Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-08
III TOO TRICK.

HI j wv L ItlNilAs
mining superintendent in the
an English company. and was
kcf the Akankoo mines on the
y of Africa, at the time he came
these works, originally but O
hts, rudely excavated and now
tied by the natives who had
e precious metal there, were
il twenty miles inland from the
coast town of AKIN. The
z become an English possession,
Immediately upon the extreme
nit of the Gulf of Guinea, about
north of the equator. How l
there is long story unneces-
late, and it will suffice to say
ned to have a rather Elournful
In the struggle for comfort
&uce in country of equatorial
Nth the added disadvantages Of
bsent malaria that fitted like
shirt. So emitting these profit
d, it was just after dinner upon
ke many long afternoons of my
= that | found myself the re-
ossessor of Humbug Sin; and
tory of my fortune (sic). how it
Tnred and lapsed. these pages
concerned.
particular afternoon | had car
mn chair to little Swallowed
Maps dozen yards away to the
the superintendent house, and
= up an indolent posture there in
hearted hope that hint of
breeze might find Mcknight
from the ocean by way of the
5y. and salt for a moment the
lii about me. Moreover, | was
Fering from my fifth attack of
81 fever, and was, therefore,
b trail out my moments of ease
conscience would allow. Ora
COMPANY i to.ts.. who shared
with me, had taken up a gun
off in pursuit of flock of par
were keeping up chatter in the
be forest behind. In passing, |
* that Gold Coast forest is a
affair; in fact, all over that fiat,
md all nature seems to run to
The dense. gladeless tangle
Ient brush is of itself disbeart-
ri if YOU happen to get few
Wards away from your path,
hitting or prospecting through
hout a guide, you are apt to be-
bermanent absentee. unless you
compass and an ak, and are an
biinding and avoiding the hidden
the way of old shafts or pros
b that constantly threaten the
- uninitiated.
being absent, but for the fit
ant presence of my Krew boy
zinc back of the house, was
litter | had been in the position
Wand in the condition of wan.
1iaerie gone a wandering, both fol
He time, | had occasion to fish
jilt of them, in order to make a
kreply to the grave salutation OF
M native who had approached.
,hake me, sah?" he said, indicating
nre that the rascally little mon
II his arm was intended to bt
ID. BLACK man no savy 'nough
LEX. sab. White man hab chain
le) to hab him. He too trick
humbug You take he, sah7"
lid not require or desire a mon
IL than this, | saw no especia
In the particular type of pesti
0&Skiness before me. But | coulC
need, and the native who now
"a resign his ownership over tn.
little fostering of sin in my
f2dice, had the power to sway my
nclinations materially. He wa
4 man of the nearest village to thu
115a this meant good deal to me
III ha, e miners and laborers, ant
Nv Them, not singly and individu
i b squads, and from these heat
III native towns. In addition,
lf6er reason for compliance. OLE
y bad succeeded in eXtricating m,
|lodd sort of a difficulty-int,
the way, he had also plunget
Z NY gratitude, being only tw,
~ was therefore a potent lever
|IImma and rescue spoken of cam
~ this fashion: | procured OLE
i 70 take in charge a consignment
j barrels of South American NUT
to exchange it for palm oil an'
~ at the various towns along tn
Having furnished him with tn
{ the exchange and the necessar
tor purposes of transportation,
. Shove off and disappear. 1t i
at to say in the connection that
sAaed to the point of astonishmen
liberal nature of the returns mad
three days later Even for Englisl
l--for the South American articl
8cult commodity had been NOR
Becompensed. That was all yer
It'll "a few days later, at which tim
took on quite another aspect. TIL
transpired when crowd of boat:
- freight of excited natives ben
L and dust or trouble, came hurry
the river.
Happened, old Potsdam was on th
- this time, and came upon til
4 disturbance without delay.
NJ" he asked, as he stalked grand
the ugly tempered blacks-'wh
znan come raise big palaver wi
|nHn?"
Nv to this, there was storm a.,
rmonstrance and furious demon
: put of which nothing intelligib
CLEANED, until one tall youn
Exceeded in asserting his right I
IA the exclusion of his disorder
rs. From him | very short
the fact that he esteemed ii
= Dir of the mutton trade to be q
Aent of every rule of commerce
~ man savy to palaver wild viii
sisted old Potsdam in all solen
"A In a tone that filed up and owe
nth pity and reproach.
objected the spokesman of IL
0hile he tiourished over his hes
4Xshank of mutton to which Il
~ adhered-"but," he yelled,
laolity of confidence and indignatit
T. lent by a just cause and DEF
sdis too tief palaverl Poke hs
We so?" Here he lifted from Il
AK the boat a head of an old rar
Vhlch the immense brine coate'
= spirals stood prominently al
I3.rcfh. .sPoke hah haMnS like so