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Vhea she was A Child, she cried for Castoria When ahs becanse ilisr.. she clung to Castor ji, TfTieash had Chil Vvn. :..n- ,v jihem iiii.o-ii. sr...,.j m AY BW CsTX J lling boiomori'injineti. to carry oui too nanRnig movements naa tramped off In silence, keeping carefully un der the lee of the rising ground, in order to conceal the movement from the keen eyes of Twala's scout. Half an hour or more was allowed to elapse between the setting out of the horns or wings of the army before any movement was made by the Grays and the supporting: regiment, known as the Buffaloes, which were destined to bear the brunt of the battle. Both of these rgi menu were almost per fectly fresh, and of full strength, the Gras having been in reserve in the morning, and having lost but a small number of men in sweeping back that part of the attack which bad proved successful in breaking the line of defense, on the occasion when 1 charired w ith them and got knocked silly for my pains. As lor the Buffaloes, they had formed the third line of defense on the left, and as the attacking force at that point had not succeeded in breaking through the second, had scarcely come into action at all. Infadoos, who was a wary oid general, and knew the absolute importance of keej ing up the spirits of his men on the eve of such a desperate encounter, employed the pause in addressing his own regiment, the Grays, in poetical language; in explaining to them the honor that they were receiving in being put thus in the forefront of the battle, and in having the ereat white warrior from the stars to fight vs itli them in their ranks, and in promising lare rewards of cattle and promotion to all who survived in the event of Ignosi's arms being successful. "Behold your king I' ended old Infadoos, pointing to lgnosi ; "go light and fall for him as is the duty of brave men, and cursed and shanii-fiil forever be the name of him who shrinks from death for his king, or who turns hw back to his enemy. Behold your king! chiefs, captains, and soldiers; now do your homage to the sacred snake, and then follow on, that Inculm and 1 may show ye the road to the heart of Twala's forces." There was a niom- nt's pause, then sudden ly there rose from She serried phalanxes be fore us a murmur, like the distant whisper of the sea, caused by the gentle tapping ol the handles of six thousand spears against their holders" shields. Slowly it swelled, till its growing volume deepened and widen ed into a roar of rolling noise, that echoed like thunder nnumst the mountains, and tilled tin" air with heavy w;,vs of sound. Then ir dif-rease.t and slowly died away in to nothing, and suddenly out crashed the ro at salute. Il'iios'i, 1 thou rht to myself, might well be a proud man tli.it day.' for no Uoinan empe ror ever had si;ch a salutation from gladia tors "ahout to die." lgnosi acknowledged this magnificent act of homage by lilting his b;title-:ix. and then the Grais I'red off in a triple-iine formation, each line containing about one thousand li rhting men, exclusive of oilicers. When the htsi iine ha i gone some live hundred yards, lgnosi put isiuiseif at the head of the Butia loes. which regiment was drawn up in a similar tlii'fv-iine formation, and gave the word to m.ii' h, and of:' wo went, I. needless to say, utlcriiu the most heart-felt prayers t.iat 1 might coaie on: of that job with a whole skin. Many a queer position have 1 found uiseif in, but never before in one rjuite so unpleasant as the present, or one in which my chance of coining ofT safe was so small. By the time we reached the edge of the plateau the Grays were already half-way down the slope ending in the tongue o' grass-land that ran up into the bend of the mountain, something as the fro? of a horses foot runs up in the shoe. The excitement in Twala's camp on the plain beyond was very great, and regiment after regiment were starting forward at a long swinging trot in order to reach the root of the tongue of land before the attacking force could emerge into the plain of Loo. This tongue of land, which was some three hundred yards in depth, was even at its root or widest part not more than one hundred and fifty paces across, while at iU tip it scarcely measured sixty. The Grays, who, in passing down the side of the hill and on to the tip of the tongue, had formed in column, on reaching the spot where it broadened out again reassumed their triple line formation, anil halted dead. Then we that is, the Buffaloes moved down the tip of the tongue and took our stand in reserve, about one hundred yards behind the last line of the Grays, and on slightly higher ground. Meanwhile we had leisure to observe Twala's entire force, which had evidently been reinforced since the morning attack, and could not now, not withstanding their losses, number less than forty thousand, moving swiftly toward us. But as they ilrew near the root of the tongue they hesitated, having discovered that only one regiment could advance into the gorge at a time, and that there, some seventy yards from the mouth of it, unassailable except in front, on account of the high walls of bowlder-strewn ground on