
ness documents and records of tho briefest
character, it answers their purrose well
enough.
CHAPTER XIV.
TUB FLOWER TElirUi
It was half past eight by my watch when I
woke on the morning following our arrival
at Milosis, having slept almost exactly twelve
hours, and I must say that I did indeed feel
better. Ah, what a ble&sod thing is sleep I
ana wnac a amerenco twelve nours or it or
60 makes to us after days and nights of toil
and danger. It is like going to bed one man
and getting Tip another.
1 6at up upon my silken couch never had
I slept upon such a bod beforo and tho first
thing that I saw was Good's eyeglass fixed
on me from the recesses of hia silken couch
There was nothing elso of him to Ijo seen ex
cept his eyeglass, but I know from tho look cf
it that he was awako, and waiting till I woke
up to bogln.
"I say, Quateimain," ho commenced, sure
enough, "did you observe her skin? It is as
smooth as the back of an ivorv hair bmah "
"Now, look here, Good," f remonstrated,
when thore cams a kfiocklng at fho door,
which, on bing opened, admitted a function
ary, who sfgninad by signs that he was there
to lead ui to tb bath. VV e gladly consented,
and were conducted to a delightful marble
cham dot, with a pool of ' running crystal
waiar in toe center or It, Into wtncti we
gayly plunged. When wo had bathed we re
turned to our apartment and dressed, and
then went into the central room t, here wo
Lad sapped on the previous evening, to find a
xaot'&ing meal already prepared for us, and n
capiW meal it was, tbo-igh I should be puz-
rled to daacribo tho dishes. After breakfast
we lounged round and admired tho tapestries
and carpets and some pieces of statuary that
wre placad about, wondering the whilo what
was going to happan next. Indeed, by this
time our minds were in such a state of com
plete bswildermfnt that we were, as a matter
of fact, rady for anything that might ar
rive. As for ocr souse of astonishment, it
was pretty wall obliterated. Whilo we were
till thus r.jjitjred, our friend the captain of
the gvard preseatKl himself, and with many
obeisances tinifitd that we wero to follow
him, which we did, not without doubts and
heart ssarchings for wo guessed that the
time had come when wo should have to settle
the bill for thoso confounded hippopotami with
pur cold eyed friend Agon, the high priest.
However, thore was no help for it, and per
sonally I took great comfort in the promies
of tho protection of the sister queens, know
ing that if ladies havo a will they can gener
ally find a way; so of wo started as though
we liked it. A minute's walk through a pas
cage and mi enter court brought ua to the
great double gates of the palace that open on
to the wide highway which runs up hill
through the heart of ililosis to the Temple of
the Sun, a mile away, and thence down the
lope on the farther sido of the templo to tho
outer wall of the city. .
These gates are very lerge and massive, and
an extraordinarily beautiful work in metaL
Between thftn for one set is placed at the en
trance to an interior, and one at that of tho
exterior wall is a fosse, forty-five feet in
width. This fosso is filled with water aud
spanned by a. drawbridge, which, when lifted,
makes the palace nearly impregnable to any
thing except siege guns. As we came ono
half of the wide gates were flung open, and
we pass3d over tho drawbrirlgo, and presently
6tooilazing up one of the most imposing, if
not the most imposing, roadways in the
world. It is 1(10 feet from curb to curb, and
on either side, not cramped and crowded to
gether, as Is our European fashion, but each
standing in its own grounds, and built equi
distant from and in similar style to the rest,
are a series cf splendid single storied man
sions, all of red granite. These are the town
houses of the noLlns of the court, and stretch
away in unbroken lines for a mile or more
till the eye is arrested by the glorious vision
of the Temple of tho Sun that crowns the hill
and heads the roadway.
Aa we stood gazing at this splendid sight,
of which more anon, there suddenly dashed
tip to the gateway four chariot, each drawn
by two white horses. The first and last of
these chariots were occupied by guards, but
tho center two were empty, except for the
driver, and to these we were conducted. Al
phonse and I sot nto the first, and Sir
Henry, Good and Umslopogaas into the one
behind, and then suddenly off wo went, and
we did go. Among the Zu-Vendi it is not
usual to trot horses either riding or driving
especially when the journey to be made is a
Krk nna thev co at full gallop. As soon as
wo were sealed the driver called out, tho !
horses sprang forward, and wo were whirlc? j
away at a irped fnfflelont to takj one's
breath, mid which, till I got accustomed to
it, kept n m in momentary four of on ujiset.
