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Sin le PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE AND ADAMS. Price, N 
Num GB No. 98 WILLIAM STREET, wa YORK. “'0 Cal"- 0° -

PAUL DE LACY, Tim FRENCH BEAST CHARMER;

r. NEW YORK BOYS IN THE JUNGLES.

 

 

 

 

BY 0. D. CLARK,

AUTHOR OF “CRUISE OF THE FLYAWAY," “THE FLYAWAY AFLOAT," “ RED RIVER ROVEBS,” mu, ETC.

 

 

 

 

 

AS PAUL GAZED AND THE LIONESS DREW TO ONE SIDE FOR A MOMENT, ONE EDGE OF THE SHIELD WAS SUDDENLY LIFTED, AND A
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A story of Adventure, Peril had Sport in Africa.

' BY 0. D. CLARK, . ‘
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FLYAWAY AFLOAT," “RED arvna
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CHAPTER I.

ma: mites SIGHT LAND-«THE TWIN PILOTva
4 9 THE START. I ,

A BEM'I‘I'IKUL schooner, with ever sail set,
was mania down through afirzm ui sea upon
the Atlan c coast of Africa. d the time
been‘some years earlier, any cruiser upon that
coast Would have picked her out asn clever and
chased her upon sight. But the days of the
slave traffic have gone i) , and the ruins of the
slave berracoons onlym rk the s t where so
much wanton wrong was done. he schooner,
however. was cut out for a slaver. Sharp in
the bows, but with a. broad beam, showing great
capacity for stowage; with clean run, tapering
spars, and broad, yacht-like sails, she was, in
every respect, a model. “

She came racing down before the wind, wing~
ed out to catch all the fresh breeze. The Water
hissed under her broad cutwater as the waves
were parted by it, and it is not strange that a
mule of satisfaction rested upon the faces of
both officers and crew as she sped on.

Floating from the get! was the banner which
has been carried into every sea which rolls be-
neath the sky-the banner of the stars and
stripes. We are proud of it, and we have a
right to be, for where it floats it is the symbol
of freedom to the people of all lands,

The crew of the schooner were twenty in
number, sailors every man, if the face is any
index of character. With the crew, proper. our
story has little to do, and we pass thorn by to
turn to a. group assembled on the quarter»:lw~k. .

They were five in number; the first, a strong,
hardy-looking man in a pew'acket ancPtnrpau-
lin, whose grizzled locks an tanned face prov
claimed him a son of the sea. This was Cap-
tain Richard Prentice, ot' the schooner Petrol.
There was a look of intelligence, combined with
rare determination, in his face, which would
impress any man with the consciousness that
he was one to be depended on in a moment of

pen . , ,

On his right stood a gentleman perhaps thirty
years 01 age, wearing a full dark beard, and
hnvmg the general air of a man who was equally
at home in scenes of adventure and uponthe
ball-room floor. His figure was erect and man-
ly, and altogether he looked like one who would
not shrink in the hour of danger. This was Ar-
thur Castleton‘. . ,

0n the “left of the captain stood a man of
small stature, with a pair ,of restless black eyes,
which seemed to pierce to the ver marrow of
the person at whom, he looked. here was a
restless, uneasy motion at the whole body
which gave the impression that he was a. very
nervous person-,1 and yet no man could be more
cool in trouble or rllthan Raul- De Lacy, the
,’j for such Was his title
in his- own land. , 

The other two were young men—alloys. you
might say, not yet twen y years of age. There
was a gen resemblance between them and
Arthur Castleth which proclaimed them rela-
tiv and they m in fact his brothers, James
on lame, who had been allowed to 'oin him in
quest of adventureth wilds of A 'cu.

“ We are nearing the coast, captain,” said
Arthur. ” Isn’t it nearly time we h a iloti”

“ will show up as soon as they ' t us,’,’
“ replied to rain. I know a river w ere we
' - can run in an lie as safely as in the Thames or

inthe river» I‘ve been hem borers, Mr.
0mm" '- ‘ , ‘ .s .
w "‘ Good place tor a slaver to lie, eh l‘.’ suggeet-

' ed W,;witheemile.- -

“ I:  emulfiilnger, Mr. Castleton, but!
won't do)!  ‘ any a. cargo of ehonyhas
': 111:1: (fit of this cacti: rivgr. I {was in an
‘IV - nn mmyleltm one s.
‘ '  Butthere was a. elaon

“Yes, sir. Ho; there come t e Kroos.” ’
‘ 1, ’ They were new runuimgin clone on the coast,
- land-fligfilongtllne otthe’ rat but could be die.

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tinctly made out, and even as‘ the captain spoke

, block 5130“ could be seen moving through this

line 0 Sufi which seemed to glide on with

strange r9. idity. - Scan the rise and fall of pad:
dlee could discerned, and the long Kroc boats
shot into view, flveior six in number, and all
strainin every nerve to he first to reach the
ship. 6 men of the schooner, grouped about
the bows, cheered them lustin as they came on,
and it was plain that the race was between two
boats which had the advance, one containing
four paddlers and the other two. But, the two
were in advance by rhaps halt a boat‘s-

’length, and their magn fluent eflorts were wor-
thy of a gondola race onétlie Adriatic.

Never, in the course 0
Captain Prentice won two nobler spechnens of
manhood than those
them it was impossib to make out any d er.-
ence‘ whatever, so perfect was the resemblance
between them. Scalpel ever had nature
(rained two men so perfec ly. Every limb was
exact in it proportions, every muscle had ita
perfect place. They were not black, but of a
rich brown, and their noses were not flattened,
as in the case of most Africans. E! ch stroke of
their bread paddles sent their boat fairly out of
the water, and, inch by inch, they were 'cree'p‘
ing away from the other canoe, when their im-
mediate opponents pla ed a foul game. The
bow of their boat and en] turned and came
crashingl into the side of t other, cutting it
down to the water’s edge.

“ Foul play!" cried Captain Dick. “ Hal look
at that!” -

The twins, the moment they realized that
their boat was destroyed, bounded like cats into
the boat of their enemy, before they could back
away after their cowardly act. One landed in
the bow and the other in the waist, and, to the
surprise and delight of the Petrel’s crew, each
lifted a man by the shoulder and waist and
hurled him far out into the waves. Before their
startled enemies had time to think they were
floundering in the water and'their boat was fly-
ing on toward the schooner, still in advance of
the other boats, although some of them» were
crowding hard upon them. But their gallant
not had in fact settled the matter in the mind of
the captain of the Petrol, and it they had even
come in last they would have been the pilots
chosen. That, however, was decided by their
dashing up a full boat’s length ahead of the
others, amid the delighted shouts of the Petrel’s
men.

“ Me pilot (:uppen i” called out one of them,
eagerly. “ lI‘ake ehi in.”

‘He knows Englis a little,” said Arthur, in
sur rise.

‘ “'c‘ve traded on this coast a good deal, and
they have picked it up. .Do you know the reefs,
Kroc?” -

“ Plenty me know, cappen,’.’ replied the man,
with a laugh. “ Take you plenty safe; good
ribber here.” . h

“ I know that, old fellow; been here before in
my time.”

. ‘You man-stealer?” demanded the pilot, cast—
ing a dark look upon the commander.

‘No, no; ivory was what I was after. New
take this schooner in.” v ' r

The other boats, seeing that the gigantic
twine had gained the da , pulled out of the
schooner’s course and hop her com ‘y, grin-
ning at the sailors, and holding up heir broad
bends for presents. The man who had acted as
s kesman for the twins sprung into the fore
c aius; andy‘sufiice it to mi, in half an hour the
schooner had run safelyt rough two lines of
breakers, crossed the bar at the mouth of the
stream, and, attended by near flfty‘ boats of

various sizesi was selling up a no le-river toward

‘the old lan iri‘g where the eleven used to lie.
Two hours laterythey round d a point and came
to anchor in a sort of basil: fore an old land-

ing— lace, back of which lay the_ruins of the old'

sla e—pens.
“My work one, cap "en," said the pilot, after
the anchor ha gone own rattling to thelbot-
I tom. 5“   n ' .

y; me go. , , :

“Hold onl"a tweer the skipper. “I don’t
think We have done with you (it. Have you
go$lzjmy [mu-hunter; in flour :‘i’l ages; 1 “d

e man star-ta an 1 , e a

calico which'covered his brgzd bur-goat, ehgavi'ed‘a
perfect network of scars, crossed and-rectoesed,
as 1! cut ‘ by powerful claws. Then he
ghotg'ed his arm, which ,bore the mar, ks of
as . r - ' .
“I ' dothat,” he said, uietly. .“I amMu-

dared, 9 lion man; I am be king of all hunt!
' fill-)3, 1;, and my brother. Would cappen hunt the.
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for we cannot part." "' -

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“I think {go , better have _.
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about payment, beaches you have , :m'th
these el owe before, nu, understand it. We
shallwanta , _

with .him,  he. can
be the,leader.. r ' ‘ 
Thearrmgemeute were quickly diode. Mm
dam and Danatoo were 'to select fittyhuntere,
men who were not afraid to join in the chase of
the king of beasts. , They were to have so much
in payment and to be armed and fed bythe
owner of the Petrol. 1 The cargo which had

; been brought, condemned army m ‘ . cheap

calicoe‘s. and colored beads, werej ’ filing
to take the fancy of the natives, and two hours
after the schooner came to anchor the thin bro-'

there came marching’down by the ruins at. the

. old barre/coon at the head "or a band of men who‘

certainly looked ferocious enough for-anything.
There is nothing upon the face of the earth so
fierce as .the native African warrior. Their
woolly locks were fi‘ done 'up" in a style which
would have put to the blush the eflorte of any
Upon some heads it rose into .
a conical cap' a on another stuck out_=trai ht
from the ha 0 the head, undyin‘othem-st
rose in double hominiin into the air. w Adlicar-
ried broad shielde and spears, and-hot a. few
musketsjn additiqn obtainedin barter with
the ships which at times appeared upon these
shores. . -
“Now look you, men!” announced Arthur.
“I and my friend have come to Africa to se—
cure alii'e certain savage animals and carr
them back to our own land. And we shnl
never return until we carry with us a family of
lions. We have every means in our possealon
to do the work, and must succeed.” .
“And we look to see our men obey us.” added
Paul. “If they do, very good: We shall bekind
masters; if not-pron“ arde I” ‘/
And he touched his ri e in a most significant .
manner. ‘ ‘
Two days later, leaving the schooner at an-
chor guarded by ten seamen under the care of
the first mate, and. carrying‘with them seven
cage wagons drawn by ox teams, 1: so party of
adventurers, with the rest of the crew, armed
{lo the teeth, turnpd their faces toward the hons'
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CHAPTER II.

LONG RANGE SHOOTING—-CHASED BY A. BEE
limos—run BATTLE OF THE GIANTS.

'AT the Krooman village they had provided
themselves with a large number of oxen, for if
they succeeded these would be neceeeary in or—
der to d back the wagons containing the ani—
mule whic they had taken; It was an impos-‘
ing procession which ‘started out from the coast,
and many of those left behind doubted if the
would ever return. But the hearts otthe a i
venturous party were full of hope. and they
seemed to see success before‘them attth march-
ed awa . Each carried his favorite weapons p
rifle o the most improved make, somewhat
larger than would have been need in u'r ewu
country. In addition to a heavy Sharp’l, the
capta' carried, or rather had ii: the wagon, a
heavy to!) "roar" orele hunt gun. .

“Idon‘tknoww tthe p wa ts to carry
that cannon for,"sold James Cast ton laugh-
in . “Ernie ea atheflrsiitlma helm-ad it'ofl
ingMedeira, all , he garrison turned outrunder
arms because they thought an enemy's fleet was
attac ngthe city.”

“sown” m roar-W 8° a“ m
rice, a it ‘ , in . ’
like to have an 2%mt or a ‘ ooeroegcome
roaring andchargin’gdown ontha pop-gimp: ,
yours hg’w much do you suppose it woul do to
no to ’ . ' _ ,

‘ it this moment Eudora sent back two men

tone that eland were in fight, The 
mete ‘ g their rifles, starte outeagwly,

ea in an Arthur not far behind t H  T
blac had halted on the crest of a, li rolling

, ffound, from which the river and maple in  ,v l ,
. we?“ ludl’nzi ‘

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ow‘could be plainly  . ,-
a bendot the river. five ,
those gigantic deer , Wtbipgvelueupoa
the face of ti? earth.
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much of the
boasting ot’the white man, but this was a little
mere than he expected, even- from his em-
10 er. But Arthur, with a smile upon his face,
“P hi! long—ran rifle, a weapon which he
had had'bullt especi ly for such business as this.
. It had the wind-fags and tent sights, and he
one Show: with it, even at a
Throwing himsalf upon his
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.wctched them for a moment while he caglculated
the'windnge, which was very slight, and then
crossing his feet to form a rest, he threw himself
into his pet position for long-range shooting.
and dashed his sharp eye through the sight; A
short laugh broke from the lips of Mudara.
“ Why do you laugh?" asked Arthur, looking

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tool. The lightning could not kill so far away

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“ You do not know the white man yet," was
the quiet, answer. “Watch me, and you will
see why we are our masters.”

l Again be 190 ed down the si ts. Nowvhe
knew that he Must not miss. If edid it would
forever destroy the confidence oi! the suspicious
negro in his word. If he had been shootingior
his life he could not have'taken more pains, nor
could he have asked for a better target. ’At
last came the crack of the rifle.

f‘Habet I" said Arthur, letting the stock of
his rifle fall, and rising on his elbow he looked
across the open ground. “Now what do you
say, Mudara?”

VA, huge bull eland, which had been quietl
feeding nearest to them, was seen to start su -
denly, throw his head into the air and then
come pitching down upon his head, dead before
he touched the ground. Modern and his men
gazed a moment, and then bent the knee to the
your) man.”

' “ tidaer was a. great hunter,” said the man,
humbly. “Hols achild now—the son of the
great white chief. Let him learn at his feet.”

“ 1 will protect you,” answered Arthur, quietA
ly. :Fear nothing while you are under my
care

. “ A good lesson,” declared the captain. “Tell
the men to track on." '
The creaking of the wagons was again heard,

and the teams came on” at their’long, steady

pace, while the hunters went down the slope iii:
an .

Jameswas now running on far in the front, on

r a kind of devil-,may—care race for adventure,

when, with a snort which is like no earthly
sound, a huge, black rhinoceros sprung suddenly
out of a. thicket or wait—whit thorns and dashed
after him.

Jim did not lin r on the order of his going.
There was somet ing so preternaturally ugly
in the twinkling little eyes of the vicious brute
that the boy's onl idea was to put as «much
spncq’as ible tween him and the rhi—
noceros. ran like a man, but, looking over
'his shoulder, he saw that the long horn was a
little nearer to his coattail than it was when he
ring. That
kward, rolling, deceitful gait was evidently;

d. faster
ve pleased

nw
carrying the creature over the
than it looked-’ A tree would

Jim, is there was no tree near at hand, More
than. ‘ , the beast had succeeded in runnlin
him oflfrom his friends, and every step lessen

*hieohmces of mccor. 'Yet he was no longer
dosing ground, butat» the same time he could
not kee‘ up the pace \at which he was going
much anger. Just as (this thought passed
through his mind he pitched head-foremost into
asin ar hole in the ground fully ten teeltiin
m.

eok gait. a few moments after.
to lie still. He did not
, , no had put this sink-hole
ln’bis way, but of! one thing he was certain: the

not»: breakn

Jim was wise enou

. rhinoceros did not know where he hadgone.

' He heatdfa'n angry snorting and puflin on the

ter is some
9n the o , ‘ side.

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another rhinoceros, unwilling that
th have agar! fun, had {piged llin

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Raising his head slowly from the pit into

which he had fallen, he saw a sight which filled
him at once with wonder and delight. His Ei—
gantic enemy had amused, near the brink of t a
pit, a fellow of his own breed, somewhat larger
than be was, but of the white species. General-
ly speaking, the rhitleearswhinocet 1 {10s, or muchachn a,
is a com arative y e ow especin so
when ‘c‘gmpared with the kaobaha or blzck.
But the black fellow had seen fit to blunder
over him when he wins enjoying his noonday
r-sja’esta u n the grass, and that was more than
any. we l-intentioned rhinoceros, even though a
peaceable denizeu', could ver Well endure: and
the consequence was a row 0 the very largest
ma nitude.

e two huge creatures had butted their
hands together, and now, propped up on their
short, sturdy legs, were doing their best to
overthrow one another. Each seemed to know
that a fall was death, and that the long horn
would be plunged into his Vitals below his pro-
tecting coat of mail if he’ once went down.

“ Go it, blacky;  in, whityl" roared Jim,
reckless in his excl ment. “ ht hedgehog;
fight skunk—it don‘t make any di erence which
whips. Look out, hlacky; he made you stagger
that time and if you ever glet that horn in our
bread-basket—good-by, J 9 nl That’s it- so?!)
it upl I wonder if the boys know where i am ’

Still the battle between the two huge animals
continued, and Jim, beginning to come to his
prudence, crawled out of the hole, holding onto

is rifle, and pro ared to decamp. But, to his
utter surprise an horror, no sooner did be up
our on earth than both creatures gave up their

attle with one another and came dashing after
him at full speed. Whirling suddenl in his
tracks, Jim raised his rifle hip-high an deliver—
ed his firehwhen the black, which was the one
hurt, believing the muchacha to be the cause of
his wound turned suddenly upon him and
buried the long horn in his side; but shaking
him 06?, the muchacha rushed savagely'to the
encounter, while ‘Jim industrioust plied his
legs in the frantic endeavor to 990a. , and hoped
that he should be able to do no, t anks to the
battle between the infuriated brutes, when the
snorting and ufling in his rear announced that
the chase ha be again. Looking back, he
saw that the blac alone was pursuing him, and
the root white former the muchacha was ex-
ten ed on the plain, while the other, more vin-
dictive than ever, was flying after him.
’ “I’m just chuck full of friendsl” thought
Jim, dcspniringly. “They just let any kind of
an animal hoof it after me, and they never mim
a meal on my account. I‘ thought they’d pan
but better than that, I did.“ «

He was beginning to get tired, but, under the
circumstances, thought it best not to rest just
then, for the earth was shaking under the trend
of the enraged kaohaba, and he wanted a safe
resting—place. Suddenly there a peered before
his 6 esaforest rove, and wit a cry of joy
he p unged into 1; e verdant cover, and at once
shinned u a good ’stout tree, with the black fel-
low thun min on at his heela For a moment
he lost sight 0 his enemy, so quickly and earn-
estly'did Jim lay himself down to he work of
climbin , and he had. lost track of the young
fellow or a moment upon first entering the
woods. Jim sat quiet. hoping that he could not

be seen while the be was reaming about
with hi’shead closet» the ground. But, all at
once the small twinkling eye was raised and
caught sight of the 13on1 amOng the branches.
He gave one leap to
snort, and lowering his head, dashed at the tree
with a shock that nearly shook Jim from his
porch and made the tree sway like a mast in a
gale of wind. Then, cocking his head on one
side, he backed up and again dashed at .he tree.

