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with our hunting-knives. we managed t9 upon a paghway; and at - 0 last «‘70- went first. and for half Into openinggn the mountain. about aev- . t - any years alone and isolated. After nearly an hour's incessant chat- ter. during which I believe Klaas had laid before his monkey-like ancester an mitmni-ui I'd-4m... -1 1' '°‘ ‘ - â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" vr ”.7 name. was his grandfather. whom he had not set eyes on since long years before the Boer commando had brok- en into his tribal fastness. slain his father and mother and other relatives. and carried himself off captive. The old mn before us had somehow escaped in the fight; had crept away; and after years of solitary hidi â€" in the moun- tains around. had some to this grim and desolate valley, where he Ind subsisted on Bushman fareâ€" enakes. lizards, roots. gum. bulbs ___-._- v- “WI language 1 have ever heard. In big turn the 91d tently from beau t9 foot and in athin Ripe jabbered at bun almost as volu- thxs conncal intprlude. It. mod 11)- credible; but tins old man. 'Ariseep by llama- “'1: Ha "panAInLL-â€" - man started b1 tently from he give jabbered Fmally, Kla: this conncal i1 credible; but t Lifting the skin karoas and rubbing away the coating of grease and dirt that. covered the right shoulder. Klaas inted to two round white scars just ow the blade-bone. several inches apart. Then he gave a leap into the air. seized the old fossil by the neck. ‘â€" r v â€"- .â€"â€"-‘v and approached the hut. Here too. Klaas pulled away the dry mimosa.- thorns from the entrance. and was at once confronted by a tiny bow and ar- row. and behind that by a fierce little weazened face. Instantly, my Bushman poured forth a torrent of his own lan- Inace. redundant beyond expression. with those extraordinary clicks of which the Bushman tongue seems main- ]y to cons'st. Even as he spoke, the bow and arrow were lowered, the little head fore us. Ancient, did I say 3 Ancient is hardly a meet description of his aspect. As he stood there blinking like an owl . in the fierce sunlight his only coveringa : little akin karossof the red rhe-bok fas- LS shoulders, he looked in- ; deed ooeval with the rocks around him. i I never saw anything like it. Poor little i oddity. dim though his eyes were wax- | ing. feeble though his shrivelled arm. dulled though his formerly acute senses, he had, with all the desperate pluck | of his race. been prepared to do bat-l tle‘for his hearth and home! â€" â€"-â€"r Irv- \Cuov dwelling, inaccesible as it seemed to human life? Klaas soon found a. weak spot in the kraal fence. and pulling down some thorns we stopped inside of a tiger-cat; but, inasmuch as hewas sometimes prevented from immediate- ly approaching the rock-wall. he apâ€" peared unable to hit off the tunnel that led, as he had formerly told me, to the valley beyond. Suddenly. after he had again disappeared; he gave a low whis- tle; a signal to approach. to which I quickly responded. Quietly pushing my way towards him, I was astonished to see within a small clearing, a thick and high thorn-fence, outside of which Klaas stood. Inside this circular kraal was a low round hut, formed of boughs and branches strongly and closely in- terlaced. Klaas was standing watching intently the interior of the hut. which seemed to be barred at its tiny entrance by a pile of thorns lying close against .VVe got up and walked straight for the point he had indicated, and reach- ed the foot of the precipice. The Bush- man hunted hither and thither in the prickly jungle with the fierce rapidity What could it 11193 n. this .u-vv... nvvu, “WW “1" As we drank from our water-bottles els (Kathe .mountains. and ate some of the dried flesh and For five mmutes, by d . . occwo' al ] biscuits we had brought With us, I no- 5:19:61) :10” the Roofing tioed Klaas’s keen little eyes wander- sometimes on smooth 3 ing inquiringly round the base of the ‘ OVOI‘ protruding I'OCk a; precipice in our front. He seemed puz- I 0) we 30" 31008 V9! , , . Then the roof of the da zled; and as we finished our repast and it was pitch dark now- lit our pipes again he said: “ The hole ered, and we had to C] to the diamonds should be over there ” ‘ â€"pointing before him; ” but I can't.make the oppression a quite make out the spot, the bushes i more oppressive. Even , . . l Bushman though he was, have altered and 81‘0“” 90' 8mm IN” relish the adventure. :11 here as «1 b0." years and years 3130-” ! subdued and 9mm”; I sat down on a rock and lit apipe, just to think it over and settle my rather highly strung'nervm. The Paarl 88 I could now see. was a unique for- mation of crystal-spar, singularly rounded upon its face. It and the glorious canopy of hanging stalactite above it must have been reft bare by some mighty convulsion that had an- ciently torn asunder these mountains, leaving the ravine in which we stood. THE [ll-ST DIAMONDS 0F IHE ORANGE RIVER. ugh gahe excitement of the the rennet awful tunnel-passage strange uo auuculty in finding them we wandered over not a twen of the valley. I could see at. this off-hand search that Fiches lav any-am! Hm» - WV IV“, IL 18 _. _v I straw coloured. others 01 as I afterwards learned no diffic‘ulty in ii ' . . 