As for the wretched Alphons, ho clung with
a despairing face to tho Hide of what ho called
this "devil of a fiacre," thinking that ovtry
moment, wu his lust. l're: ently it occurred
to hliu to uk where we wure going, and I
told him thut, so far as I could ascertain, wo
wero coinir to bo bttcriflc d by burning. You
should have seen his face as lie grasped tho
side of thu vehicle and cried out in his terror.
But tho wilil looking charioteer only leaned
forward over his Hying steeds and shouted;
and tho air, ns it went singing past, bore
away tho sound of Alphonso's lamentations.
And now before ua, in nil its marvelous
splendor and dazzling loveliness, shone out
tho Templo of tho Sun tho peculiar pride of
tho Zu-Vendi, to whom it was w hat Solomon's,
or rather Herod's, Templo was to the Jews.
Tho wealth and skill and labor of generations
had leen given to tho building of this won
derful place, which had been only finally
completed within tho last fifty years.
Tho building itself is of puro and polished
whito marble, which shows out in marvelous
contrast to tho red granite of tho frowning
city, on whoso brow it glistens indeed like an
imperial diadem upon the forehead of a dusky
queen. Tho outor surf aco of the doino and of
the twelve petal courts is covered entirely
with thin sheets of beaten gold; and from the
extreme point of the roof of each of these
petals a glorious golden form with a trumpet
in its hand aud wide spread wings is figured
in tho very act of soaring into space. I really
must leavo whoever reads this to imagine the
surpassing glory of these golden roofs flash
ing when tho sun strikes flushing like a thou
sand fires aflame on a mountain of polished
marble so fiercely that tho reflection can bo
clearly seen from the great peaks of the range
a hundred miles away.
It is a marvelous sight, this golden flower
upborne, upon the cool white marble walla,
and I doubt if the world can show such an
other. W unt makes the wliole cnect even
more gorgeou3is that a belt of 150 feet
around tho marblo wall of the templo
planted with mi indigenous species or sun
flower, which wero at the time when we first
Baw them a sheet of golden bloom,
Tho main entrance to this wonderful place
Is between tho two northernmost of the raj-s
or petal courts, and is protected first by the
usual bronzo gatc3, and then by doors made
of solid marble, beautifully carved with alle
gorical subjects and overlaid with gold.
When thtso aro passed thero is only tho thick
ness of the wall, which is, however, twenty-
five feet (for the Zu-Vendi build for all time)
and another slight door, also of white marble
introduced in order to avoid causing a visible
gap in the inner skin of the wall, and you
stand in tho circular hall under tho great
dome. Advancing to tue central altar yoiH
look upon as beautiful a sight as the Imagina
tion of man can conceive. You are in the
middle of the holy place, and above you the
great whito marble dome (for the inner skin,
like tho outer, is of polished marble through
out) arches away in graceful curves some
thing like that of St. Paul's in London, only
at a slighter angle, and from the funnel like
opening at tho exact apex a bright beam of
light pours down upon the golden altar. At
the east and tho west are other altars, and
other beams of lisrht stab the sacred twilight
to tho heart. In every direction, white,
mystic, wonderful, open out the ray like
courts, each, pierced through by a single
arrow of light that serves to illumine its
lofty silence and dimly to revoal the monu
ments of tho mighty dead,
Overcome nt so awe inspiring a sight, the
vast loveliness of which thrills the nerves like
a glance from beauty's eyes, you turn to the
central golden altar, in the midst of which
though you cannot bee it now, thore burns a
pale but steady flame crowned with curls of
faint blue smoke. It is of marble overlaid with
pure gold, in shape round like tho sun, four
feet in height and tlnrty-slx m circumference.
Here also, hinged to the foundations of the
altar, are twelve petals of beaten gold. All
night and, except at one hour, all day also,
these petals aro closed over the altar Itself ex
actly a3 the petals of a water lily close over
the yellow crown in stormy weather, but
when tho sun at midday pierces through the
funnel in tho dome aud lights upon tho golden
flower, the petals open and reveal the hidden
mystery, only to close again when the ray has
Dassed.
Nor is this all. Standing in semicircles, at
equal distances from each other on tho north
and south of the sacred place, are ten golden
angels, or female winged forms, exquisitely
shaped and draped. These figures, which are
slightly larger than life size, stand with bent
heads in an attitude of adoration, their faces
6hadowed by their wings, and are most im
posing and of exceeding beauty.
