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NMfDfl THE LILY. By H. RIDER HAGGARD. [Copyright, 1892, by Tillotson & Son and pub lished by special arrangement with them.] [coNTINUED.. CHAPTER IX. THE COUNSEL OF BALEKA. I whispered her name. I praised the king with a loud voice and I went from the Intunkulu, the house of the king. I walked slowly, but when I was without the gates the anguish that came upon me because of my burned hand was more than I could bear. I ran to and fro groaning till I came to the hut of one whom I knew. There I found fat, and having plunged] my hand in the fat I wrapped it round with a skin and passed out again, for I might not stay still. I went to and fro, till at length I came to the spot where my huts had been. 1 walked in among the ashes; my feet struck upon things that were sharp. The moon was bright and I looked. They were the blackened bones of my wives and children. I flung myself down; I covered myself over with the ashes of my kraal and with the bones of my wives and children. Ah! my father, there as I lay among the ashes I prayed to the Amatongo, to the ghosts of my ancestors. I prayed to my Ehlose, to the spirit that watches me-aye, and I even dared to pray to the Umkulukulu, the great soul of the world, who moves through the world unseen and unheard. And thus I prayed that I might yet live to kill Chaka as he had killed those who were dear to me. And while 1 lay thun there came a vision to me, a vision that was sent in answer to my prayer, or perchance it was a madness born of my sorrows. For, my father, it seemed to me that I stood upon the bank of a river great and wide. It was gloomy there, the light lay low upon the face of the river, but far away on the farther side was a glow like the glow of a stormy dawn, and in the glow I saw a mighty bed of reeds that swayed about in the breath of the dawn, and odt of the reeds-came men and women and children, by hundreds and tens of hundreds, and plunged into the waters of the river and were buffeted about by the waters. Now, my father, all the people that 1 saw in the water were black people, and all those who were torn out of the reeds were black-there were none of them white like your people, my father, for this vision was a vision of the Zulu race, who alone are "torn out of the reeds.' Now, I saw that of those who swam in the river some passed over very quickly and some stood, as it were, still in the water-as in life, my father, some die soon and some live for many years. And I saw the countless faces of those in the water, among them were many that 1 knew. There, my father, I saw the face of Chaka, and near him was my ownl face. There, too, I saw the face of Dingaan, the prince, his brother, and the face of the boy Umslopogaas, and the face of Nada, my daughter, and then it was for the first time that I knew that Umslopogaas was not dead, but ",,,r., io+ only lost. Now, I turned in my vision and looked at that bank of the river on which I stood. Then I saw that behind the bank was a cliff, mighty and black, and in the cliff were doors of ivory, and through the doors came light and the sound of laughter. Other doors there were also, black as though fashioned of coal, and through them came darkness and the sounds of groans. I saw this also, that in front of the doors was set a seat, and on the seat was the figure of a Woman glorious to see. She was tall, and she alone was white, and clad in robes of white, and her hair was like gold which was molten in the fire, and her face shone like the midday sun. Then I saw that those who came up out of the river stood before the woman, the water yet running from them, and cried aloud to her: "Hail. Inkosazana-y-Zulu! Hail, Queen of the Heavens!" Now, the figure of the glorious woman hold a rod in either hand, and the rod in her right hand was white and of ivory, and the rod in her left hand was black and of ebony. And as those who came up before her throne greeted her, so she pointed now with the wand of ivory in her right hand and now with the wand of ebony in her left hand. And with the wandl of ivory she pointed to the gates of ivory, through which came light and laughter, and with the wand of ebony she pointed to the gates of coal, through which came blackness and groans. And as she pointed so those who greeted her turned and went, some through the gates of light and some through the gates of blackness. Presently, as I stood, there came up a handful of people from the bank of the river. I looked on them and knew them. There was Unandi, the mother of Chaka; there was Anadi, my wife, and Moosa, my son, and all my other wives and children, and those who had perished with them. They stood before the figure of the woman, the Princess if the Heavens, to whom the Umul'lukulu has given it to watch over the people of the Zulu, and cried aloud, "Hail, Inkosazana-y-Zulu! Hail!" Then she, the Inkosazana, pointed with i rod of i'rrv to the gates of ivory; but still they stooa before her, not mov ing. Now the woman spoke for the first time in a low voice that was sad and awful to hear: "Pass in, children of my people, pass in to the judgment. Why tarry ye? Pass in through the gates of light!" But still they tarried, and in my vision Unandi spoke: "We tarry, Queen of the Heavens-we tarry to pray for justice on him who murdered us. I, who on iart. h was named Mother of the Heav en s, on behalf of all this company pray Stothee, Queen of the Heavens, for jus -tice on him who murdered us." ...U~s Is. M amed? asked the voice b gt. the Zs w " answered .net voice or unanal. "-"unaia, my son." "Many have come to ask for venge ance on that head," said the voice