either side, stood the famous regiment of Grays, the pride and glory of the Kukuana army, ready to hold the way against their forces as the three Ro mans once held the bridge against thou sands. They hesitated and finally stopped their advance ; there was no eagerness to cross spears with those three lines of grim warriors who stood so firm and ready. Pre sently, however, a tall general, with the cus tomary head-dress of nodding ostrich-plumes came running up, attended by a group of chiefs and orderlies, being, I thought, none other than Twaia himself, and gave an order, and the first regiment raised a shout, and charged up toward the Grays, who remained perfectly still and silent till the attacking troops were within forty yards, and a volley of tollas, or throwing-knives, came rattling among their ranks. Then suddenly with a bound and a roar, they sprung forward with uplifted spears, and the two regiments met in deadly strife. Next second the roll of the meeting shields came to our ears like the sound of thunder, and the whole plain seemed to be alive with" flashes of light reflected from the stabbing s pears. To and fro swung the heaving mass of struggling, stabbing humanity, but not for long. oiKiaeniy in atiaerrag lines saeiueu to grow thinner, and then with a alow, lone heave the Grays passed over them, just as jrreat wave bearee up and passes ever a sunken ridge. It was done; that regiment was completely destroyed, hut the Grays had but two lines left now; a third of their num ber were dead. Closing up shoulder to shoulder once more they halted in silence and awaited attack, and 1 was rejoiced to catch sight of Sir Hen ry's yellow bearJ as he moved to and fro. ar ranging the ranks, ho he was yet alive! Meanwhile we moved up to the ground of the encounter, which was cumbered by about four thousand prostrate human be ings, dead, dying, an I woun led, an t literal ly stained red with blood, lgnosi issued an order, which was rapidly passed down the ranks, to the effect that none of the enemies' wounded were to be killed, ami so far as we could see this order was scrupulously carried out. It would have been a skocking sight, if we had had time to think of it. But now a second regiment, distinguished by white plumes, kilts, and shields, was moving up to the attack of the two thousand remaining Grays, who stood waiting in the same ominous silence as befor. till tho foe was within forty yards or so, when they hurled themselves with irresistible force up on them. Again there came the awful roll of the meeting shields, and as we watched, the grim tragedy repeated itself. By this time the issue was left longer in doubt; in deed it seemed for awhile almost impossible that the Grays should again prevail. The attacking regiment, which was one formed of young men, fought with the utmost fury, and at first seemed by sheer weight to be driving the veterans back. The slaughter was something awful, hundreds falling every minute; and from among the shouU of the warriors and the groans of the dying, set to the clashing music of meeting spears, came a continuous hissing undertone of "ti'gee, s'gee," the note of triumph of each victor as he passed his spear through ami through the body of his fallen foe. But perfect discipline and steady anil un changing valor can do wonders, ami one vet eran soldier is worth two young ones, as soon became apparent in the present case. For just as we thought that it was all up with the Grays, and were preparing to take their place so soon as they made room by be ing destroyed, 1 heard Sir Henry's deep voice ringing out above the din, and caught a glimpse of his cir'-ling battle-ax as he waved it high above his plumes. Then came a change; the Grays ceased to give; they stood still as a ro -lc, against which the fur ious waves of spearmen broke again and again, only to recoil. Presently they begun to move again forward this time; as they had no tirearms, there was no smoke, so f could see it all. Another minute and the onslaught grew fainter. "Ah, they are men, indeed; they will con quer again," called out lgnosi, who waf grinding his teeth with excitement at m side. "See, it is done !' .Suddenly, like puffs of smoke from the mouth of a cannon, tite attacking regiment broke away in flying groups, their white head-dresses streaming behind them in the wind, ami left their opponents victory in deed, but, alas! no more a regiment. Of the gallant triple line, which, forty minutes be fore, had gone into action three thousand strong, there remained at most some six hundred blood-bespattered men; the rest were under-foot. And yet they cheered and waved their spears in triumph, and then, in stead of falling back upon us as we expected, they ran forward, for a hundred yards or so, after the flying groups of foemen, took pos session of a gently rising knoll of ground, and, resuming the old triple formation, formed a threefold ring around it And then, thanks be to God, standing on the top of the mound for a minute, 1 saw Sir Henry, apparently unharmed, and with our old friend Infadoos. Then Twala's regiments rolled down upon the doomed band, and once more the battle closed in. As those who read this history will