- , CHAPTER III.
.snor IN run EYE—THE FIRST LioN.

SO sudden had been the rush of the kaobaba
and the flight of. Jim that the others had hardly
time to realize that he was in danger when r—
ater and pursued were out of sight behind the
thorn grove; Then.Mudere. mieelh'the yell, cl!
his race, and the whole baud dashed away in
pursuit. But so rapid was the digit of the boy
and the chase of the rhinooeros t t they could

not overtake him. Not stein the  l
botweez phi-fit y

had halted while, the battle , I
beasts was at its night, and when Jim;bro
awaylp rapid night,- and the tire antagonists

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What kind of  we are. What should you ride, he looked to see that it was all right, when followed, they spread out on both sides and

,, e'  WW was, captain?" ‘ the earth shook beneath. the weight of hen again tooknp the chase. . I _ _
 « ‘fiifirl’himdred ards,‘ .7’ I « bodies, and there wasaviolent crashand ' And when the black, alter disposing of his

. “ drywall: to ModerarbatIamgoing to “Darn my buttons!" muttered Jim. “If enemy, bad banged against the tree once,

a kill one  those clouds time here." there ain‘t a fight right in the family. I’ll see Modern and his brother dashed intothe thicket,
We Krooman looked at the _s her with a about this.” ‘ their spears ready for action, and the first ne-

tice the black had of his new enemies was a
javelin planted in his flank. Whirling quickly,
he dashed at Danatoo with his horn ready for
service: but, in doing this, be exposed himself
to attack from MI: , and a second javelin,
more deeply planted than‘the first, pierced him.
in the throat.

The brave beast saw that he was in danger,
but with the tenacity of his breed lie/did not
flinch. He made a rush at Mudara, whistling
shrilly. uietly down ,from the tree

Jim sli
and seized his  qNow that he had backers.
the boy was ready for sport or ‘

I fight. Hlfi
Weapon was a good one, and he felt tolerably’
sure of his aim, but he knew that the coat of
the black was proof against any ordinary bul-
let. ,A shot in the e ewould be fatal if he
could make it, but, asi e ,i’rom the , he did not
believe his rifle could be eflecti Grasping
the weapon firmly, he threw himself in the my
of the vicious brute, and aimin for the’eye.
pitfilled. Then, turning quickly, 0 ran for his

e.

Searcer bad be taken a dozen steps when a.
wild yell from the lips of Mndara called him,
and loo ' back, he saw the negro lion—hunter
dancing Wildly on the rostmtc form of the
kaobabe and emailing im loudly with insult”
in epithets. Jim ran back, and found to his,
delight that his bullet had passed through the
g] ng e e of the rhinoceros directly into his ‘
brain on the great beast was dead.

“ white man’s thunder is sure i” and Mu- _
dare bowed low. “ Their boys are stronger
than the men of Kuruman. Let us go.”

They returned on. the trail, and were soon' ,
joined by Arthur and the rest, who were de-
lighted to find that Jim was unharmed; -

“But look here,” protested the boy. “I’m
not so selfish that I want all the fun to myselt
The next time'you see a rhinoceros put out after
me I give you permission to pile in and help all
you can.”

“ You ran too fast,” aver-red the captain.
“ We couldn’t see your back (or the dust.

“I didn‘t run an too fast, I can tell you.
That old horn was nst playing tag with the
skirt of my jacket all the time. I only wished
I had wings about that time.” ’

It was too early in the trip to think of pre-
serving the bodies of the slain rhinoceroses; yet
Paul lin cred over them with longing eyes and
wished test his powers in preserving them.
But after awhile they were left, and the hunt»
ere kept onto the spot where the cloud had
fallen, thinking to secure steaks enough for
their noonday meal. ‘ _To their disgust the body
of the hu e deer was gone! They could see a
broad mar upon the grass as if the animal had
been dragged along for some distance, and Ar-
thur commenced to follow it up, his rifle thrown
carelessly into the—hollow of his arm, when a
wild cry from Mudara called him back. "

“ Tao I” he announced, briefly.

“ A lion?”

u Thme I” _

“ How do you know that?” g R

The black pointed to the grass, and even the
eggs of the young American could make out
I: tracks of animals of the feline race upon it.
But he was not yet suflcientlymnnter of his
craft to make out the number. . ,

“I don’t know how many lionsthere may be,”
returned Arthur, quietly: “ but this I will say:
Idon’tpropose toallow them tombmeot my
game in that way. Come, Paul." '

The Frenchman took up his rifle. and the two
dartedawa theronthehmedmmm
Modern :1 h a brother followed, callln .to
eigbtorten of their men to join them.
kept a little in‘the rear of the two hunters,
when Arthur turned and called to Medal-p.10
send back for spare rifles. Two of the men ran
back, and quickly returned with the guns. v

“You take one and follow Paul, hinders;
Danatoo can follow me, and when I call for a.“
game that \it 'is‘mdy to my~hend,” ordered -

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surrounding it a dark. tawny mass seemingly

without motion of any kind. But th Dana-
tgo and his brother knew that the lions were
t ere.

Arthur let his rifle dro to the earth, while he
studied the giant rey. hey were lying quite
still, suckin the lood of the eland and tearing
out pieces 0 his  from time to time. Only
one of_ them, evidently the father of the family,
raised his head and looked at the men who had
been so during as to intrude upon them in the
moment when they were e'nga ed in their re—

, past. ,There was a majestic loo ‘ in the front of
V this noble beast which took Arthur by surprise.

and’t'or the moment held him speechless. But
he was an old hunter, and with a powerful
cilTort of the will throw oif the fascination of
that steady, malignant lure.

"‘ Go to the right, Pan l There “on can get a
sight on the lioness. .This big'fe low is mine,
tor he has such a sane look that I accept his
challenge.” And Art ur evidently “meant
business.” “

Paul ran out to the ri ht, attended by Mu-
rlera, and as he did so, ca led the attention of
the other lions, and for the first time the three
lose. , ,Two were large males, and the third a
lioness of great sim, and Arthur could at that
moment only wonder that he could have taken
interest in the dwarfed and stunted creatures he
had seen in manageries.

"‘ Get ready, Paul!” he cried; “they are wak-
ing up.” ‘

As he spoke, the large male which had first
looked up began to trot toward him evidently
with the intention of investigating .he matter
fully. while the lioness ran off in another direc-
lion, but with her eye bent upon Paul and Mu-
dara. Arthur was no lon er attending to them,
for it was plain that the allow in front intend-
ed to claim all his attention. He was coming
up at a halftrot, and Arthur brought his rifle
10 his shoulder, and, taki lg steady aim, sent a
ball into the shoulder of his huge antagonist.
But a sort of side leap which the creature made
at this moment partly disconce'rted his aim,
and the shot was not mortal. nor, indeed, did it
stop the lion in the least. For, changing from
the trot to the leap, he came on in great bounds,
making the hills tremble with his sonorous roar.

Arthur merely ut his hand behind him for
his reserve rifle; i was thrust into his hand by
{he faithful Kroc, who had not flinchcd in the
eu‘st.

Never had Arthur Castleton met such game
as this, but be had been trained to shoot against

- as dangerous a creature, the Rocky Mountain

grizzly, and he had no thought of failing now.
Dropping on one knee, as he caught the heavy
gun from the hand of Danatoo he waited calm-
ly for the lust leap. while fianatoo, with his
heavy s ear, also calmly waited. As the lion
settlgd own before his last leap, the negro
one 1

“ Fire—fire, then!”

“Steudy!”'answered Arthur, never turning
his eyes from those of the lion; f‘I prefer to
take myfiame upon. the wing.”

The b y of the lion rose into the air, and the
two boys, who were running up, rifles in hand,
thought that their bravebrother had seen his
last of earth. But never, even in the da 3 of
his first shooting, had Arthur Castleton aken
suchsteadyaim as now, when the huge body
hung suspended over his very head.

Danatoo rung impulsively forward, when

r the rifle crac ed, and, swift as the hawk in its

descent,“ the lion came down almost upon Ar—
thur’s head. He sprung nimbly aside and whip-
ped out a heavy navy revolver, while the spear
of Danatoo was buried in the lion’s back. But
there was no need of the blow, for the bullet
had passed through the heart, (and the giant of
the plains lay dead. Before they had time‘ to
rejoice the crack of a rifle and a cry from Paul
called them, and with shouts of dismay they
sprung to his aid, for he was in feariul danger!

, CHAPTER 1v. “,
V , ' munAaa’s serum—ma mas-r CAMP.
Pam. Dr: Lao? was an old hunter, and one

' who never went back in the face of any of the

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‘Mudara, be had madenpi his mind to

,. brute creation.

' When he ran outta the right, follow8eid by

ve a
good, encounter the two one which had taken
that direction, but when he had gone a few

nonlion‘eea was'anywhere in sight. But in

w; Atrontt re was goedcover loo ra‘ and
_, ,clumpshdalxhusbes, where it vioun‘bg .é'ty for
 the annals tulle, ready for a spring.

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too smart; he lay low and watch: pretty soon
he charge, maybe ’fore you know.”

“All right-Madurai” responded Paul, who
had been long enough in Yankee-land to pick
up some of their idioms. “I s’all proceed wiz
ze utmost caution. Aha! ze lion s’all know hees
mastaire. " ' ,

“Hiss,” whispered Mudara. “Look; by the
bush there l”

Paul glanced quickly in the direction pointed
out, an could make out the tawny hide of the
lion through the leaves. He was lying halt
hidden amid the foliage, perfectly quiet. but
evidently waiting for a chance to make a
char 0. The gleam of his savage eyes could be
)lain y made outthrough the openings in the

oils e. ‘

“ gtand where you are l’” hissed Paul. “ At-
tention, mes enfants, and you 's’nll ‘perceive
how I shoot ze lion. Aha, be old villain; he lot
at me, oh?”

Dropping on one knee, the Frenchman took a
long and steady aim at the crouching creature.
There were few men who were better shots
than Paul when he had time to make his aim
certain, and the glarin eyes of the beast,
turned full upon him, told him where to shoot.
Mudara stood like a statue waiting for the
shot, for he had be u to lave the greatest
faith in the death- ealin rifles of the white
men, having once seen t em work. At the
crack of the rifle the lion madea convulsive
leap, And his body showed for a moment high
above the bush, and then settled down out of
sight. Only both {on paws could be seen
stretched out in front of the bush in an attitude
which seemed lainlyto show that he was either
dead or hit so ard as to be incapable of mak-
ing trouble.

“Zat is m w y I dispose of ze miserable
wretches," said anl,‘ beginning to reload his
rifle. “ You rceive zat I am able to dis-
possess 29 animal of life ina way which it is
impossible for ze Yankees to imitate. I—
SCH")?! I"

The‘suddcn pause and expletive were su r-
induced by the rush of a tawny body, and t are
bounded into view, within twenty yards of the
two men, the gigantic form of the lioness, who
had been crawling slowl toward them throu h
thelon grass. The en den and unlocked- or
attack ook the lion—tamer by surprise, and for
the moment he forgot the power which he
claimed over the animals of the brute creation.
His em ty rifle dropped from his hand, and he
reache ack and 'r0 wed, blindly for the spare
gun in t ie hands 0 udara. But, in drawing
it toward him, the lock became caught in some
way in the pocket of his hunting-coat, and it
was discharged: he stood helpless before the en-
raged lioness! For the first time in his life the
Frenchman lost n rve, and made a backward
leap, which expose Mudara to the rush of the
savage beast.

Then it was that the lion king showed the
stud of which he was made. Wit a yell which
might well have struck terror to the stoutest
heart, the Kroo threw forward his broad shield
which he always carried at his back. Planting
his foot firmly, he set the edge of the shiel
upon the ground, and grasping the strongest of
his 'avolilns, boldly met the attack, while Paul
De soy, crawling like a snake through the 101:5
grass and dragging his gun after him, reach
a place of safety. As he id so he heard a rat-
tling, hollow sound as the claws of the lioness
struck the tough bull-hide of the shield. Whirl-
ing over on his back the Frenchman began to
reload, and'when he sprung to his feet With the
rifle in his hand he saw the lioness bounding
furiously upon the broad shield, which was ly-
ing fiat upon the ground; Mudara was nowhere
in sight! ,

Mudara’s shield was very large, nearly seven
feet in length, and hollowed like the back of a
turtle. It had. been a source of much merri—
ment to Jim and Ernie Castleton, who called it
a canoe. and wondered that the ,chief should
care to lug such a onderous alfair wit him.

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It was of ugh bul hide, crossed on the itside

,by einews of the rhinoceros, and capable of

bearing a. great weight.
There was the shield. but, where was Mudara?
,As Paul gazed and the lioness drew to one
side for a moment, one ed e of the shield was
suddenly lifted and a fiavelin was thrust
through the side of the ioness! She turned
again with an agonized roar, but as before the

shield lay flat upon the ground, and all her.

eflorto’ were, not enough’to raise it, Again and
again she charged upon the hollow shield but
as often as she dld.so only the rattle of the b ~
hide and the Inn dot th hidden warrior was

the reply. By 1: is time aul had reloaded his

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rifle, andjtaking steady aim sent a ball into,
the shoulder of the lioness. Maddened by this!
new wound she sprung toward the Frenchman,

going upon three legs, but before she had made ;

a dozen steps Mudara was up again and hurled
another javelln With wonderful precision
through and Lhrouah the beast’s body. ‘
It was enough. l:il‘he barbed point reallv bad
pierced the heart, and with a final roar of min»
gled rage and pain, the brave lioness rolled over
dead, just as the other hunters came pushing

up.
“Scelerats!” cried Paul. “My friends, zis .

is ze very splendid hunting country. Vm’ci 2e
lion family, laid low in one day! two graode

rhinoceros, and a very magnifique eland, Aha! '

It is a glorious country, and we s’all become dis»
ti "ué from our prowess.” , ‘ I

‘ I thought your distinguished do 3 were
over when the lioness charged you, od boy,”
said Arthur. “ If it had not been for the chief ’
here you would have been stripped into ribbons
by this time. Where was that eye for which.
you claim such power” '

“ Mon ami,” answered Paul, laying ‘his hand
upon the shoulder of the speaker, “ zere arrive
to every man moments w’ich overpdwer ze
stron est heart, and I assure you zat for 20 mov
ment forgot zat I had up eye!”

Arthur laughed and turning to Danaioo .or»
dered him to see that the game, was brought in,

and sent Modern, who looked none the Whrse -

for his bout with the lion. to see that a camp
was made in the bend ', the river where the ,
eland had been shot. '1‘ e nativos, with shouts
and insults, dra d the bodies of the lions overl
the grass, prou y asserting their su wilvrity
over them, now that they were dead. hey bee,
gun to rejoice in being made the companions of
“great lords " who had employed them, having"
before entertained for them a certain contempt,
as people of no experience, who must gain
knowledge at their feet. But, since J im. Ar-
thur and Paul had already shown their ability
to cope with the creatures which they hold the
most in dread, they no, longer held themselves
to be superior and were ready to obey.

The wagons were drawn up in a \sort of neck
of land which inclosed the bend in thcrch-r. and'
into this bend the cattle were driven, for the
presence of so many lions was proof that the:
cattle would have no snfet unless strongly

uarded. Paul took 11 n himself the task of
s inning the lions, for e would not trust the
natives. His work was done neatly, and the

skins stretched for drying beforerthevcepioin, ' '

who was cook for the party, announced supper
ready. The cloud had beencut up and divided,
and the sailors and negroes separated and cook-
ed their own suppers, while the officers and
owners took their meal apart. Most of the ne—
groes and sailors contented themselves ,with
simply. roasting the meat upon a forked stick.
but t e
meal, and added a cup of hot cofl‘ee, of which
they had brought a supply. Mudara was made
captain of the watch for that night, and the.
whites crawled into the wagons, where they-
made their beds, and prepared for sleep. ,
Half an hour later pandemonium suddenly"
broke out around the wagons: the sleepers mute
ed up and grasped their weapons, satisfied that-
their camp ha
savage tribe. .But, as they sprung, half-dressed,
from the wagons, they saw the natives hurling-
flrebrands into the midst of a circle of savage-
looln'ng beasts, which Paul recognized at once as
hyenas. ‘
away, and the whites_ returned to the wagons.
But it was'a strange night. the first they passed
away from the coast, under the African sky.
Grim, shadowy forms filmed by'ln the loom.
Strange birds, to them unknown, sail-3
head. The laugh of the hyena, the bark the
jackal, the distant lowing of the wild buffalo,
and the s lash of aquatic animals in the river'
near at and, mingled in strange confusion.

Then, dominating overall, and for the moment , 7

bushing all other sounds, cambthe distant roar

of alien, roamin .cat-like, in ‘88811011 of may}. ° .

But, little by litt e, the grow acoustomed

these sounds and droppe off to sleep, and none
were awake of them all save Mudara and the ,
Africans whom he had selected to guardthel
camp. And when momwl'oke the firming
up, ready to relish the br est whi '

fore, not a scrap remained. _ ‘ \ V

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, CHAPTER V. I  ,
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for, perhaps you would prefer to
brea  on stronger meat. 'There‘ are the
lions than.” , . t . *
:, scorned'Jim. “I’m hungry enough,
but'I don’t think I enou gone yet to
eat cat’s meat. as , Ernie, w era are these
books? I am for h for breakfast.”
,The» two- boys raked out their tackle and
sauntered down to the river, pickin out a few

I gums from gotten logsps they neare the stream.

he fish the’icaught were small but ravenous,
and the ban was soon covered with the finny
treasures. As Ernie at there with his feet
’dangli/u over the we r, there was a sudden
tumult 'eneath him, and then r e out of the
watera head sohideous that the y rolled over

‘, and over in his haste to get out of the way,
, while Jim abandoned all idea of fishing, for the

time being, and scrambled back out of reach.
Jim thoughts. moment before he could realize
to what creature that square head twinkling
eyes, and wide nostrils could possi 1y belong
and thenhe remembered the account he had

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.' heard of him.

