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"van“ was a by name. whom perfect treasure in]. Like all true some months wéiied lik‘éua n'igger on the Fields. During that time I got to know a good deal about stones. Isoon tired of 1119 life. however} and finally except mysalf and two others. neither of whom can ' abouts. I believe no mortal soul upon this earth has. and I feel I owe you more than lam ever likely to repay. Yet. if you want wealth. I believe I can put it in your way. Do you know the northern bank of the Orange3 River between the Great sea? No. I don’t sup- pose you do. for very few peOple have ever trekked down it °. still fewer have the Barn The onmt‘be “de{{rlesnggr‘ocfi‘nlf where I propped him up and made him comfortable. he told me a most strange story. a story so wonderful that most people would look upon it as wildly improbable. He began in this wag: 15-.. ___â€" | ‘ VV_ _ â€"vâ€"â€"- u...- vuv UL Luv mat. i fellows and most dehfihtful companions 1 ever met. I dosed m wigzh quinine. and pulled him What t1.“ we got to Shmhong; but before we had got halt-way down to Griqualand, Mow- bray grew quddonly mono. am: died one even' an m wagon jut a sun- set. Weutlgn‘ied him under a kameel- doom tree. cover' ihe grave with reached water on the afternoon of the next da . I never saw a man aograte- ful as owbray. During the short time [knew him I found him one of the best fellows and most delifihtful companions 1 ever met. I (fined im with quinine. me water in my vatjea. and m to pull them round; and that Raving. their wagap m the dc: wiLhout water; and from being in bad health to begin with. hadn‘t half a chance; and if I had not stumbled up- “Ah! talkiu of the Orange River reminds 1110.”:an the younger of the trauport riders. the ex-Oxonian and the more loquacious of the two. “of 3 mt extraordinary yarn I heard from a man I fell in with. some years back. stranded in the ‘thirst-land.’ north-wed’ot She-bong. Poor chap! he was Lava lorry plight. He was an Eng- l'ul “than. who for years had. from floor love of sport and a wild life. been hunting big game in the interior. That { mason behad stayed too late on the: 1;“ uuerx up a wagon gathered rnome native servants, and gtain unfor- those glorious hunt- sage Riverâ€"«at all events west. of the Falls. I don't think I ever met a man ‘ who had been down it. (he would J “lit the Colonist: would know some- thing d their northern boundary; as n matter d fact they don't!” I nag their wagon m the desert. in he of being saved subsequently. and his as much of the Ivory and valu- es as w (:0ng 11119889.. and Mow- __0_ AL, I: hour or more we talked upon a vari- ety of topicsâ€"old days in England. the voyage to the Cape, the Colony. its pros- pects. and its sport. “ 'Tin strange." said one of our num- ber. " how little in known of the 01'- Supper finished. some good old Can- 30. the beat homeâ€"manufactured bran- dy of the Cape. made in the Outsboorn district. was produced. pipes lighted. and then we began to ” yarn." For In One night. after a day's journey through the Bush-veldt, we lay at a hrmhouse near which was a public outspan. At this outspan two transport riders were sitting snugly over their evening meal. They seemed a couple of cheery good fellows. one an English Africander. the other an Englishman. an old University man. and well read. an we afterwards discovered. and noth- in would suit them but that we should join them and take pot-luck. a chat with these rugged people, and come strange and interesting informa- tion was obtained in this. way. The transport. riderâ€"the carrier of Africa â€"with his stout wagon and span of ox- en travels year after year over the rough roads of Cape Colony. and far