The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-12

your bclpFS snt 5. III rev Woienls
will intlall.1, ) -un. } saUquar, ers. 10
paused anl lcol<eo toward tne landing.
At thai momeu, ;Wo men had gia ed
sbarrel of cCcoauuls and wtrC carrying ii
aboard the bcaI Howard Forsythc never
took HE eys ,rcnl tnat ulrfsi uni II swung
out of vieA n,otne hDld. tnc ne turned
TO me. co.reC 81 -hiiv & &c ing my CFei
fixed carr estiy on ms face and SAID,
with a short laugh.
"Our sole exporga,ion. as dc from the
diamonds Mother ViueauX cucOanuis
arc the only thing the plnce WI yi. "a,
and she sends 10 FraUcc a barrel men
month with great regularity. bat con,c.
] will show you the slgfts OF niia, ADD
be led the ay slowly towaru The cntiauco
TO the enclosure.
The buildings cons 'steG o. number OF
small cottages or hnts. whi"r we're otcu-
pied by the white toremen o. Do5soo,
0s they called were oec ot whom had
charge OF ganc OF ra, ,e diggers. There
was also pretty villa occupied ~ Mr.. ana
Mrs. Peter Deiby, ia" tofner ,ne Official
representative oi the Engiish member OF
the firm OF proprietors.
soon discovered tnat Mr. Delby was
OF no praeileal use 10 the hrm nj beniia;
He was ltlo man, wlth simple and
unaffected manners and NO appeeent in
terest In the business lie Represented. He
was rapturously In love with his wife,
and they devoted their entire attention
TO ore smother peing sufi .ent unto them
selves, and rafher rusen,lng any undue IN
trusion into ,he.r earthly paraolse.
The agent for the Germau firm, Herr
6cniitz, was confirmed drunkarl. lie
occupied a little room III the top OF the
main offices. His face was vacant and
stupid, and his manners, when ne mixed
1T all with his fellows, absolutely boorish
IL was therefore very easy tos c that the
management of affairs fell almost wholly
upon Howard forsythe II was he who
kept the wheels noyiug He arose early,
and passed the day in visiting the differ
ent gangs OF Ia horers and seeii that the
overseers did heir duty. Every evening
he stood behind the little grated window
OF his Office aud received the report OF each
oyerseer in turn, the man standing upon
tho veranda and handing in the result of
his days work.
Mr.. Forsythe received the diamonds,
placed them In an iron box, thrust that
Into the safe when the returns were all in,
and then went TO supper. Aiterward he
weighed and counted the stones. and re-
coroed them In the firms books
watched him often ana soon discovered
that he never varied this program. Some.
times Mr.. Dolby and Herr schlitz would
be present when the stones were received,
but oftener they were invisible until after
supper. when they were Obliged 10 see the
stones counted ana weighed, and TO add
their signatures 10 the daily reports On
one or two occasions Herr Schlitz was re
rorted too "ilIn 10 be- present, but Mr..
Dslby always came punCtualIy, watched
the operations nervous and listiessly
and hurried back TO his wife at the earliest
possible moment
Mr.. forsythe appointed me room on
the second floor Of the main building a
ANAL. stuffy little apartment, but neatly
furnished, and nearly opposite his own
room. We all ate In the common dining
Il III Al =
Delby, who lived e1clusiveiy by them
selves All the houses In the settlement
were set up on high posts and the steps
were raised at night, this being necessary
10 guard against the numerous serpents
that invested the promontory, the most
vicious being the slender graz afps, or
Naja Hale, as they are most properly
known. These were regarded with great
terror by the natives, and. az intervals
eaph day pistol shot from some part u
tho diegings would proclaim that an
overseer was protecting himself or his
men from ona of these deadly pests.
The very day Pfter nay arrival. while
NJ. Eorsythe W. showing me about the
place, he srddealy jumped ASIDE an q
dashed his hcavy heel upon one % these
esps which Jay near our path. lle laugh
ed>ghen er saw the terror written in my
face, and reniariic. quietly.
t'fcuIl have 10 yet used TO these fel
~ y ah1 -. 'baH fhtina wv Nlah' II
goat 90 XIII everyone set eyes on-it'i
Iiie the lee. anyway. though their mum
l.f never sem TO grow fewer Wothel
\,.-+ .-+efxT4-ee.ieFe. cultivatss their &C
4r~.ntarte. she has the -epuiation OF be
i.fg n snake-char nlcr, and I'm sure tt,
old nag could charm nothing else; hu
the rest o. us are in constant fear 81 nc
ccivlng a fatal bite There is no help fo
you N the poison once ges into you
\ cod otherwise this place II pleasan
enough. MA rcsnarsaby healthful int
H. bargain.
sfrts lhe first day cr two Nr. Forsyth
paid little attention 90 me, but left IN
70 rcsDi about st VIII, and endesyore