of the Queen of tha Heavens, "and many more shall come. Fear not, Unandi, it shall fall. Fear not, Anadi and ye wives and childrenof Mopo, it shall fall, I say. With the spear that pierced thy breast, Unandi, shall the breast of Chaka be also pierced, and, ye wives and children of Mopo, the hand that pierces shall be the hand of Mopo. As I guide him, so shall he go. Pass in, children of my people-pass in to the judgment. for the doom of Chaka is written!" Thus 1 dreamed, my father. I woke when the sky was gray with the morn ing light, shaking the ashes from me, and went without the kraal to wash myself from the defilement. Then I returned and sat without the gates of the Empo seni, waiting till the king's women, whom he named his sisters, should come to draw water, according to their cus tom. At last they came, and sitting with my kaross thrown over my face to hide it, I looked for the passing of Ba leka. Presently I saw her; she was sad faced and walked slowly, her pitcher on her head. I whispered her name and she drew aside behind an aloe bush, and making pretense that her foot was pierced with a thorn she lingered till the other women were gone by. Then she came up to me and we greeted one an other, gazing heavily into each other's eyes. "In an ill day did I hearken to you, Baleka," I said, "to you and to the Mother of the Heavens and save your child alive. Dead are all my house, dead is the Mother of the Heavens-all are dead and I myself have been put to the tor ment by fire," and I held out my wither ed hand toward her. "Ay, Mopo, my brother," she answered, "but flesh is nearest to flesh and I should think little of it were not my son Umslopogaas also dead, as I have heard but now." "You speak as a woman, Baleka. Is it, then, nothing to you that I, your brother, have lost-all I love?" "Fresh seed can yet be raised up to you my brother, but for me there is no hope, for the king looks on me no more. I grieve for you, but I had this one alone, and flesh is nearest to flesh. Think you that I shall escape? I am but spared for a little, then I go where the others have gone. Chaka has marked me for the grave; I care not; I am weary. but I grieve for the boy; there was no such boy in the land. Would that I might die swiftly and go to seek him!" ."And if the boy is not dead, lialeka, what then?" "What is that you said?" she answer ed, turning on me with wild eyes. "Oh, say it again-again, Mopo! I would gladly die a hundred deaths to know that Umslopogaas yet lives!" "Nay, Baleka, I know nothing. But last night I dreamed a dream," and 1 told her all my dream and also of that which had gone before the dream. "I think that there is wisdom in your dreams, Mopo," she said at length. "You were ever a strange man. Now it is borne in upon my heart that Umslopo gaas still lives, and now I shall die happy. Yes, gainsay me not; I shall die. But what is it? It is nothing, if only the Prince Umslopogaas yet lives." "Your love is great, woman," I said. "Say now, what shall I do? Shall I fly or shall I abide here, taking the chance of things?" "You must abide here, Mopo. See now! This is in the king's mind. He fears because of the death of his mother at his own hand-yes, even he-he fears lest the people should turn upon him who killed his own mother. Therefore he will do this: He will give it out that he did not kill her, but that she perished in the fire which was called down upon your kraals by witchcraft, and though all men know the lie yet none shall dare to gainsay him. As he said to you, there will be a smelling out, but a smell ing out of a new sort, for he and you shall be the witch finders, and at that smelling out he will give to death all those whom he fears, all those whom he knows hate him for his wickedness and because with his own hand he slew his mother. For this cause then he will save you alive, Mopo-yes, and make you to be great in the land; for if indeed his mother Unandi died through witch craft, as he shall say, are you not also wronged with him, and did not your wives and children also perish by witch craft? Therefore do not fly; abide here and become great-become great to the great end of vengeance, Mopo, my brother. You have much wrong to wreak; soon you will have more, for I, too. shall be gone, and my blood also shall cry for vengeance to you. Hearken, Mopo. Are there not other princes in the land? What of Dingaan, what of Umhlangana, what of Umpanda, broth ers to the king? Do not these also desire to be kings? Do they not day by day rise from sleep feeling their limbs to know if they yet live? Do they not night by night lie down to sleep not knowing if it shall be their wives that they shall kiss ere dawn or the red assegai of the king? Draw near to them, my brother; creep into their hearts and learn their counsel or teach them yours, so in the end shall Chaka be brought to that gate through which your wives have passed and where I also am about to tread." Thus Baleka spoke and she was gone. I knew well that the brothers of the king went heavily and in fear of death, for his shadow was ever on them. With Panda, indeed, little could be done, for he lived softly, speaking always as one whose wits are few. But Dingaan and Umhlangana were of another wood, and from them might well be fashioned a kerrie that should scatter the brains of Chaka to the birds. Then going to the kraal of my friend I doctored my burned hand that pained me, and as I was doctoring it there came a messenger to me summoning me be fore the king. I went in before the king and pros trated myself, calling him by his royal names. "Rise, Mopo, my servant," he said. "Thou hast suffered much woe because of the