The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-02
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Near a month went by without much 40
ing. Tho same night OF our marriage Na
1osbes called round and made himself
1n;lrntv civil. and GOT into a habit Of dropping
in about dark and smoking his pipe with
rho family. He could talk TO Una, OF
coursp and started to teach me native ana
French at the same time, tie was khd i
old dufrer, though the dlrtese you Wouia
wish 10 see. and he muddled me up WIN
foreign languages "ol'e 'l"N INV
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That was one employment we had' ana l.
made me feel less lonesome; but mere Was Vas
no profit in the thing, for though inc pE ITS
came and sat and yarned. none OF MS i3lhs
could be enticed into my store; ana, IL =
boGn't been for the other occupation
struck out, there Wouldn / nave uecn a., a
Mound Of copra in the house ms was tlle
idea: taavao q ma niotigl1 1,',i oct no
of bearing trees. Of course we eol'lu ss' i'o
I.bor hcinc all as good as taDooed, ana inc
tttG women and ] turned 70 and made
rnnra with our own hands. II WaS copla
Gonn~I nevet understood hoW much the
u9tivel cheated me until ! had mace thas
f0Tr Kindred pounds Of my own hanu
a a1d Il weighed so light | felt inclined to
take and water it myself: o, u
When we were at the job = good many
Kanojlas used to put in the best of the DAY
ianl,;n@ ON. and once that Niger turned
nn Ie stood back with the natives: and
I9mrbod and did the big don and the funny
dog. till l began TO get ried
| 81 don't address myself to you, sah,
says the Niger. chlE SPe''N " e'"
le'uIn ,..,.. T ...o,
odlrossing mysclr to YOU Mr.. Black Jack.
AnI All / want to know is Just this; Did
Won see Cases fgurahcad about week
ago.
That's all right, then,' says L, for Ill
show Won the own brother TO it, only black,
in The inside of about two minutes
And | began TO walk toward him. quits
slow, and my hands down; only there was
trouble in my eye, if anybody took the
| pains to look.
p' You're a low, obstropulous fellow, rah,"
says he.
By that time he thought I was about as
near as convenient, and lit out so it would
| have done your heart good to see him
| travel And that was all | saw of that
precious gang until what l am about TO
| tell you.
| 1t was one of my chief empIoyments these
! days to so pot-hunting in the woods, which
! | found las Case had told mel very rich IL
! game. l have spoken of the cape which shut
! up the village and my station from the east,
| i path went about the end of it and leo
| into the next bay. \ strong wind blew here
daily, and as the line of the barrier reef
| surf ran on the shores of the bay. a iltte
cliffN hill cut the valley i'll two parts ana
! stood close on the beach; and at high water
! the sea broke right on the face of 1t, 20
that all passage was stopped. Woody NOUN
tains hemmed the place all round; the par
rer to the east was particularly steep ana
leafy, the lower parts of 1t along the seq
falling i'll sheer black cliffs streaked VIII
cinrabar; the upper part lumpy Win tos
| tops Of the great trees. Some OF the trees
| were bright green and some red, ana Tue
saud OF the beach as black as your shoes.
Many birds lowered around the bay, some
of them snow-white; and the flying, loS
Tor yampire) flew there III broad daylight
gnashing its teeth. Az,
! For a long while / came as far as thii
| shooting and went no further. There wal
no sign OF any path beyond, ard the cocoa
palms in the front of the foot of the yaaey
were the last this way. For the whole eye
of the island. as the natives call the Wihu-
ward end lay deserted. From falesa
round about Papa -malulu there was nelulei
house nor man nor planted fruit tree; anu,
the reef being mostly absent and ne snor l'a
bIuff. the sea beat direct among the cl"s'i
ana there was scarce a landing place. -,
| should tell you that after peea nro "a e. ~
in the woods, although no one appeaIc:uu; ~
come near nv store, found people wiii, r,s
enough to pass the time Of day WIZ o..
where nobody could gee them, sh Most al
had begun to pick up native ann ;s in 7 no.
them had a word or two of t ,ef conver.
gan to hold little odds and enos " ~'