The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
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him.
Bishop of what?" some one asked
when he announced his high position.
Hong Kong he replied with dignity.
An Australian miner thought he recog-
nlzed the man of orders as a faro dealer
from Cool Gardie, but the Identification
was never complete, and as the Bishop
could rattle off the native dialects he east
~ secured a position as foreman on the
Beira Railroad. This gave small latitude
for his accomplishments, and one day h0
suddenly disappeared.
The Intercepted Caravan.
DIR. Jameson at that time was pushing
the Cape TO Cairo wire from Umtall to
Tete and at intervals a caravan startaI
from Beira with poles wires, provisions
and wage money. They were loaded on
hat cars and sent up over the little two
foot gauge tracks until the train struck
Hon or something and ran off into the
sand. couple hundred boys then took
up the burden and marched inland under
one of Rhodes ieutenants On this occa-
sion the leader died en- route and the boys
proceeded alone. When near Messikessf
the caravan emerged from thick woods
or Mimosa, and In the pathway stood Q
large figure smiling in a fatherly way
AT last, my children. Your father has
been waiting long time" said the Bishop
IN excellent Zulu. for IL was he and,
then waving his hand imperiously. Ham
ba" ego on) "Mona Buya" Il will follow
by and by) He explained that the Manica
Trading Company had sent him TO meet
the caravan and that he would take
charge OF the money For three days the
boys rioted in the brandy distributed ana
by that time the Bishop of Hong Kong
was far away on the Inyanga plateau. A
mounted patrol hunted him far and wide
and Cecil Rhodes offered a reward for his
capture to no avail. Once he was re-
ported from the Zambesi, where IL was
said Missionary girl had taken him for
real bishop. fine mission station was
erected there not long afterward
IL was al Messi Kessi the Bishop i'm
posed so outrageously on Mr. Atkinson.
q respectable English settler who had be-
come rich raising sugar cane At the end
OF the rainy season some scions OF British
nobility came out to East Africa for big
game. Mr.. Atkinson, who was entertain-
ing them, arranged a three weeks trip
along the Pongwee. Hardly had the party
got out of sight when "A travel-stalned
man turned up and lamented vigorously
on having missed his uncle. As "a
nephew OF MIR. Atkinson he described the
ancestral home IN Devonshire and told
Of his trip from England by way OF Sails
bury. He displayed so large a bank note
that no one could cash H. but as the fay-
orite nephew OF Mr.. Atkinson he had only
to ask for food drink or clothing In Messl
Kessi and II was his on credit. He made
eyes at Mr.. Atltinson's houselSeeper ana
so hypnotized the native servants that
they cracked their spinal columns hastcn-
ing to salaam when he approached For
the greater part of a monthlhe owned the
town and then abruptly disappeared. leav-
ing wake OF debts and the Atkinson
household minus money and supplies.
A Trail of SIN.
At chimoia the Bishop ala not fare 10
well. Rob Gosh. the gambler, nearly rub
oft To,o
when times grew dull and went playing
the Rhodesian mining camps He landed
at Chirnoia broke and in a bad hurnor.
The game had progressed a little ways
when he observed that the man across the
table was about the smoothest thing I'm
poker he had ever seen. 1t was his holt
ness the Bishop, who, becoming a little
careless In sleight of hand, suddenly felt Al
cold steel gun barrel above his eye. The
trick exposed the enraged Englishmen
proceeded 10 lambaste the Bishop fright
fully. Discarding reyolvers, they so
thumped, banged and beat him that he
could not be recognized, all of which the
Bishop bore with meek fortitude making
no resistance, but merely maneuverfng his
body so as TO receive the blows In the most
protected parts,
Some were for lynching him, others
counseled docking his ears and some few
suggested firing him over an out-heap.
MEANWHILE the Bishop found his voice ana
80 WEkeu on the higher feelings Of the
crowd that in the end nothing was done.
Indeed, some good citizens who thought
the punishment already over severe volun
teered to pay the Bishops liquor bin ana
hotel expenses Next day a delegation CO.
corted him out of town, battered but cheer
full.
Although notorious from these escapadas
the Bishop on arriving at Fortes Villa hal
no difficulty In charming young English
man named Fitzgerald by his versatile ac-
complishments and the latter insisted on
losing daily In cards Finally the two
started off on a hunting trip in the Gwelo
district that ended in the younger man
losing his hunting outfit, money and most
Of his clothing The Bishop at this stage
of the play disappeared. as usual ami
struck out brlslSly for Fort Victoria. He
lost his way, however, and after travelling
IN circle for one week most unexpectedly
found himself back at Fortes villa. Tagged
out and hungry there was nothing for him
but the colossal bluff Scratched and
bleeding he told Baron Munchausen warn
anent the death of Fitzgerald under a
Hons paw and his own heroism that Is re-
membered on the Dan to this day. He
showed the Englishman's clothes and gun
which he had secured after the lions had
carefully stripped their prey and appealed
for some funds to recoup him for his be-
nevolent labors. When Fitzgerald himself
turned up a week later almost naked and
quite famished the town was wild with
indignation and had the Bishop been there
il would have required all his SAVIOR fatre
to escape serious injury.
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