witchcraft of thine enemies. I, I have lost my mother, and thou, thou hast lost thy wives and children. Weep, my counselors, weep, because I have lost my mother and Mopo, my servant, has lost his wives and children by the withcraft of our foes!" Then all the counselors wept aloud, while Chaka glared at them. "Hearken, Mopo!" said the king when the weeping was done. "None can give me back my mother, but I can give thee more wives and thou shalt find children. Go in among the damsels who are re served for the king and choose thee six; go in among the cattle of the king and choose thee ten times ten of the best; call upon the servants of the king that rney .umn up ray Kraal greater and fairer than it was before! These things I give thee freely, but thou shalt have f more, Mopo-yea, thou shalt ove venge ance! On the first day of the new moon I summon a great meeting, a bandhla of all the Zulu people. Yes, thine own tribe, the Langeni, shall be there also. Then we will mourn to gether over our woes. Then, too, will we learn who brought these woes upon us. Go now, Mopo, go! And go ye also, my counselors, leaving me to weep alone because my mother is dead!" Thus, then, did the words of Baleka come true, and thus I grew greater in the land than ever I had been before. I chose the cattle, they were fat; I chose t the wives, they were fair; but I took no pleasure in them, nor were any more l children born to me.. CHAPTER X. THE TALE OF GALAZI THE WOLF. Now, my father, I will tell of the fate of Umslopogaas when the lion had taken him. The lioness bounded away, and in her mouth was Umslopogaas. Once he strug gled, but she bit him hard, so he lay ! quiet in her mouth, and looked back and saw the face of Nada as she ran from the fence of thorns, crying "Save him!" He saw her face, he heard her words, then he saw and heard little more, for the world grew dark to him, and he passed, as it were, into a deep sleep. Presently Umslopogaas `awoke again, feeling pain in his thigh where the lion ess had bitten him, and heard a sound of shouting. He looked up; near to him stood the lioness that had loosened him from her jaws. She was snorting with rage, and in front of her was a lad-a lad long and strong, with a grim face and a wolf's hide, black and gray, bound about his shoulders in such fashion that the upper jaw and teeth of the wolf rested on his head. He stood before the lioness, shouting, and in one hand he held a large war shield and in the other he grasped a heavy club shod with iron. Now the lioness crouched herself tc spring, growling terribly, but the lad with the club did not wait for the sprig. He ran in upon her and smote her on the head with the club, yet did not kill her, for she reared herself upon her hind legs and struck at him heavily. He caught the blow upon his shield, but the shield was driven against his breast so strongly that he fell backward beneath the shield. Then the lioness sprang upon him and worried at him. Still, because of the shield, as yet she could not come tc him to slay him. But Umslopogaas saw that this might not endure, for present ly the shield would be torn aside and the stranger must be killed. Now, in the breast of the lioness yet stood the half of Umslopogaas' broken spear, and the blade of it was a span deep in her breast. So he rose swiftly, ran to where the lioness worried at him who lay be neath the shield and, seizing the haft of the broken spear, drove it deep into her and wrenched it around. Now she turned, roaring, and clawed at him, tearing his breast and arms. Then, as he lay, he heard a mighty howling, and behold! gray wolves and black leaped upon the lioness and rent and worried her till she fell and was torn to pieces by them. After this the lenses of Urm slopogaas left him again. At length his mind came back to him, and he saw that he lay in a cave upon a bed of grass, while all about him were the skins of beasts and at his side was a pot filled with water. He drank of the water, and then he saw that his arm was wasted as with sickness, and that his breast was thick with scars scarcely skinned over. Now while he lay and wondered the mouth of the cave was darkened, ed through it came that same lad who had done battle with the lioness and been overthrown by her, bearing a dead buck upon his shoulders. He put down the buck upon the ground, and walking to where Umslopogaas lay looked upon him. "Ou!" he said, "your eyes are open do you, then, live, stranger'?" '4 live," answered U inslopogaas, "ana I am hungry." "It is time," said the other; "since with toil I bore you here through the forest, for twelve days you have lain without sense, drinking water only. Twice I was near to killing you, that you might cease to suffer and I to be troubled, but I held my hand because of a word which came to me from one who is dead. Now eat, that your'strength may return to you. Afterward we will talk." And afterward, as they sat at night by the fire in the cave, they spoke together. "How are you named?" asked Um slopogaas of the other. "I am named Galazi the Wolf," he answered, "and I am of Zulu blood-aye, of the blood of Chaka, the king; for the father of Senzangacona, the father of Chaka, was my great-grandfather." "Whence, then, came you, Galazi'" "I came from Swaziland-from the tribe of the Halakazi, which I should rule. This is the story: Siguyana, my grandfather, was a younger brother of Senzangacona, the father of Chaka, but he quarreled with Senzangacona and became a wanderer. With certain of the people of the Umtetwa he wandered into Swaziland and sojourned with the Halakazi tribe in their great caves, and the end of it was that he slew the chief of