probably long ago have gathered, I am, to be honest, a bit of a coward, and certainly in no way given to fighting, though, somehow, it has often been my lot to get into unpleasant positions, and to be obliged to shed man's Olood. But 1 have ..iways hated it, and kept my own blood as undiminished in quantity as possible, sometimes by a judicious use of my heels. At this moment, however, for the lirst time in my life, 1 felt my bosom burn with mar tial ardor. Warlike fragments from the "lngoldsby Legends," together with num bers of sanguinary verses from tho Old Tes tament, sprang up in my brain like mush rooms in the dark; my blood, which hither to had been half frozen with horror, went beating through my veins, and there came upon me a 6avage desire to kill and spare not. I glanced round at the serried ranks ol warriors behind us, and somehow, all in an Instant began to wonder if my face looked like theirs. There they stood, their heads craned forward over their shields, the hand twitching, the lip9 apart, the fierce features instinct with the hungry lust of battle, and in the eyes a look like the glare of a blood hound when he sights his quarry. Only lgnosi's heart seemed, to judge from his comparative self-possession, to all ap pearance, to beat as calmly as ever beneatb his leopard-skin cloak, though even he still kept on grinding his teeth. I could stand il no longer. "Are we to stand here until we put out roots, Umbopa lgnosi, I mean while Twa ia swallows our brothers yonder?" 1 asked. 2iay, Macumazahn," was the answer; "see, now Is the ripe moment; let us pluck it" As he spoke a fresh regiment rushed past the ring upon the little mound, and wheeling round, attacked it from the hither side. Then lifting his battle-ax, lgnosi gave the signal to advance, and, raising the Kukuana battle-cry, the Buffaloes charged home. What followed immediately on this it is out of my power to tell. All 1 can remembei is a wild yet ordered rush that seemed to shake the ground; a sudden change of front and forming up on the part of the regiment against which the charge was directed; then an awful shock, a dull roar of voices, and a continuous flashing of spears, seen through red mist of blood. When my mind cleared 1 found myself standing inside the remnant of the Grays near the top of the mound, and just behind no less a person than Sir Henry himself. How 1 got there 1 had, at that moment, nc idea, but Sir Henry afterward told me that I was borne up by the first furious charge of the Buffaloes almost to his feet, and then left, as they in turn were pressed back. Thereon he dashed out of the circle and dragged me into it As for the fight that followed who can describe It? Again uid again the multitudes surged up against our momentarily lessening circle,and again and again we beat them back. "The stubborn spearman still made good - Tb dark, impenetrable wood; Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell," as the "lngoldsby Legends'' beautifullj puts it It was a splendid thing to see those brave battalions come on time after time over the barriers of their dead, sometimes holding corpses before them to receive our spear thrusts, only to leavt their own corpses U to see that sturdy old warrior, Infadoos, at cool m though he were on parade, snouting out orders, taunt, and even jtvtU, to keep up the spirit of his few remaining men, and then, as each charge rolled up, stepping for ward to wherever the lighting was thickest, to (war his share in repelling it Ami yd more gallant was the vision of Sir II nry, whoso ostrich plumes had ben shorn off by a spear stroke, so that his long yellow hail streamed out In the breeze behind htm. Then; he slood, tho gn at Dane, for ho waf nothing else, his hands, his ax, and his ar mor all red with blood, an I noun could live before his strode. Time after time 1 saw il come sweeping down, as soin great warrior ventured to ive him battle, ami as lie struck he shouted: "O hov! O ho." !i:.e hi-t li Tse kir forefathers, and the blow w ul crash -115 through shield und spear, through h 'a l-dtcss hair and skull, till at last 11 nn: would ol t.icir own wi.l come near t;m great v.iiti "tagati" (wizard), who killed und faded not But suddenly there rose n cry of "Twala, y Twala," and out of the press s;ruug none other than the gig mtie oue-cs ed king him self, also armed with battlc-ax and shield armor. "Where art thou, Incihu, thou while mall, who slew Scragg.i, my son see if thou canst kill mel" he shouted, and at the Hame time hurled a tolla straight at Sir Henry, who fortunately, saw it coming, and caught it ou his shield, which it transiixed, remain ing wedged in the iion plate behind tin) hide. Then, with a cry Twala spruit; forward straight at him, and with his halllc-ax struck hilil such a blow upon the shield that tho mere force and shockof it brought Sir I !cnr , strong a man a9 he was, down upon his knees. But at the time tho matter went no further, for at that instant there rose from the regi ments pressing round us something like shout ol dismay, and on looking up 1 saw the cause. To the right and to the left the plain wai alive with the plumes of charging warriors. The outflanking squadrons had come to 0111 relief. The time could not have been bcttci chosen. All '1 wala's army hud, as lgnosi had predicted would be the c ise, fixed tlieii attention on the bloody struggle which was raging round the remnant of the Grays and the liuffaloes, who were now carr iug on a battle, of their own at a Jill!" distance, which two regiiuenn had forni-d the ch--s: of our army. It wa- u..t uui.i t l.iiis wer about to gal! t'uein trial thev irol dreamed ol their approach. And now, b.