Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20

about that. Never were villagers so pleased
at securing the supernatural protection,
which all Africans desire, at meager a
cost. Men. women and children. they got
up from the dust, and they slobbered over
the krOObOy'S toes, and over the remains
of Carter's canvas shoes, and to show their
willingness, the men went down to the
marig pld-smelling river then and there to
procure the wherewithal to make their in
itial Offering.
White Man s-Trouble scratched himself
thoughtfully and looked over those that
Were left 20 Carter he said, Il no fit
for cook dem food when | ju-ju man. We
take with us two-three all-e-same slaves,
to he Gouse-boy an do dem work.
No. said Garter shortly. we shall do
nothing of the kind.
Il know what you're after and I've got
my reasons, though you wouldn't appre
ciate them. However. | suppose | must
invent something that will appeal to you.
IL dem bushmen lib for house with us
they soon sec we no real ju-ju men an
they tell their friends. Then their friends
come up some dark night and chop US.
Savvy?
% Carter" said White Man s-Trouble,
you plenty great man.
Now there are two ways of working
mine one is to sell it to a limited COM
pany which in return for certain conces
siOus kindly puts up the necessary capital
for development; the other way Is to find
the capital out of ones own private re-
sources and annex all the resultant pr0utS.
But Carter had a poor opinion of the size
OF his own share IL the first of these meth
DDS were carried out. To begin with. he
knew nothing of company promoting. He
would have to employ al expert, who would
want the lions share of the plumber; and
indeed he quite realized that tin mine up
unknown river in the territory of no
mans land would take powerful lot OF
selling even to that gullible body of mining
share purchasers of the British public. The
more he thought over the limited company
idea. the less chance of profits did he see
in IL for himself. And he wanted those
profits badly. He had not risked life and
health TO study African scenery and Gus
toms.
On the other hand he was at the mo-
ment absolutely pcnnilesS. III he did dis
a waterway down 20 the coaster
rather when he had discovered that water
way. for he was fully determined to do 1t
how much forwarder would he be? What
steamer could he charter? None. By no
means could he get one without giving up
a large slice OF his precious mine to the
man who ran the risk. He did not blame
them He put himself In the traders
places II he were running a down-river
factory and had launch, and some tat
tered red-headed fellow came down out or
the back beyond with wild taia about a
Tin mine and asked for the loan of the
launch and promised to pay when cargo
was brought down. and sent to a smelter
fn England and realized upon, what would
b. say to such preposterous onerE why.
ke would laugh at it, The proposition was
BOT one that any business man would enter
Pain.
No he must get some capital and buy
mat launch. And then came the question
~ where was the capital to come from.
His father? Wen, he was engaged to
Laura and he did not feel like going near
his father.
Slade?-Smith? Neither of them had a
penny.
ONell and Craven? That meant Kate
He started as if he had been stung at the
Iaa Rf qpiYf 70 Il 70 md a. a
money. Kate was successful and she could
loan it easily. Granted. and If she had
been successful so would he be, and with
out her help. He shook an angry fist at
Africa. Curse you, if you've given her a
fortune you've got To give me one too, or
IN take il in spite of your
He had a touch OF fever that night and
White Mans Trouble piled him with de-
coctions of herbs OF such appalling nasti-
ness that Gn his own phrasel he decided
to get well quickly, merely to avoid the