1 stone. so often found in the Vaal Riv er with diamonds. and indeed often considered a sure indicator of “stones," was t0 be met with. In many places the peb- bles were washed perfectly (-lean. and lay thickly piled in hollow water-ways. Here we speedily found a rich harvest of the precious 3911113. In a feverish search .of an hour and a half. Klaas . .ed up thirty-three fine stones, ranging in ' size from a small pigeon’s egg to a terd of the size of my 11t- . They were all fine dia- w. it is true, yellow or ers of purest water. as I .afterwards learned; and we had by diggers as . or the most rad- . . 1 can only oom- , pare Ln splendour to the flashing rain- , bows formed oveg‘ the foaming falls of 1., “111011 l have seen more ' horlzoutally and we 'should find almost exactly the gravel found in the Vaal River diggings, and was here and there stron ’ gny ferrugi‘nous and mingled \Vlth red sand, and (X?('u81()n:1|lv Inna l’ “ALL, 1 - ~ It ran horizontally and M1 aL least two-thirds , that encircle-(l ms. It . an amazing spectacle, and 1 thlnk quite the most. singular of. v : gs. and they are 0015 few, I have seen 111 the Afncun m- vâ€" 0-. WI IJJIue IW D8011“ o ’511‘%{1 gravel reddish yellow m 00101113 d Is arena was surrounded by stupen- ous walls of the same ruddy-brown rock we had noticed in Paarl K100i. w Inch here towered to a. height of (31089 . . In the centre of the red cliffs, blazing forth in Splen- dour ran '1 broad band of th .0 L 8 mmt glonous opalescent rockâ€"crystal, which flashed out its r¢ ' a to meet, Hm ,?Z;?..°€-?9_199red.l.hsht as â€" " w “-"w ‘Wâ€"wvâ€" LL. wqence we {lad just come had been itely mare amazin ' . g. Imagme a vast {Irena almost completely circular im t . . Smooth, and composed, .as 10 ”3 “0013118. Of intermingled sand :13}; gravel reddish yellow 1n colour. . ls arenél “'us Sl‘rrAI'III‘LIII 1“, (1‘- IIIII n it. whence we sufficiently st phitheatre in Itely mare an :more oppressive. Even Klaas, plucky ' Bushman though he was, didn't seem to relish the adventure, and spoke in a :gubdued apd awe-stricken whisper. heightened. and in another five min- qbes we emerged into the blessed sun- .I‘Lghlt. thtle Klaas looked pretty well baked," even in his old leather crack- ers. leather trousers and flannel shirt. AS for ' Sibly be encountered in the twent - minutes' crawl, which as Klaus had tood me. it would take to get through. This opinion was not of a nature to forti- lfy me in the undertaking. yet. rath- er than leave the diamonds unexplored. [I felt prepared to brave the terrom o l ’of this uncanny passage. It was now three o'clock; the sun ’ was marching steadily across the bras- sy firmame-nt on his eastward trek, and [we had no time to lose. ‘ “ In you go, Klaas,” said I; and, 6 nothing loth, Klaas dived into the bow- els of the mountains, [at his heels. For five minutes, by dint of stooplngl and an occasional hands-and-knees creep upon the flooring of the tunnel, sometimes on smooth sand. sometimes over protruding rock and rough grav- el we got along very comfortably. Then the roof of the dark avenue, for it was pitch dark nowâ€"suddenl y low- ered, and we had to crawl alonlg. It was unpleasant. I can tell you, boxed up like this beneath the heart of the mountain. The very thought seemed to make the oppressio_n a million times rth; beneath, probably 7abulous wealth. l was time. and l have never or Opportunity to solve tee. to account for the [hands in such profu- they were swept into 30"", :‘â€" " THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. September 2, 1897. {hat Chorus of Excited Voi. A boat wrecked. you say? 1“ .