“The hippopotamus, Emiel” he cried.
we had only brou ht our rifles.”
‘ “Time enough or that, after breakfast,” re~

‘ turned Ernie, as he beggan'to string his fish.

“ As for me, I want gru and I don’t care who

knows it.”

They had caught about a hundred beautiful
little fish somethin after the nature of the
trout, and, when coo ed, tasting nearly as good.
Arthur and Paul had gone out, attended by

aunt/00,150 see mtheyfiould strike some game,
and the boys set some of the negro s to work
cleaning the flshfwhile they broiled 1; cm over
the fire. The sailors, seeing the luck the had
had, took fishing-tackle and went down 0 the
river, and the boys and blacks had all the camp
to themselves. Not long after, they heard the
distant crack of rifles, and an hour later'the
hunters came back, the negroes bearing on their
shoulders halt a dozen Springbok, w ich they
had been luck enough to strike a little way up
the river; hile some of this meat was being
Expired the hunters sat down to enjoy the

which the boys had caught, and which they

7' pronounced delicious.

“ We saw a hipfiopotamus,” announced Ernie,

‘ “‘and after brea last we are going down to.

shoot b' .”

“ We n’t stop to bother with him now,” de-
“ Our purpose in coming here
is as far 01! as ever, and we must get into a lion
count as soon as we can.” ,

“ l 5 cold say this was a lion country,” was
Ernie’s opinion.

“ We’vo got to take a family alive. Neither

T Paul‘nor 1, will go back until we do that.”

“ l’m in~no hurry," and Ernie took up another
fish. “I don’t want to go out of a country

, "where we can have such fun as wejhave had

here. It was worth something tosee im leg it,
ifetgfday, when that rhinoceros was after

“Oh, yes!" returned Jim: “it was nuts to
you to see me dl in. Now, see here, Ernie,
my boy-I’ll have he laugh on you before you
get out of Galllleeggou may be sure of that.”

The other: laugh ,for they knew J‘im 'well
-enough to be sure that he would be ver likely
to keep his word. By the time the sh were

' dis 6d of; the springbok steaks were ready,

‘ n they‘dld amp e justiceto them. After that,
goofing ,Bomewhat lazy, the boys strolled down
to tjggtnvalihonofiimore, hoping to (311500679: his
ma y. o tamus, aga n, u e
grobobly  with so much com-
pany, ld not appear, and the boys lay down
under. theahade of the trees, bent upon enjoy-
themselves. Ernie was the first to get tired
ot‘tnat.,and; strip ing on his clothing, stood
upon the bunk an was about to plunge head:
foremost Into ' the river __when
a! blow which knocked him several
aces be .‘Ward to where his weapons la .
izi a pistol in one hand and his knits in the
e started to his feet to be confronted
y 3 ‘ng whom he atflrat took for a native,
a creature a little over four feet in bi ht, with
uho’rt, panel-ml 1:53 um! wonderf ly long,
miggnag arms—a monster, if a. human be—
was. '

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‘ '_ see here, old fellow!" cried Ernie, “ what
“ on do that for, ymgaon of a'beboon?"
lfire a maniac, the repulsive crea—
’ u a stick which lay upon the
., d and va  the hey man—
; , his head bent low. and his eyes glaring
{ad from underth shaggy brows. ’ . ’

 creature looked so maniac that the
he" who must do something quickly 0;-

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sufl‘er‘ theccnsequences. The pistol cracked,
and. the blood 5 urted out‘ from below the
shoulder—blade, w are the shot had entered.
The creature uttered a. wild yell and sprung
back, beating his breast wildly, and stood for a
moment hovering on the river-bank. Then, as
if maddoned, ,he turned and hurled himself
bodily upon the boy. Ernie had time to fire
one shot more, when'he was home down b
the hairy body, and heard the long white teet

hashing to ether close to his face. Dartm up

is left an ,he drove his knife to the hll m
the breast. A single wild howl of_agony, and
the disgusting enemyvlay dead, Just as the
hunters came running up. ‘

“What is this?” cried Arthur, In great ex-
citement.’ . ”

“ Well,” explained Ernie, “I didn’t want to
kill the fellow, but he tried to hit me with a
club. These natives are simply horrible beasts,
I think.”

“Natives! What are you talking about?” re-
turned Arthur. “ Here, Paul, look at this!
Ernie says it is one of the natives.”

“ O’est bzm !” answered Paul, laughing; “Le
grands natif, he be! Ze gorilla, men enfomt:
ze gorillal”

‘ That’s right, Ernie," put, in Jim, laughing.
“ Don’t you allow the natives to pick on you.
If I was as green as that, I’d sell my head and
buy a dog, I would. Took a gorilla for a
native! Ha, ha, ha 1”

“I am sorry 29 grands man of be woods is
dead,” said Paul. " I would givp much to have
taken him alive, by gal-L Ver’ well; I s’all pro-
ceed to divest him of bees garments.”

Drawing his knife, he turned the creature
over, and proceeded to flay him in the most
approved style, while the rest went_beck to
camp, leaving him to his congenial task.
Scarcely had the settled themselves comfort-
ably, when a wil yell of rage and a thunder-
ing "Sacra I” came to them on the burdened
breeze.

“Help, comrades, help! Ze villain ’ave car-
ried it avuy; ’ave it transported from my care.
Oh, no diablcl Help! Mille diables, soelerats,
coqm‘ns, cancu‘lle! Help; for ,ze love of no
Viroin, come to my aid l”.

They thought the poor Frenchman in ,mortal
peril, and grasping their weapons, ran down
with hurried steps toward the river. The
sound was receding, and as they reached the
river bank, they saw Paul running like a mad-
man alon the bank, rifle in hand, while before
him ran 1; rec or four tall figures, the foremost
carrying across his shoulder the form of the
dead gorilla. Then they understood that the
family of the, creature, actuated . by what
motive it is im ssible to say, had rushed in,
snatched the y of their slain friend, and
hastily decamped, leaving'the irate Paul to
mourn its loss. But he, not satisfied-to lose it
in that way, had at once taken up the chase.

“ We shall never have a better chance,” cried
Arthur. “ There are young ones in the party,
and remember that they must be taken alive”.

They bounded away in pursuit, and soon
cought up with Paul, who was follow close
on the tracks of the orillas, bleediu mm a
wound in the head, w are one of them ad dealt
him a'snvage blow. But’ this had only served
to arouse the wrath of the Frenchman, and he
would have followed on their track while he
had a leg to stand on. ‘

“Revenge, Paul!” encouraged Arthur.
“There are two youn ones, and they must be
ours. As for the big ellows, no one could tame
them, but with the young it is different.”

The gorillas, seeing themselvesso clesel pur—
sued, turned aside from the river, an soon
after Paul came 11 with the stolen body, which
the man—brute ha at last thrown aside in order
to save himself.

But, even in this moment, the two older,
animals took the rear guard and rah somewhat
slowly, gnashing their teeth savagely at the
pursuers. Before them la a thick jungle; if
they once reached it, al would be well for
them. But, on the very Verge 0! safety, there
rose up from the edge of the jungle a party of
Mudara’s men, ‘who had made a circuit in order
to impede the flight of the gorillas. :
Be ore the young ’ones could retreat, they
wererborne down under the shields of Krooman,
bound handand foot, unable to move. Then
the others, with furious yells Ufa-age, hurled
themselves upon the n cos, only to be borne

back 1upon thepointe'of he asaegais, and to fall .

at last, pierced byea’ hundred woman: The
hunters ad secu’ red a longsou ht r ‘ ,
y oung male and female gorilla...“ thug hearts
were tull‘ol' pride asthey went back to camp,

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mu smancan'n’s savor-an ALLY—“11m
KING rs DEAD—LONG LIVE THE KING.”

THEY were delighted with-their success, for
one of their dreams was the capture, alive, of
these supposed “links” between man and the
brute creation. .

The gorillas were placed in one-of the cage
wagons and in charge of one of the mates, three
sailors, and ten of the negro escort, sent back to
the schooner, the mate carryin written orders
as to how the captives were to treated. An
hour later both parties were on the march, the
larger section trecking on over the' vast plain
toward the land where they had determined to
make their permanent comp before the grand
hunt began. Three days later the negroes raised
a shout, and Mudara pointed to a conical hill
which rose in the distance“ ' V

“ That is, the place!” he explained. “There
we make a camp, and not all the men of the
country can drive us'out.”

“ Do you think the natives will fight?!

“Until they know the power of the great
lords I am proud to serve," answered Mudara.
“ The King Sibaticane thinks, proudly of him-
self: he has even dared to cross spears with
Mudam, but a little lesson from my great
master will teach him his place.”

Three hours later they reached the front of
the hill, and the patient men dragged the
wagons to the top. Once there Arthur could
not help saying that the negro had shown great
skill in his choice of a camp. It was a sort of
natural fortress, assailable only upon one side,
for the river swept in a great circle about the
base‘of the bill, which rose from the water in
an almost perpendicular line. Three men, well
armed, could have defended this part of the
hillvagainst an army of natives. Upon the crest.
of the hill rose a strange par et, with an open-
ing large enough for the ’wagons to drive
in, and from this the road descended in a
regular slope, which, sWept by the fire of rifles.
Flould be a very warm place for an assailing

orce. .

“Good enough!” declared the young leader of
the hunters. ‘We could hold our own here
greater force than is likely to come
against us. ’ -

But, even aa'they were standing on the crest
of the parapet the sound of barbaric music was
heard upon the river, and a fleet of great war
canoes rounded a point and came bearing down
upon the hill. Some of these canoes were of
great size. carrying a hundred fightin men,

ourlshing their spears and beating their ollow
shields, accompanying the action b tremendous
yells. In the foremost canoe, un er a canopy
formed from the feathers of the ostrich, sat a
man of gigantic frame, fully equal to Modern.
as far as muscular force was concerned. ‘ By a.
rapid count Arthur made out the assailing force
to consist of nearly six hundred men. « '

At a signal from the giant king the canoes
drew together, and soon a light craft, carrying
only four men, rounded the base of the hill and
landed. One of these men on '
a white ostrich feather as a to on of amity.

“Let them come,” ordered Arthur.
means peace, so far.”

The strange heralds advanced at a run,
quickly ascended the slope, and 'appeared at
the entrance. Arthur.acoom niedzby Modern.
as interpreter, met them. he man bearin
the white feather came boldly forward trig
fickle, and his words were interpreted by

u are. -

“The mighty King Sibalicane demands of "

Mudara who are these white witches he has
brought into our country? Sorrow always
comes to our race in the day when the great
canoes of the white men come to our
Let Mudara speak I” ‘

“These are my friends,” answered Mudara'.
“They only come among us to huntathe lion,
the elephant and the rhinoceros. They can kill
as far as they can see. Would Bibaticano know
their wet? Great lord. stand upon the rocks
and Inn yonder bird'in the air.” ‘

The canoes had drawn in close to the base of
the hill, and Arthur, taking a light sporting
rifle, ste ped ‘ the rocks. High above his

 

edupon aspear ‘
“This .

shores. I

head w eeled a great bird—r50 high. ifldeed. ‘

that it seemed an impossibility to 

A tremendous roar or, lhugbter broke tram! um; _ '
saw him point the ‘

men in the canoes as the

ride at “39x5de sailing most in, the "ohmic.

There ‘was a moment at suspense; snuff-“tho '

rifle cracked. and the smoke curled lazily up~
ward. The bird was seen to freon
gluing in the airytben. cloning , ‘piziaions, "yo

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hastily and was seento examine it. A great
dheussion arose among the men in the canoes,
and one, a tall mug chief with a waving
ostrich featherin ' headdress, appeared to be
especially prominent in opposition to the king,
w 0 once or twice shook his hand at him
fiercely. All at once the canoes were seen to
divide into two bands, .the larger portly
remaining with the king and the others sid' g
with the young chief.

“It is Naauna,” cried Mudara. “ He is wise;
he knows the power of our great lords. Come
to us, Naaunal” he cried in a voice of thunder.
“ Come to us, and we will make you kin .”

“Can you trust them 3” questioned A ur, as
the canoes of the young chief turned toward
the shore, under a shower of spears from the
kin ‘slances.

“ es,” declared Mudara. “Naauna has a
large heart; he will do no wrong, and if ri ht
had been done, he would be king of is
country." ‘ ,

The party of Naauna bounded to the land,
covering themselves with their great shields,
and ran hastily up the slope to the crest of the
hill. Arthur permitted them to enter, and then
took the young chief by the hand.

/ “ We are friends!" he said, simply. “I will

The young chief, a really handsome—looking
tellow although black as ebony, bowed his head
as Madam interpreted the world? of Castleton,
and then adore-med arfew rap‘ words to his
followers. They were about two hundred in
number, armed only with the spears and shields
of their people. They raised a shout, and clam-
heriug up the rocks began to rain their assegais
u n the advancing host of King Sibaticane,
w 0 were alroad raging up the s ope, uttering
hideous yells, an beating their barbaric instru-
me ts of war with all their force.

“ tand back!” cc anded Arthur of
Mudarn and his men. mt me show you how
the white men fight. Take charge of your men,
on. tain!” .

‘Petrels, ahoy!” cried the captain. “ Stand
by to repel boarders l”

The no men fell back. and the sailors, seizing
their mus ets, sprung to the parapet.

“ Give it to them!” shouted the captain.
“Pour it into theml” e

A rapid and murderous fire began, sweeping
the narrow road through which» the enemy
must advance. *

' At the first volley their front began to shake,
and fancying that their shields would stop these
deadly missiles they threw them in front and
again pushed on. But they might as well have
into gauze screens to stop the bullets of
the etrel’s men, and leaving twenty or thirty
dead upon the slog, they rushed Wildly down
the hill. Kihg Si ticane, who had not taken
any part in the assault, now sprung to the

'shore and took the advance.

“Black dogs!” he yelled, “follow me, and
see how I sweep away these white witches."

Filled with courage b is presence, they
rushed on agaip, when rt ur, Paul and the
two boys sprung- into the gateway, holding a
revolver in each hand. Not a shot was fired
until the enemy was near euou h to show their
larin eyes, when, at a wo from Arthur,

' t e as, lors again opened fire, and.the enemy

seemed to, melt nwa before them. Only a
hundred men. the ride and flower of Sihati-
cane’s army, stood y the king as he continued
his bold advance up the bill. He had' flung

’ aside his shield, and new, four assegais in one

hand and a single one in the other, signed to his
men to come on; ~ Then Nanuna bounded upon
the‘ arapet.

“ ok, Sibaticane,” he cried. “These are
my friends. Alone, with no help from me or
mine, they can beat you. But I do not love to
see the blood of my people. Let us 11 ht,
‘and the one who is slain shall be king in ale-

gonga.” _
, - “ tie goodl"answere back the king; “and

will the white wizards my friends, if you

‘ areslaiul,” ,

' “Yes.” '

' 'Sibaticane waved his hand, and his men'at
once halted. Changes in vernment are so

. common among them than ey regarded it with

 pa ' .t indiflerence. Besides they really loved
@133“; chief. and bu ’

t few among them would
have been sorry to see sauna king.

‘ 9‘ Take your shield, ibaticane,” cried the
young this: as he,bounded from the wall. “ I

._ rooms mmhet area. ’ ‘ , ,
l hilarious: for battle, With a roar that might

“jag-vantage even the lion tremb
hounded Ward, sending a

  

Sibaticane
five! n whistling
sauna turned It

fihmughl the air ashe‘ came; I,

. glaring a the boat.

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wildly gleaming eyes. In a boat of stronger

  

aside with his shield, and sent one back
which pierced the shield,of the king and was
buried deep in his shoulder. Pulling the
weapon from the wound the kin hurled it back,
but again the young chief elu ed the wen u
and returned one which bore away the ores of
ostrich lumes which the king wore. At last,
each be din a single javelin, the two shields
clashed toge her, and each strained every nerve
to bear the other back. The giant siren th of
Sibaticane began to prevail; Naauna was orced
back, step by step, while a groan of sympathy
broke from the lips of his men. Mad With
delight the king pressed forward more eagerly,
when fiaauna bounded suddenly aside—so sud—
denl indeed, that Sibaticane stumbled and
near y lost his footing. Before he could recover,
the javelin in the hands of the young chief was
driven deep into his side, and with a hollow
groan the king fell dead at the feet of his con-
ueror. Naauna raised his spear, reeking with
t a blood of the king, and the united shout from
both parties hailed him king. He came back
and bent the knee before Arthur. .

- “ Be good to me,” he said. “ Naauna will be
your true brother while the blood is in his
veins.”

And from that hour not even Mudara was
more faithful or true tha'n the new king,
Naauna.