beyond. in all directions. and is con- stantly encountering all sorts and con-- ditions of men. white. black. and off- 1 coloured; and in his wanderings or over u his evening camp-fire he picks up great “ore of legend and adventure from the ! passing hunters explorers. and tradâ€"i , wiwnanuaetermmeaasarmnocubmmmmewththe”8aas’ Many are the 3‘01“” told at the outâ€" (I. which is saying a good deal. Isup- could want to trek down the Orangl span tires of the South African trans- . pine Klaas had hadmore yaried exper- River forâ€"a country - where no om port riders. some weird. some roman- ‘ mugs of South Airman .life than any came. and of which no one had ever tic some of native wars some of fierce native I ever .met. Originally. he had even heard. .I had to tell them that l ' . f i come as a child from the borders of was prospecting for a 00 per mine; for, encounters “'llh the Wild beasts of the g the Orange River, where he had been as you probably know, t ere are many land. Often as I travelled with my " taken prisoner 1:! a Boer foray. in places in this region where that me- fr'wnds upâ€"oountry, we stOpped tohave . which nearl all his relations were shot tal occurs. As we were doubtful ,. . down. He then been "apprentic- whether we should find water at the I» chat “11h thew “188911. people. and ; ed " in the family. of one of his cap- . next fountain that Klaas knew of. ow- nome strange and interesting informa- l tors, where he had acquired a certain : ing to the prevalence of drought. Ifill- tion was obtained in this» way. The ' knowledge of semi-civilized life. From } ed the water vatjes and every other . . - f the Boer family of the back country utensil I could think of; and then, all transport riderâ€"the carrier of Africa ; he had subsequently drifted further ,1 being ready and the oxen inspanned, â€"with his Stout “788011 and SD33 Of 01’ ! down into the Colony. and thence into - we moved briskly forward. on travels year after year over the g a nelephant-hunter's retinue. l‘he west- We had now to make a detour to . ‘ . , . ern Orange River and its mysteriesâ€" the ri ht, awn from the river. and for rough roads “f 931‘? Coiou). and far ! for it is a mysterious regionâ€"he knew. great; Span of i day picked our painful beyond. in all directions. and is con- ; as I afterwards discovered. better than , j footsteps over a mu h and semi-moun- itantly encountering all sorts and con- i any man in the world. \Vell, we trek- l ' g ' t litions of men. white. black. and off- . kEd up to MatabGIeland. and after some trouble got permission to h t th . emerged Upon a dreary and interminé ioloured; and in his wanderings or over I and a fine time we had, gettigg a quills: able waste that lay outstretched be- ' - - - - fore us. its t. ion barred ' t iis evening camp-fire he picks Up great i tity of ivory, and magnificent sport. ld'un it her 2 in he . . distance b towering mountains, more of legend and adventure from the I among lions. elephants. buffalos, rhin- ! through y easing hunters, explorers. and trad- ‘- oceros, and all manner of smaller n . Klaas. who was sometimes a bit too One night. after a day's Journey . venturesome got mnom mm .10.. :.. um which we should presently? have to force our passage. That even- ‘ ing we outspanned in a bowling wild- : ernessof loose and scorching sand. up- -.. _s 1, l .. they must all have been déad THE 1081 DIAMUNPS 0F IHE ORANGE HIVE". ..--_. WW “â€" -.