WILL HE WIN HER?

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 51, 26 June 1880, Page 4

WILL HE WIN HER?

BY JAMES GRANT.

Chapter XXXIt, j I looked withdetp inter^s^and anxiety at the departing troop, v I never . thought- f -a tinib "woTild come r ' wheri I should again regard the pa,ffres with a, Mendly eye ;b f ut tTh^se men were gping; to fee^ jOjlarice, Haywjppd, jand a pi'6^; tufesqiie ana striking-looking bind' they were, with their karosses of, black ofurj their'b'arei supplelimbs; iheir'wjild gk-aming eyes, and jangling necklaces ,of teeth ana metal beads,' thtir round shield's, assegais, 'and muskets, wjith> :.the , gJSjV^ at&ne'.u j£ejit)KTß^n@mi $7 sbme/starting jdireetly up over each ear iaipnted something of the diabolical to the general tout ensepible,. by the rtsemblanee^tliey bore tp Satanic hpr^is. Slowly ■passing^the day after their departure. 1 had no ; idea of attempting an escape ab that p'retiise tima as I was intensely anxious, to learn the result; of hi^i expediHbh against Mark Sharkeigh's kraal; Jaud had, M attempted tp le4ve. tha house there. ,wcre the usual wpoljly''he?rded'wretchVs7:with their, too reajdy •Weapons posted all about me. j I -Ipolc'ed around, however, for a weapoii—ji Jcnif«,-pislol, or-any thing which might serve me on an emergency — b|ut looked m vain; the wily Sandilli had carffully removed eyerything of sucli a. ..'nature 'beybund my^'refteh. •''-• No 1 arms' were their, sav9 those m the hands \at his own people. j Wearily -passed -the day, and: I •watched the shadows^fallipg eastward aerosol he Criilu -Valley, as me red sun-,, light : d:ed away from the peaks pf me' grey cliffs and*^he grassy mouctaiins , ( whicluo^e^lopk.it. . r Herds .ptJbeaia^iful : anMopes ; swept' lacr^ss it"'at femes bn their way frbib^bod 1 to wood, aud ilie cry of the wild, pintado came ever and anon from amid jt»e prickly pears whiph . jgreWjthe.re_iH grpyes *eigh;t; jdf. ASH feet "in'n'eigiit. ~ ' } ; jNear the krfta\ : oA Sandilli were, the lpvely groves/Where'the citrons, oranges lemons, and shaddocks, grew m countless thousandsT^ben cling the branches' to the' earth ; arid these groves wejre watched by little slave bpv.B of the Kn¥o<t(rißesf^M a£ejemp3sye:d thus by** the dalEres'td protect the fruit frommonkeys, just as our farmers ut hoijie;, haye their cbr^guarded from thecrowls--. The keen anxiety, the long tension jbf pi overwrought neivous system *or daysj theiossipf GlUHce, A'he?jitorm,-i - ; Pg^f-the^Amai;pia;<and by ali. : my ije«ent adventures were telling upbn me new; and thpugh, I.was^ m a fever pfimpatiei^ilo^kiiow'tlie* result of San*, dilli's raid upon Sharkeigh's xjrjmisesi I could not resist the feeling of utter prlo^ Btratipn that w%sjise y aling{pver me. | - I obtained arid^quaffea off a bumper o£ Cape s^ojegr, dashed with brandy, and"; then, throwing myself upon my bed,: -iank onto prpfpund slumber, j .., " the entire night I must have, remained thus, rsyr ;the mbrning of the next -day was somewhat' advanced whe,n ; I awoke, with the strange and qpnfused time— had only a nap, m fact and that it was evening still. But,-,it was tlie mprmnf'^W; shadp^fs seemed tolingsr still m the lovely G-ulu valley j but they fell