There is but one thing further that calb for
description in this altar, which is, that to the
east the flooring ia front of it is not of pure
white marble, as elsewhere throughout the
building, but of solid brass; and this is also
the case in front of the other two altars.
At tho temple gates our party was received
by a guard of soldiers, who appeared to be
under the orders of a priest; and by them we
were conducted into one of the ray or "petal"
courts, as tho priests call them, and there left
for at least half an hour. Here we conferred
together, and realizing that we stood in great
danger of our lives, determined if any attempt
should be made upon us, to sell thorn as dearly
as wo could Umslopogaas announcing his
fixed intention cf committing sacrilege on
tho person of Agon, tho high priest, by split
ting his venerable head with Inkosi-kaas.
From where we stood we could perceive that
an immenso multitude were pouring into the
templo, evidently in expectation of some un
usual event, and I could not help fearing that
we had to do with it. And here I may ex
plain that every day, when tho sunlight falls
upon the central altar, and the trumpets
sound, a burnt sacrifice i3 offered to the sun,
consisting generallyof the carcass of a sheep
or an ox, or sometimes of fruit or corn. This
event comes off about midday; not always
exactly at that hour, but as Zu-Vendis is sit
uated not far from the line, although being
so high above the sea it is very temperate-
midday and the falling of the sunlight on the
altar were generally simultaneous. Today
the sacrifice was to take place at about eight
minutes past twelve.
Just at 12 o'clock a priest appeared, and
made a sign, aud the officer of tho guard sig
nified to us that we were expected to ad
vance, which we did with the best grace that
we could muster, all except Alphonso, whose
irrepressible teeth instantly began to chatter.
In a few seconds wo were out of the court and
looking at a vast see of human faces stretch
ing away to the farthest limits of the great
circle, all straining to catch a glimpse of the
mysterious strangers who had committed
sacrilege; the first strangers, mind you, who,
to the knowledge of the multitude, had ever
set foot in Zu-Vendis since such time that the
memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
As we appeared there was a murmur
throughout the vast crowd that went echoing
away up the great dome, and we saw a visible
blush of excitement grow on the thousands
of faces, like a pink light on a stretch of pale
cloud, and a very curious effect it was. On
we passed down a lane cut through the hear!
of the human mass, till presently we stood
upon tho brazen patch of flooring to tho east
of tho central altar, and immediately facing
it. For somo thirty feet around the golder
winged figures tho space was roped off, and
the multitudes stood outside tho ropea
PLATTSMOUTll WEEKLV HE I ALT),
Within were a circle of white robed gold
i-ini-turd prlca'-a, holding long golden truiii
x.ts in their hands, and immediately in front
i'f us was our friend Agon, tho high priest,
with hia curious cap upon his lieud. Ilia was
the only covered head in thut vast assem
blage. Wo took our stand upon tho brazen
npnce, little knowing what was prepared for
us beneath, but I noticed a curious hiding
sound iirocetMlinLr anuaruntlv from the floor
j for which I could not account. Then camo a
pause, and I lookod round to see If thero was
any sign of tho two queens, Nyleptha and
Sorals, but they wero not thero. To tho
right of us, however, was a boro epaco that I
guessed was reserved for them.
We waited, und presently a far oft trurn
jvt blew, apparently high up Li tho dome.
Then came another murmur from the multi
tude, and up a long lane, leading to tho open
space to our right, wo saw tho two queens
walking side by side. Behind them were
somo nobles of the court, among whom I roc
ognized tho great lord Nasta, and behind them
aguin a body of about fifty guards. These
last I was very glad to 6eo. Presently they
had all arrived and taken their stand, the two
queens in front, the nobles to tho right and
left, and the guards hi a doublo semicircle
behind them.
Then came another silence, and Nyleptha
looked up and caught my eye; it seemed to
me that thero w;is meaning in her glanco, and
I watched it narrowly. From my eye it trav
eled down to tho brazen flooring, on the outor
edge of which we stood. Then followed a
slight and almost imperceptible sidelong
movement of tho head. I did not understand
it, aud it was repeated. Then I guessed thut
siio meant us to move back off the brazen
floor. Ono more glance and I was sure of it
there was danger in standing on tho floor.
