The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-07

dim sscrstasy wears his'n.' You ses, Abs
saiom Biegs could carry water on both
shoulders about % well az anybody we
had to pass about 90 sscretaSies and assist-
ant secretaries, and every blessed one Of
'em had an objection. But Absalom out
maneuyered ali Of them. Tho foreign SEQ
rotary was sittin Ii chair as II II had
been built up around him. What do you
wantp said he, lookin at bis watch. Per
mission, says Absalom, to catch Wally
DO Logn and his cannybals.' You nave
1t, said the secretary, and II you are sue
cessful her majesty will be pleased to e1-
tend TO you her grateful thanks and gra-
cious communication. And what might
that combination be WORTH asked Absa.
lom Biggs. Ten thousand pounds, said
the secretary shortly. When we had note
to that effect, we left.
$50 we sailed down the Afriky coast
with cargo part Of rum and part OF wa.
ter We bad no firearms 'Ammunytion,
said Absalom, cost money didn't I'M
derstand his plan. Once before trader
had tried to do business and Wally 30
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 Bo Logn.
1--WE went inshore at night by the dark
of the moon, and while the heather war
sleepin we lightered that rum to land, and
then at daybreak we 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 came 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 he went
down below and read his Pilgrims Prog
ress' and Guide to Wealth
"In the afternoon Absalom Biggs sur
yeyed the scene again. He seemed kind OF
pleased. And finally, when Wally Bo Logn
got his marine cap jainmed down over his
eyes and his lieutenant's sword tangled up
with lis 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 heather carefully slowed
below.
These arc your instructions: Keep
the brig out of sight of land until further
notice. And then Ahsalom went back to
his Guide to Wealth.
1--WE sailed up and we sailed down. We
tackled this way and that and roamed
about at our own free will. One more Or
der we had from Absalom: AN 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-sailin, and Absa-
lon consulted me just once more. What
do you know about 'rithmetical retrogres-
son? he asked me. was young in those
days-almost young enough to know
everythin-and, havin tho 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
700 and divide it in two, and then every
four days cut your tlggers down one-half,
how long'll it be until you have only onoY
Bein little weak ON fggers, said moth
in. And then he fell to cipherin.
AFTER that Absalom 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 polo.
1t didn't seem to make any difference to
Absalom whether her canvas, from sky
rails to courses, was spread to spankln
breeze or tapped idly in dead calm.
But finally one day, after he had held
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 bit
Wally Bo Logn's black head appeared.
Now, though livin with and Oh mission
aries, Mr. Bo Logn could speak English.
We're gon ashore, said Absalom. To
eatH asked Wally 30 Logn. Yes, replied
Absalom, and Wally nodded his head. So
we disguised him with linen buster that
fitted him rather soon and added some
other old clothes by way of adornment.
Then up went we to the foreign secretary.
Between you'n me, he's better man to
10 DuSlHeSS VIII tuul uHc ioiu hiSh tu
miral, not havin so many titles. The first
assistant to somethin stood i'll the doorway,
with his nose tilted skwyard We've bust
ness with tho secretary said Absalom.
And what might your business beT said
bis highness, with considerable scorn.
Eat, said Wally 30 Logn, and he smiled
at him with his meet you ut the messroon
smile, and his highncss just shrank into
| nothin. Then We steered for the score"
| tary's office and found him at home with
the same big chair around him.
"'What do you wunt?' he said, frownin.
| And then Mr. Bo Logn and the secretary
sized each other up, for they were two of u
kind.
"Allow me-, said Absalom Biggs, ito
introduce you to MIR. Wally 30 Logn, king
OF the Guinny cannyhals.
/ land where are the rest of the tribeT
asked the secretary impaticntly.
"Then Absalom drew himself up to his
full height and made his best, best bow.
They're strong in the body, though weak
in the head. They're in him., said Absa-
LON Biggs."
Just then the waiter at the cookhouse
sounded his sheet iron supper call, and tho
patriarch rose stifIly, scraping his pipe.
TITS supper time, boys" he said.-Lon-
| don Sun.
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