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Drought -with me m the bag. Then I rose and plunged into the forest. 1 wended on, often losing my path. But from time to time between the tops of the trees 1 saw the figure of the gray stone woman who sits on the top of Ghost mountain, and shaped my course toward her knees. "Still 1 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. Bay, first, how are you named?" "1 am named Umslopogaas, son of Mopo," he answered, "and my tale shall be told when yours is done. Let us Bleep." ! 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.

CHAPTER XI.

CtALAZI BECOMES KINO OF THE WOLVES. On the morrow Umslopogaas awoke, and all that day rested m the cave, while Galazi went out to hunt. In the evening Galazi returned, bearing a buck upon his shoulders, and they skinned the buck and ate of it as they sat by the fire. And when the sun was down tialazi took up his tale:

"Now, Umslopogaas, son of Mopo, hearl I had passed the forest, and had come, as it were, to the legs of the old Stone Witch. Here the sun shone mer rily, and though it,grew toward the evening I was afraid no more. So I climbed up the steep rock till I came to the knees of the Stone Witch, which are the space before the cave. I lifted my head over the brink of the rock and looked, pid my blood ran cold and my heart turned to water, for there, before the care, rolled wolves many and great. Some slept and growled m their sleep; some gnawed at the skulls of dead game; some eat up like dogs, and their tongues hung from their grinning jaws. I look ed, I saw, and beyond I discovered the mouth of the caye, where the bones of the boy should bo,

"But I had no wish to come there, who was afraid of the wolves, for now 1 knew that these were the ghosts who live upon the mountain. So I bethought me that I would fly, and turned to go. And even as I turned the great club Watcher of the Fords swung around and smote me on the back. Now whether this was by chance or whether the Watcher would shame him who bore it Ido not know. I swung up the Watch er, and crying aloud the war cry of the Halakazi i sprang over the brink of the rock and rushed upon the wolves. They, too, sprang up and stood howling, with bristling hides and fiery eyes. Yet when they saw it was a man that rushed upon them they fled this way and that, leap ing with great bounds from the place of rock, which is the knees of the Stone Witch, so that presently I stood alone m front of the cave. JSTow I walked to the mouth of the cave proudly and looked m through the opening. As it chanced the sinking sun shone at this hour full into the cave, so that I could see the end.

"Look now! There is a hole m the wall of the cave, where the firelight falls below the shadow of the roof, twice the height of a man from the floor. It is a narrow hole and a high, and a man might sit m it, his legs hanging toward the floor of the cave. And there a man eat —or that which had been a man— and the black skin had withered on his bones, holding them together and mak ing him awful to see. His hands were open beside him; he leaned upon them, and m the right band was a piece of hide from his moccha. It was half eaten. His eyes were also bound around with a band «f leather, as though to hide something from their gaze; one foot was gone, one hung over the edge of the niche toward the floor, and be neath it, on the floor, lay the blade of a broken spear. , "Now come hither; place your hand upon the wall of the cave, just here; it is smooth-—smooth as the stones on which •women grind their corn. 'What made it so smooth?' you ask. I will tell you.

"When I peered through the door of the cave I saw this: On the floor of the cave lay a she wolf, very great and fierce. Near to her was another wolf— he was a dog —on his feet. As I watched he drew back near to the month of the cave; then of a sudden he ran forward and bounded high infa the air toward the withered foot of that which hung from the cleft of the rock. His paws struck upon the rock here where it is smooth, and there for a second be seemed to cling, while his great jaws closed with a clash but a spear's breadth beneath the dead man's foot. Then he fell back and drew slowly down the cave. Again he ran and leaped, again the great jaws closed, again he fell down, howling. Then the she wolf arose, and they sprang together, striving to pull him down who sat above. But it was all m vain; they could never come nearer than within a spear's breadth of the dead man's foot. And now you know why the rock is smooth and shines, Night upon night they had leaped thus against the wall of the cave, bus never might their clashing jaws close upon hia foot. One foot they had indeed, but the other they might not come by.