the tribe and took his place. After he was dead my father ruled In his place, but there was a great party in the tribe that hated his rule because he was of the Zulu race, and it would have set up a chief of the old Swazi blood in his place. Still, they could not do this, for my father's hand was heavy on the people. Now I was the only son of my father by his head wife and should be chief after him, and therefore those of the Swazi party-and they were many and great-hated me also. "So matters stood till last year in the winter, and then my father set his heart upon killing twenty of the hea'.men, with their wives and children, because he knew that they plotted against him. But the headmen learned what was to come and they prevailed upon a wife or my father-a woman of their own blood -to poison him. So she poisoned him in the night, and in the morning it was told me that my father lay sick and summoned me, and I went to my father. In his hut I found him, and he was writhing with pain. " 'What is it, my father? I said. 'Who has done this evil? "'It is this, my son,' he gasped, 'that I am poisoned, and yonder she stands who has done the deed,' and he pointed to the woman. "Now the girl was young and fair, and we had been friends, yet I say that I did not pause, for my heart was mad in me. I did not pause, but seizing my spear I ran at her and,. though she cried for merdy, I killed her with the spear. S'That was well dome, ;asr .'sa dmv ratner. -But when I am gone took to yourself, my son, for these Swazi dogs will drive you out and rob you of your place! But if they drive you out and you yet live, swear this to me, that you will not rest till you avenge me.' "'I swear it, my father,' I answered. '1 swear that I will stamp the men of the tribe of Halakazi flat, every one of them except those of my own blood, and bring their women to slavery and their children to bonds!' "'Big words for a young mouth,' said my father. 'Yet you shall live to bring these things about, Galazi. This I know of you now in my hour of death; you shall be a wanderer for the few years of your life, child of Siguyana, and wandering in another land you shall die a man's death, and not such a death as yonder witch has given to me.' Then with a great groan he died. "Now I passed out, dragging the body of the dead girl after me. In front of the hut were gathered many headmen, and I saw that their looks were sullen. "'The chief, my father, is dead!' I cried, 'and I, Galazi, who am the chief, have slain her who murdered him!' and I rolled the body of the girl over so that they might look upon her face. "Now, the father of the girl was among those who stood before me; he had brought her to the deed, and his heart was maddened at the sight. " 'What, my brothers,' he cried, 'shall we suffer that this young Zulu dog be chief over us? Never! The old lion is dead; now for the cub!' and he ran at me with spear aloft. " 'Never!' shouted the others, and they, too, ran toward me, shaking their spears. "I waited; I did not hasten, for I knew well that I should not die then; I knew it because of my father's words. I waited till the man was near me; he thrust, I sprang aside and drove my spear through him, and on the daughter's body the father fell dead. Then I shouted aloud and rushed through them. None touched me; none could catch me. "I fled from the country of the Hala kazi, nor did I linger at all in the land of the Swazis, but came on swiftly into the Zulu. "Now on the third night I came to a little kraal that stands on the farther side of the river at the foot of the moun tains. In front of the kraal sat an old, old woman basking in the rays of the setting sun. She saw me and spoke to me, saying: 'Young man, you are tall and strong and swift of foot. Would you earn a famous weapon-a club that destroys all who look on it?' "I said that I would have such a club and asked what I should do to win it. "'You shall do this,' said the old, oll woman. 'Tomorrow morning at the first light you shall go up to yonder mountain,' and she pointed to the moun tain where you are now, stranger, where the Stone Witch sits forever waiting for the world to die. 'Two-thirds of the way up the mountain you will come to a path that is difficult to climb. You shall climb the path and enter a gloomy forest. It is very dark in the forest, but you must push through it till you come to an open place with a wall of rock be hind it. In the wall of rock is a cave, and in the cave you will find the bones of a man. Bring down the bones in a bag and I will give you the club.' "While she spoke thus people caine out of the kraal and listened. "'Do not heed her, young man,' they said, 'unless you are weary of life. Do not heed her, she is crazy. The moun tain is haunted; it is the place of ghosts. Look at the Stone Witch, who sits upon it! Evil spirits live in the forest and no man has walked there for nlany years. Her son was foolish-he went to walk in the forest, saying that he cared noth ing for ghosts, and the Amatongo, the ghost folk, killed him. That was many years ago, and none have dared to seek his bones. Ever she sits here and asks of the passers by that they should bring them, offering the great club for a re ward, but they dare not.' "'They lie,' said the old woman. 