es, and gesticulations.

"They'll get water at night," said Leigh; "is it worth wasting powder on
them, Dick?"

"I think so, Alf; for if we can only anger them into making an attack
and coming into easy range, we'll treat them to another dose such as we
gave them at the Table Rock."

The Mormons, however, were not to be drawn, and when darkness came down,
they had made no further hostile movement. The Zulus now begged leave
to slip down to the spring with their spears, and before they had been
gone many minutes a fearful shriek was heard, announcing the death of
another Mormon. A discharge of fire-arms followed, and by the flashes
of the guns those on the plateau could see that a number of Mormons were
quickly falling back to their own encampment, and upon these Grenville
and Leigh opened fire with their Winchesters, doing considerable
execution.

The Zulus were soon back again, bringing three more rifles and
ammunition, of which they had forcibly despoiled the late owners.

Soon after this the moon rose, and the little party on the plateau found
that the war was only about to begin according to the Mormon
calculations.

The great tent was fully lighted up, and near to it the defenders of the
rock could see what looked like a stand of arms. On this head they were
quickly undeceived, for all at once a rocket rose from its rest and came
directly at their position, striking the wall above their heads and
falling upon the plateau, where it hissed about quite harmlessly, but
alarmed the girls very much indeed.

Grenville ordered them into the cave, and had all the ammunition
carefully stored away, and before half-a-dozen of these fiery messengers
had reached them, sent two or three of the Mormons' own bridge signal
rockets into the very midst of the mob, the last one setting fire to the
tent and causing several people--presumably the wondrous Holy Three and
their iniquitous satellites--to scuttle about in a most undignified
fashion.

The little band then sent a few shell-bullets into the enemy's camp,
where it was evident they caused fearful damage and confusion, the whole
crowd promptly rushing off until they were nearly a mile distant from
the Rock.

Our friends now lay down to rest again, as if nothing had happened,
Grenville still keeping guard. The night passed away, however, without
further disturbance, and when morning came, there was not a single enemy
in sight.

After breakfast Winfield elected to