The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

had to pass about 20 secretaries and assist
ant secretaries, and every blessed one Of
'cm had an objection. But Absalom out
maneuyered all of them. The foreign Sec
rotary was sittin In a chair as II IL had
been built up around him. What do you
wantr said he, lookin at his watch. Per
mission, says Absalom, to catch Wally
Bo Logn and his canny balls You have
It, said the secretary, 'and IL you are sue
oessful her majesty will be pleased to ex-
tend to you her grateful thanks and gra-
cious commendation. And what might
that combination be worth? asked Absa-
iom Biggs Ten thousand pounds, said
the secretary shortly When we had note
to that effect, wo left.
$50 wo sailed down the Afriky coast
with a cargo part OF rum end part Of wa
ter. We had no firearms. 'Ammunytion,
said A bsalom, cost money didn't un-
derstand his plan. Once before trader
had tried to do business and Wally Bo
Logn at the same time with rum. But
that sly old chap eat the trader first and
drank his rum afterward. Business be-
fore pleasure, remarked wally 30 Logn.
"We went inshore at night by the dark
Of the moon, and while the heather war
sleepin we Mghtsred that rum to land and
then at day ymeak VIC stood off. There.
along the beach, stood barrel after barrel
Of rum. And every barrel had spigot
and bright new tin cup, chained fast, for
tin cups cost money, was what Absalom
said.
"The heathen camo down to look at the
brig and speculate about the chances for
breakfast The tin cups caught their eye,
and then pretty soon the rum caught them.
Absalom stood on the upper deck and
watched them. They re strong In the body,
but weak in the head Then no went
down below and read his Pilgrims Prog
ress' and Guide to Wealth. ...
"In the afternoon Absalom Biggs sur
veyed the scene again. He seemed kind Of
pleased. And finally, when wally DO Logn
got his marine cap jammed down over his
eyes and his lieutenant's sword tangled up
with l. is legs and sat down to unmix him
self, Absalom ordered out the boats. Take
care of all of them that can't take care Of
themselves kindly said he. BY nightfall
we had all tho heathen carefully slowed
below. re
g These are your instructions: Keep
the brig out of sight Of land until further
notice And then Absal0m went back to
his Guide to Wealth. ~~f
We SaslitSl .up, anu Wc hiIcu uOWD. VIC
tackled this way and that and roamed
about at our own free will. One moro or
der we had from Absalom: All you need
give the savidges Is plenty Of water and
room TO play. No rum, he added, absent
mindedly, for rum costs money And
then heard him chuckle again and say,
They re strong In the body, though weak
In the head
"well, we went on a-snilin, and Absa-
lom consulted me Just once more. What
do you know about 'rithmetical retrogres-
sions' he asked me. was young In those
cverythin-and, havin the cannybals on
my mind, answered up smartly, The
water Is leetle brackish, but the harbor
is fair, and there are plenty Of palms. 1t
hadn't any inhabitants the last time Twas
there Never mind, he said; If you take
760 and divide 1t In two, and then every
four days cut your fggers down one-half,
how long'N IL be until you have only oner
Bein little weak on figgers, said moth
An. And then he fell to cipherin.
''After that AbBlom didn't seem to take
any interest in our cargo. He usually
staid In the cabin and read. And the Keep
Mum kept sailin on, sometimes toward
the tropics and sometimes toward the pole.
1t didn't seem to make any difference to
Absalom whether her canvas, from sky
rails to courses, was spread To a spankin
breeze or tapped idly in dead calm.
But finally one day, after he had held
a deep consultation with the almanac, our
course was laid for London. The mornin
we went up the Thames Absalom's inter
est in our cargo came to life. He lifted up
the hatch careless like, and after n bit
Wally 30 LOgn's black head appeared.
Now, though livin with and on mission
aries, MIR. Bo Logn could speak English.
Were goin ashore, said Absalom. To
eatY' asked Wally Bo Logn. Yes, replied
Absalom, and Wally nodded his head. So
VIC disguised him with linen duster that
fitted him rather soon and added some
other old clothes by way of adornment.
Then mp went we to the foreign secretary.
Between you'n me, he's better man to
do business with than the lord high adj
miral, not bavin so many titles. The first
assistant TO somethin stood In the doorway,
with his nose tilted skwyard. We've bust
ness with tho secretary said Absalom.
And what might your business be?' said
his higbness, with considerable scorn.
Eat, said Wally Bo Logn, and he smiled
at him with bis meet you ut the messroom
smile, and his highness just shrank into
nothin. Then we steered for the score
tary's office and found him ut home with
the same big chair around him.
What do you want?' he said, frownin.
And then Mr.. Bo Logn and the secretary
sized each other up, for they were two Of .
kind. 4
"'Allow me, said Absalom Biggs, TO
Introduce you to Mr.. Wally DO Logn, king
Of the Guinny cannybals.
I" And where arc the rest Of tho tribet'
asked the secretary impaticntly.
Then Absalom drew himself up To his
fun height and made his best, best bow.
They're strong in the body, though weak
in the head. They're in him. said Absa-
loIn Biggs."
Just then the waiter at the cookh khouss
sounded his sheet iron supper call, and the
patriarch rose stifly, scraping his pipe.
ITS supper time, boys he said. Lon
don sun.
He'd Sores.
Bed sorcs are likely tO occur I'm the pa-
ticnt who is nsed, paralyzed, dcbilitated
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