 

cuhPTER vu.
UP THE mvuammrus PRACTICE—BOOKING A
mPPOPOTAMUS.‘

THEIR futufi'e was ow secure as far as safety
from the natives was oncerued. In reality the
negroes had wished the youn chief to be their
kin , for Sibaticane had rule them with a rod
of on,‘and they knew that in all justice the
succession had belonged to Naauna. Besides,
the sample they had had of the prowess of the
white mzards had been enough for them, and
they no lon or desired to have any quarrel
with them. e count was full of game, and
no one could travel a mi e over it Without meet»
ing some object new and'interesting.

he rest of the day was 5 cut in clearin
away the si us of the recent ght and in forti-
fying the p ace against assault, not so much
from. the natives as the savage beasts which
roamed the forest. Naauua and his men had
returned to their village to take possession of it,
and at the same time prepare for a great hu'nt
which he promised Arthur should surpass any-
thing he had ever seen. At earl morning on
the next day the boats of King sauna could
be seen descending the stream. and the hunters
at once took their places, Arthur and the
two twins going in the king‘s boat, and the
others honorin:r those of the principal person-
ages of the res. a). Paul chase that which car-
ried the Princess Runs, the sister of the young
king, who, had her skin been white, would have
been a peerless beauty. She received the
Frenchman with a smile hich displayed teeth
of dazzling whiteness, a d invited him to a
seat with her under the canopy of ostrich
plumes. When all was read the boats pushed
oil, and began the ascent o the river, one of
those almost unknown streams with which
Africa abounds. As the men worked the pad-
dles they broke into rude songs, and the boysly-
i-ig under the wa’ving canopy, watched the green
banks as they passed, and waited for a chance
to display their skill with the rifle. The chance
was not long’in coming in a country where
game is so a undant and the weapons of the
natives are inadequate for their destruction. . In
going three miles they killed six Springbok,
a wi dbecste, and several beautiful and to them
unknown birds. All at once there rose under
the bow of the king’s canoe the square head of a.
giant bi popotamus, his wicked little eyes
Without a moment’s hesi-
tation Ernie planted a bullet between his eyes,
and he sunk with a mighty splash. .Scarcely
had he done so when there was an angry rush in
the we 1' below and totheir surprise the canoe
was an ounded. ythese stran e water animals.
At least a dozenlof all ages, mm the “ baby "
_ od-siaed pig to the
giant of many tens, crow ed about the canoe,
snapping ati With their wide-open jaws, tear—
ing pieces out of the .gunwale and in various
ways manifesting a disposition to make mince-
rgsat of the craft which, they regarded as the
d rect cause of the wrong doneto their compan-
ion. The oarsmeu dropped their paddles and
grasped their jayelins,. e whites seized their
rifles; and a battle royal began. The strange.
creat aereceived their deat Wounds grimly,
and yet no sooner had hue sunk than onto! the
river depths rose another horridf form with

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build Arthur would have t
e gait

laughed a
sun] but he could feel the shocks ti:
were
sustain them. All at once the canoe rose at e ,-
stern, and the bottom. was forced inward with;
such force that the water began to pour in.
At a signal from the kin' another lArge
canoe ran up, and they quiclgy embarked, but
not until Ernie had caught up a ropb ot‘s'ea
grass, with a large hook attached and forced it.
through the lower jaw of the huge creature 
which had driven his head through the bottom 1
of the boat. ’ ' a

“ p on here, half a dozen of your old w
canocs, ’ cried the boy.
fool ashore, and see how he likes it.” . ,

.The kin at once understood, and shouted his.
orders in
the second canoe headed for the bank, and the
men sprung out takin the and of the rope
with them. It was near y three inchesin diame-
ter, rudely made, but of wonderful strength.
They were satisfied that not even the euormous . a
power of the hipggpotamus could break it. ‘
All the canoes has for the bank, and soda
two hundred men manned the rope.

“We don’t want to kill him, ’ said Arthur.

“ He must be taken alive, if possible." ‘
Mudara explained the wishes of the white.
Wizard and the negroes began to tug at the
1-0 , shouting in great glee, or they had never
ta en the giant game in this stran e way. The
creature resisted fiercely, but 1; 9 boy had
shown great skill in forcing the hook into his
mouth, and ever movement on his part was
torture to him. wwe he appeared upon the
surfacefiwhen, catchin sight of his enemies,
h lungled again, but mm the position of the v
hoo in is month he could not breathe and was '

forced to come to the surface again. Each
time he did this the creature was dragged
nearer and nearer to 'the shore, and at last he , '
stood in‘ the shallow, bracing his short sturdy,
legs but hardly able to endure the agony of
the hook in his jaws.

“Oh, come and see us ” cried‘Ernie, as be

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tugged at. therope. “ ouare my meat, old a , a

chap; we want you."
’1‘ e savage beast stamped and snorted, and
tried his best to shake the torturing book out,
but the natives kept the To e taut, and inch by
inch he was dragged out o the water, until he '
stood fairly upon the bank.

“ Hold him there,” cried Mudara. “I will
show you a Kruman’s trick.” ~

He ran back a few steps and pulled upa dark~  ’

looking weed which broke with a crackling
sound in his hand. v
“ Give me fire ”he said to Jim. “ But do not
breathe the smoke when the hush burns.”
Jim took out his match-safe and lighted a
piece of tinder. which he gave to the negro. He
lew it into a flame and applied it to thebush

by a crackling sound something like di
0 torpedoes. Grasping the bush firm
negro ran up and waved it to and fro tore
the nostrils oi the huge beast. ‘He, glared
savagely and made a dash, but the negrorbound-
ed back 5. etc or two, still wavin the smoking , r
bush before 1. e eyes of the amp ibis. Allah,
once he reeled blindl and tried to sustain‘him-
self, but his knees rambled: and finallngave
way, andhfi sunik 1also thefiglafirth with a sort of
gasping sig , an y mo .
Madam. “He

“Come and tie him,” crle
can do no harm.” ,- . 1, ' .
Drawing a bdwie, Ernie quick} cutofl four 
stout pieces of the cable,and ca lag; the cap"
tain to his assistance. they undit a egs of
the giant with true sailor eh: I. IliIt [is time’ he v
began to struggle family, but u am, again

urges

thrust-the Smoking bush under his nose, and he ' .

became quiet. Then they formed a hu%9,halter_ .,
of the cable, which was made fast a coffin . ~
ponderous jaws,6f,the‘monster and he was

secure. , ,
“ Start half a hundred of these black fellows
back after one of the cages, Arthur,” saidErme.
“Don’t say I never did anything
At a word from Mudara half a zen nativss .
started back ‘on a run, and uidkly reappeared, ’ f 

drawing one of the largest o the wagons. ',.Tho , ,v  ‘~

hi opotamus, still in a half senseless ooudl ' 'i ‘ .
WEE dragged into the on e  the united am: i ' i j
of the entire force, and t e 001' securelyolosedi : ' ; v
This done, the cavalcade was oncemorosetlur a
motion, some told!) to the Gama,“ W ‘ _ I
ing along the ban and in this Way t eyep- 
proached the village of Balegongai An. ‘ r
neared itan , of natives mem‘womene"
children came rushing, on to meet ti:
making the‘rlay hideouswith,  you.» r l - k.
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ed to tinged; ways of the natives, and proudly

entered a village with their weapons at the

~ WME thegnm' ,tmansQrwhichbad
. so strangely can: into their hands. Aman

was selected from the natiVes who had
popotami before, and from that time
until the sc goner sailed he watched the crea—
ture, and in time taught him that he had noth-
ing to fear from the men who had dragged him
from his native river.

CHAPTER VIII.
, t5113mm KOPOCh i
WI pass over e procee 'ngs n the villa e
the savage dances, the wild feasts, the warlfiié

 

‘ games and the various means resorted to by the

king to make their visit leasant. But,
for a hunt un—
like anything they had ever seen—the Hope.

What is a Hopo?

.It is a game trap, which is seen only in
Africa, an could only be of use in a country
where the game is very abundant. The hopo
Which was the property of King Naauna was
built of about young trees, placed in the earth
does together and wattled between with stout
boughs.‘ It consisted of two fences of this kind,
rather low at the place of beginning and half a
mile apart. From. this point the fence gradu-
ally in in hight and at the same time
came nearer together, until at the apex it was
Searcer h hundred feet wide. Not far from
this narrow opening a sort of raised platform
had been built, and upon this was seated the
king and queen, Princess Runs. and other great
parsonages of the tribe, together with their
visitors, who had been promised a grand sight.
The men of the tribe bade u out for some
hours, and, spread out in a great circle, were
- beating through the jungle, driving before them
all the game whici came in their way, and
soaring them toward the mouth of‘the hopo,
gradually contracting the circle, and taking
especial pains to see that none of the animals
broke through and escaped There had not
been ,a grand battwe of this kind for near] a
month, and the game was abundant. Sohigh

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V was the: platform upon which the visitors set,

that they could see the whole length of the in—
all as well us hear
the horrible 'din which was kept up by the
heaters, who were pounding upon every cou-
ceivable instrument that could make a noise.
With this came. the roar of lions, the angry
grunt of the rhinoceros, the hoarse, bellow of
bark of the ‘ackal, the
fiendish yell of the yena, and a omen other
different sounds, as made by the game animals
of Africa when in fear or distress. Then, far
down the hope, they caught a glimpse of a mov-
ing mam crowding into the great corral and

, blocking it up from side to side, all heading for
t

he smaller opening or throat of the hopo,
which they saw an avenue of escape.
The w ite men, wildly eXcited, sprung to their
feet and grasped their weapons.

“Not yet, said the  laying his band
upon Arthur’s arms. “ do not need the
drastic-ks now.” ‘ ,

“But they will escape! Why did you not
close up the opening to the hope, and you would
have had them fast?”

The king smiled. .

" Let my white brother be seated and he will
see that even the black men have some wis-
dom. ’ .- 4.

Arthur sat down but with his eyes fixed upon,
the struggling creatures as they neared thel
apex- of the hope. They were, as we have said,
representatives of nearly every animal known

B!
on

' . to this coast of Africa. in the van bounded 0,

large herd of Ca buffalo, huge beasts with the
wide—spreading orns which distinguish them so
complacely from others of the bovine race. Be-

, hind them lumbered a black rhinoceros, in close

‘com ‘nionsbip with a huge lion,’ evidently
Crigtened half out of his senses. Behind
.tbem'still corneas motle mass, the towering
L-girefle. the hart. ta, 1: e brindled u,:the
.tessobes, and last, but not least, the as rain 11

“3 hisglory. Tbifi great mass of animal life w s

,‘followed by nearly. a thousand natives, howling,
.undlng upon their broad shields, and drii’ing
V ' ja‘velme into the flanks of the animals in

\ ,. 1 'rearto urge them on. These in front bad

cad seen the opening at the hope and the

 f alight beyond, and hoped that once'through

if? ‘, yoould scatter over the surrounding coun-
'trfand bid defiance to their enemies; ‘

“ldon’t s'ce throule your game. Madam,”

; I _ “Why don’t we 0 a fire! I can

charm; 11:1; bill“ gram-w are left just as

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“ If any escape you may shoot them,but don’t
fire now to turn them back. Here they come!”

As he spoke the buffaloes in the advance
bounded between the two extremities of the
hopo, Their feet lauded upon what seemed a
bed of green grass, but scarcely had they done
so when there came a hoarse bellow of surprise
and fear, and the foremost of the herd crashed
through the artfully-covered pitfall which lay
in the very throat of the 'hopo. Even if they
would have turned back now they could not,
for the crowd of frightened animals behind,
who could not see the danger, pushed them for-
ward. The single lion made a bound which
carried him near] across the pit, but he fell
short and dropped into the hole, only to be

crushed down under the huge body of the rhi- -

noc‘eros, which followed so closely behind him.
And now the circle of black fiends, for they
seem nothing else, close in upon the doomed
hard. The javelins fly through the air in clouds;

the Ian spears drink the heart’s blood of the
beautifu nine. 11. is a scene of horror, of
slaughter, eyond anything of which the white

hunters have ever dreamed. . The pit is twenty
feet in depth, fifty feet wide, and over one hun~
dred feet in length; a perfect chasm, a gulf
which took in even these gigantic beasts by
scores. They went tumbling into the horrible
grave in horrible confusion, and the Bedlam of
strange cries which arose was something ap-
ling.

pa‘l‘ This is murder in the first degree," cried
Arthur, unable, however, to turn away '
head. is .

” We have many months to fill,” observed the
chief, quietly, “ and we have not the fire-sticks
of the white man. We must do the best we can.”

" I don’t know as I can blame you,” averred
the young man, as the beautiful animals con-
tinued to plunge into the pit, “ but it looks like
a useless, wasteful slaughter. Ha, look at that
Springbok!”

One of these light-footed creatures was seen
to sprin over the bodies of those already in the
pit, an , bounding like a ball, leap over the
edge and disappear. B this they knew that
the hole was nearly to , and that their time
had come. Grasping their weapons they spryng
to the front of 1; ie platform and waited.

“ I speak for yonder cland,” said Arthur, as
one of those splendid animals sprung half out of
the pit.

“ i take the gun!” called out Jim.

“ I will strike a zebra,” announced Ernie.

“ And I shall select from he assembled multi-
tude as stately giraffe.” was Paul’s exclama~
tion. “ Here 29 come!"

By this time t a pit was full to the brim, and
the men were spearing such of the struggling
animals as attempted to escape. Butlthe pit
would hold no more, and animal after animal
was seen
makin a. rush for liberty. It was at this mo-
ment t at, each selecjng the beast at which he
would shoot, the white men opened fire. Arthur,
standing erect and using one of his light rifles,
drove a. ball directly through. the heart of the
eland, which dropped in his tracks with a sin 18
hoarse bellow. im 'put one bullet into t e
fore-shoulder of the great u, which staggered
the creature and brongh it to a walk, and
while it turned its noble head to see from
whence , the ball had come, a second bullet be—
tween the eyes finished the work so well be u,
Ernie, who was a splendid shot, brought own
a beautiful zebra more for his skin than any-v
thing else, and l’aul missed his giraffe with
both barrels, slm ly for the reason 'that he fired
at the swaying ead.‘ Before the large herd
was able to get out of reach the hunters had
fired three times and Paul redeemed his lost
gloaywby briniing down a hugg kordoo and it

wil estc. T on they up roac ed the pit and
watched the natives as ey dragged out the
bodies of the slain.

“Don’t spear that zebra!" shouted Ernie, as
the fleetvlimbed steed of Africa was drawn from
the it, “By George; if I had him alive I’d
ride im‘l Ha: give me a strap here, Cap. He’s
alive, as sure as fate!”

The zebra, which had simply been smothered
beneath the mass of bodies, now began to
breathe, and taking a broad band of eland skin
from the hand of a native, the boy tied the fore-
leg of the creature after: the manner of the
horse-tamers of his own land. Then, using a
stout piece of line, he made a strong but some-
what clumsy bridle, which be fastened secure]
upon the head of the zebra. And, as the an -

trigs} eggggged toth test, ugngfwildegied,
,eaeyrununis ,ras
the bridle iii-Sly with gigs hand and hislmiig
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bounding over the struggling mass and ,

CHAPTER IX.
TAKING A mas~m ounrs’ DAM—A
Mos'r men who have engaged muchinath-
letic sports have ’ ties, and Ernie Castle-
ton was one of the st boy horsemen who ever
crossed a steed. He had practiced in a section
where men must learn to ride well, upon the
plains of the far West, and when there he would
not hesitate to mount the worst of Mexican
p those redoubtsble “buckets,” who will
size 8 even the practiced ranchero in his seat.
It was not the first time, then, that he had
backed a wild horse, and the zebra, snorting in
terror and wild with rage, did not frighten him.
But at the same time he would have given much
just at that moment for a good saddle and stir—
rups, or at least a pair of urs. The zebra
bounded high into the air an came down with
a bump, while the natives scattered from be-
fore him with singular rapidity, for they leer
the zebra almost as much as the lion.
. “ Let him leap oi! and run," cried Mudara.
“ Is the boy mad?"
Ext the boy did not look in the least fright-
eue . He sat the animal with easy grace, his
eyes flashin brightly, his knees pressed against
the ribs of t e little horse, and his hand holding
firme the improviSed bridle. Three times the
zebra tried to rear, and as often as he did so the
point of the bowie, pressed against his neck,
warned him that he must not play that game.
All at once he sprung awn in vicious bounds.

his; going upon three legs, but i. 9 boy only laughed

and urged him on. The zebra stop as sud-
denly as he had started, for he foun that three
legs were scarcely enougl; for his mode of trav—
eling. He appeared to in deep thought, and
all at once dropped as if shot and rolled over on
his back! But Ernie was on his feet, g) asping
the end of the bridle firmly, and fairly bringing
the zebra upon his knees every time be attempt.
ed to\pull away. Fur :us with rage be rushed
headlong at the lad, bu Ernie heI his ground
and threw the wild stee ‘ with a rapidity which
took the animal completl ly by surprise.

cried Ernie. “ I never saw the brute yet I
couldn’t bring on his knees. Ah! would you!
Come down! ' ,

And the zebra, which had lea to his feet
again, was thrown with consIderable force,
and this time he lay quiet, evidently completely
rowed.

“ Get up, here!” ordered the boy, striking him
on the side. “ New, look out, I’m going to mount
you again; so take care what on do. ’

He rode the animal about t e lain. still go—
ing mu three legs, and brought im back.

‘ t’s enough for one day," he said. “ To-
morrow 1 will train him with a bit, and I’ll
show you one of the neatest riding animals in
the world before I get done with him.”

The boy was as good as his word and having
spent the rest of the day in making shit and
bridle, he was ready for the tussle next day.
It was a hard fight, but in the end he was more
than conqueror. And from that time until the
schooner sailed Ernie rode his zebra and would
not have changed him for the best American
horse in the world. But woe to an other man.

steed. ‘
Two days were spent in ' care of the
great game which had fallen in t hope; then

the party, accompanied b five hundred men
under the leadership of aaun'a, marched out
into the great central jun la in search of new
adventures; Only two 0 the wagons accom«
panied them, and these Were quickly left behind
as they saw how useless it 'would be to wear out
the cattle by forced marches, ‘ '
On the eveniifi
beside a beautif little lake snd~made scam
for here they were assured they would mid
game of‘eve description. When tbecampwas
made safe t 8 ]party stolewut in the bank of
the lake and 100 ed about them. Upon the clay

mals, and ew that this must be the very -
disc of hunters. The lake lay in a sort of n
inclosed by high, rolling banks, through which
r a hollowed road appeared, leading down to the
water‘s edge. This road had been, used ~re—
peatedly, and was beatefiflas hard as stone by
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, -of antelopes "of various kinds and hosts of the
. smaller game of Africa going down to the water
. . , to drink. Then the with shook under the tread
v of h‘hard of‘ buffalo ,advancing at a gallo , and
scattering the ti'mi door as they dashec into
the water. Then came a arty of guns, their
long horns laid back upon t ir shoulders, keep-
ing their rank like cavalry horses in a‘=‘charge.
‘They passed by, and up trotted a pair of huge
“‘ ’ rhinoceroses of the black species, their wicked
little eyes twinkling as they dashed along at

their peculiar, low, deceitful gnit. These two

halted just in front of the concealed riflemen

and Suddenly dove out of sight among the

bushes. Their reason for doing this was not ‘ap-

parent to the hunters, for they know that noth-

ing earthly could daunt the black rhinoceros

Then, looming black against the sky, came the
ponderous forms of three huge elephants, their

, great ears flapping, and evidently bent upon
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As these huge creatures arrived lopposite the
place where the rhinoceros“; lay concealed there
was a. sudden rush, and the vicious brutes who

.. had concealed themselves with the sole purpose

~ of attacking the elephants, came trotting out
upon them. The male, with an angry grunt,
rushed under the body of the largest of the ele-
phants and drove his long horn upwardinto his
Vitals. A terrible roar burst from the throat
of the b‘ehemoth, and; he tried his best to reach
‘-his spunky assailant, but the horn was new in
his breast, and, reeling. he fell ,upon the rhinoce-
ros, crushing him to the earth.