Sir Henry was placed on one side of mo, Um
slopogaas on tho other. Keeping my eyes
fixed straight before me I whispered to them,
first in Zulu and then in English, to draw
slowly back inch by inch till half their feet
were resting on the marble llooring wnere too
brass ceased. Sir Henry whispered on to
Good and Alphonse, and slowly, very, very
slowlv. we shifted backward; so slowly, in
deed, that nobody except Nyleptha and So-1-nis.
who saw evervthintr. seemed to notice
the movement. Then I glanced again at Ny
leptha and saw that, by an almost impercep
tible nod, she indicated approval. Ail tho
while Aeon's oves wore fixed upon tho altar
beforo him, apparently in an ecstasy of con
tpnmlation. and mine were fixed upon the
small cf his back in another sort of ecstasy,
Then suddenly ho flung up his long arms, and
in a solemn and resounding voice commenced
a chant, of w hich for oonvenionco' sake I ap
pend a rousrh. a vory rough translation here,
though, of course, I did not then comprehend
it3 meaning. I was an invocation to tho sun,
and ran somewhat as follows:
"There is silence upon the face of tho Earth and
the waters thereof!
Yea. the silence doth brood on tho waters like a
nestinpr bird:
rho sileticts sieepeaU also upon tho bosom of the
profound darkness.
Only high up in thj great spaces star doth speak
uuto star.
The Earth is faint with longing and wet with tho
teara of her desire;
rhe star girdled night doth embrace her, but she
is not comforted.
She lies enshrouded In ml3ts like a corpse In the
grave clothes,
And stretches her pale hands to the east.
"When Thou art wroth then Thou dest hide Thy
face:
Tliou drawest around Thee a thick curtain of
shadows.
Then the Earth grows cold and the Heavens are
dismayed;
They tromble, and tho sound thereof is the sound
of thunder;
Xhoy weep, and their tears are outpoured In the
rain 1
Tliev sitch. and the wild winds are the voice of
their sighing;
The flowers diu. the fruitfid fields languish and
turn pale;
The old men j.nd the Uttlo children go unto their
appointed pl.'ce
When Thou witlidrawest Thy liht, O Sun 1
Say, what art Thou, O Thou matchless Splen
dor? Who set Thee on high, O Thou flaming Terror 1
When didst Thou begin and when is the day of
thy ending?
Thou art tho raiment of the living Spirit.
None did place Thee on high, for Thou wast the
Beginning.
Thou shalt not be ended when Thy children are
forgotten:
Nay, Thou shalt never end, for Thy hours are
eternal.
Thou sittest on hif,-h within Thy golden house and
measurest out the centuries.
O Father of Lifo! O dark dispelling Sun!"
He ceased thi3 solemn chant, which, though
it seams a poor enough thing after going
through my mill, is really beautiful and im
pressive in the original; and then, after a
moment's pause, ho glanced up toward the
funnel sloped opening in the dome and
added:
"O Sun, descend upon Thine Altar."
A3 ho spoko a wonderful and beautiful
thing happened. Down from on high flashed
a splendid living ray of light, cleaving tho
twilight like a sword of fire. Full upon the
closed petals it fell and ran shimmering down
their golden sides, and- then the glorious
flower opened as though beneath tho bright
Influence. Slowly It opened, and as the great
petals fell wide and revealed the golden altar
on which the fire ever burns, the priests blew
a blast upon the trumpets, and from all the
people there rose a shout of praise that beat
against the domod roof and came echoing
down the marble walls. And now the Cower
altar was opgn, and the sunlight fell full upon
the tongue of sacred flame and beat it down,
so that it wavered, sank, and vanished into
the hollow recesses whence it ros3. As it
vanished, the mellow notes of tho trumpets
rolled out once more. Again the old priest
flung up his hands and called aloud:
"We sacrifloe to Thee, O Sun."
Once more I caught Nyleptha's eye; it was
fixed upon the brazen flooring.
"Look out, I said aloud; and as I said it, 1
saw Agon bend forward and touch something
on the altar. As he did so, tho great white
sea of faces around us turned red and then
white again, and a deep breath went up like
a universal sifcb. Nyleptha leaned forward
and with an involuntary movement covered
her eyes with her hand. Sorais turned and
whispered to the officer of the royal body
guard, and then with a rending sound the
whole of tho braaen flooring slid from before
our feet, and there in its place was suddenly
revealed a smooth marble shaft terminating
in a most awful raging furnace beneath the
altar, big enough and hot snough to heat the
iron stern post of a man of war.