-foiv tiiev could even assume a proper ! -r.ii ii 10 11 l- r dd'ellS' these had leaped, like gieyh und on theit flanks. In fiv-j minutes the fat" of the batt'e w:ls decided. Taken on bolti I: oiks, and dis mayed by tho wful sla lighter inflicted upon tlieui by the Grays and liufi'.il'ic.-,, Twala's regiments broke into flight and soon th whole plain between us and l.o was scat tered with groups of Hying soldiers, unking irood their retreat. As for th" force thai had so recently surrounded us ;uid the Bul falocs, they melted a way as though by magic, and presently were left standing there like a rock from which the sea had ivireal"d. IJ11I what a sight il was! Around us the dead and dying lay in hcapcd-iip im-.-is, and of the gallant Gras there remained alive but ninety-live men. More than two thousand nine hundred had fallen in this one regi ment, most of them never to rise again. "Men," naid Infadoos. calmly, as between the intervals of binding up a wound in his arm he surveyed what remained to him of his corps, "ye have kept up the reputation of your regiment, and this day's lighting will be spoken of by your children's child ren." Then ho turned round and shook S'n Henry Curtis by the hand, "Thou ait a great man, lucubii," he sai l, simply; "I have lived a long life among wariiors, and know many a brave one, yet have 1 nevei seen a man like thee." At this moment the Buffaloes began to march past our position on the road to Loo, and as they did so a message was brought to us from lgnosi reiiuesting Infadoos, Sif Henry-, and myself to join him. According ly, orders having been issued to the remain ing ninety men of ths Gra s to employ them selves in collecting the wounded, we joined lgnosi, who informed us that he was pres sing on to Loo to complete the victory by capturing Twala, if that should !e possible. Before we had gone far we suddenly dis covered the figure of Good sitting on an ant heap about one hundred paces from us. Close beside him was the txdy of a Kukuana. "He must be wounded," said Sir Henry, anxiously. As he made the remark an unto ward thing happened. The dead body of the Kukuana soldier, or rather what had ap peared to be his dead body, suddenly sprang up, knocked Good head over heels off the ant-heap, and bean to spear him. We rushed forward m terror, and as we drew near we saw the brawny warrior making dig after dig at the prostrate Good, who at each prod jerkea all his limbs into the air. Seeing us coming the Kukuana gave one fin al most vicious dig, and with a shout of "Take that, wizard," bolted off. Good dia not move, and we concluded that our pooe comrade was done for. Sadly we came to ward bim, and were indeed astonished to find hlra pale and faint Indeed, but with a serene smile upon his face, and his eye-glass still fixed in his eye. "Capital armor this," he murmured, on catching sight of our faces bendingover him. "How sold he must have been 1" and then fainted. On examination we discovered that he had been seriously wounded in the leg by a tolla in the course of the pursuit, but that the chain armor had prevented his last assail ant's spear from doing anything more than bruise him badly. It was a merciful escape. As nothing could be done for him at the mo meut, he was placed on one of the wicker shields used for the wounded, and carried along with us. On arriving before one of the gates of Loo we found one of our regiments watching it in obedience to orders received from lgnosi. The remaining regiments were in the same way watching the other exits to the town. The officer in command of this regiment coming up saluted lgnosi as king, and in formed him that Twala's army had taken refuee in the town, whither Twala himself had also escaped, but that he thought that they were thoroughly demoralized, and would surrender. Thereupon Juosi, after taking counsel with us, sent forward heralds to each gate ordering the defenders to open, and promising on his royal word life and forgiveness to every soldier who laid down his amis. The message was not without its effect Presently, amid the shouts and cheers of the Buffaloes, the bridge was drop ped across the fosse, and the gates upon the farther side flung open. Taking due precautions against treachery, we marched on into the town. All along the road-ways stood dejected warriors, their heads drooping, and their shields and spears at their feet who, as lgnosi passed, saluted him as king. On we marched straight to Twala's kraal. When we reached the great space where a day or two previously we had seen the review and the witch bunt we found it deserted. No, not quite deserted, for there, on the further side, in front of bis hut sat Twala himself, with but one attendant Gafool.