In the mean time his companion had attacked
the second elephant with hearty good will,
dashing in with the bellicose order which is so
characteristic of his race. But this elephant,
more agile or lucky than his companion, suc-
ceeded in presenting his head to the enemy and
in lving him 8. vi orous thrust from his long
tus 3. while thet ird ele hunt, trumpeting
loudly, advancad to assnil heir enemy on the
flank. The rhinoceros, seeing himself outflanlc

td, ran back suddenly without turning his

head, and darted under the legs of the second
, elephant, striking them from under him with 9.
Quickness which took the great animal com-
_ pletely by surprise, and he came rolling to the
‘ '11, earth, only to receive the long horn in his Vitals
the next moment. But while the pugnucious
assailant tugged to extricutp his horn, the third
elephant, one of the largest of his race, suddenv
. 1y plan ed both tushs into the back of the kao—
babu. iterally pinning him to the earth.
,Scarcelv had be done so when two rifles crack—
ed in other, and the brave beast, mortally
. wouu~ evi, fell forward upon the'body of the
slain, rhinoceros, crushing him down upon the
bod oi the second elephant.
a crack of the rifles was the signal, and in-
‘ silently, there was aommotion in the tank below.

The terrified 3‘ me, alarmed by the unwanted
sounds, came be inding out of the waters of the
lake, the light! r-footed first, and the heavier
animals lumbering in the rear. ’1,”th began a
. fusilnrle 1mm both sides of the hills Which was
terrible. The crowd in the hope of the day
before was somethi g akin to it, but no more.
Thethree elephan and the two rhinocerOses
lying in the oath could not turn the agile an-
telopes, which bounded lightly over them, but
’ _ only to addother bodies to the slain. At every

" _ ~ crack of ariflewmeanimal dropped, either dead
«  . . or wounded, upon the hard pathway.

This terrible baptism of fire and lead mot and
turned back the herds of frightened creatures,
‘ ,and they stood huddled together, uttering the

varims sounds of terror of which they were
capable, until the natives, stealing along in the
water, seemed them upon both flanks and in

. thereunwith a ower of. easegals, at the same
’ . time at ering y 130! the most appalling not re.
Thisun ooked-for attack drove the poor rea—
tures wild; and the char ed up the pathway
‘ again, only to men the eaden shower which
.  , i had driventhem back before. But, wild with

 , ' tenor new, even the heavy buflalo cleared the
obstacles in their path, and were soon on the
sin, haying the pathway blocked with gory

arms. . '
i , ' “ Whoupee, I l" 'elled Jim, bounding down into
- In ' steps . ‘lDi n’t’ we just clean ’em out! Oh,
' ' ' ' wear! '3hoot him, somebody!”

For, there. rose from amen the deed and
dying'the form of a. huge bu 310, which, with
tail waving and horns lowered, plunged str ht

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found out, for with a sudden jerk, which nearly
dragged his arms out of the socket, Jim was sent
flying over the'back of the beast! He alighted
upon the 'dead‘ elephant and rolls-v.1 down upon
the other side, striking upon the first rhinoceros,
which 1a with its head half- buried under the
body of t )e elephant. At the same moment
two or three shots sounded, and the bull fell
(lead. Just then Jim, with a face as white as
chalk, came flying up the hill. ’

“ 0h, blame my cats, boys, if this old black
rhinoceros ain’t as lively as a. cricket! Let’s
take him alive!”

And the whole part sprung down into the
roadway, but kept bac until Mudnra. had ob-
tained and lighted a. bunch of his narcotic weed,
and with this in his hand approached the pros-
trate rhinoceros and applied it to his nostrils.

CHAPTER X.

LASSOING znnnAs—Too mo A CONTRACT—LION
vs. BUFFALO. -

THE head of the rhinoceros lay, as has been
said, under the body of the elephant, in such a
way that the ugly snout showed under the belly
of the giant, and they could see that while the
black was as lively as h cricket, the weight of
the elephant, combined with the fact that the
long horn had not been withdrawn, rendered it
impossible for him to withdraw his head. As
he saw his enemies npproachin he gave a
vicious snort, and his wild eyes Eéairly blazed,
but in s >ite of all his struggles he remained pin-
ned fas to the ground, from which he vainly
endeavored to raise himself. As the noxious
plant, emitting its drowsy volume of smoke,
was applied to his nostrils, he made a .violent
struggle, but the elephant was too heavy, and
with a gasping sigh he gave up. There was a
convulswe movement of his leis, and then he
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zKuowing, as they did, the gigantic ower of the
.creature, they took great pains Wit

his bonds,
and then, by the aid of levers, succeeded in rais-
ing the body of the elephant so as to withdraw
the horn. Before nightfall the rhinoceros was
in one of the cage—wagons and on his way tothe
village, perfectly furious, but at the same time
quite unable to take revenge.

It was idle to ask on work from the natives
after such a successfu hunt. They could not
understand why men should weary themselves
With hunting when meatwas so plenty; and the
hunters saw, to their disgust, the whole tribe
sit down to feast u n the carcasses.

“See here, Mu are,” said Jim; “let’s have
some fun. I say, Ernie, I wish you had a lasso,
and you could get me a. zebra, too.”

“ Couldn’t you ‘crease’ one?” asked Ernie.

“Arthur could; he shoots close enough for
that, but I would be likely to shoot him through
the neck. No; I'd rather tr the lasso.”

“I’ve thought of it myse f I can tell you,”
said Ernie. ‘ And to prove t—look here.”

And he dra god out a. beautiful rawhide
so, evidently est made. ;

“Hurrah tor you! Come on, Mudara; let’s
have a hunt all gyourselves.” '

“Take care f your skins, boysl’.’ warned
Arthur, laughing. “I ought to go with you,
but Danatoo an I have business 111 another di-
rection,‘ You‘d better take ten or twelve Kroos,
an how."

hey started out Ernie riding his zebra,
which he had fitted with a. pad-saddle upon
which he had managed to set a. strong piece of
ivory as a me]. The zebra went wonder-
full Well, and showod no disposition to fight
a hint his young master. They marched rap—
1 ly, and at the end of two hours, ssmg
through a jungle, they stood upon the 8 go of a.
broad plain ookln almost like one of our
western prairies, an upon this countless ani~
mels were feeding. And, three or fourrmiles
away, upon. a sun y slo e, they saw a. herd of
zebras feeding. hile t ey stood consulting as
to the best means of reaching them, they saw

his

the leader of the herd throw up his head, and a'

moment later, the whole band came down at a.
broad, stretching gullo , directly toward the
place where the party 5 ood. '

“ Back into the junglliel”
bard/at his bridle. “ ope I may never see the
back of my neck if they are not coming here.
We’ve got the wind in our favor, too. Lay low
and keep your eyes ready!”

As he spoke the herd drew nearer and nearer,
the wind coming with them, so it was im si-
ble that they should scent their enemies. ’ me
looped his lasso and made ready. Nearer and,
neuter they came, and Jim raised his rifle, de-
se one of the zebras,

separated the herd from the jungle when is

.u

cried Ernie, tugging

rode out with his lasso whirling in sheath, The

herd wheeled with military precision, hut‘Emie

had alread picked out a, victim, and the Mo,

went whir ing through the air in a grscstnl . ‘

swlfep and settled over the head of n-beautifnl  .f

ze m. ‘ '1

Ernie, who had taken mustangs‘n .' the

plains, wheeled instantl the mment e saw

the loop settle ‘over the end of the game, and
urged his own steed off at ri ht angles. The

effect of this was to throw 1: e zebra‘with a»

force which for a moment 'completely‘stunned

him. Jim fired at the samemoment, and one of
the zebras fell forward on his knees and then
rolled over on his side; whereupon Jim darted ' ~ . “
up, rifle in hand, and saw that his work had
been well done: the crease across‘the neclh ..
while not deep, was enough‘to take the power
out of the animal for the time being. They'bad
come provided, and in a moment both mbras
had been strapped a In Rarey, and the two boys
commenced operations. ’

Ernie insisted that .ljim himself must have the
training of the animal he was to ride; so Jim
chose the one which had been thrown bythe
lasso. They spent three hours in the work and
at the end of that time both zchras would allow /
themselvcs to be mounted, and that of Jim
could be cowed in a moment simply by laying .
the lame upon his neck. . "

“That job is done!" decided Ernie, as he sat
easily in his saddle, leading one animal by
means of his lariat. “Hey! Look yonder,
Jim; there’s fun!” , ’

About a mile distant a. buffalo cow and calf
were feeding?! and upon this collation, prowl-
ing in scare of food, had set his heart fora
portion of his noonday meal; and as they azsd
the lion was seen running from bush to ush,
his eyes upon the calf, who was feedin uncon~
scionsly by the side of its mother. A1 at once
the calf caught si ht of the great tawny body
crouching in the s below of a bush, and ran to '
its mother, bleating in fear. They expected '
that the buffalo cow .would set off at a run, but,
to their surprise, she did nothing of the kind,
but looked at, the bush with an angry stamp of
the foot, and a shaking of the head which evi—
dently meant business.

“Judas Iscariotl” cried Jim; “if she don’t
mean to fight it out l”

E “ Two to one on the buffalo it the (1968!” said
rme. '
“Oh, show; that’s alln nsensel Everybody

knows t at the lion is the ing of beasts} :

“So called, but I’ll back a Rocky Mountain
figizzly, to eat up thebestlion tbut’ever cracked

hes, in six minutes by the watch. And this 
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buffalo cow is fighting for her young,
makes all the difference in the worl .
cus is opened, and the shawls free.” .
The l on, who seemed to be a trifle disconcert-
ed by the pugnacious attitude of the buflalo, fl~
nally seemed to make up his mind not to wait ,,
longer for his dinner for they saw'him dart out , ' U ,
from behind the bush and make a rush at the  r
calf, which sunk to the earth overcome to» ' ' ‘ V "
ror. But the mother, with ‘her to as .
straight as a lire-staff and with a Alonorous,“ ,
bellow, plunge forward to meet the lion, and ‘ 1 _ :9
catching him as he reached the earth “raised "4 ' . , "5
him with tremendous force. The nextmoment " .
the hu 9 body was flying through the six liken
stools urled from a catapult, talifhtl in
u-ait-a-bz‘t bush withya force wh ch. raw a 
shriek of re e and‘ n from him. .As, he. ‘.
scrambled on he in e a swift sidelong rush;
with the purpose or getting past his enemy a‘nd
attacking upon the other side, but the cow, 
down, eyel' all a’llamefind m1 “

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“113th cried Jim. “(loam thezpia

cow! Never say die while thereisa shot in um , . . ,l ,4
locker, old lady!” , ' - ,  l 
The lion, now wild with rage, made, aka!!!“ -, » , .2
the head of the Luflalo,bmt she, nothing lotb, I ' ‘ ‘
met his rush firmly and inserting he!" s-um ‘ r
der his body as before, sent him " a through
the air. As the lion crawled out is tell rop~ ,
pod, and instead of making another attac .he - 
ran for his life, pursued by the angry tnffulo  "t'
with hoarse bellowings of rage and tfiw. ' -; , . f
. “Blow, bugle, blow l” cried Jim, dancing .- if“, ’
wildly. “ Don’t fire a shot,,if you lawns. but» * ., r y
let the old girl chase him out o the kingdom.” ,1 .,
The lion, seeing himself'so closely» ruled "
and evxdently frightened out of his _._, no
beaded directly for the jungl , in which  ,
hunters steed“ Notllkingtbis‘, imranou  .
gave, him sahot, which ‘hadl‘the emote! ’ ‘ ‘

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. ' [zebras had stood their ground well dur-

 ing the‘shootlng, and now moved along at a

d as toward the camp. Lookin over his

3 on er, Ernie soon saw a great her of zebra,

perils. a. h dred in all, tearing down upon
them 1::  speed. The beasts were evi—

/ - dently bent on overtaking them.

“Go hard,,Jiml” exclaimed Mudara. I “Get

' I tocump;rwe'allri t1”

“ Go, Selim l” s Outed Ernie, bending for-
ward on the neck of his striped horse, and head-
ing for the conical hill near the base of which

' their camp was pitched. The tamed beasts

seemed to, fear their former companions quite
asmuch aslthe boys did, and respOnded nobly,
the led animal keeping well up and going with
tremendous speed. Behind them raccd'the wild
zehras,‘tboir sides shining in the ray/of the
1y bent upon overtaking and
destroying the creatures who had robbed them
of their companions. Many a W} race had

I. hit-hie Castleton rode, many a hard match; but,
smooths day when he first crossed a steed he

had seen nothing to e ual this or had as much
cause to ride hard. he thud of the flying

" hoofs sounded ominously in their ears, and they '
~ knew that the herd was

ining foot by foot.

But before them lay the l e, and two or three

,_miles.awa.v the white-topped wagons.g‘lefl}ned

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before their eyes.
“ 1 say, Ernie,” gasped Jim, “ I’m about done.”
“ give up your zebra and run into the bushes.”
“ ever ”
“ Then here they come. Prick him with your

. knife: make him 0.”

But neerer'an nearer thundered the swift
boat's; the head of the flying herd whs barely
ten: feet behind them, when there came the
sharp discharge of rifles and the whizz of flying
spears; the herd reeled and took to flight; while
Arthur and Paul, attended by Danatoo and half
a dozen of his men, came rushing from the jun-
gle, just in time.

‘ . ' CHAPTER XI.
JIMS REWGE—THE AARD VARK—PA‘UL AND
"m monies. LOST SPECIMEN. » '
JIM was a boy who coulc “ stand grief,” as
the sayinor is, but it annoyed him not a little
lilo Lacy should make so much sport
at'his expense, on account of the zebra chase
and he looke about for ways and means of
n a

ally in danger, it is not a matter of surprise
that an opportunity should soon occur.

“‘Aha, 7mm enfant .1” laughed Paul, as he
patted the boy on the shoulder. “ ou ride Ver’

, “wellby gar! ,But ze zebra. run 'ke ze devil;

ver’ that!”
g“,I guess I know it, don’t 1.2" grumbled the
bOY- "I ought to, it any one does. But see

   
  
 
   
  
 
 
  
  

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I’d like to see an on a zebra."
,“Icau ride cam,” replied Paul.
{"1 don’t know whether you can or not,” re-
plied Jinn. “’In my opinion a Frenchman can’t
I168 anything very well. You might stick on
,a horse~bus a zebra! Oh,’ no!”
“ My young friend,” cried Paul, “I vill ride
Willing.“ l belonged to ma hussars, and can,
/ do like aeentaur.” ,
“ well, I’ll ive you a chance. We are going
out. afterwil tes to-da , and I say you can‘t
_ . you w 1 try it, I will trade
with you. ’But you won’t. I know; you ain‘t
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’ , 1-, into the air, and coming down wit still:
, shooting Paul forward ou’ the green sword
greet force. a Frenchman sprun to
feet, Elf frantic with re 9, and ma 9 a
"‘ us do; tithe zebra. an again spranfi
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, had not Jim uttered a peculiar signal whistle,
and the zebra came back with drooping crest,
and rubbed his-nose against the hand of his
master. ‘ ‘ ‘ I -

“ I reckon we may as well change,” declared
Jim with a. grin. “ ’Tain’t every one can ride
a Zebra, old fellow.” ’

“ Sucre, no I” replied Paul. “ I s’all laugh at
you nomo're, bon’ garcon. But one day I s’all
get vat you call even wiz you on, account of zls
trick.” ' '

Jim laughed as he changed beasts with the
Frenchman, and they rode away together, Paul
praying in his inmost heart that’ the zebra
would run away with Jim again. But nothing
0! the kind happened, and the were quickly on
the plain where they expects to find the wild—
beestes. As they rode on Danatoo stopped
and looked curiously at a. lar e ant-hill which
they were passing. The popu ation of the hill
were in great confusion, darting in and out,

and the hill shook as if some great commotl;n
was going on below. , .

“ Went ant-eater, cappeni” inquired Danntoo.
“ He good eat.”

“ Don’t kill the creature,” cried Arthur Cas-
tleton, as hesprung from the saddle. “ I- want
[to take him alive.” ’

Danatoo ran to the hill,'nnd after a furious
struggle, succeeded in drawing out one of the
largest s cimens of the card vark which Ar-
thur he ever seen. He determined to keep the
curious creature, if possible, and after it had
been bound, he consigned it to the care of two
of the natives, with orders to transport it to the
camp, while the rest of the party continued on
their hunt. The card citric, or African‘ant—
eater, is indeed. a curious creature, and Arthur
was glad to add it to his collection. The ani-
mal had burrowed under the hill, and was en-
gaged in depopulatin the colony of ants when
he was captured. aul was enraptured, ax (1
went into ocstasies over the captive, and fear-
ing that the bearers, who were casting hungry
glances at the anteater, whichthey regard as a
capital dish, might kill it, be determined to stay
with them, and see that it was safely transer
ed to the camp. ‘

The idea was innocent enough in itself, and
no doubt would have resulted well but for an
unfortunate circumstance, against which Paul
could not well guard, not having the gift of sec-
ond sight. The rest of the party rode on, and
Paul, after studying the peculiar animal before
bin; for some time, ordered the men to roceed,
while he rode slowly behind them. be four
made a sort of litter, in which the placed the
trend uark laid it on their shoul ers, and ad-
vanced at the trot peculiar to these strange men,
and all was going well, when Paul saw the
bearers cast their Index: ,to the four winds of
heaven, and dive into the jungle with the cry
which had before sounded in his ears:

“ Tao, tao !”

“Ah, misorables!” shrieked the Frenchman,
bounding like a. ball in his saddle. “Cowerds,
scelerets. negroes vile! Vy you run and e‘xpose
the card oark? 1 Oh, grand old, how ‘zey run!”

The natives had not stood u on the order of
their gom ,. and were alread buried in the
jungle w on a powerful b ack-maned lion
cross
rectly toward the Frenchman.