°°°npanta egcaoed? Lie-Saver. grimlyâ€"091‘ who malted it. . _ Such was the story related to us by the trans rt rider. Our narrator wound up y telling us that Mowbray had further imparted to him the exact looahty of the diamond valley; but he added: “I have never yet been there, [not do I think that for the present it is lokely I shall. Some day, before I leave the Cape. I may havve a try, and trek down the Orange River; but I don't feel very keen about that see- retopaamge. after poor Mowbray's ex- perwnoes." (The End.) ‘f they: lay piled in heaps at the other end of it. Part of the twentyrtwo thm§alnd pounds I invested for some relatives; the balance that I kept, sufficed, with what I alreadfy possess- ei for all possible wants 0 my own. Them. I came back to my dearly loved South Africa; for the last time; and a few years later made the journey to the Chobe River, from which you res- cued me in the thirst-land." . l 8010 of; my t'hrllngs. and went home. The. dunnonds I had brought away refined in En land twenty-two thou- md pounds. have never dreamt of 80,1118 to the fatal valley again. No- thmngpn earth would tempt me, after that Lil-starred journey. heavy with the fate of Klaas and the Bechuana bog Amazi. As for the tunnel. Iwould IDAâ€"LA, mu: we med, for his lips moved as he [turned to me once. At last, within an hlplll‘ atmb a half from the time he “’33 bitten, he lay dead. SO Derished my faithful and devot- ed hemrh'nwn. the stoutest, truest, brav- est soul that ever African sun $110!“! Upon. We placed him gently “1 a. (1,991) sandy htollow, and over the sand mled heavy stones to keep the vermln from him. Then laying myself Within ’Ariseep's kraal, I waited for the sloth- t.111.(1121Wn.. As it mime. I rose, called 'Arzseep from his but, and bade fare- WQ“ to h‘iim as best I could, for We neither of us understood one another. I noticed bye-thc-bye. that no Slgn of grief seemed to trouble the old mama. Probably he was too aged. and had seen . The rest of my story is soon finish- }edfi I made my way back to camp. POM 1113’: man what had happened. and, undeed. took some of them back With me to Klaas’s grave. and made them ex- hls body, to satisfy themselves 0‘ the cause of death; for these men are sometimes very suspicious. Then we covered him again securely agamâ€" st wanderimg beasts and birds. I trekked back to the old Cololnyu 2on at my things, and went home‘. . Y lookim'g powder. ’With an old knilfe he ' d ' ski/n and flesh around lxlaas’s wound, and then rubbed in the ' .I had no brandy or ammonia lster, and therefore let the 01d his remedy, though' .1 felt) somehow it would be useless. .50 ‘ It proved; either the antidote, With which I believe Bushman often do ef- fect wonderful cures, was stale and in- effncacious, or the poison had 80‘ too strong a hold. lVIy poor Klaus never became conscious againw though I {anoi- led eagerly that he recognized me be- fore he died. for his lips moved (gs he turned to me once. At last, within an hour and: a half from the time he was bitten. he lav dead- If you will creel; up and lay hold of his tail, which is on your Side of me. we can settle him; but 1 can'tset his teeth out without your 11619". Crawling forwards. and feellpg my way with irightened benumbed fingers- _I touched Klaas’s leg; then softly mov- ing my left hand. I was suddenly smit- ten. by a horrible writhingtail. Iseiz- ed it with both hands and finally grip- ped the horrid reptile, which I felt to be swollen with rage. as 18 the brute's habit. in an iron grasp with both hands. Then I felt. in the black darkness. that Klaas book a fresh grip of the loath~ some creature’s neck. and. With an 9f" fort, disengaged the deadly fangs from his shoulder. Immediately. I felt him draw his knife, and. after a struggle, sever the serpenlt’s head from its body. The head he ushed away to the right ofp our course as possible; and then I dragged the writhing body, from him. and shuddering. cast it be- hind me as far as possible; .At that moment I thought for the first time in my life I must have swoon- ed: But quickly 1 Le.hought me of poor faithful Klaas. sore stricken; and 1 called to him in as cheerful a voice as T Anni.) a HE ALWAYS DOES row. face to 15350 with probany adead- 1y snake. which: had already blttetn my companion. Almost immediately. Klaas's vows came back to me in a house gut- tural whisper; “I have hum by the neck, sieur; it is a puffâ€"adder. and his teeth are §tiuking Info {By sh‘cqlgler; I: “A.- _, ° Klaaa called out in a hoarse voice; "A snake has bitten me!" What a sxtua- tion IIWJJP in (his {{ig‘h‘tful _bu1_'- soon finish- k to camp. pened, and, .01: with me 3 them ex- themselves these men for we another. _ qign of Coldny‘, : home. away ..n. I-II unucooro IN MANHGOD ’ MAKE stzxwouza.O DISEASED MEN 5m H RE [T of ignorance and folly 3 :1 youth, oval-exertion of. mind and body indnc ed by lust and exposure are 0035:3333 wreckzn r the hvcs and [utu a-happmeee o ousands ot romising young man. 50:10 fade and wither at an early ago. at, the blossompf manh , while others are forced to drag out 3 Weary, imltlese an melancholy enstence. ' up solace or comfort there. The I momma are found in all egations of lifeâ€"The farm the o .‘\ . , .-. the workshop. the pnlpi the trades and the profeeszone. 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