"Now as I watched, filled with fear and wonder, the she wolf, her tongue lolling from her jaws, made so mighty a bound that she almost reached the hang ing foot, and yet not quite. She fell back, and then I saw that the leap was her last for that time, for she had over eprung herself, and lay there howling, the black blood flowing from her mouth. The wolf saw also; he drew near, sniffed at her, then, knowing that she was hurt, seized her by the throat and worried her. The she wolf grew faint, for the white fangs of her mate were buried m her throat. Then I saw that now 'was the time to smite him, lest when he had killed her he should kill me also. So I

lifted the Watcher and sprang into the cave, having it m my mind to slay the wolf "before ho lifted up his head. But he heard my footsteps, or perhaps my shadow fell upon him. Loosing hia grip he looted up; then, making no sound, he sprang straight at my throat. I smote him with all my strength. The blow met him m midair and struck him to the earth. But before I could smite again, once more he sprang at me. I leaped aside and smote downward, and the blow broke Ms right leg, so that he could spring no more. Yet he ran at me on three feet, and seized me with his teeth, biting through that leather bag which was wound about my middle, into the flesh behind. Then I yelled with pain, and lifting the Watcher endways, drove it down with so great a stroke that the skull of the wolf was shattered I and he fell dead, dragging me down I with him. Presently I sat up, and forc i ing the Watcher between his jaws lev ered them open, freeing my flesh from the grip of his teeth. Presently I glanced up and saw that the she wolf had found her feet again, and stood as though unhurt; yet she did not look at me or on her dead mate, but at him only who sat above. I crept softly behind her; then, lifting my Watcher, I dashed him down with all my strength. The blow broke her neck, so that she rolled over dead. "Now I rested awhile, then went to the mouth of the cave and looked out. The sun was sinking; the depth of forest was black, but the light still shone on the face of the stone woman on the mountain. Here, then, I must bide this night, for I dared not wend toward the plains alone with the wolves and the ghosts. And if I dared not go alone, how much less should I dare to go bear ing with me him who sat m the cleft of the rock! Nay, here I must abide, and feeling that I must do something lest I should go mad, I drew to me the car cass of the great dog wolf which I had killed, and taking my knife of iron I began to skin it by the light of the moon. For an how or more I skinned, singing to myself as I worked, and striving to forget him who sat m the cleft above and the howlings which ran about the mountains. "Now the skin was off. I cast it be hind me, and seizing the carcass dragged it to the edge of the rock and left jt. Presently the howlings drew near again; again I saw the gray shapes creep up one by one. "Did I sleep or did I wake? Nay, 1 do not know. But I know this, that of a sudden I seemed to look up and see. I saw a light—perchance, it was the light of the moon shining upon him that sat aloft at the end of the cave, I looked, or seemed to look, and then i thought that the hanging jaw moved, and from it came a voice that was harsh and hollow. " 'Hail, Galazi, child of Siguyana!' said the voice. 'Galazi the Wolf 1 Say, what dost thou here m the Ghost moun tain, where the Stone Witch sits?' "Then I answered, or seemed to an swer:

" 'Hail, Dead One, who sifctest like ft viilturo on a rock! I do this on the Ghost mountain —1 come to seek thy bones and bear them to thy mother for burial. 1 " 'Many and many a year have I sat aloft, Galazi, 1 answered the voice, 'watching the ghost wolves leap ancj leap to drag me down, till the rock grew smooth beneath tho wearing of their feet. So I sat seven days and nights, ' being yet alive, the hungry wolves be low and hunger gnawing at my heart. So 1 have Bat many and many a year, being dead m the heart of the old Stone Witch, Yet my mother was young and fair when I trod the haunted forest and climbed the knees of stone. How seems she now, Galazi?' " 'She is white and aged and very wrinkled,' I answered, 'They call her mad, yet at her bidding I came to seek thee, Dead One, bearing the Watcher that was thy father's and shall be mine. 1 " 'It shall be thine, Galazi,' said the voice, 'for thou alone has dared the ghosts to give me sleep and burial. Hearken, thine also shall be the wisdom of the old witch who sits aloft—thine and one other's. These are not wolves that them hast seen; they are ghosts of men who lived m ages gone and who must now live till they be slain of men. And knowest thou how they lived, Ga lazi, and what was the food they ate? When the light comes again, Galazi, climb to the breasts of the Stone Witch and look m the cleft which is between her breasts. There shalt thou see how these men lived. And now this doom is on them: Tliey must wander, gaunt and hungry, m the shape of wolves haunting that Ghost mountain where once they fed till they are led forth to die at the hands of men. Because of their devour ing hunger have they leaped from year to year striving to reach my bones, and he whom thou hast slain was the king of them, and she at his side was the queen. Now, Galazi the Wolf, this is the wisdom that I give thee. Thou shalt be king of the ghost wolves, thou and an other whom a lion shall bring thee. Gird the black skin upon thy shoulders and the wolves shall follow thee—all the three hundred and sixty and three of them that are left, and let him who shall be brought to thee gird on the skin of gray. Where ye twain lead them, there "shall they raven, bringing you victory till all are slain. But know this, that there only may they raven where m life they ravened, seeking for their food. Yet that was an ill gift tbou tookest from my mother—the gift of the Watcher—for though without the Watcher thou hadst never slain the king of the ghost wolves, yet bearing the Watcher thoti shalt thyself be slain. Jtfow on the morrow carry me back to my mother so that I may sleep where tho ghost wolves leap no more. 1 have spoken, Galazi.' "Now the Dead One's voice seemed to grow ever fainter and more hollow as he spoke, till at the last I could scarcely hear his words, yet I answered him, asking this of himi " 'Who is it, then, that the lion shall bring to me to rule with me over the _ghost wolves, and how is he named?'

fHB AfflßOfcTON GUABDIAft : TDESDaY, OCTOBER 3 iB&9

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GAJfctDJBJM SEEDS, "Diamond Jubilee" Peas—6d per fpacke la per Ib. •'Rev. Dr Stuart" Peas--6d fperj paokefc, la per Ib. Early Ross Potatoes, 121 b for^Jls. Beauty of Hebron, 121bs for la And hundreds of other lines from Id to2s6d per packet, WANTED—Fresh Egga, Ba't?r, Honey and Beeswax. Top prico given;



Seasonable Lines. Pinrst Separator Butter, fresh, la Id Finest C ndensed Milk 61 Imperial Plums, per lb, lOd Dyes (exra qa*lity), 31b boxes, Is 6i "Siam " Blooded Teas, Is6rf, Is lOd, 2*2(1 "May PickiDga" Ceylon Bud?, equal to any 3i Tea, 2 4J perlb Arflf»n.e<l Jam, m lib Tins, per Eo?sen 4a 6d Hnm.Tep-it 1 ie Cocoa, 3.1 packet, la perlb Tipper iiOP 1), lib Tins, Is ]j, tMl ,.>_v <i( . c gj^ -flr iDe 63, Tea 6d, Z »!aniin Mixed 6d, Fancy Mixed 9d, Dessert la (■ eductions for quantity) Water Biscuits, 41b tins, Is 61 Brown and Pohon's Corn Four 4d Goldea Syrup, 41b tins. Is "Favorite" Waehing Extract, 4 i perlb Oatmeal (Gore or Timaru), 251 b bags, 2s 6dl Beet Derwent Fotatoeß, per sack, 2$ 9d We have just landed our new stock o£



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NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING arranged premises with the Farmers' Co-operative Association, have much pleasure m stating that ia future I shall carry on my business at the offices and store lately ocoupied by the above As Boclatioa at the corner of West Street) and Haveiook street (the Loan and Mercantile old premises. STORAGE AT LOWEST RATES. CORNSACKS AT CURRENT PRICES. 1 132 E. W. HANMER. WANTED" Known^2so~Saekr~Fhießt Blue Derwent Potatoes, Is lid per Sack, or 2 Bags for 3s 9d j further reduc tions by tho ton. Beauty of Hebron, 251bs for la ; Early Rubies, 20ibs for Is, at F&ET CEIR iaos., Cash Supply Stosti,



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