-u. .auu wuowmg its course. grew we sat before Icharmmg ' ' “r1633 ground. I and bastard ebony. Two or three is- . up and made I lands denselv clothed wit 1) bush and 1 me a most ' greenery dotted the broad ' so wonderful I mg hosqm of the mighty stream. Hip- look upon it I popotqml wallowed qrnetly in the flood. , began in this I and fish .were plenuful. The mimosa '“as . . d the sweet 3 kmd friend , fragrance of HR wall“... n--__ I but luckily ., and managed night. regular bicyclist. way below the Great Falls. Klaas had “and during two years of observation ' led us to a most lovely spot. where the I . have never known the rule to tail. 1 ' ground 510983 gradually to the. r ”91‘ » The slim. tailor-made woman. who looks -the only place for perhaps thirty or f ,____ __-_ vuv nub” uuu - --' 'VVJ.V“‘* ww'l . n . ' tsure thankful to strike the the “omen, said a l .zrlver. and following its , ‘charming avenues of willows, :zlnd bastard ebony. " Illands densely clothed w' , weet get a good view of her face. She is ,fragranoe of its yellow flowers 8V ' with a. wrinkled face. (where perfumed the air as we 3* - . ~ freshness and youth ‘ by the rivers brlm. . . . I . f I I I had some. old scraps of fishing tac ’- about ‘t as a dried apple. ts no or- le with me; and having * , 'tunate that such should be the case. ! rod from a Willow-tree. l employed l but it is so. and in the majority of cases I some of my spare time munching fish. the pretty, fresh-looking girl will not and had. for South Africaâ€"which, as ride half as well as her older \rival who you know. 18 not a great angling coun- I can keep a spickness on the v‘vhgel that tryâ€"capital Sport. 1118 fist] captured nobody can excel. The latter will dress were a kind of flat-headed barbel fel-l better. hold herself better. and so lows with dark greenish-olive backs long ' ' . ‘ b the men rid- and white bellies; and [caught them figsfieefifngwg‘efids‘fifi‘ywn’f b with scraps of meat. bees. ' l grasshoprers he 9 far more . J - 1m ressiv t - ' of t oun rand ,anythtng I could get hold of, as fast betfiex logkigaénaghlen anywhegli. It as I could pull them out. for an hour “of Course - - - or two at a time. have known slim fellow: I m among the I With finely developed calves. to turn , dyspeptic-looking men l d ' . _ . id -5. qu Llwu’ u and 11311 were plenuful. "J lwas now in full bloom. an ,fragranoe of its yellow flowers every- [where perfumed the a.‘ . . if as we strolled j by the nver's brun. I had some old scraps of f’ - 19 with me ' we stopped for days. heating-place. Down ’river. and following ‘ charming avenues of ‘and bastard ebony. (lands densely clothe. Irgree‘nery dotted the reby lost -two oxen. for l ones; and at last, after a burning and most broken country. we were beyond mea- sure thankful Lo strike the river some way below the Great, Falls. Klaas had led us to a most lovelv spot. where the by mighty mountain walls. cdn be ap- proachedâ€"a nd where we could rest and refresh ourselves and our oxen. "bra wqac do you mean: Klaas?” said I turnmg sharply round. to see if the. ' ing. But. on the con- "Ja. sigma not is truth If '0 will . range) Rwer. thrpe or four days beyond the Falls. I Will Show you a place where than 01-4 L.-_.I__ 1 - _ -__-.,.. “‘1 m but; UVCL. 111.3 wound: he came to me and said: “Slept! you sand one day that you wopld like aqywhere else than at New Rush. as Kunberley. was then called. Well, sieur. I have been working at New Rush, and I know what diamonds are likt}. and Klaas. who was sometimes a bit too ' venturesome got caught one day in the :IOP‘BD by a black rhinoceros. a savage lold bull. The old brute charged and " slightly tossed him once, making a nas- zty gash. in his thigh, but not fairly getting his horn under him; and was 'ust turning to finish the poor little ggar. when I luckily nicked in. I earn peq peq pun ‘sseman em uses pm] finish him off as he lay. I got up with In fortilyards, let drive. and, as luck would ve it, dropped him with {1500 express