There was nothin on earth for which the
naturalist would figh so bravely as for a s ci-
men, and he knew that if he turned his flick
the aardvark would surely be devoured by the
lion, and his re a was terrible. Brio ‘ng his
rifle to a. level, 9 fired at the lion wfille at
upon the bound, and with. so sure on aim t at
had not his horse swerved he would mm plant-
ed a bullet 1n his heart. As‘ it was, the ball
passed through the upper part of the back, nar-
rowly missxng the some and inflicting a painful
wound, which stopped the , creature in his

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Paul. “Vere are your 'av’relins new?" 
The flying negroes, w 0 had seen the result of
the shot, came hurrying out with Shields and
Javelins, and advancod in considerable tre ids.-
tmn to the» spot where they had thrown own
the nerd york, As they did so they saw the
lion drawing himself along the ground, showin '
his teeth in awclous way, an evidently sti
ready for battle. With startling unanimit
they hurled their javelins on euseless erran ,
while the lion was at least (fifty yards away,
and again; took to flight, while the gallant
beast, making a great leap, which showed that
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horse  his first shot, and’throwinglthebridle ‘

over his left am, so that the animal could not
run away, hetook steady aim at the-hon, which
was already drawing the helpless aard vark to-
ward him, with his powerful paw.

But look was against Poul for‘the horse was
terrified at the immediate presence of the lion,
and pulled his master’s arm just at the
wrong moment, and his bullet flew over the
head of the king of beasts, and with a War
which made the ' ngle tremble,‘the lion hound~
ed toward him. aul would have mounted. but
the terrified horse rem back to the length or the
bridle and pulled so hard that Paulcould not
get to him, and a torrent of French mvectives
burst from him, even in the face of danger.

“Ah, pig~bead brute, bog of a horse, volt.
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mount. I am devour by ze man-eater. Be
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He looked over His shoulder, and saw that the
lion was close upon him, and wheeling, dreW‘
his heavy navy revolver and opened a fusilede‘
which took the animal completely by suréorice
and for the moment cowed him, an he
crouched upon the earth at twenty paces dis-

tant, the red eyes glaring, and the tail lashin§ I

thetawny sides with re ated strokes. Pm _
had three shots left, and old them, for he did
not care to waste them if it could be uvo (led,
and passing the bridle of the strugglin horse
over his arm again, be pre and to the
vacant chambers, w hen somet ing in the eye of
the lion warned him that the creature was

about to spring, and be let go the bridle; and, ,

drawing a bowie with his left hand, braced
himself for the struggle which he knew must
come, and lanted a ullet directly between the
eyes of t e lion and waited or his spring,
when one of the negroes, gathering courage,
crawled up near enough to drive a javelin
through the body of his dreaded enemy from ,
side to side. It pierced his heart, and the lion

rolled over, kicking in the lust agony. At the _

same moment, while Paul was yet triumphant,
{the other negro’es shouted, and with dap rage
in his heart Paul saw another lion bouncing to—
ward the jungle, dragging after him the body
of the card var-k. It had been a useless strug-
gle, for the prizse of battle was lost.

CHAPTER ‘Xll.
LION AND ELEPHANT-TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT
BATTLE WITH A “ROGUE.” ‘
PAUL' Du LACY, when his temper was
roused, was, like all Frenchmen, exceedingly
excitable, and letting his horse run, be bound-
ed across the plain on foot, in chase of, the lion,
which, incumbered by the card val-k, could not
make very rapid progress As he ran the
Frenchman pressed new .{cartridges‘ into the
empty chambers of his revolver, without stop~
ping fora moment in the pursuit. Paul was
game to the core, and at that moment he would
not have hesitated to tackle ,a tamily of lions
with his bare hands. He shouted at the flying
lion at the top or his voice, hoping that the
savage beast would drop his prey and turn on
him. But for some reason, the animal seemed
more bent on escaping with his prey than on-
figbtiug, and continued his courseacross the
plain, while'closebehind him bounded the irate
Frenchman, brandishing I hislarms‘ and screams
ing at the top 0! his voice. The amount of
vituperation and abuse which he heaped upon

the flying lion was simply astounding, but the ' I

animal did not seem impressed by it, and
continued his flight, andwns about, to plunge
into the jungle, when the bushes parted, and a
large elephant, which had been hiding in the
cover of the bushes, came charging not upon
him. . '

It was a “rogue,” which is the same in
Africa as in Ceylon, a villginous missnthtope,
who likes nothing better than to roam the
forest alone and to. attack any unfortunate,
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The sudden appearance of the rogue had
taken the lien so completely by surprise that
for a moment he stopped, apparently stupefled,
glaring at the unwelcome intruder. It was
only for a moment, however, for the lion does
not often yield the right of way to any bther
creatures which roam the jungles, and dropping

~r~ his‘prey he leaped straight at the front of the
rogue. But this was an old stager, that was
evident, for be tossed his trunk high in the air
to escape from the claws and teeth of the lion,
who strudk against the broad breast of the
elephant, clung there for a moment, and then
dropped to the earth, and the rogue lifted his
ponderous foot and planted. it on 'the ribs of
the prostrate creature, bearing down his
weight sufficiently to hold him there without
quite killing him, while a roar which was now
changed to fear burst from the throat of the
tortured beast. The small twinkling eyes of
. the rogue were bent upon the enemy sprawling
under his broad foot, and had it been possible,

it might huVe been said that the creature

laughed at, the downfall of his foe, and tantal-
ized him before destroying him. Perhaps the
death would not‘have come so soon, but, in
bending his. trunk toward the lion, the captive
mature struck it with his claws, inflicting
painful gushes. Instantly the ribs of the lion
cracked under the weight of the elephant, and
a last agonizcd howl burst from his throat.
Then the huge rogue, trumpeting loud] ,
reared his giant body in the air, and (mills
down repeatedly with both feet upon the pros-
trate form, crushing it out of all shape. Then,
kneeling upon the body, he kneaded it'into a
pomace, accompanying the effort by wild
trumpetings of rage.

Paul De Lucy had been an interested spectm
tor, encouraging the elephant by shouting at
the top of his voice, arid dancing wildly on the
green grass. He was cerlain of one thing—-
the elephant would not eat the card earls, and,
had certainly made it very unpleasant for the
lion, and deprived him forever of the pleasure
of making a meal on stolen meat. The idea of
the Frenchman was that the elephant, after
wreaking his vengeance on the lion, would go
quietly away, when he would rescue the body
or the ant-eater, and at least preserve it for
mounting, even if it ware dead.

But the elephant did pot seem to tire of the
sport, and was now engaged in tossing the body
of the lion in the air, for the pleasure of pounc—
ing on it when it fell, and Paul began to get
tircdpf looking on. Hevlooked back, and saw
that one of the magma had caught the horse,
and was coming up at a gallop, carrying the
rifle which Paul had dropped in the pursuit.

“ You go away, you rogue . elephant,”

*shouted Paul, angrily. “Why you stay: aha!
basevi’llein, old brute, why you do zuti”

, The elephant had pounded the lion so badly
that the body did not lift easily, and he now
turned his attention to the anteater, and the
next moment’it was flying through the air,

_ hurled from the vigorous trunk to a hight of
twenty feet, and as it, came 'down the huge
creature pounced upon it, as he had done upon
,the body of the lien, and began to,crush it. ,,

It'Paul was mad before, he was furiousnow.

’ In vain he had fought-with savage lions to
for now, at the last moment, it was being
beaten into fragments under the cushion, like

[feet‘and knees of the elephant, and forgetting
the danger, Paul was about to rush forward

‘ i ,with only his revolver, when the native gal-

loped up to his side. ~
To whim from the saddle, to mount in his
r place, and thrusts shell into his rifle, was the
,‘work of a moment, and then, sitting like a

  "some, the Frenchman aimed at, the center or

the elephant’s idrehead‘ and lied the trigger
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trunk and charged after Paul De Lacy with
delightful eagerness, and the Frenchman set
in his spurs andlrode hard to escape, holding
his saddleby the gripe of his knees even while
putting his. new cartridge. It was a neck or
nothing race for a few moments, the rogue,
notwithstanding his size, running with sur—
prising agility, his extended trunk within a
yard of the horse’s tail. But Paul had no de~
sire for a nearer acquaintance, and, if the
truth must be told, got all the speed possible
out of his horse, and really felt better when
he saw the distance gradually widening be-
tween himself and his pursuer. But, even as
he rode, he was cursing the unhappy fate which
was driving him away from his beloved “ sub~
ject,” the hard vark, and in his secret heart
hoped that Jim would not hear of this, for if
he did, he was quite assured that the boy
would take revenge for his laughter on account
of the zebras. Enraged at the close pursuit
of the elephant, he wheeled in his saddle and
emptied his revolver in his face, one barrel
after the other, and the huge animal stopped
in considerable confusion, while Paul, after
riding a hundred yards further, pulled in his
panting horse and looked at the giant. To his
rage, the creature gave a ldeflant trumpet note,
turned in his trarks, and went back to the
place where the card vark lay, and the next
moment it was flying into the air again, and
a. despairing cry broke from the lips of Paul
De Lacy. , V

“ Oh for a cannon, that I might extermi~
note that rutfian,” he growled. “ Why does
he do iti Does not some secret dictate teach
him that this is the best way to drive me mad?
Aha, coward, fool, villain, come after me
again.” I

But the rogue was deaf to all entreaties, and
Paul attacked him again, only to be chased
about the same distance. He knew perfectly
well that the rifle he carried was not heavy
enough for elephant-hunting, and it drove him
mad to think thatyhe could do nothing more
than annoy the huge brute, which, after driv-
ing him away, turned back to the card ra-rlc,
and danced upon the prostrate body with
redoubled zeal, until tears of rage actually ran
down Paul’s face, and the simple natives,
thinking to please him, run up and attacked
the elephant with javelins—l‘or they do not
fear this huge beast so much as they do the
He bounded away in pursuit of ther‘n,
when Paul darted in, grasped the card bark,
and threw it on his horse, and was off like the
wind, closely pursued by the furious rogue,
whom he now left far behind. But, when he
looked at the shapeless form of the card hark,
he vowed to take up the trail of the rogue
next day, and never leave it until the creature
was dead. Having come to.this determination,
he rode away in search of his friends, the
negroes running by his side. '

CHAPTER XIII.

a LESSON FOR THE MAKOLO—NEW ALLIES—A
BABY nmrmnrauknam’s GOOD BLOW.
,JIM Caerwros had his laugh in good earnest
when Paul overtook them, and amid the wildest
exclamations, told his story of his. awful
wrongs on the part of savage beasts. The
party had had good luck, and the natives were
loaded down with game of all descriptions.
They became wildly excited when told of the
presence of the rogue, and a. hunt was set down
for the'next day, when Paul promised- himself
revenge on the elephant for the wrong he had
done him. He was somewhat soothed by the,
promise of Dana‘too to find another ant-eater]
for him before they left the country-and the
party went atouce to the camp, which they
found in some, confusion, and they were greeted
by u‘ villainous-looking negro, his hair dressed
in such a way that it stood out from his fore-
head like the horn of a,gnu, d his face
hideously daubed with red and white clays
Nashua started as he b‘eheld this apparition. ‘

“What do you seek here?” demanded the
young king, speaking in the Balake dialect,
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“ A bird has passed throughthonirbomthe
land of Sihaticane, and sung tothe 
that the great king is do -. I am the voice‘of ‘
my king, Sekula, and I ask if udara has
dared to bring the White Wizards into our
land?" r ' ..; ,

“Why not, medicinemanl” demanded Mu-
dara. “It.makes 'my heart strong when I
think that the White Wizards are our friends.
See. Sibaticane was brave and his people ‘did ‘
him honor. In an evil hour he made the
White Wizards his enemies, and behold, he is.’
dead and Naauna is king. Beware or the
wrath of. the White Wizards, the lords of he
and men.” . i

“ I come here for tribute,” replied the medi—
cine—man, proudly. “No strangers can pass'
through the country of Sekula without put.
chasing the right.” ' _ >

Modern repeated the words of the fellow, to
Arthur Castleton, who answered: “

“Say this to 'him,JMudara: ‘The White
Wizards would be friends with all. Let the king
c0me to us, and we will give him more meat
than his tribe can kill in a year and a day,:but
we give nothing by force.’ ‘Ask him what he
demands.” ‘ »

“Mng says: ‘There is game enough in ,
the woods and plains for the Makolo, but there
is not enough for the White Wizards, ~who
come with fire-sticks that kill afarofl'. list the
White Wizards send us these firesticks, and
we will make peace with them. If not, let
them leave the country of the Makolo, for we
will not have them among us.” ‘

“ Then let the kingcome and take our arms,”
replied Arthur, proudly. “He shall find that
not all the power of his tribe can beat the great
Wizards of the North.” v ' ' ».

The medicine-man made a gesture of defiance
and left the camp, followed by the taunting
shouts of the men of Naauna, who, cohfldent' '
in the power of the White Wizards, did not
fear the Makolo. But it was certaliu they
were in fora fight, and they at once set to
work and strenghtened their camp, and made
every preparation for battle. Searcer two
hours had passed when the sound of barbaric
music was heard, and in a short time a great
body of native warriors appeared upon the ,
plain, advancingat a quick pace, and‘in their
midst, under a canopy of feathers, marched
their king, 9. hideous-looking old man, to whom
they paid the greatest respect: On seeing
them the men of Naauna would have clashed,
their shields and shouted, but were restrained
by order of Arthur. » ' _

“Go down to them and stop them where
they are,” said Arthur, turning to Naauna,

“ and say to them that to prove what we can: '
do I will send a ball through the shwlder oi
the man who marches by the king’s side." , r

“It’s five hundred yards if it’s an inch,
Artie,” whispered Jim. ' . ' ,, 

“ No matter. Go and tell them what I say,
Naauna, and then “keep out of ‘range of that‘
fellow beside the king.” - l’ v- ,

Neauna bounded down the slope and was
seen in conference with the old kingpin! a, _
wild, derisive shout camclup from below at the '

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threat which the White Wizard sent. trhey, , ’

did not believe it was possible to do them any
injury at that distance, and their laughter was "
or the most clamorous description, and norm ,
was more pleased than the threatened'hégro,
who stepped boldly out in front of the rest and v
exposed his breast to the aim of the marksman.

Arthur took his long range rifle, and iyingon ' 
this back just outside the circle ofuwagonS,‘thc 3 ‘ '
muzzle of his rifle resting on his foot, he drew 

a fine head on the presumptuous negro. After “
settling. his sights to suit himself, Arthur
made sure of his aim and pulled._ ' ‘

The man spun half round, as it pulled by an
invisible hand, clapped his hands wildly'to his ,

a perfect bowl of rage‘and pain. r  .  i
‘ ‘The White Wizard "is kind,” 3 shot! ' “' ‘
Neauna. “ He might have kille"‘Cndodta,z 9'
he would not do’ it. _ Woe to you,.it  ,
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and looked at the wound in the shoulder of the
, fallen-nan, and than steeping, he put dust on
. his own head, and gavelan order to his. men.
They at oncelaid Cowntheirweapons, and the
, king, with two of his principal men, advanced
alone to meet Arthur, A more abject speci'
men of humanity codld not be conceived than
this negro king, who, as he approached, threw
himself. upon the earth three times, and
sprinkled dust upon his head. Arthur stepped
forward, raised him from the earth, and told
Naanna to speak to him and tell him that the
Lion Lords would be friends to him if he was
faithful.

9‘ He fool,” averred Mudara, in English,
laughing heartily. “No ’fraid of him any
more; he lick dust under your feet from this
hour.”

In axfew‘ Well-chosen words Naauna ex-
plained to the Makolo that the whites desired
to be friends with them, andrwouid'not kill
themkas long as they did .no wrong. A few
presents of colored cloth, beads and cheap
ornaments, divided among the chief's, com-
pleted the conquest of the Makolo, the king“ pre-
senting a truly comical appearance as he
stratted about in a short blouse with metal
buttons, which was given tohim by Arthur
Castleton, under which his thin bare legs were
plainly visible. It was as much as Jim could
do to keep from laughing at the ludicrOus
make-up of the old king. The boy was some-

w what disgusted by the ease with which the

I negroes had been cowed, as be rather hoped
for a battle. .
' “That job is done,” he said, “and now let
us see what we can do with that rogue ele hant.
He beat Paul De Lacy as square as a die, and
we must get even with him, or Paul will

‘ never get over it. These fellows will want'a
feed, too, and it we kill the elephant they can
have a feast.” \

Madam had only to hint to the Makolo ,that
the great lords desired to hunt the elephant, and
the whole army was at their disposal. In con-
versation with one of the hunters, Mudara
acertained that this particular “rogue” was
well known and greatly feared, as he had
killed two hunters during the last, month; and,
as be haunted a section of country where the
best hunting grounds lay, they were much am
noyed by his presence, and, would‘bless any
one who could dispose ofrhim. "

Gawain Dick, Arthur, Paul, Jim and Ernie
were. of the party, Danatoo being left in

/ charge of the camp, with the second mate of

the Petrol. xThey took with them fifty of
Name men and about one hundred ot the
,tholo, who stared in astonishment as they
saw Ernie and Jim riding zebras, which they
regarded as untamable.- The Degrees started
0." firm, and in spite of the spead of the ani-
mal‘} kept them at a, good pace until they
W the plain where Paul had encountered
“19 “mm,” and the guides. announced that
the efephant‘would be found somewhere in the

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,. ' neighborhood. The heaters at once made the
hclmuit' ““hfilungh and began to beat the

covers 1'0? the elephant, and although they did
not succeed in starting him at first, they drove

, polio. oOW'elepbant, followed by a handsome
{why about three feet high, which was wonder-
fully like his dam in miniature.

«9359' the word to those fellows not to kill
the baby,” cried Arthur to Mudara. “ He
must, be taken alive.” . '

‘_ ‘9 Km old 0118, eh?" demanded Mudara.
»' . “Yes, I Want tosee how you fellows hunt
Isthe elephant, and We‘Will keep our powder for

r gale rogue, when they 'driVe him out.”

_ . ,As soon as the Degrees understood that the
«tow elephant was their prey they rushed for;

a  with frantic thaw. mung oi! the huge
' manure from the jungle, and, sending a cloud
egigaunns and spears Into hex-body. It was
a Whg sight to seethe mother, in this hour

'_  cover the body of her young with her
. not; imposing of cow that bewaaalao the
Tobje’e: of attack. The 8301“ guarding him,
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not hharge her assailants, fearing that by so
doing she. would uncover her oflsm'ing. The
baby seemed to understand the danger, too,
and kept close to her side, while the deadly
rain of spews and javelius continued. Wound-
ed in a hundred places. she still kept crowding
her way toward the jungle, marching‘oblique—
1y, while two- or three native hunters, armed
with a sort of cutlass, maneuvered to get in
the rear so as to hamstring her. She seemed
to fear this, and made constant charges. but
each time stopped short, as the movement for
the moment uncovered her young. At last
Mudara, making a sudden rush, gained the
rear of the elephant, and struck her a heavy
blow with a broad—bladed ax, just above the
foot. At the moment when he struck the
muscles were strained, and the leg seemed half
divided by the, terrible wound, and as the ele-

phant strove to bear her weight upon it her‘

hind quarters sunk down, and they knew that
she was conquered.