from east to west fwJ|nOT-w^re_n^a^e.by/gth(B ! risrag arid n^t' f^yYuie' seiling'suji. •i'-.f^.ti'ti '■> -f felt 'stiff' 'and' ohilly, tnpugh some friendly hand had spread a soft and warm karosisOver^mfii_in.Jihe night, ii , sound caused^me to look up, and I saw seated on thf edge p£ the handsogej J&ative f gii!l.ib£'I very, rprepossir g - aspect, who was very leisurely fanuirg herself with a tVift of snow-whi :e ostrich f e^,¥h(irs t j'Wnd ; wstfehing me from time to time with a cunning twinkle' «— almgjik^L lfe^inv herl|}ossy and' somewhat^ vbiuptnous-loaking darjk ■ ey«s. .'" ■•'■■•.". ■■'■■ ■■; ■;■■ \>, She plaqejdfiin mjDhaiids two pencilled . notes, and a cry of joy escaped me when ; perceiving that lone^jgaa frpm Clarice' and the Pther frpoi Douglas. • ".' The first ran thus ;— i '"• " M.x Owk^nifisfci Diok.— When-f jpfit 'ftfeo,^« MB^Wri MasiiavebV^Ky OTBbmv tuinVyba P Sandilli ! The kraal was in ' flames, b < ut.deau:5 l ajinyrand>l were takejn j away by him, and are now safe with ja , party otihfijingo-lesy- -lUider Gerai;d Douglas, bf all the men m • the world,'" 1 and Lieutenant Bonteine of the 74thSave for th.o: terispr " wjg h>^ undergone/ we are quite well, antl little Fanny has ' counted wearily Fnough the days, of our; captivity on her whiteT' finders 1 ! The Gaffre wretches "stole he i- weddi.n^ .f T Qg.^ ? '"(lf (pp^br Carysfort is gone/ thought I, Donglas-M'ill soon repair that , loss) !•«■'< But-bhj-whe'!eiare*;yo ! u to receive this, my darling, my own love!? 1 Where and when ars we to meet againjP I must-close-ih-h.Tcsteyas'S'andilli's mes-' : senger waits, and Douglas is coinpellejdi to march at once." ;,, ,-,■. -„., -."-»•- --c *■ • J Suc^ vfcs-Mi 'substance Jf-'nerf be-; loved- nottf, Which l^reiia"-and kilseid' agaiti and again, greatly to th^astonisnitpeK%e^ Avi<t . , tv * j ■■'■'■ "'UsLtl ' ! never' is buifc ! always to be ' when aiidhow,; shall: 1 wV feeet 1 ' aga#i, r -Clarice;? Wefl'ffQa^: Vpu'r'^eart'mak^.^hat iiiquiry^; Shall . Jf'e'ver'Vs^ape. all toilj?, — and witf^our'as my Wife- in" a peaceful•'■>nd%appj^: y hbmc>?'' ! : '' i ■■ f "'■ Then? W-I^me^bered^the odiotjs resplution J oif f SanHilU,.a"' malediction esC <sapßil*fher aiid' I^'starte^lnia "a" sitting position ;^ r but, a.gain.la^djctVn to^peruse . thevnofe'fbr fl the"'^ $$&s%<sss$ ..,gi4.was,' £ attenjtively surTeyingme. "'"' b', ; ;,-:^[ I . :•" So Sandilli makes my marriage with his daughter the price o± the; is^steri' saaftyamopg. the Europeans*"*- fl pon;-« d red '•Well,.ha r has kept hispromiiy *id j must keepviinine: *>Sd"that Uiey are safe what uf alters my sacrifice for \ time— it dan oaly be fbra'^time, surely. Ere long I shalfr^t arms and e*cat>e on -tbe?firsT>foppb'rtu%ity i A WZaitifflx die mi the attempt. : :i ■; ( , / |-TJijßt sighe?bf«iCla«*e's '■well /*knbwn. hand writing r-nnouncing that she andi FapiryfWeJPg: ITafe-^&afeT at last m own lines-^with-the brief expression of her' l<sve ' arfd 'm Sfm^o^ riie, v iii adc me loathef Sandilli and iiis'prPJeL't ; yet he had my pit Jge and promise. ■ The note of Douglas, after his as..tpnishmerit and joy to hear that I wajs alive, and apparently uninjured, werjt oii— "> ' . '■ - . "* . : v ■• ;.- ■:].- --" Garysfprd— ppor fellow ! -^has been fciv#u pver by the dpctor. If Fanny hi

