The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-08-02

him, made his bed for him, watched
over him, and when the poor lad
died they helped to lear him to his
lonely grave. Then they silently
walked down to the steamer. tears
streaming down their black faces, and
solemly said that poor Bundu had
gone to his own country at last. Their
language has no word for home.
A great surprise awaited them at
Stanley Pool in the shape of the first
locomotive they had seen. They
promptly named 1t steamer on land"
and stood watching 1t with staring,
wide open eyes. making sundry COM
ments and calculations, ending with
What wizards these white men are!"
When we had boarded the train, their
alarm was such that it was all | could
do to quiet them; and, when an acct
dent occurred, making it necessary TO
telephone for another engine. Kondola
sententiously remarked that after all
even the white man could not make
n animal that would not stop. When
the other engine steamed up. Kondola
exclaimed-"See, his brother has come
TO help him!"
At Bona. the capital of the Congo,
FIVE AGE
sought the permission of the COVER
nor-general to take the boys to Amer
lea. My request was officially, granted
with the pleasantly on the part of his
excellency that it seemed to be some
what more difficult for an American
to get Africans to his country than
formerly.
II was with some misgivings that [
faced the next three weeks on the At
lantic, since Livingstone's servant
had become crazed at the marvels of
the deep when the great explorer at
tmpted to take him to England. But
these boys had already travelled a
thousand miles on a river steamer,
and | believed all would go well. In
this | was not disappointed. was
greatly entertained by their remarks
about the wonders of the great ship.
We had with us a number of wild ami
mails which | consigned especially
to the boys care. They managed to
get them all alive to Europe save the
chamelions and little green monkey.
The latter drank sea water and died,
and the little Africans wept over him
sorely and conducted a funeral service
for him before they consigned his body
to the deep.
AS no city of any size had ever be
fore been seen by the young negroes
| watched their conduct with keen In
terest as we drew near Antwerp. AS
we came in sight of the towers, the
spires. the great buildings, the cathe
dral. ship after ship lining the quay
bells ringing, whistles sounding. al
the roar and rattle Of the compile,
noises of metropolitan life greeting the
ear, the boys, late from the dark re
cesses of inner Ethiopia, stood en-
tranced. The passengers crowded
about them to see the effect. Theil
eyes grew bigger, and Kondola ex
claimed, "Oh. we must be at Heaven
now!" Kassongo asked, Master, why
do the white men leave all this &c
come to our land?"
In Antwerp the Irish landlady of the
Queens Hotel found lodgings for the
strangers and her genial Celtic sou
warmed to the naif little fellows, ant
she took good care OF them. TIL,
kings government duly confirmed tn,
governors permission, and constitut
ed me their legal guardian. In Bel
GUM the boys received many visitors
among them a famous artist, who ex
claimed on seeing Kondolas extra
ordinary physiognomy: why. he /
so black that he is blue, and SO ugl,
that he is beautiful"
} Onur journey across the Atlanti
/, was uneventful. The most exciting
} incident in their career occurred Il
-" III n. IL was III rtDTudTy an
bitterly cold, with a deep snow and
blizzard raging. The boys were take
to a home of friend of mine in tn
city. while I tried to find ahem lode
I ings for the night. A gentleman of m
acquaintance recommended to me
5 lodgings-keeper near Madison Squar,
:. took the boys there after dark. bu
: found the proprietor out. The ian
! tress promised to keep them in tn
hall until came.
r Imagine my dismay on returnin
Y after half hour to find the door shu
e and thehousedsrkened. After sewers
e pulls at the bell. the door opene
4 slightly, and a gruff voice demande.
r Who's there?" / replied twas tn
3 gentleman who had brought the littl
}, Africans there a short while befor,
: Tine reply came back: Il put 'em out
: l don't want any niggers here"
e was nearly nine o'clock and | sougt
|; the nearest policeman Thor 7 MO,