'There are no ghosts there. The ghosts live only in their cowardly hearts. There are but wolves. I know that the bones of my son lie in the cave, for I have seen them in a dream; but, alas! my old limbs are too weak to carry me up the mountain path and all these are cowards. There is no man among them since the Zulus slew my husband, cov ering him with wounds.' "Now I listened, saying no word, but when all had done I asked to see the club which should be given to him who dared to face the Amatongo, the spirits who lived in the forest upon the Ghost mountain. Then the old woman rose, and creeping on her hands went into the hut. Presently she returned again, dragging the great club after her. "'Look on it, stranger! Look on it: Was there ever such a club?' and Galazi held it up before the eyes of Umslopo gaas. "I looked at it," went on Galazi, "and I tell you, stranger, a great desire came into my heart to possess it. " 'How is this club named?' I asked of the old woman. " 'He is named Watcher of the Fords, she answered, 'and he has not watched in vain. Five men have held that clnb in war and a hundred and seventy and three have given up their lives beneath its strokes. He who held it last slew twenty before he was slain himself; for this fortune goes with the club, that he who owns it shall die holding it, but in a great fashion. There is but one other weapon to match with it in Zululand, and that is the great ax of Jikiza, the chief of the People of the Ax, who dwells in the kraal yonder-the ancient horn hafted Imbubuzi, the Groanmaker that brings victory. Were ax Groan maker and club Watcher of the Ford side by side there are no thirty men in Zululand who mightmdstd before them. I have said. Choose,' and she watched me cunningly through her horny eyes. At length she rose. 'La lal' she said. 'the Watcher is not for this one. This one is but a child. I must seek me a man; I must seek me a man!u' "'Not so fast, old wife,' I said; 'will you lend me this club to hold in my hand while I go to find the bones of your son and to snatch them from the people of the ghosts?' " 'Boy, your eyes are honest,' she said, still peerimg at me. 'Take the Watcher, go seek the bones. If you die, let the club be lost with you; if you fail, bring him back to me; but if you. win the bones, then he is yours, and he shall bring you glory, and you shall die a great death at last, holding him aloft among the deadh' "So on the morrow at dawtn I tookl the club Watcher in my hamld a .:alit-. ie diancing shield and- . mad. ready to I bw,ýtrager; if yO. .ave h t 11F~~i~eeiii:gdlr-:·a 0=m to me moun as or neve UanG l0k out for the mon is brigIt. . . So Umslopogaas roseandcrept fhrough the narrow mouth of the cave. There, above him, a great gray peak,, shaped like a seated woman, towered high into the air, her chin resting uipon herbreast, the place where the cave was being, as it were, on the lap of-the woman. Below this place the rock ran down sharply. and was clothed with little bushes. Lower down yet was a forest, great and dense, that stretched to the lip of a cliff, and at the foot of the cliff, beyond the waters of the river, lay the wide plains of Zululand. "Yonder, stranger," said Galazi, point ing, "yonder is the kraal where the aged woman dwelt. There is the cliff rising from the plain up which I must climb; there is the forest where dwell the Ama tongo, the people of the ghosts; there, on the hither side of the forest, runs the path to the cave, and here is the cave itself. See this stone lying at the mouth of the cave; it turns thus, shutting up the mouth of the cave-it turns gently, though it is so large a child may move it, for it rests upon a sharp point of rock. "Only this, the stone may not be push ed too far; for, look! if it came to here," and he pointed to a mark in the mouth of the cave, "then that man must be strong who can draw it back again, though I have done it myself, who am not a man full grown. But if it pass beyond this mark, then, see, it will roll down the neck of the cave like a pebble down the neck of a gourd, and I think that two men, one striving from within and one dragging from without, scarce ly could avail to push it clear. Look, now, I close the stone, as is my custom of a night, thus"-and he grasped the rock and swung it around upon its pivot, on which it turned as a door turns. "Thus I leave it, and though, except those to whom the secret is known, none would guess that a cave was hers, yet with a push of the hand it may be rolled back. But enough of the stone. "I-started from the kraal of the old woman, and the people of the kraal fol lowed me to the brink of the river. It was in flood and few had dared to cross it. "I bound the shield upon my shoul ders with a string, and the bag that I had brought I made fast about my mid dle, and I held the great club in my teeth by the thong. Then I plunged into'the river and swam. Twice, stran ger, the current bore me under and those on the bank shouted that I was lost, but yet I rose again, and in the' end won the farther shore, and I walked on till I came to the foot of the cliff. That cliff is hard to climb, yet I found a way up it and by midday I came to the forest. Here, on the edge of the forest, I rested awhile and ate a little food that I had brought with me in the bag. Then I rose and plunged into the forest. I wended on, often losing my path. But from time to time between the tops of the trees I saw the figure of the gray stone woman who sits on the top of Ghost mountain, and shaped my course toward her knees. "Still I went on, and at length the trees grew fewer, the ground sloped up ward and the light poured down from the heavens again. But, stranger, you are weary and the night wears on. Sleep now, and tomorrow I will end the tale. Say, first, how are you named?" "I am named Umslopogaas, son of Mopo," he answered, "and my tale shall be told when yours is done. Let us sleep." Now when Galazi heard this name he started and was troubled, but said noth ing. So they laid them down to sleep and Galazi wrapped