comes a widow I sha'reerfainly propose to her af^ter a fitliSg time. I love her dearly : s yet j£ "%o& refuses^ or even marhesattbl;ner,;;,jt not die of a f broken Ijf^a'trfe a 'man can have that feeling. Wt.pnce v imius^?e\V „. . „:-' Hpw wl^:evWßesplainthe absurdncausß,Yof ]my ing myself tp the_ridiculebf the tt-oops, rf all !I£uroyean.g, jin^ ty. the, . .astpuish■aent and grief of Clarice ? ' 'tfWßit if .chattei ; irig Hottentot,. prisorier—^nd stibh 5 were taken daily^ — told^th'e real story, that I was to be or was already, the^sbn-iVi-law-'ot' the great rebel <3afßre,^S f andilli. ■ ! ' " Are you a! GiffreP?f'il^asked,. riow * surv.eyingvfcbe/- tawny^tgirb" swith somes interest, for her skih^i wasJ not much, darkeof than^ that of some Italian; giri«i I .Jißd; .her^ hair was long and " "My mother was aG-riqua,." ■'■■' ■■"" <r And"y6ur father p"~"~ -''"" ; ." SandUli^the^great chief," said *he, : proudly.^"; ;.; ; "liid^ou-if^ouP^jX gasped. j '„-.. "Am Matfqua,"the^girl who is [to anar,i?yryou,*';she f;replied>^ while,,' with a -Wg^eVjr almost £ ,E\ipopean, J she " swept 1 my face with %ekfkn^of. ostrich fea- ' thers- — '— * i- •"'?'■ -[(VGppdvh^a^ens l^' I'. resqlaim'eS, a«3 i sprang to mj f ee.t in earnest now. ! - '^ (■■■ ' ■'■ttefimfe 'XXXIil T /■. |;V ; • 1 ! :f scarcelyj? JknpV how to narrate. ! , ttt^slriinge: erdnW that* fill >7this 'chßirfcer^ up^ 1 . unTesV t'ilrop^sonit of -.the links inJmy Qhequered'storv. ' " ' ■ . '«\ My thoughts iwirf%ith f 6lari.c^Ha;y*; '•.irooa, who, although saved atf 'last, Was' iy.et^quitei.ost .to,;f m§. olfic-I ; wai ever to escape anid: ..rejoin' ilierj . aTins^r Jtnd a^; flee| ! Xorser,p.ere4abjspJu^ely< . necessary.;, an^lotoocui^e these Imusli'disseniblej , •^'Kcttoiiihe savage m his. own wily fa r ■ ghionv • ■———-' - " It it a perilous i^gctrine that terap ltaidpq of it^^^Sliafteis an offence," ahd yet ther^^rf ;^flSpf >to consider km this point ■in> >ial|lc temptations ajid bffehc§s^~^'-.'t-~-^--'rt.V J ' v-T • • The girl--thrust - upon"' J me by the 1 Gaft'i'e chief was all and ev;ery 'likeM't/e kfiid of ; w.oman ! I 'had, 'tb ' niy disgust^ afi't! X h'or'r'ori up-l" 8 ' Oaffi c belle, with hooked nose aiid ;n>g;co :> . lips j 'Bet.'? 'skw 1 -- aitoiiited wi ! th 7g««ase' and- sibilo,""'^ iryn ore, that spai klfcd- m: the: A'suri slier Awoolly liair , jpiaited iintq- ' cord's; by';, vmitalvpenxlules'j) heßi a'tirf -hi aprou cut' jinto thpttg»]?a^karosß! of >skili arid .mpcaY-' Bins. .-^-.^vvi-tiii'i.' 1 ; j« "' /!■:-- ' i ;- ". Ail' unlike a creature^ of this k^ii;d,' the girl whein tnow saw was of mixed, race^the^flaaghter pf; a oriqua>nTofheri Tviipse, fi^nbe roo( ithe 'pld'pauginaliQ^ch colonists rof .South•Afrjca on,pne> side, "aiidj ; theyaborigin.es. vP*n the ' other,/, a i Jribe. j pcoupying ftbe i „t)r%ngß jE.ive.r,nte,|rj.tbr.y, .%hiQ.h' jivl'ai*In !' .( . $,}:» bad (the ,) indescribable. 1 grace and v e,a.3e off eaTriajge pec.uliari ;tp. .> the >wooien.of Gaffi'ftna^ ■; .an4'lHM;> Kngotsi;;:bufc; m tj^js g^r^uc^.Tofy tl^e iPtu,t;(?h,< r blopdth domina;teci. -; she - ; was not' moro that sixteen "years of age-jLibut ju-i^hat,; , tropical ■ ! regipn.;she[^Wj»'sl eon-; sidered.