With a cry of terror we sprang backward,
all except the wretched Alphonse, who was
paralyzed with fear and would have fallen
into the fiery furnace which had been pre
pared for us, Lad not Sir Henry caught him
in his strong hand as he was vanishing and
dragged him back.
Instantly there arose the most rearful Hub
bub, and wo four got back to back, Alphonse
dodging frantically round our little circle in
attempt to take shelter under our legi We
all had our revolvers on for though we had
been politely disarmed of our guns on leav
ing the palace, of course these people did not
know what a revolver was. Umslopogaas,
too, had his ax, of which no effort had been
made to deprive him, and now he whirled it
round his head and sent his piercing Zulu
war shout echoing up the marble walls in fine
defiant fashion. Next second tho priests, 1
THURSDAY, OOTOBKU 6, 1887.
baffled of their prey, had drawn ewrJs from
beneuth their whito roben and were leuping
on us like hounds upon a ntag it bay. 1 saw
that, dangerous as net ion inifcht bo, we must
act or Ijo l')tt; so, us tha first man came
bounding along and a great tall fellow he
wa3 I sent a heavy revolver ball through
Lim, and down ho fell at the mouth of tho
t-hnft, and slid, shrieking frantically, Into the
fiery gulf that had been prepared for un.
I sent a heavy nrrolvcr ball throvjh hhn.
Whether it was his cries, or the to them
awful sound and effect of the pistol shot, or
what, I know not, but tiio other priests halted
paralyzed and dismayed, ami beforo they
could coma on ngam horan had called ou
something, and wo, together with the two
queens and moc;t of tho courtiers, were being
surrounded with a wall of armed men. In a
moment it was done, and still the priests hesi
tated, and tho peoplo hung In tho balunce
like a hA'd of startled buck, as it were
making no sign one way or tho other.
The last yell of the burning priest had died
away, the fire had finished him, and a great
silence fell upon the placo.
Then tho high priest Agon turned, and his
faco was as tho faco of a dovil. "Let tho sac
riflco be sacrificed," ho cried to tho queens.
"Has not sacrilege- enough been done by these
strangers, and would ye, as queen?, throw
tho cloak of your rnajesty over evil doers
Aro not the creatures sacred to tho Sun dead
and is not a priest of tho Sun also dead, but-
now slain by the magic of these strangers.
who como as the winds out of heaven, whence
we know not, and who aro what wo know
not? Beware, O queens, how ye tamper with
the great majesty of the God, even before his
high altar. There is a power that is more
than your power; there is a justice that is
higher than your Justice. Beware how ye
lift an impious hand against it. Let the sac
rifico be sacrificed, O queens."
Then Sorais made answer, in her deep,
quiet tones, that always seemed to mo to have
a suspicion of mockery about them, however
serious the theme: "Oh, Agon, thou hast
6poken according to thy desire, and thou hast
spoken truth. But it i3 thou who wouldst
lift an impious hand against tho justice of
thy God. Bethink thee the mid day sacrifice
is accomplished; the Sun hath claimed his
priest as a sacrifloe."
This wns a novel idea, and the people ap
plauded it.
"Bethink thco, what are theso men? They
are strangers found Coating on the bosom of
a lake. Who brought them here? How camo
they there? How know yo that they also
are not servants of the Sun? Is this the
hospitality that ye would havo our nation
show to those whom chance brings to tbem,
to throw them to tho flames? Shanio on ye!
shame on j'ot AVhat U hospitality? To re
ceive the stranger ami show kiui lfi.vor. io
bind up his wounds, find find a pillow for
his head and food for hira to eat. liut thy
pillow is the fiery furnace, and thy foxl
tho hot savor of the
I say!"
She paused a little to watch the effect of
her speech upon th3 multitudo, and seeing
that it was favorable, changed her tone from
one of remonstrance to one of command.
liol place there," sue cried, "place, i say$
make way for tho queens, and those whom
tho queens cover with tuc-ir 'haP (mantle)."
"And if I refuse, O queen?" said Agon be
tween his teeth.
"Then will I cut a pr.th with my guards,
was the proud answer ; ' ay, evon in the pres
ence of the sanctuary, and through tho bodies
of thy priests."