As the blow, was struck, there was a wild
commotion in the jungle, and out dashed the
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r CHAPTER XIV.
DEATH or THE ROGUE—THE BABY CAPTURED
--—A MAKOLO FUNERAL—GIVING AWAY A

FAMILY.

“Look out, look out i” cried Mudara.
he loup; shoot him quick, cappeu.”

Captain Dick was well mounted and carried
his heavy roer, which he would not give up,
in spite of the laughter of Jim Castleton. .As
the rogue ran by him he presented a shining
mark, and Captain Dick, springing from his
horse, threw his bridle to his bearer, andvlaying
his “cannon” across the saddleytook a care-
ful aim at the side of the rogue’s bead, and
fired. The bullet, Well aimed, passed directly
through the brain of the animal in the midst of
his furious career. He stopped. shivered, and
then sunk slowly down, and lay in a palpitating
heap, within three paces of the native of whom
he was in chase.

“That’s my cannon, Jim, you young lub-
her," said the captain, quietly, as he proceeded
to reload. “What do you think of it now?”

“ I think it spoiled all‘ the fun, Captain
Dick,” replied the boy, who had already raised
his rifle for a shot. Small blame to it if it
killed a mammoth, but you don’t call it sport,
do you? I don’t, anyhow.” ,

“ It was a splendid shot,” declared Arthur,
hurryingup. “Here, Jim; goand finish that
cow elephant.‘ Those fellows only torture her
without doing any particular harm.”

Jim sprung from his saddle and ran up in
the midst of the natives, who were shower-
ing weaporis into the body of the elephant,
until .she fairly bristled with them. She had
gained the edge of the jungle,and stood with her
body pressed against a large tree, trumpeting
loudly, and no longer able to charge. Jim
hurried up, and, as he came near, the elephant
lifted her trunk to strike at him — just what the
boy wantedr He raised his weapon and sent
a ball crashing through her brain, and the
elephant raged and fell slowly to the earth,
amid the triumphant shouts of the natives,
who danced wildly about the prostrate forms,
and praised the “great lords” who could thus
slay, ,at asingle blow, this giant game. They
at once set to work to cut up the elephants.

“Save elcpliant's feet,” said Mudara.
“Make feast for you. Roast them in coals;
they very good.” ' ‘

The hunters had not yet tested this particu-
lar treat. and the natives willingly chopped oil
the great feet, and eight bearers took charge
of them to carry them to the camp. Mudara
now called for the lassoes, and the work of se-
curing the baby elephant was, commenced,
while two runners were started all to bring a
wagon to receive the young giant. Jim and
Ernie, swinging their lessees, succeeded in in-
snaring the young elephant, who fought like a
hero, and it required the utmost eflort’s o: as
many men as could seize him at once to secure

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and after the tusks had been removediires *
were lighted, for the nhtives never neglect“ an
opportunity to eau‘and they at once set to
work roasting pieces of the, elephant flesh,
gnawing oi! the outer portion as soon as it was
heated through, and putting it back on the
fire again. As each man kept two pieces roast»
ing at the same time, in the course of an hour
they had succeeded in gorging themselves to
such an extent that they were hardly capable
of motion. 'Only Naauna and Madam, who
had taken upsome of the ideas of their white ‘
master, did not feast with the rest, but ate
sparingly, and waited until the meat was well V
cooked before they took 'it from the fine.
When all were satisfied, the balance of the
meat was packed upon litters made of stout
poles, cut in the jungle, for the purpose of con~
veying it to camp. By this time the wagon
drove up, the young» elephant was packed
aboard, and the party, quite satisfied with the
result of their hunt, prepared to return, the
Makolo, swelled with pride and elephant meat,
eager to do anything in the service of their
white masters. When they were ready to do
part, it was noted that one of the heaters was
missing, and search was commenced for him in
the jungle. The party who followed back the
track of the rogue elephant found the man
lying dead under a tree, his body crushed to a
shapeless mass under the heavy feet of the ele- ,
The joy of the Makolo was at once
turned to mourning, and the body of the slain
man was laid upon one of the litters, and,
borne by some or his friends, carried back to
camp. .
Scarcely had they reached it, and the Makolo
understood that a warrior had fallen, when the
preparations for a funeral commenced. The

' numbers of the Makolo had greatly increased,

for the old men and large numbers  women
had joined the party, since they understood
that they would he kindly received by the
whites. At once a long, trcmulous wail arose
as the body of the slain beater was brought
into the camp and laid upon a sort of raised
platform in the center. He had been quite a,
noted warrior, and the 'mcuruful cries an»
nounced the estimation in which hewas held
by the Makolo. Any one who has seen an old-
i'ashioued Irish wake will have sbme idea of the
manner in which the funeral rites were com
ducted. It vas part of their custom to eat
and drink largely during the progress of the
funeral rites, and at the  time keeping up
a fearful howling, accompanied by the beating
of drums and the clash of cymbals. They
took it as a great kindness when the men of
Naauna and Modern joined them with‘their'
guns, and combined with them in making
night hideous. The orgies, for such they
might be called, were continued all through the
night, and it was not until nearly midday that
the body was laid in the grave which had been,
prepared for it. The moment this was done
the old king appeared before Arthur Castleton,
leading a. hideous old woman, followed ,bya
younger female and seven children, ranging
from an infant to a boy about iourteen years
of age. ' , ‘ ' ,-

, “ Seefl’ exclaimed the king, “ the mother, the
wire and children of Bartula, who died ,in your
Service. I have seen with sadness that the .
great White Wizard has no mother, no wife,
and no children. This is not just, and I give
them to you. Guard them well, as Bartuladid ' .
while he was yet alive, and see that they have
plenty of meat.” ‘ ‘

Captain Dick burst into a jolly roar of
laughter. - . ‘

“ Splendi Arthur; the old fellow hams to. _
do you a kindness, in furnishing you with a '  -‘
family. I don't see how you are going toget ‘ " 
out of it.”‘ w : .

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“ but let him take them away. Tell him any-
thing you like; tell him I’m married and have
got a. family of my own to provide for. Give
them anything in reason, and send them off.”
By considerable effort Arthur succeeded in
convincing the king that his gift; was not ap-
preciated, and the family were sent back so
loaded with presents that ,they at once became
very distinguished people in the eyes of the
Makolo, and the marriage of the widow of Bar-
'tulo. quickly followed her acquisition of Wealth,
and the boy, as the owner of a. gun and ammu-
nition, at once took his place with the warriors;
,but the king never fully understood why Ar-
thur Castleton refused hie generous gift.

Everything had gone well with the hunters V

to this time, and had they succeeded in nothing
else, they might have been\ satisfied. The hip—
‘ popotamus, the rhinoceros and the gorillas in
themselves ought to have been enough for any
hunters, but they were not happy, for as yet
they had not succeeded in securing what they
had long sought, a family of young lions, and
Paul and Arthur were somewhat depressed.
But they registered a. vow not to leave the
country until a. pair of young lions had been
added to their present captives. Would they
be able to keep this vow? ‘

CHAPTER XV.
THE MAKOLO REVOLr—FLOGGED our or CAMP
--AMONG THE ALLIGATORS. v

As the.Makolo showed a. disposition to kee
with them, and as Arthur had no desire to feed
a whole tribe, be called upon the king to send
them home, saying that he would be glad of
the ' Company of a part of the warriors, but
would not be troubled with so many. A hun-
dred men were selected by the king‘and the
rest sent home, and the next day they broke
camp, determined to stop no more until they
had searched the lion country, and not to hunt
except when it was necessary [or the wants of
the camp, , .

They soon found that they had not gained
much by adding the Makolo warriors to their
numbers. They were terrible feeders, and
having formed a high opinion of the prowess of
the white men as hunters, displayed a disposi-
tion to allow them to kill game for them to
eat, and Arthur at once protested against this
laziness. '

. “ We don’t propose to employ ourselves in
hunting for the benefit of a. lot of lazy scoun-
drels, and the soo r you understand that the
better, king,” dec axed Arthur.

"‘ The White Wizards no longer love the Milk
kolo,’ then,” whined the king, who had not en-
joyed such a superabundaace of provisions for
.a long time.

“ We don’t love them well'enongh to work
while they eat,” was the reply. “Now I want
you to understand me; in future whatever
flood they ,get they must kill for themselves,
for we won’t undertake to provide for them."

The king looked blank, for he had fully de-
termined to remain with his white friends
while they stayed in the country, and feed his
warriors at their expense. It was extremely
annoying, therefore, to find that they did not
take kindly to the idea, and his lazy warriors,
,wheu they realized that they must work if they
had anything to eat, became a source of great
annoyance, for they went about with sullen

', faces, loudly proclaiming their hunger, and de
clawing that the White Wizards had killed all

* the game, and there was nothing left for them
to can, Finding that this had no effect, they
began to threaten, and declared that the hunt-
ers would not be allowed to proceed unless they
promised to feed them as before.

. “ I’ll take charge of this gang, Arthur,"

' . exclainfed Captain Dick. ' ‘f Where’s them

whipe?’ . , I _ ,

One 01 the Petrel's en brought out ten good

, rawhideg, which wet distributed among the
, whites. The angry Makolo warriors were,
:- 'gnthered about the iwagons, loudly. insisting
v _ that the young elephant should -be givenlthem

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through his parsed lips, stood before the cage
with his, rifle, ready to defend their prizes ‘to
the last gasp, when the Petrel’s men suddenly
burst in on the amazed negroes, and began to
lash them with hearty good will. The long
whips whistled through the air and alighted on
the backs of the mutineers with all the power
of the muscular arms which wielded them, and
Nauuna's men, catching the infection, tore
down branches of trees and joined the sailors
in their work.

“l’ll put some life into your bones, you son
of a gun!" yelled the captain, as he lashed
away at a gigantic warrior who happened to
be in his path. “I’ll teach you to trip the
light fantastic, you black bully. Dance, you
devil—dance!”

The negi‘oes roared lustin for mercy, and at

i lost, driven desperate by tho infliction, run for

Lheir lives, leaving only the king in camp.

“ You’d better go with the rest, king,” cried
Arthur, “and say to your men that if they
had harmed one of these creatures we have
taken, I would not have rested while a stick
remained standing in the Makolo villages.”

“I will stay.” replied the king, promptly,
“and I will ppt such a fetish on the beasts
that not one of the Makolo will dare to touch
the wagons.”

“ Very well; you can stay, and it you will
find ‘ten of your men who are ready to take
their share in the work, they can go with us.
I won’t have the others.”

The king started out alone and soon came
back with ten cresti'aJlen looking warriors,
Whom he announced as ready to do their fair
portion of the work, no matter what it might
be, and as a certain number of men who knew
the Makolo country were necessary, they were
gladly received, and did good work from that
time.

They reached the banks of a good~sized river, I

believe] to be a part of the Congo, at an early
hour that evening, and went into camp. It
was a broad and beautiful stream, and as they
arrived a. single canoe was seen pulling off
from the other shore. In this canoe were half
a dozen natives, who were evidently in doubt
whether they ought to land, until they were
called ashore by the Makolo. They were

really finelooking fellows, and brought with .

them a. quantity of honey, which they readily
exchanged for trinkets which ‘were, lavishly
bestowed upon them ‘by the visitors. They
shared the supper of the whites, and were
about to return, when Naauna. asked them
about the lions, and was informed that they
were very numerous in the mountains just
ahead, and that two men of their tribe had
been killed that week. I

As soon as the natives departed, the neg-mes
ran down to the river and plunged into the
water for a bath, while the oxen, which were
very thirsty, hurried down to drink. As the
le’ader of the team which drew the hippopota-
mus bent down to the water, a. long pointed
head was thrust up, and the on was seized by
the muzzle and his head instantly dragged out
of sight. The poor beast stamped and
struggled, and Mudara, who woe looking on,
at once sprung into the water with his knife
in his hand. At the same moment a number
of. dark objects, looking like black logs, which
had been lying at various points along the
bank, became suddenly imbued with life, and
moved toward the water.

“Alligators!” cried Paul, as be grasped his
rifle. “Come wiz me, camarades.” -

The boys seized their weapons and ran down
to the shore, while the negroes in the water
swam madly for the bank, splashing in the,
water to scare the alligators, which now ap-
peared in immense numbers, apparently eager
for blood. Mudara plunged under the water,
his knife in his'hand. A moment later the
ox was released, and dashed away, while, with
a, wild bound, the alligator appeared upon the
surface, which was crimsoned with his blood,
and ‘Mudara, by an active leap, eluded a blow
of the powerfulltnii, which swept the air with
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gator sunk, and was seen no m'ore., ' Jim was

rushing incautiously upon one of the monsters "
ready, . when 7

on the shore. with his rifle
Mudara shouted to him: , .
. “ Look out for his tail, white boy; take our)
dar. Now he’s got‘ it." ' . "

One of the men who had been . in the river.
in avoiding the rush of the alligator, which Was
waddling at, him with his huge jaws 'opened,

put himself within reach of the long horny.

tail. It instantly struck him, and the man
was dashed, stunned and senseless, to the earth.
The alligator wheeled, and seizing theprostrate
men by the leg, commenced to drag him toWam
the water. Ernie, rushing up with a revolver,
fired three shots in succession, but they had no
effect upon the impervious coat ofrthewanimai.
and only made him drag his victim toward the
water with greater speed. The man had re-
eovered his senses, and was screaming for help
at the top 01 his voice, when Ernie, catching,
up one of the spears which had been cast.

without effect, directed its point at the alligm ‘

tor’s wicked-looking eye, and pressed it home
with all his force. M’ith a convulsive leap.
which broke the shaft of the weapon, the
giant saurian released his hold on the man‘.
leg, and if Ernie had not dropped swiftly, he
would have been iswept down by a blow of the
tail. Then, seizing the extended hand otltlw
negro, Ernie dragged him quick! out of reach,
and then ran back to the water’ edge, just in
time to see another man, who had stepped into
the water, drugged out of sight by another of
the. creatures. ‘ s

“Poor fellow, he’s gone I” cried Jim.

“He alligator-hunter,” replied Mudara. .
“ Watch him now. He all right.”

There seemed to be a great commotion un-
der the water, and it was quickly turnedto a
blood-red hue, and after a moment of suspense
the woolly head oi! the alligator-hunterrurcse
slowly to the surface, and he reached the shore
in safety, holding his loody javelin in his.
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CHAPTER XVI.
BATTLE UNDER ‘VATEBF—TliE CRY for, THE,
JACKAL—ATTACKED BY LIONS AT NIGHT.
How bad hemanaged to make his escape?

the stream he had his javelin in his hand, and
the seurian held him in such a position that
his right habd Waefree, and grasping the great
re} tile by the fore—leg, he had plunged the
javelin into her body under the leg, in the pot.

tions where the skin was not so thick, and he I
was released and rose to the surface, leaving ,

his gigantic enemy dying on 'the river’s bed.

By this time the alligators seemed to realise,
that this was a losing game, and one and all“
had disappeared, leaving thebank clear,
the horror of the young hunters, the negroas
prepared at once to feast upon the bodies of
the. slain alligators, three or which had been

secured, and the natives were very much’es- _
tonished that their white friends refused to 1: , .j

join them in theirrrcpast. But Jim‘ said, that,
on the whole, he would prefer to dine 01! “a
rattlesnake, and the negroes might have it all.
to themselvas, and‘ the whites made amen!
from springbok steaks, which ,lsuited them
somewhat better. ‘
“It don’t strike moles a very good placate *
sleep, boys,” declared; Jim, after the meal!
“Suppose they take it into their ugly heads to.
pay us a. visit in the night?” i a
“ We must set a strong guard and drive

them back. We can’t afford to lose anyot our 

cattle, either by lions or alligators,” replied
Arthur. _ - ‘ "
c 1311 watch all night fora shot at a lion)”

exclaimed Jim, as he drew his favorite rifled .

toward him and looked it over’toseamcn
was in< order.

try a whack at our cattle tonight. « You See}!
haven't had much‘ luck with liens, thohgiili‘re
had a pop;a.t. pretty much everything  'I’m~
on for night duty, then.” . ,.  ' “l
The party sat around the are {or a,

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j .3. time that evening, and several times it became
w necessary. to'make a rush' at the alligators,
which came crawling toward the camp hope-
lng to cdtch them sleeping. They were driven
back by the use of spears and javclins, and
finally seemed to givezit up, and nothing more
“’18 heard from them. , Jim had crawled upon
the top of the elepbnnt’s cage, where he was
not only in safety, but had a commanding po-
sition for a shofifliouid an opportunity pre~
sent itself, ,Muda’ra, who had taken a great
fancy to the boy, was with him, and half a
I draw javelius dud along spear lay upontbg,
(up at, the cage beside him. The Lion Hunter
fell asleep, leaving Jim to watch, when n shrill
lurking was heard for out on the plain, and
Madurastartad up eagerlyv .
1 "Hair fuckal," he whisperfid. ,“Tao not far
(-11: now.” , , . .. ‘
. The shrill bar-hinge! the jack-l continued,
‘ and in a. few, moments a number of these
strange creatures, known popularly as the
“ lion‘s *provider,"appeared in sight over the
trout ole. neighboring slope. They looked at
the cattle iner in the circle of wagons, and
fled immediately, making the jungle ring with
their cries. Scarcely had they done so when
the tremendous, roar of a lion sounded in the
bills, and was wwered by another, and Jim
knew that the brave brute for which he had
been whiting was close at' hand. There is some.