^a ■ i^Qnja.n,:<; )<#£s i&gum wfts |auj|tel|s)y^^b,f?.ut|ful, and a dresjsi. whfon consisted ;- of a ylpwacol'set pf scarlet T stu:&j, anji.) a ; , double skirt of. scarlet on green, barely reaching to be- ? "lolf~the' knee, a karbss of black flic' edged witlLgcarlßty and a profusion j>£. beads, dis,p^p»a;^slly|vanoiigh of ijt^ For one of-a ; ?mixe3tra^e;j her skin was! wonderf^j^f^B^iair^^ -altaogt, as \X have said, as taat ,of an Italian.givl of thSSu^typdl V'!rm'f(J.>i» \v. Her nnely tapered arms were bare, 1 wid/her d^licate r -^i tt.le f.ee.ttwere -encased ' in J 'erilorbtdfe'redr slioes, 'that were toocomplete, to B^rfeme4r-?a^dals,. t and nib'^assitis^ f : - ; \ '' [ " ha QJh,ere»kaiif' ' niuch of * 'European regu-^ tlariiJy in'iheTr ? face, which 1 was aitig^iinsexpre§sipn^ : thbugh ithe ' , ii.ps^werespm^Tijh.at f.^U, ; and; red I'Jhefr ' ' of a gazeine,; jan^jnulsf lustre,. Though ? ttre h eaddf ess 6 iMxe Griqua gii'ls «r •'^ally^corisi^s^df 'twp/^A'ghcly'cploui-^d >siliPhanH ; k'erchie^s, v lifer head' 'war barp, ; &ndiheei iyoesies,') wh'ifeh'i^ei'e 'long; /rather silky, and of the .deep* esfc i ' ieti- were Vjji'ajidetf y jQupdi m.. s beav v v:> coilsj -inter:. r\^^a^th'^xJig I lit;m^aJl > b'ead,st>-:";;-r-.. ; '. .- y "Aoiid tha f beads.at her neck k was oqt formed from.Jih ) e^.frpo < 6 f .for:a, bushj.that. %i'<ffifi o^'Me ! "'■ prang^ ... K^eji^ . ■ %n|i '-' I whTch'x[(i.sses I s.QiiVft f s%6fe' J 'a(n;d,' peculiar ! '«8 .0"* -f^ i^^w. ;.. :'^lTnder he^^imbbth cleaiV blivef'skin , I^couldusee} tke''hot tiouth«ru r v blbbd ' • man tJingfiur hits clweky^ r;^ ■urveya.d'; her with- a mjnglecj,' e?;pXesslp^ Jqf jfae'e' My, situation was a, te#y • embrassmg" J p^e^fo jhe^'leas^ pt;iti for ; G-riqua beauty- f was ! quite '-is hbuch" ia -•^^'rl+of they^eriby" as'-h'e^fi'iver sis-; i te.Riels'e' Wthere^ l an.dl^l^kd : ! theni'in ' taste, was very niu<^^dispßßedi'to2Monii?B.'^nd' ;i,doljz6,fli^ a^ <a.. dis^ioguislhed fpr'ei.iner—more^tJ^fcjajl^nTerKa^frp northern mixt^r.e () in,hjer bloody a,s a pure Soiniewnail of a -genuine blush blendod i^itKithe.' tender «sfiiflei>i!Kat."fillM yi hei' 0 face, when arm twjo, were'small, and so beautiful formed -that"a-^euptPT' wicTHrd~hla;ve""dpted " pn' them, sht.sa^-^-: ** j; " Ypu wi tf%ot^|ji»|but learn tp lpv t e ,' me m time } ;--i|fs4gt/ : '|hft people of my' father, are^^ar^itji^urs. P"- j ' "I shaU^everiate you be assured of that," •saidXE} yenflyV Mile^i placed the letters^of Claride and iDpuglas, m, the -pocibe't^f my riowtatterfeil bipuse 1 : u *-but'' what'wlir''mypebple Isayi1 sayif l 'l' {; i'eil|urn 1 tothem no more." * i ' ->A<*:DoeV;it thdr say>^'V :U - "•'• •■'' •' '■'■ f>ri ' ;n '■' ! ' ti ' '" '■ mys^t &' 1 if^lreaiiy-a'd'bpteld.^ k ', i : besides as witch doctors have^predicted^jn.y/ia, le: is^a gi^at^hife^and^n^drr iß^'U'vpur iwictted p"ebpii? >j |rom, !l th.9' 'tend/ ! QfHhJe .:J&tfSßieJ>^^ '.W^yw.i*a--V- r.:«* | < I>'shppk ki my : ; '^wdV; wM VWmbst f-i M A^id^ybu^have? farimkcx^ theiri tp cbme^n^Tliv. withal X ; r(;^ '": ■" .'-" "lI have : fb]*saken ; itß^m tbi 1 came J anS dwell with youj" said;?t, 'gallantly, inak;in^ialMbst while she took my ,hand ; .be^6en ! -he^: ownicoVeredHt r with 'kisses. j ■■''>'*•. j -^XPhe? was.Jas,t, becoming bewildering— awTcwai-'d^'to^the^ ladt degree. I felt myself an engaged man, ; till SO:?;-. y^ic-.i>.vV.--J>'i \