Agon turned livid with bnfUcd fury. He
glanced at the people as though meditating rm
appeal to them, but saw clearly tnat thou
symoathie.s were all tho other wav. The Zu-
Vendi are a very curious and scciablo people,
and great as was their sense of the enormity
that we had committed in shooting the sacred
hippopotami, they did not like tho idea of the
only real live strangers they had seen or
heard of being consigned to a fiery furnace,
thereby putting an end forever to their chance
of extracting knowledge and information
from and gossiping about us. Agon saw this
and hesitated, and then for the first time
Nyleptha spoke in her soft sweet voice.
"Bethink thee, Ag.on," she said, "as my
sister queen bath said, these n:cn may also bo
servants of the Sun. For themselves they
cannot speak, for their tongues aro tied. Let
the matter be adjourned till such time aa they
have learned our language. Who can be con
demned without a bearing? When these men
can plead for themselves, then it will bo time
to put them to the proof."
Here was a clever loophole of escape, and
the vindictive old priest took it, little as he
liked it.
"So bo it, O queens," he said. "Let tho
men go in peace, and when they have learned
our tongue thon let them speak. And I, even
I, will make humble supplication at tho altar
lest pestilence fall on the land by causa of tho
sacrilege."
These word3 were received with a murmur
of applause, and in another minute we were
marching out of the temple surrounded by
tho royal guards.
But it was not till long afterward that we
learned the exact substance of what had
passed, and how hardly our lives had been
wrung out of the cruol gripo of the Zu-v endi
priesthood, in tho face of which even the
queens wero practically powerless. Had it
not been for their strenuous efforts to protect
us we should have been slain even before we
set foot in the Temple of the Sun. The attempt
to drop us bodily into the fiery pit as an of
fering was a last artifice to attain this end
when several others quite unsuspected by us
had already failed.
CHAPTER XV.
BORAJS' SOXG.
After our escape from Agon and his pious
crew wo returned to our quarters in tho pal
ace and had a very good time. The two
queens, the nobles and the people vied with
each other in doing ua honor and showering
gifts upon us. As for that painful little inci
dent of the hippopotami it sank into obliv
ion, where we wero quite content to leave it
Every day deputations and individuals
waited on us to examine our guns and cloth
ing, our chain shirts and our instruments, es
pecially our watches, wiLh which they were
much delighted. In short, we became qut
the rage, so much so that some of the fash
ionable young swells among the Zu-Vendi
fx
bofcan to rry the cut of noma of our clothes,
notably B!r Henry's shooting jacket. Ono
day, indd, a deputation waited on us and,
as usual, Good donned his full dress uniform
for the oecaaion. This deputation nftiiieJ
somehow o be of a different clas to those
who iceaerally camo to villi us. They were
littla, insifnlflcant looking mon of fin execs
ilvely pelifce, not to iy servile, demeanor,
and their attention appeared to bo chiefly
taken up with observing the detail of Good"s
'nil mmam Biviform. of Whlcjl. tliCMT topk eoolr
Purity of Natural Gas.
The nMurnl g-s Imnia nlisolutily with
out smoke, dust pr odor. licauti fully
decorated tiles used in tho construction
of a fireplace an: not stsincd or noilcd
after a whole year, althouli tljcy nifiy
liavo lieen in contact with the ll.nnes of
tho burning .13 for month. Tho most
delicate furniture and faloieM nrr: not in
jured by being kept in fi room boated by
it. In fact, tlicy retain their original
freshness and beauty ti3 though tlicy had
been can fully protected by covering.
The naturnl gas requires no attention.
Lighted at t!io beginning of the sii'im
in a furnnnee,, stove, grate or fireplace,
and tho proper amount turned on to give
the required degree of heat, tlie latter
will not very so much as two degrees in
mouths. But, since with the varying
temperature of the outer atmosphere,
varying degrees of artificial heat are re
quired to preserve uniformity in an apart
ment or house, aitilieial regulators are
supplied by which the amount of heat of
each room can lie governed so accurately
that the variations of temperature will
never be greater than two degrees, ex
cept during the heat of summer. Z. L.
White, in Tht AniTrnin Mujazhi"- for
October.
"Wheeling Stogu. a 3 for o c. the best
in the city at Warrick's, dCt-w-lt
Dr. C. A. Marsh all
Preservation of natural teeth a specialty.
Teeth ertraeUil without irj il- of Lrtwjhiug
(inn.