Umslopogaas with the skins of bucks. But (Galazi the Wolf was so hardy that he lay down on the bare rock and had no covering. So they slept, and without the door of the cave the wolves howled, scenting the blood of men. [To BE coNTINUmD. Documentary Evidence. The young lady in the case had, told her story in a straightforward manner, not un mingled with spitefulness, and it looked rather bad for the prisoner at the bar. "You never saw The p1isoner before?" in quired his honor. "Never, and I hope never will again-the brutel" and her black eyes snapped angrily. "And he came up and addressed you?" "Yes." "What did he say?" The girl blushed painfully. "lMust I tell?" she said. "Certainly." "Well, he-he-he said, 'Ah, girlie, can't I help you with some of those packages?'" "What were you doing?" "I had just conme out of the store and was trying to open my parasoL" "You had not addressed him?" "No, sir." "Nor given him any encouragement?" "I hadn't even noticed him." She was getting angry now. "That will do." She stepped down, and the defendant asked to be heard. He was sworn. "Well, what have you got to say for your self?" - "I thought she wanted toget acquainted, yer honor," replied the young man. The complainant glared at him. "What made you think so?" "Why, the way she acted." "How? What did she do?" "Well, judge, , can't explain very well, but if you'll just run your eye over this you'll see my position exactly." And he took from his pocket a pamphlet decorated with Cupids and marriage bells and entitled "How toCharm-the Fair Sen." He opened it and handed it to the magis trate, who read: PAIASOL rtlirrATIOS. Held In both hands, pointing upward--Yon interest me. Held in left hand and shaken--Come to me. -Pointed toward the toe-We are watched. Partially opened-I desire an acquaintance. Fully opened-My heart is thine. --Chicago News-Record. A Hidden iyetery. The confounding of 3Welsh rarebits with Welsh .rabbits has given opportunity for many'stories, but Comptroller Staub is re sponsible for the latest, if not the best. Mr, Staub was 52 years old Wednesday, aiid that night heinvited threeof his"constitoo ents," who are in the legishattnre to lunch with him before retiring. The party sat down in a restaurant, and while his three friends were purlning themselves over the bill of fare Mr. Staub ordered a Welsh rarebit. Neither'f the three friends had ever heard of the dis-before, abut; what Was good enough for=the comptroller wasgood enough for them, and :each n-his turn said& 'Y'll have somerabbit too." The yellow dishes came on .In im, . sid when the co0mptroller: poure Worceste. shire sauce over his rabbitthe '"coisttoo~ ents" fdOllowed-s it. Whiea thet wei -ilt ing cigars;, the coptroller turned to oe of his friends and askedt "Whatdo you think o 'that sdsh for a lunch?" - wWa "asthekaws _"t r bbtasc that-yal saucedint't tti-e: 1 .~s.e ,. +Mf Comu ' lmtOVABEI PROPERTY'. THE STATE-OF LOTUISIANA VS. DEt LINQUENT TAX DEBTORS, PAR ISH OF ST. LANDRY. By virtue of the authority vested in me by tbe constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, I will sell at the principa front door of the Court House, at Opelou sas, parish of St. Landry, within the legal. hours for judicial sales, beginning at 11 oclock a. m., on Saturday, June 3d, 1S8, and continuing on Monday, and each suc ceeding day. until said sales are comple ted, all property on-which taxes are now due to the Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Bonuf Levee Board, in the parish of St. Landry, to enforce the collection of le1 vee and acreage taxes assessed in the year 1891, and each year previousthereto, togeth er with interest thereon at the rate of two per cent per month till paid, and all costs. The names of said delinquent taxpayers, the amount of taxes due by each on the assessment of said year, and the property assessed to each, to be offered for sale, are .as follows, to-wit: 56 Carter Berry, Palmetto, 40 acres im proved, bounded north by Sylvester, south by Waxia, east by Winfield, west by Tan ner; stock; levee 606, acreage $2. 129 Lewis Castain, Washington, 160 acres improved, bounded north by Beggs, south Ely Williams, east and west--; stock, vehicles; levee $2 45 acreage $8. 170 J W Daniels, Washington, 225 acres, boundaries not given; stock, vehicles; le levee $7 45, acreage $11 25. 251 E D Fisher, Big Cane, 70 acres im proved, bounded north by public road, east and south Goudchaux, and west Mrs Low ry; stock; levee $2 35, acreage $3 75. 254 Charles Fleshman, Big Cane, 30 acres bounded north and south by Reiber, east Goudchaux, west Swords; levee 159, acre age $1 50. 260 Pauline Fontenot and heirs, 40 acres in Atchafalaya swamp, nwl{4 of nwll4 sec 13 t 3 s r 6 e; levee 200, acreage $2, same for 1890. 267 Dinah Ford, Melville, 1 acre improv ed, bounded north by Wilson, south Alex ander, east Overton, west J W Jackson; levee 500, acreage 51. 285 H L Garland, Opelousas, 562 acres, ell2 sec 33 and n112 of nwli4 and swll4 of nwl14 sec 34 and seli4 sec 2$, all in t 3 s r 5 e; levee $2 80, acreage $28 10, same for 1890. 361 Dan Hargrove, Garland, 15 a&es im proved, no boundaries, stock, vehicles; le vee $1 10, acreage 609. 381 Mrs Martha Hawkins, Waxia, 80 acres improved, no boundaries, stock; levee $2 and `0.0, acreage $4. 487 George Keller and heirs, Chicot, 120 acres in Atchafalaya swamp. .112 of nwll4 and sel14 of nell4 sec 13 t 3 s r 5 e; levee 600, acreage $6, same for 1890. 242 Thomas Lockwood, Washington, 50 acres, swamp, no boundaries; vehicles; le vee $1 05, acreage $2 50. 638 William Payton, Melville, one acre bounded north by Drummond,. south Pay ton, east Mrs Dodez, west Burton; levee 259, acreage 59. 