here as well as elsewhere : but here! m spite of myself, • ; m .After.a pause she res.umedrrr- T ,r j i J'vijowmauy gbds have you P ''As [the ITmlajeni will" tell you, we have but the sun.aa'dvtlie winli tb^wershipY^ v/a ;'**> ,' We have but enei" ,-" ! ' " So I have heard the Orange River -missionariesrsay;" .£_. T ~7V T ' '- ~~''< ' ■'" You have heard, them preach P" ; "Yes, in. ' the language of the Grriquas ; and you will.inayry . me m. their' " This is too'inuch',- I exclaimed, im-> patiently, and turned away, feeling for a liinentlioroUgMy • annoyed, for the .daughter seemed to be cve tr " longer r headed ,"thAn the' father. - , .- ■ j "'""" Db.nbt be pffended with me;'*' said, ahej caressing my neck ; " the pbpr Gtk qusigirl does so ibve and wbrsVp her .'White Idi'd' '- ! ')■'■ "Love me, do you say P Why you have .only known me five minutes-— if you {Jan^understand. what five minutes pare." •, „.,;■_,, -y .\ '. . ■-: ■ ■ -,') ■■••■ '■• • " I have watched by ypur bed since the sun rose above, the mountains, and while j^atohingthus I have learned.--" ■ : -"-«WhaFP f * : - ■■''■■•■• '■■■ ; : : .'HTolove you." ! ' :' ,t " Impossible ! ; .You can't know what : lov6 is.".; ■.:]'::.'■>■ s- '■'■ ■ :' ■' ' ""■'"• '■ '~' yi .., Her. large. eyes filled with a strange light an.d she said, half petulantly— , "X<tm not used tp be, contradicted, ' and "'t have said that I love you. : " Why?" .. ',•■■"■■ "Because you -looked : pale, and weary and sad; ; y/QU sighed often m your sleep you Idreamtv * -'h, : > :■• i ■■: !• .j'sßecauseyou uttered a word, or a name,,! know not which.*" ;; " 3,&a#c&^ „,.,.. ...... „ , .: .- ! ", ■*' Tea, that was the sound. Ton mur* 'mured it.many' times. ' Then your lips; and a' tear left your : ej4 — a J t6a,r/'wh'rch I kissed a.way."' '° "Yes* butsp-gently] so softly, that you felt me not'nor awpke,!' n , ,• • I!- By. Jove. !\' .thought I, '■'■ all this iis hecQUung tooniucK of a good thing."! :-:.j:!>rj shall often swatch, ypu •; so," •'• said she* w<th a soft smile. - • .',' ~ "When." '*■■■"■ . ;.... ; . . "When. we we married," was the i cool reply." ~ "If lam to marry you Mariqua,. it must be m., the fashion of your. own, tribe-^aS a'-Caffre, if I am to become, one." .;••> •- ■- -;-■ v- ; '^ '. ' ;'„ , " But I am Grriquaysaid she, ■ coldly," and' halt turning hier olive-tinted shPuJ,der'to ice* '<-■■■ -■ ;;j :;i/ •' ■' ■'/'' •' - ; ;- ni-he-. gi4 was 'poutingj '-'■ and very prettily too.. • - .^ •, : , .. , "Your b,usband should have, a horse —a fleet ji.oi;ser-»ndj such ,,arms as bep^ming a n^au. a.