bullet behind the shoulder. Ev- en then. the fierce brute recovered him- but he was now disabled. and Isoon settled his game. After that episode, Klaas proved himself about the only grateful native I ever leard of, and seemed as if he couldn't do enough for me. Sometime‘aite‘r he had got over his ixsnnn n [I L - â€" Bushmen. be was dauntlesa no a wound. ed lion and determined as a rhinocer- as, which is saying a good deal. Isup- . Pose K989 Mai 1199 .morexuigd exper- ...... u .111 Ltdâ€"“'chn, as s not a great angling coun- sport. The fish captured [of flat-headed barbel fel- dark greenish-olive backs “Inn... -â€" . r k to Shoshong, where [sold ; and than; “L191 empty wagon our oxen. fibre It was a perfect {he banks of the lg Cut filywlf a in_ catching fish DURHAM CHRONICLE, August 19, 1397. me mg Wing: is null Lost Dmmonds of IOrange mver ml lfiga'tetlfe And the stars burn bright in the mxd- d'eaf for man our misery. with blackened ton ues and parched and cracking lips. '1‘ e oxen seemed almost like dead things. Often have I inwardly thanked Pringle, the poet of South Africa. for his sweet and touching verse. written with the love of this strange wild land deep in him. and for his striking descriptions of its fanny As I l.ay_pant- ;n" +1116)" n;m‘\‘- A __ egdured in South Africa, where, '1 high tablelands of the interior, 3:313:23 are usually cool and refreshing. Even the must heat off the Zambesi Valley was not more trying than this torrid empty desert. The oven-like heat cast seorched rocks with redoubled ' t - srty. Waterless we lay, swelterilrfgeig nnr minor" “in" 1"-..1--_ DEL USION loom of a gigantic mountain range, whose recesses we were to pierce on the following morning. Half a day beyond this barrier lay the valley of diamonds, as Klaas whispered to me after supper that: night with gleaming excited eyes, T‘ of n:~l\‘- A- __,A |_____ I .. "-V w‘“ wvv- v“ . wl‘u' “If on whiCh- scarcely a bust? or shrub found subsistence. Next mght, more dead figan aliye, We haltedbgneath the 1A-... in good heart and tattle. we present- I started away down the river. for valley (1 diamonds, I had. besides Klan. four other men as drivers, voer- came. and of which ”no one had ever even heard. I had to tell then; that I was prospecting for a 00 per me; for, as you probably know, t ere are many Places in this region where that me- tal occurs. As we were doubtful whether we should find water at the next fountain that Klaas knew of, ow- in}: {0 t he prevalence of drought. I fill- 31‘ full face is seen. is al- theme for comic papers at it took the bicycle to se on the theme. Nine Continued.) was 1 see the [death 5 THE SOCIETY METâ€"HERE DUTIES 3%“ if her life is a green. triumphs Vicious intellect: is but sixteen years old.yet her men- § taJ develounent. in face of appalling 5 abysmal deficiencies ' " NINETEENTH CENTURY I; tist claims that er of habit, de- ,nd all that, he Did You ever in the habit of an» _sense of £1th ginger tips is mammu Ll FLOUR, OATMEAL and FEED GRIS'I'INI} AND DROPPING DUNE. on shortest notice and utinfsction ¢ urantoed. Cash Price List for Stuffing _- Anlmals, etc., etc. fi,, FIRST-CLASS nuns; nv pre of custom work pared to do all kinds Dealer I. all kind» or IN CO NNECflox Birds trill. the matter obviously ouq ho attached out further m the in! cunts. Certain n. u u 'm Jmn be aliVe he should eitha Muted for endeavormg to a picturesque anu wide-spread SW or else he should have Lo remam tho remundnr 0t hub: we «had 'm world. The country woum new “to for his return to it. . Ill the meantime the final: company charged one of me: uro Bury Johnson. with bumg a pal tho fraud. and Harry Jumson I hp put. upon an. (run to be clthm "god 9r__c_leared of suspicnon. July 33. 