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thing peculiarly startling in the roar of the.

lion at night, and Jim owned aftegward to a
certain tremor, as he felt that they might soon
be engaged in a deadly struggle with the king
of beasts. v
9 “Look darl look dart” hissed the Kroc, be-
low his breath. “ Tao look over- ant-hill."
About a hundred yards to the right a, great
ant-hill stood upm the plain, and peeping
‘ from behind this the! huge head of a large
male ‘lion was plainly visible. He seemed to
be intently watchinng cattle in the inclus-
ura. and trying to decide how he should make
the attack upon them.

lug jungle and stood looking at the corral,
,‘ waiting for her mate to advance. He did not
‘ , .. hesitate long, for the‘huge tawny body was
' ‘ drawn out from the shelter of the anehul ud

' crouching low, he began to run across the
opening, dropping from time to time, and
‘looking to 'see it, the cattle Were alarmed.
Airicau cattle seem to detect the presence of
the llion long before he reaches them, for they
showed the greatest fear, pressing. against the
“inelosnre of wagons, and making every effort
to escape from the dangerous neighborhood.
33’  time the whole camp was on the alert,
mid many weapms were made ready, and Jim,
fearing that the older hunters would get
ahead of him, Sent 3 ball into the shoulder of

. the male lion, which drew from him a roar of
rage, and/he came bounding on, 0195er fol-y
lowed by the lioness, and heading straight for
the cage upon which the boy lay. He seemed
to know that his enemies Were hidden there,
and as J it}! pressed a cartridge into his breech—
loader, theggeet beast leaped. and the next
moment wde clinging to the edge of the c1ge,
his great Claws shewing on the top. Then

i . Madam sprung up, grasping his heaviest spear,
 and drove it with all the power of his muscu~
’lar arm into the breast of the lion, burying the
point to adephh of eighteen inches. No ani-
mal, no matter how strong, could live under
such a wound, and with a last agonizad three,

‘ which snapped the strpng spear, the animal
-fellstothe ground dead. Even as he fell the
body or the lioness was scenic the air, spring-
s lug forward to avenge the death of her mate,
 Q mnmse‘i mass of natives, she
  lth autumn; of them, striking one
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large lioness stalked boldly out of the neighbor- ,

  

r’11‘lerl'led by three mortal wounds, the brave
beast still "made a mighty eflort to reach the
Slayers of her mate, when the captain, leveling
his mighty roer, shot her through the brain,
and the struggle was over. Then the hunters
again retired, and were not disturbed that
night, and at early. morning they tracked on
until they entered the, lion country, and made
o camp in a. sort of natural fortress on the
crest of a hill overlooking a beautiful lake, and
prepared for the crowning effort of the expeli~
.tion, the capture of a family of lions, and, if
possible; of a glraife, which they had not yet
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CHAPTER X VII.

AFTER GIRAFFE~TBAILING A LION—TAO AT
V. HOME.

ARTHUR, took the third zebra in hand and
soon had him in such subjectidn that he was.
quite as obedient to him as the others to their
masters. The negroes, who had not been able
to tame one of these savage steeds, were at:
terly'surprised at the success which had crown-
ed the young masters’ eflorts, and expected at
each moment to see them hurled from the sad-

le and trampled out of the semblance of hu-
manity by the vicious beasts. But, nothing
of the kind ever happened; the young fellows
seemed quite at home upon the backs of their
strange steeds. '

The capture of the zebrss had put an idea
into the head of Ernie, and early one morning
they set out to accomplish their design. Only
Arthur, Ernie and Jim were of the party,
with Danatoo and Mudara running by the'side
of the zebra: as guides. Their way lay along
the level shore of the lake for a. distance of
five miles, when (be ground became more roll—
ing, and they passed through a. defile into a
plain dotted with clumps of trees of a peculiar
kind. '

“The girafle loves the minions,” said Dana-
too. “ Let us be silent, and we shall see
Lhem.”

They stood silent for a. quarter of an hour,
gazing across the beautiful plains. Animals of
all kinds passed them by, but they had set
their hearts upon one object and would look at
nothing else. It was not long before their
wishes were crowned with success, for they
saw, moving grandly across the plain, a family
of'girafle, four in number. Two were giants

above the ground, and the other two mere
babies, not more than ten feet high.

“I’d give more for the young ones than the
old,” said Arthur, eagerly. “They are more
easily trained, you see.”

“Steady, then!” advised Ernie. “They-are
making for‘that clump of mimosa, and will
not be more than twenty yards away when
we burst out Upon them. Do not miss your
cost, Jim. ,As for Arthur, I never could train
him to use a lasso, ill I lived a hundred years.”

peculiar, rocking gallop, and were soon among
the mimosa, cropping the fragrant leaves and
flowers. The boys settled themselves in the
saddle, took a firm gripe upon-v the reins, and
suddenly burst out upon the startled family,
with lessees swinging in theuir. The creatures
bounded suddenly erect, and turning on their
heels were about to dash away when the long,
curved loops came sailing through the air, di¢
rectly at the younger members of the family.
Ernie did not miss his game, and had the satis-
faction of seeing the loop settle over the lofty
head, when he wheeled away and plucked the
young cumeloperd from his feet With con-
siderable force. Danatoo and Mudara ran up,
and before the young animal had recovered
from the shock he was hoppled firmly in sucha
way that he could move his feet in walking,
but not in running. _ - ,

Jim had not been so lucky, and when Ernie
looked up after his lasso had been removed be
Knew Arthur and Jim riding-hard on the tracks
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of the race, their heads towering twenty feet,

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With a wild whoop Ernie urged his zebra on,
taking the segment of the circle which the
game was unconsciously following in their
flight. The Zebra,” if understanding what
‘ was required of him,‘ fairly seemed to ‘fly over
the ground. As he rode, Ernie saw Jim raise
his arm, than the lasso flow through the air, di-
rected, not at the small animal, whose light—
ness of foot “had carried it to the from, but at
one of the large ones. This time‘the boy was
more successful; the loop settled fairly, and
Jim urged his steed to the right. Ernie saw
the stately head of the giraffe tower into the
air, as he rose upon his hind legs, and then he
came crashing down, just as the other two,
maddened by the close purmit. wheelwl sharp
ly away and camudashing denim upon a course
which would bring them yery near to Ernie,
who quickly c-auered‘ himself behind some
bushes. At the proper time, as the giraifes
came thundering down, the 13930 flow through
the hir, and one stately creature went gallop-
ing on alone, robbed of all his family by the
cruel hand of man.‘ Ernie lifted his horn and -
began t) sound it with all his might, and not
without eflect, for a great party of negroee
who had been following on their trail, were
seen running across the plain. They took
charge of the three captives and departed for
the camp, draggiugethe‘ girafles with them,
much against their will. ‘

“Good ,fun, that," declared Ernie.
do you like it, Arthur?” ,

“ I’d like it better if I could use a lasso,”an-
swered Arthur. “ You and Jim havs the best
of me there." ‘

“ Because you never will practica, you see.
Now, it we hadn’t been able to use thelasco we
never could have caught these zebrns in the
first place, nor run down the giraffes in, the
second.” ' I

“Dar loup de ole tool" shouted one of
negroes, suddenly.

They looked up and saw a magnificent lion
crossing the plain a quarter of a mile away.
The zebras snorted and stamped their feet. and
evidently did not like the appearance ol.’ the
lord of the African plains. «

“ Oh, if we only bad that fellow!” cried Ar-
thur. “See here, Madam, how are we going
to get the lions alive?” ‘*

“ I’d lasso one if I could get the zebra near
him,” avaed Ernie. i

“ But you can’t do that,” was the. testy re—
ply. “an we’ve got everything we want
except these lions, and we must have them,
you know.” A

“ If we couldfind the lions’ home,” explained
Mudara, “ we could get them.” .

“ Do you think that fellow is going hom
now?"

“Yes; he’s no longer hungry; he goes home.”

“ Then we will follow him,” decided ,Artbur,
springing from his saddle. “Danatbo, you
shall be Jim’s gun-bearer, and Modern must
follow me. We will track the lion to his home.”

“ Am I not going?" demanded Ernie. ’

“You shalle in at the deatthmlc. At
present, see that the girafles' 'go badk to camp
safely, and take care of the nebras. Come on,
Jim!" . J ‘ ‘

Ernie nodded, and caught the bridles of the i ‘
two Zebras, while Arthur, with his rifle at a '
trail, started away on the track of the great
black-waned lion, which was trotting across
the plain, apparently unconscious of the fact
that be was being followed. ‘And, indeed, it
would have been hard for him to detect two
such accomplished trailers as those, upon his
track. Whenever he shewed a dispositioii'to
look back they crouched out of sight, and con-
tinued the‘chase the moment ‘he went on. , . v

For an hour the strange chase continued are;
the broad plain and then the creature plunged
intondeep afllo in the hills, into which the
pumm fol wed without hesitation. Dude if
the domains mus into a. hollow rowing xiii! .~ 'V:
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“ I don‘t reckon we want the family all on
us at hues," suggested Jim.

“ No, but we must find out where their den
is. Come on 1"

They pushed forward oautiousl , and soon a
sort of purring sound, like that 0 cats who are
sleeping, was plainly audible to the hunters.
They knew that this was the time for caution,
and parting the bushes inch by inch, they look-
ed down the slope, and saw a strange sight.

A great tree overturned by some mighty

I , wind had left a hollow under the roots which
was perhaps ten feet square, with an openingin
front just the width of the cave. In this lay
the lion family, coiled up asleep, the lioness,
two cubs, a halt-grown lion and. the giant male.
It was a beautiful sight for a naturalist, and one

, which would have driven Paul halt wild. For
a moment Arthur gazed upon the scene; then,
touching Mudara on the arm, he retreated cau-
tiousl y until out of ear-shot of the cave.

“I don’t care, for the old ones,” he said,
quietly; “ but I’ll risk my life' to take the half-

5 . ,grown lion and the cubs. Back to camp, and

‘ f bring Paul and Ernie, half a hundred black

‘ ’ . fellows, and the nets. We will wait for you
here”

And Madam departed on a run, while Arthur
and Jim climbed low trees, and settling them-
selves comfortably in the branches, awaited the
return of the Kroc.

i ’ onAPrnn,xv1n.
AN unwnnoom: NEIGHBOB—A CLOSE diurn—
' enemies—noun AND FRIENDS.
JIM formed a sort of hammock between two
, ‘ swaying boughs and sat back in utter abandon,
‘. «‘ ' for, young‘ as he was, the boy had formed the
« , somewhat vicious habit of smoking, in season
and out of season, and enjoying the same.
Rocked by the wind, he swayed back and forth,
when his eyes were attrécted by two glistening
. points in the branches above him—points which
v  glittered like sparks of fire.
“~ What were these points?

Jim only needed a Second glance to show
him the graceful head and long shiny neck of
an anaconda, which, twined about the upper
part of the tree, was raising his head above the
top from time to time, evidently for the? pur—
pose of looking down into the valley below,
where the. lions lay" in their den. A snake
forty feet in, length, with a body somewhat

; thicker than a man’s thigh, was something for

f V , which our young adventurer had no affection,

.  » especially as he seemed to be on the look—out

-' it for something to eat.

 But it was not upon the boy that those eyes

were bent at present;, on the contrary, the

snake seemed to be regarding something in the
g ,, valley, probably the lions.

‘ j g “I say, Artie," whispered-Hm, “ Idon’t like

" ihisgbedfellow I’ve got. Do you see him?”

“ I’ve been watching him for ten minutes,"
was the reply. “ All I can say to you is, don’t
let him get ~ on in his cell, ‘Keep your bowie
ready, and l? he drops on you, cut him in two."

“ He’s a mighty ugly beast to look at,"
aver-red Jim, “and I‘donjt propose to allow

" him to embrace me. Seems to be looking for
the lions. Can’t you shin higher up your tree,
and see it they are stirring?" .

Arthur began the ascent of his tree, and,

when near‘the top, saw that he had a good

., viewaof the lions’lhOme. The lioness was on
- her feet, looking about her in a. suspicious way,
as it she scented danger. Soon she came trot-

‘ , ting out along the beaten trail which had been
.1 [used byfherself and her lord so often that it
v, 3, _, was,an quite smoot , and she was soon un-
der the very tree in w ich Jim and his snake—
ship had ensconced themselves. ’ Jim. made
.yhimself particularly small, wishing 'all the at-
tention of the serpent to be bestowed upon the

‘  lioness. The serpent haddrawnin his head,
 it was now glidingtslowly through the
,  the scintillating eyes fixed upon the
 , lioness, Which, with an angry growl, was look~
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on his knees, looking at her in a very provok-
ing manner. Her attention was so entirely
taken that she did not see the anaconda until
the small pointed head came flashing down
through the leaves, and three bands of the long

creature were thrown about the great cat’s

body. Too late she realized her danger, and
the roar she uttered was full of mortal dread.
But this roar ceased, or/rather changed into a

'hollow moan; then to a long drawn sigh, as

the deadly folds grew closer and closer, and
with eyes half-starting from her head she vain-
ly endeavored to release herself. But those
three iron rings drew closer and closer, pitiless
in their force, and the blood burst from her
mouth, nose, and ears, and she lay senseless
and inert in the horrible death-circles.

The serpent slowly withdrew his folds, one
by one, stopping to give a parting squeeze to
his enemy as he seemed to think some little
remnant of life remained, when there came a
tremendous roar, and the male lion launched
himself with lightning swiftness upon the ser-
pent. So sudden was his onset that the crea-
ture had not time to coil about him before the
long claws were buried in his spine. Writhing
himself free, the Serpent flung his deadly coils
about the lion, and a battle royal began.

Of course, after the specimen they had re-
ceived, the boys looked to see the lion conquer-
ed as the other had been, but for some reason
the struggle was more protracted, and at last
they began to realize that the creature had
been so injured by the paw of the lion as to
have lost a great portion of his constricting
powers. The lion exerted himself to such a
degree that two or three times he seemed
about to break away but as often the folds
were drawn tighter, and the lion, gasping and
panting, half yielded to the power of the
charmed circle. Then the muscular tenacity
seemed to go out of the body of the creature,
and the lion would regain the mastery. At
last, by a furious effort, the shaggy—maned
beast succeeded in breaking free, but the mo-
ment he did so the serpent rose into the tree
out of his reach and the lion sunk down ex-
hausted.

“Drawn battle,” said Jim, "but as Idon’t
want this fellow in a tree over my head I’m
going to give him a shot and then shin out as
fast as I can. Fix that lion, Artie 1"

But just then the serpent/seeming to recover
himself, darted his long folds out of the tree
and seized the lion as before.
two rolled here and there in that awful em-
brace, but, as before, the folds had not suf-
ficient power to utterly destroy the lion, al-
though the pressure to which he was subjected
was terrible. But, hearing the footsteps of the
men, Arthur and Jim raised their rifles and
sent their contents into the body of the lion,
while, a moment later, Jim drew his bowie
across the glittering back of the serpent, half-
severing it by the blow.

It was enough. The creature he'd been badly
hurt by the lion and as this wound was given
the power utterly left her, while the lion,
writhing himself free, crushed the head of the
serpent in his ponderous jaws, and then fell
dead upon the lifeless body of the mate he
had so nobly avenged.

Arthur gave a low whistle and Mudara
came up. ’ ,

“ There is only the young lion and the two
cubs,” he said. “ Your men must take him
with the nets.” , '

“It shall be done, great lord," said Mudara.
“You shall see that we‘ know how to work.”

The position of the cave'hav‘ing been ascer-
tained, two men were sent around to the back
to startle the young lion and drive him from
his place of rest. tNo sooner was this done
than he came rushing out, his eyes all. aflame,
and they saw that, though young, he had a
dauutless spirit, just the creature they sought!
Madam. rushed out into the opening, carrying
upon his arm a large white ball, and making
derisive gestures at the young lion, which gave
a tremendous roar, and, sprung straight at the
figure of the negro.” But, even while‘ he was

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in the air, the white‘ boll upon Madura‘s arm
was suddenly enrolled and afleecy n‘et wrapped
the lion from head to foot. From all sides the
natives rushed upon him,  utter not was
flung over him, and while he lay struggling
under the meshes Danatoo advanced with a
branch of the “ Docks,” which he "had found
and lighted, and by the aid  this powerful
narcotic even the great stre gth or! the lion
was forced to yield. .‘Then the last of the cage
wagons which had followed them through all,
was driven up, the stupefled beast was buried
in and the iron door clanged to.

The cubs were secured more easily, and-to
the delight of-1 Arthur proved to be a male and
female, already weaned, and which bade fair
to make a noble couple. ‘ And'so, nithqthe I
prize so long sought, they went back to the
village of Naauna, happy at last.

For some weeks a party of sailors, by the di-
rection of Arthur, had been building a huge,
raft of light logs. The boys called it Noah’s _\ \
Ark, and when its cargo was aboard it he'd a ' - -
good right to the name. All the cages which
had been left in Naauna's village were wheeled
on board, and made secure. The two young gi—
raffes, which no cage would hold, were strap-
ped in the middle of the raft. And. a few days
later, the Ark sailed amid the monrnful culefi of
the people of Balegonga, who had learned to
love the White Wizards. Arthur, Jim and
Ernie rode along the shore; twenty canoes
went before the raft to pilot it: a great con-
course or peeple irooped along the river's bank,
and thus the successful lion-hunters, with the
prizes they had won, headed toward the coast.

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The Petrol had been preparéd especially for
such a cargo, And when the cages were let
down into the hold and carefully secured and
bolted into the compartments which had been
made for them it is no wonder that the adVen-
turers were well satisfied with their success.
But, when the schooner swung out from thei‘
landing, with Mudara on deck as pilotkan'd the
faithful Danatoo by "his side, there pwae‘ 'wéep- '
ing heard in Kurumau, and never did men go
away more sincerely mourned. But they bud
male the people rich in the things they mast '
prized, and the twin brothers were happy in /
the pesent to ,each of two good rifles, and
powder enough to last them a lifetime. '

“Shall we see you no more, great lords?" ' ,
asked Mudara, mournfully, as he took the-hand
of Arthur outside the surf-line. v ' r. ‘ _,

“I do not know. An idea has come into my ,
head, sndtsome day‘I may carry it out. I
would traverso this dark continent from sea to
sea if I had men who would stand by me.” "

“ You have them here!” responded, Madam-5;, ; ' 1.. '
“Come and try us.” ‘v 'I - ’ ’

“There will come .a time, I hope; but for 1 .2 ~
the present, good-by.” ‘ . , a

Mudara dropped into his canoe amid the
cheers of the Petrel’s crew, the tails filled, and
the schooner bore of! on her course until the ,
white speck against the sky'fade'd away, and .
Danatoo and Modern were rocking alone upon '
that peaceful sea, prayin for the timest'heu , fl 7
the “great lords" woul come agaitscrom'a
that patbless ocean. Time only will tell
whether Arthur Castleton kept his word. y, ' '

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Bruin Adams, Old. Grizzly Adam’ Boy Part1.

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