644 Wm S Petetin, Washington, 30 acres improved, bounded north by J Meyers, south Deloach, east Courtablean, west J Bihm; stock, vehicles; levee $2 60, acreage $1 50. 693 Mrs John Reed, 40 acres bounded north by Duckworth, south Richard, east Waxia, west Duckworth; levee $1 50, acre age $2. 727 A Robin and heirs, 75 acres, Atchaf alaya, lot 6 or el12 of selr4 sec 26 t G s r 6 e; levee 35#, acreage $3 75, same for 1890. 729 F Robin and heirs, 165 acres, nll2 of nell4 and nl12 of swll4 sec 3 t 7 sr6 e; le vee 809, acreage $8 25, same for 1890. 731 Frangois Robin and heirs, 3246 acres, all in sec 32 and sel14 of swll4 and` s112 of sell4 sec 33 and lots 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15 sec 36 and nell4 and swl14 sec 2 and selt4 of sell4 and nell4 sec 3 and neII4 of nwll4 and ne 114 of selI4 and nw14 of nwll14 sec 3 and nell4 and nell4 of sely4 sec 4 t 7s r-6 e; le vee $16 25, acreage $101 30, same for 1890. 733 Napoleon Robin and heirs, 227 acres, lots 6 and 9 sec 22 and s112 of swlj4 sec 26 and nelT4 of nell4 sec 27 and lots 2-3-7-8-9 10-15-16-5-6 sec 35 t 6 s r 6 e, and s112 of riw 114 and swl[4 sec4 t7 s r6e; levee$1 15, acreage $11 35. 788 Mrs C Sloane, Big Cane, 10 acres im proved, bounded north by A Reiber, south P Jacob, east railroad, west W D Godwin; stock; levee $1 40, acreage 50. 798 Estate of Mrs Margaret Smart, Rosa, 120 acres improved, bounded north by Goudchaux, south M Decoux, west Goud chaux; stock; levee $2.65, acreage $6. 814 Louis Stagg Whiteville, 149 acres bounded north by swamp, south bayou, east P Reed, west Lafleur; 115 acres boun ded north by swamp, Citizens' Bank and 3 P Reed; levee $8, acreage $13 20. 966 E P Veazie and C Pulliam,' Opelou sas, 400 acres, e112 of nell4 see 13 and swll4 of swll4 sec 9 and ell2 of nell4 and nwl4 of neli4 and nelT4 of nwlT4 sec 17 and selt4 ot swlf4 andi sl2 ot selFI see 8, all in t3 r 5 e; levee $2, acreage $20. 890 Ben Wafle, Washington, 30 acres im proved, bounded north by Dejean, south Hawkins, east and west G Hawkins; stock, vehicles; levee $1 20, acreage $1 50. SUPPLEMENTAL ROLL. 7 Joseph Bloch, 535 acres on the Atchaf alaya river, the undivided fourth of the property of John Lyons deceased; levee $3 50, acreage $26 75. 16 Miss Mary Burr, Opelousas, 2250 acres swamp land in Atchafalays swamp; levee $11 25. acreage $112 50, same for 1890. 17 Willie Burr~ Opelousas, 2250 acres in Atchafalaya swamp; levee $11 25, acreage $112 50, same for 1890. 26 G R Chevis agent, Washington, 00 acres bounded north by Lamorandier, on the south Dr Bloagisi, east Courtableau, west-Scribner; levee $2 65, acreage $3. 32 Robert Dunbar 80 acres bounded on the north by bayou Waxia, south Mrs GOur nett, east Taylor & Lamorandier, west Mrs A D Hawkins; stock; levee $2 20, acreage 36 Christopher E Frith, 880 acres, wl{2 of sell4 sec 33 t 3 sr 6 e, swli4 and sell4 see 34 t3sr6e, seli4 of sel4 sec 35 t3 sr6 e, wl12 of nwll4 see 3 t 4 s r6 e, sell4 of nwl14 and selT4 of swl4 and selj4 sec 4 t 4 s r 6 e; levee44 40, acreage $44. 44 R G Hawkins, Waxia, 25 acres bound ed north by Mrs Phelps, south Mrs Dene gre, east Mrs Hawkins, west Robertson; le vee $4 30, acreage $1 25. 46 W H Huckaby, 84 acres bourndef on the north by Graft, south Reeves, east bay ou Bteuf, west swamp, improved; stock, vehicles: levee $2 30, acreage $4 20. 60 Alphonse Levy and E BI Boagni, Op elousas. 401 81100 acres, sell4 of nwll4 and w1f2 of nwlj4 and seli4 of sel4 and w112 of seli4 and swli4, all in sec 20t 7 s r6 e; :le vee.$2, acreage $20 05. '61 Alphonse Levy and E Boagni, Ope lousas, 320 971100 acres, W!12 sec 10 t 4 r re e 370 741100 acres, nli2 sec 11 4 s rl e; 321 and 241100 acres, e1I2 see 5t5sr7.e; 80 and 4100 acres, wl.2 of sawl4 sec 7 t 5 a r 7. e; levee $5 45, acreage. 38 60. 62 Alphonse Levy anid EM Beagni, Ope lousas, 12048100 acres, wl12 of nwl 4 and nwlI4 of swll4 secl5 t B6.sr747e 10,01100 acres, elt2 of e112 sec 14t 6 sr7 e' 240 27.l00 acres, nw1l4 see and e112 of switi se 15 t 5 s-r 7 e;322 321100 "acres, Wl12 of ei2 see1and nwl14 see 11 t 5s r e.; 80100 acres, all see 6 t 5 sI e; 100 6001000, ~el4s. e19 t 6 ss r 7 e;16016100 acres, sw14 see t 4s r7 320 581100 acres, wi2 sec 14t 8sr e; 2 'nd., 1t00 acres, all sec 15 t' s r e; levee $13 85, acreage $131 50. 03 6Alphonse Levy and; EM B aniio , Op elousas, 200 acres, sawl4 ofwif l see 8 and swls 'of nst4 and. elj2 ofswiee,4 all in t 1 s. 5 e; see8 401100Q acres, e1l= see and, e112 of sw1l4 sec 25 ts ar5-e; 648 0100 acres, allin see 81=t 6 sr 6 e; 0 53l [100 ace lots 2 98-9 sec 1 t sr 7 e; 26 O6B 00 acres,' e11 .of sw1l4'sete 17 S.sr.8te; 58-3100 acrea, elj2 o W6 2ses c21t 5. sr6 e; 631 and 300 acres, see 12 t 3sr3 levee "$10 ,45,acrea-e$100 7.1t 64 Alphonse Levy and EM .Boagn.L Opy elousas, 4C0 acres, ne19 4 ofwiiLt4 see 20 t~a a r5 e; levee 20, acreage .2. 65 Alphobse Levy and B IIBdoagui, 80 acres, wll2of swllsec 25 t 5sa. 5;e; levee, 40, acreage $4. 8 Alphonse Levy anId EM Bo agni, fp elousas, 70 acres, undivided fourthi of se14 of nell4-sec 19 And slt2 of Aei4 and selt4 sec-21 t 5 sr 6e; Wvle*e , acreae $3 50." .7 Dr T 41 Lyons h 3area im provu ed, bounded north by Mrs Dieker, south I Oden, east Fot, west - Ode; 10 acre bosnded north A dais,; e.as, Ms b ea wetMrs D ey e, l ee1 75;cea 71 lotte near W 25 acres . of -ne1 see and e lht:3 fwest ue, rtaf.ayab;se mp; ..: l SS en acr e on$1 55 oug, bounded7north, south and west b avard reproved , 55 acres bbounded no by bonne; sout and wevee st by Havard;0 8 i4 B Veale, pNew rleans t"t.1 ' O "< secat, east r ves, tear, west Bowam; :evee $5 21, acreage $35 05. SO 5 Welden, 6 acreson baou Rou e, bounded north, south and west JW avatd, improved; 55 acres boundled nort byEft y < ohau ei south and west, wby2 of nwl seve e levee $4 30 acrege age $43 . iPete and och, New Orlean, 760 aehing bounded 60 acresth by State rod sourtabea, 31 Bea Bd,ihm and wSylvester, wes ac levee $52 35, acreage $3. 