18%. 01' that he is dead to cave costs aga'mst, the Huang! eluding the cost of 1,110 :nxard SUSPICIOUS CIRC l .' M STA .\ ( ' l‘ Whore. Lhen. is Thom» Ju .011 why did he so mysteriously ( M’ m mute:- ahould not. b1 been taken out 1n Like [{an may engers' Insurance Compum 1.1,! New York Mutual Insux UM -. 1. nod in other companms th n-ma making I total of £13,000 The Bailwny Passeugvxy lilal Oompuu'. who We‘re the defvnda db cue. refuted to meet the me on the ground that Lherv “as l intactory evidence of Lht‘ dvat W John-on. One. of lbt‘ pm itin- of tho inquiry consistvd in “Imam! of frtud and vousplx‘i built “legs! that. ’I‘bumas Johns clasped up the cliff and disapu m m “16d by thv Juhnsu: ll]. 1.01! to rat here. The issue of Old oonapincy having been razsm “atheism having been “on I) ids W'hidl undo surh allegatmn Within three days had Thomas Gal made proposals to dxffvrwm, + (Johnnie hislife for £10,000 'l‘ne‘ meats in three proposal forms {else and {redulens AN 'EXPERT sw m 31+: R4 , This anxiety @091me large ( ‘Miou sgninst accident “in at? time when Thomas J ohnsun \s ‘ tiling With his swimming numhi difing dress. Almost eVery day the bathi 5; sea") In 18 M I‘homa tothe ddersfield suimmms: I .1de pracflised in order to be for emergencies. In J uh be u prepared to {it himself mm a «ii am so the black fame hard “as ad. but Why it. was taken to t of Man there was not evidence 1 A8 counsel representing Lhe mace interests point/«1 out duri investigation which failmi to 1+ Thomas Johnson’s death than much that 'was suspir‘RUUs in MM of Thomas and Harrv Johnson L same of the aileqed accident an. walks to Bradda Head. and 333.3. careful examination of the 2mm The story about the boat aorideni Dd hold. “finer. There was swell, but no such sea ac mu!d,3;)q have so canted the boat as to “ms and 'Harrv into the M regard being had that the Ina? K4 $an one. with fourtrwn footk. (our and oneâ€"1111f Coot beam. All the hoatmen concurred ' in that the boat was uninjur .1] very slight!" injured. rand "Minn that the boat was up drikinc a rock was untnna‘do. ¢ 'Qs office-was informed of the “1:." they sated for s statems ”e or more of the boatmen. bu} 'flh succulent was furnished. rem of the .body undo [I addition to the. mauramwa 1 ed. mung to £13,000. we. m nun“ Johnson. the man v~ either a corpse or corpse 'uupcrw Vilited leveral other (”huts Erin mystery inquiry. hits DU“ made. and it is sensational in 1 WI. It will be, rmuc-L‘ flat in this case. Thomas John: Huddetstield boot manufm'lun-r m on a boating trip \sitb 0m: bratbers. in P0“. Luu Ha)‘, I In. on July 23 MM. 'l'hv broth W having been l'uund cl to 8 IOCk close [0 Human “Had, m boat in which both “are “as due by. Thomas Jumzwu \Hh Mrd hetrd of. and hi: nu claimed “IO insurance, pol (flex ‘ no arbitrator found that at. M been proved to his suhsf tilt W Johnson “as dnml “(it to take out. polivues for uncutâ€"with the Hand-nuâ€" Hand 9.0.” for instance. (or 1:5,,000 a! Puttine [or £5000 Bum xv tum! Kantian-Hands manag :- vxpl since that he did not. Mk 1hr ' Which. through all Uh xuguu: WJohmson “oqu no! hm any form of polky othw than for tau! moment. ‘ttemptl todefraud life my!l mien by also reports of a w producing 8 body [Woman-‘4 we medical college and suvaru 3‘ US body of some one whn ' turd- have been of more or 10:: quot occurrence. lu )inglunt. "or. recent use has barn "‘I gt grout length in Lb? mums The London Daily Mail. in «il~ thocue. sayszâ€"“The annrd u Boughton. U16 arbitrator In th‘ Erin mystery inquiry. 14:» NW fluuu and Iarry Jul-mom \‘c-ul 30.3 and M! Our Rc-Iurm-«l -- In: In (on. swim - 'l‘lu- SENSATIONAL INSUPANCE CA ZLING ENULAND. m1" MYSTERID US A fl». tfbndint at tho was drown he is dead