All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
Fitzgerald 15 lock. Pr.A'rTSMoirxir.NEis.
can live nt !iotnf and malce more
money at work for u than ;it any
thing else in this vvorhl. .'ajital
not needed ; you are started free,
i'.of h scsrs : all .''-ces. Any one Can
do t.'if work. L.-vrire ermiiiiL' sure
f rem first f t ;urt . Costly outfits and
terms free. Hetter not delay. Cilsyoii uutli
iny to pend u year address and i!:i l out ; and
if von ivre you v iil do so a' once. Address
IIHallhtt ti O.. Portland, Maine. solv
Ilave anything you vtmt from aj.vo
ms.-;cny;er
CARRIAG
FOR
SHORT
are always kept ready. Cabs or
fey - -
and everything iur iuncrals itirn:i.cd on shrt notice. J ernie cah.
if I U '? 1" 7T
a. X Y
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5
AVE CAN NOW OFFER. SOME
Ui!
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2
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S.i GzQQLtly IXod'acod 7?rion.
Ladies' Kj.d Button Shoes, formerly $3.00, now 2.00.
Ladies' Kid Button Shoes, formerly Z2.'2o, now 51. 2o.
Ladies' Peb. Go.it Shoe?, formerly 52.75, i:ow f 1.73.
Ladies' A Calf Shoe?, formerly $2.-jo, now $2.00.
Ladies. Kid Opera Slippers, formerly $l.f;0, homt 75c.
Men's "Working Shoes, formerly 51. 75, now $1.10.
Choice Box of few old Goods
Manufacturing and
Promptly done.
CALL -A-T THE
&mk Cass Qotiaty
Corner ?.fdln ami flKtli f rff e. '
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1J. M. IVAViiUiit l.'i. C.iti.lM. J
Travels a ae-cra! Mmis
jiioiiEnT cash rnicus
raid or County cud City Vfarrcutt
nd pr..i;:ptly roM'.UeJ f"r.
JjiiMfX-ruK.1? :
C. 11. 1'nT-rr J. M. retters,
Tro.l liuu.:r, A. it. Kr-lth.
It. H. Wlr.Olit in. M. Morriney,
James Patterson. Jr.
THE CITIZENS
PhATTS'IObTil.
CAPITAL. ST00K PAID IN, - S5O.CC0
Authorized Capitnl, 100,000.
or rieuiis
.'IMNK OAKP.fil!. J')
Pp.
W. If. CVMIIINtV
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VI-PrcsltIost.
C.i'.v. U-r.
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ii; hnv.
Xi'Wi:c?rt a ):.ni! re'!!:'iir H"1nrf!. All
Win) !.:iYi ;;nv bn.-ia.f-.w I Iraurnct
iwe inviti-if to cV. Ss mat !r hw
lui. i- or ii:i!l l iiy !'"!.-. It
Mill ree ivc oi:r imp o.i .tt i.citf lMt,
a:id w: pruiii:'!- ;d -. ;i cour
t.eet: tiv.-ti-ient.
I--pi;e Certificates ftf !. vut-t lxarlt.f Ifr4st
Uuynaiid '!- l-'oi- :;;n tryei.e.n,;, Cartcly
and CI? v ; ir-t s.
rreslder.t. O'l.kr
A
OF PLAT COM O UXI I , M'TlXSn A,
OfT&rUhe very bc.t c:':t!i fcrtfct frpt
transact! mi of Icn't'.'.rMit
banking Jiimmma
t,oc!'.3, Bends, Oold. Government ted !.vs
Securltlwe liouprlit and flnffl, lFcr.itr?lr
ed i.ixl interest allowed en tlma Ccrti3
oatf, lirp.fi f d: ?v,v r.t;tvnl l- t !o In rvj
part of tii t i'IN-m .tr.U-s r.v.A all
the ii Ineli n towns of
r.v.TCua.
Colltotiont made c'i provwtly rruittfi
niftiest market price; r:hi f-r County TTar
Btats ami County Koadi.
DIUKCTOHS i
John VU7'f.TMi
jo'iv. V.. Clnrfc, l. Ti hrrai.
m. v;.ih. jr. r. wtsi;.
-4 Ejg& t
- vlioel - d go cart (o a tvrontj-four
waron .
PLEASURE ARB
DRIVES.
tint carriages, pull-Learcr wagorj
rtVj V
IT (T
orn -uooas,
FilHSIT AND 6CPEKIOH GOODS IN
ft 5
ii zi
P S3 W
tJ?
left at loss than h!f Cost
Repairing Neatly and
OLD
OF
STAND
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