68 M Hrsero, Charlew Otte Enochs, 8 Wahinre, ofell2sec2lt5sr7e, wli2ofnwI4see22e t60 acres loswamp l and 9on bayou Petit Prai sec22 t5 s r 7 e, w1.2'of swlj4 sec22 t 5s r 7 e; levee 80#, acreage $83 60. 16 Pete and }Willie Reynolds, Washing ton, Ja0 acres bounded by Courtaoleaf w -4, wl Bim and wl4, st by MrsDeloach; levee6 $2 35,creage $a. , 68 Mrs_ Carlotte Enoobs, Washington,' 16Reyolds, 80 acres swamp land on bayu t rai ayr iverstoe; levee 807, acreage $8. 4 JEstates of Daly, 120 acres, n112 are sell4, swel4 of nw30l, sec 13tl2 a r e; levee 60, acre a ge $6.$6. 75 T C Reynolds, 80 acres on the Atehasf alaya river; stock ; levee 750, acreage,$4. 83 Estate of Daniel Allen, 120 acres, sell4 of aeII4 sec 80 and wlj2 oftnw114 sectr.9t 2 a r 4 e; levee 600, acreage $6 NON-RESIDENTS. 65 Church & Brown, Melville, 320 acres, nell4 see 12 and sell4 sec 1 t 5 sr6 e; levee $1 60, acreage $10. 91 Carrie L Dodez, 2 acres improved, bounded north by 2d street, south by 1st street, east by Laudrum, west by L Albert; levee $2 50, acreage 10#. 95 Mrs Sarah J Dunn, Texas, 480 acres, swli4 of swl14 see 26 t 3 sr 5 e, nell4 of ne 114 sec 35 t3 r5 e, sel4 of selcl see32, neli4 and ne114 of sw114 sec 35, t 3 sr 5 e; sell[ of seli4 see 26 t 5 sr 5 e; all2 of nell4 or nwl14 sec 36, nw114 of sell4 sec 71, seli4 of swl14 see 26, t5 r 5 e; levee $2 40, acreage 114 E 0 Fisher 1 acre improved, bound ed north by W 9 Donnell, south D Har grove, east F Duffy, west bayou BrtUf; le vee 50, acreage $1 25. 208 Meldsie McBride wife of W McBride, 80 acres, nwl14 of nwll4 sec 33 tt 6areand nwl[4 of nwll4 sec 33 t 7 s r6 e; levee 406, acreage $4. 271 Clementine Phelps wife of GeorgeS Singleton, 1440 acres, wli2 and w1.2 of e112 sec 5 t 4 sr 7 e, lots 7-2 sec 18 t7 sr 6 e, frac nlj2 sec 16 t 4 sr 7 e, frac sec 16 t 6s a7 e, swl14 and s112 of nwli4 sec 3 t 4 sr 7-e, sw 1i4 of sell4 and nwl14 of nwll4 sec 6 s ell2 of sell4 sec 32 t 3 sr 6 e, wlt12 o 4.Fl sec 4 s r 6 e; levee $7 '20, acreage $72. 272 Clementine Phelps wife of George 8 Singleton, 1946 acres, sw1l4 see 33 t3 a r 6 e, eli2 of sell4 sec 50 t 4 s r 4 e, lot 7 see 9t 4 4 sr4 e, lot 1 sec 70 t 4 sr 4 e, nli2 of swlfi and s112 of nwll4sec 11 t 4 s r 5 e, 112 of nelI4 and nwll4 of nwll4 sec 11 t 4 a-r5 e, nwlI4 sec 12 t 4 s r 5 e, 5112 of nwl14 and swl4 and nell4 sec 9 t 4 s r 6 e, w112 of nelt4 and w112 of sell4 sec 9 t4 s r 7 e, nwl[4 and sw14 sec 9 t 4 sr 7 e; levee $9 75, acreage $97 50. 276 Nelson Potts and John Hill' Baton Rouge, 4350 acres, all-of sees 13, 14, 15,28, 24 and 2n t 4 r 6 e; e112 sec 26 and e11l2 of ell2 sec 35 t 4 s r 6 e; levee $21 75,- acreage $217 and 500. 296 Miss Maggie E Roberts, 600 acres, ne 114 see 18, ell2 of sell4 sec 10, t 4 sr 4 e; e1i2ofnel4s c32, swll4sec 33, t 3 r 6 e; nelj4 sec 5 t 4 a r 4 e; levee $3, acreage $30. 831 C C Swayze and heirs, 400-acres, law 114 sec 10, n112 of swl14 sec 10, e1i2 of ell2 sec 11, t 5 s r 7 e; levee $2, acreage $20,same for 1890. 343 Estate of Jeff Thompson, Opelousas, 480 acres, sell4 sec 10, neIl4 sec 15,' nwl.4 sec 14, t 5 s r 6 e ;levee $2 40, acreage $24. 353 Stella Ward, 927 acres, w112 see 10 t 5 " r 6 e; w1l2 see 12, swly4 of swll4 and nll12 of nwl4 see 21, t s.r7 e; el4see 17 t 4 s r 6 e; levee $4 60. acreage $46 35 On said day of sale I will sell such por tion of said property as each debtor will point out, and in case the tax debtor shall not point out sufficient property, I will at once, without further delay, sell the least q.uantity of said property of any tax debt or which any bidder may buy for the amount of taxes, interest and costs due by said tax debtor. The sale will be without appraisement, for cash in legal tender money of the United States: -T S. FONTENOT Sheriff Parish of St. Landrv and ex-offic.o Collector of State and Parish Taxes. anD29 Ot DO YOU MAKE Butter or Cheese 1On a LARGE or SIAL Scalte S p O You will be esrprised to learn how many valuable points are being made known that wili put dollars in your pocket: Keep u wfth the times by subscribing for the DAIRY WORLD, OChiago. Only $1.00a Yeasr PRODUCE, POULTRY, EGGS . If you want top market price for --our produce, poultry, eggs,game, wool, ides tc., ship to Scott & Thomas, 74. Poydra street, New Orleans, La. This firm is the largest dealers in eggs and poultry in the South. They are buyers and shippers for New York, Key West, 'Centrar American' ports. You are-sure of getting fair treat-, ment and top marketprie by hppng to: JAS. J. LEWIS, Notary :Pub-ic Collection Agent, OPELOUBAS. LA. All bills, notes, drafts, etc., promp tly ecol lected in' the parishes of St. Lan[ry and Acadia. Charges moderate. ni h . A. J. BEJRCIER, Of ce, corner .i ,adryaruid.ioa ao - next to J. Meyers & Co. oct 111 v 0ELOt JAS F. 3. PULF`OR OPELOUSAS LA realdence of Mr. D . ap18 tf The Wortld's Fair. l desire to say to th°e residents of Ope lousas and vicinity. that :will visit the World's fair, to cal at tbhe i ot e of the. St Landr CUaoN, and ascertaina the cheap **t and most desirable y w.sy . do so, and iave~ the society of their ! ld firiends and neighbors while ia n Chi Agent World's Fair rt ve pl22 1m Etertnment Asocatnon. W. 5. FRAZEE Attorney &A ounsellr at Law #Ioe on Landry 0t, Opp o rthouse, Orzousas, Loure AIt. Will practice in th ledel and State r pt attention given to al ness Collection Agen4y. Manager, Un ited Stts* 3a(, and Accoast1sa - and otherz< the ris f di .