^rarL'ioi^" said I refer-' iiig^to."my|ever present thoughts and «ie^ r '."l{e shall; b,aye both, aud everything bedoiiiiug the: ,Inkosi— the. \ h.usb.An4 of jSandillls* daughter." : . --. , "Th^ husband. ipf ; .Maiiqua," said 1, 1 in^inp.at3.n.g% : ;...';•. ; ! .' ■ " Tlie; husband, lord, and ;lover of lse •Gridq'ua giyl," she 'added, ipatting my cheeks with her, hands and ; putting her 'pretty m,o,u£h,4n very close proximity i;o mi tie ; biit I was' ; hot prepared to beataw even her the caresses "which -I deemed the proper ty pf my^afesent Cldrice; so Idrew b;ack;l { \ '-''■'■ i"; Heavens," thought I, while gazing 'on'hei* as she clung to me, in a manner 'that; if bewildering' was to" say the least iof it^.hot- u.tipleasant : "• is ". it ijossible ; thiit ; a beihg's'b'ihnocent and. artless is really a barbarian — a pagkn — a, Oaffre, ignorant of: the death she must die, and when dead, after theifashion her people I<HQ. oshei*i grave, than the maws of the vultures, audi jackals;?"- --; i•; f a moment I; thought L would ci? - deavor,:tateach'herv;andtrkin her min|d. i but sunk m densest darkness as she rtfras; the task =seem : ecta vain' one^ "But.the.'horse and armsi a muskat , and, : hatcheti Mariqua ?" said I, toying a cliOtlejwith^ieE, ia-the hope ithat, before matters proceeded-tootfar, 1 1 might ob-tain.fi'om.hei^oL'-thi'ongh-her. influence •what I required,.and then " be off with-* out beat oforum.!'. ;* - ! ■'■' You. shaU^have fle^t |boa?se of Pitoi, the soh-'of a muskeg, : and, a sharp hatchet too?' ] K 'Bu,t when— wh,enP" I asked im- - .. .. :> ''- •" ' '■■ *' ! We are 'married," 'saidf'slie, coyly ''and' prettily, 1 as; she. drooped | her head (■■■pa»Tfty» shbuilder i ' : \ ' ' ' : \ ■' : -'" j Wiah— wa'h— wall !" " said appvovingly a voipe c w!th which I was now un•pieasWntiy familiar, anfd ;' B'aiidilli' with ' his ; bi«!i?k'k.ai : bsß and. crane's feathers,,. |a dagha pipe m bixe.:hind and a^bujndle of blppdslcained assegais m the ether, stood i before mci a'most tfn'prbmising -looking" ! father-in-law, who had : been regarding 1 the scene, approbatipn, and with the I air of one who hayf noStrifling ?-w : itfe ? his dauHKte^'a r<i Vbung affed•>ti6n^^^ ;;; i; ; :^ [ '^ 49?he 'griiibn- hi« 'skrdbnio ;fvjl.sftge f tide. , the fierce hook of 'his' l xsfe,..i!aj» cica-V 'of l lii's ji slin , thVi . rowofwhii! : o !^eth ; he u shbwed and. t-he kl ; glistening of his "fbrce dark. eyes,, witjh ! the effect pf the 1 -''wo . crane's feathers, iremlnafed 3<^me 1f sbMoV W^Me'phistopheles in''the i "b|e£a \'!pi *^aust." i ' sudden /appiarance-yjnis^ evident ; sitttß.f%ctibn; t! at the raipid ! progves« qf ; matters 'his' v^htire; baring, which 'seeinecli-to. say, "I ! have 'fulfilled mjy 'p&Tt^oi bur ■ contract;, 5 ahd/^hovf looke,d for -the fulfilment, 1 of ! ypui*s," gveatly ■alarmed'and exjaiperated me. '■■ 1 Thesuda^anW>l)sui ; a i lbve of the girli »I might :> 'Sbpli?«, 7 n br '^tblerate ; but there wpuld b« ~np baffling. pf,,,,SansMli. ';■-•- .y;j?-/.--^.-'-v •jv^.b^-", ■ ■: i' jProiid^bf hating: > wliite ; lover,. th« ! girl was^s deterrnintd'tp. keep ? ppsses,- ; sionofme as he -was/ I' cpuld but small hope pf assistances -unless rplayefl my part well, ' like that of the " gay^y^ou^ng ( ktiight' yrko: lpv«d - aud rode away."' -.A ; , ' ■''-■- tJ - ; ; ; Then- J was.not without fears of he> vengeance if. I treated her with indif- ■ f ererice or' ileglect,, ji^nd especiklly thajt ; pf her fa tier,; if she-' coinplained tp hiift .fpr he would have thought no. more, ,bi ? ? poking Ms assegai in|o^ me ihai'tt inta a: ■■pump'kfiri: 7.'^" : :r; '.-'"* : '. ; : ; ' : ,\ \ "",-.: n:oi Vt'-^ (T&ite continued)) ''"'' ' ' '" /'■" I ■■