The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13


roads and when presently fur-itives
Dtsan 10 come trotting in through the
steamy forest shades. these ecclesias-
TICS rallied them, and when enough
we're collected they conrnenced a 80
sDll Tor the renewal OF the soldiers
Savage superstitions. savap-e te--o-o
savage thrill at the raw smell OF blood
"eFe ali worked upon with a high dex-
tSt4tE. hlnS kallee had made fine
art OF these Indictments: he had fyained
a throne by their practice, and had
lttnuSu them on to chosen minister's
no Practlsed the cult Of ju-ju with
a single eye to advancing the interests
The black soldiers were YEARLY
tired, and many OF them carried
"ouhos. Ihey listened at first with
inr sTtlen torpOE They heard without
neIe non consecrate, and therefore the
Wounds they made would soon heal
-ueH learned, with little thrill Of
wonder. that the green tins which
poured burning flame were not true
t declared them unorthodox. And
by degrees their dun nerves were
worried up till at the proper moment
ana smells Of the victim maddcned
them Even the Hausa officers. who
were Mosien. and therefore conten1ptu-
Gus disbelievers IN AN pagan ccrarnonv
were stirred up almost equally with
their men. and when AS q dnal OK bor-
tation they were hidden to return once
more 70 the factory. and bring the
red mead and the white girl as pres
qualms and their burns and led on
with q new. fierce courage
But whether the African De savage
buShmen or cultivated MOslcm gentle
men, superstition is part OF the very
marrow in his backbone. These men
had felt the bullets gnov had relt
the internal burnings Of the benzOline.
but they were wound up now TO a pitch
above creading either. Orders were
the bush, as near 70 the clearing az
they could get without being sighted
from the factory, and then when all
would beat the charge.
The first corners peered through the
outer fringe OF the cover, and saw the
clearing desOlate. and the factory
buildings TO all appearance tenantless-
hurried retreat still lay where they
had dropped. and Glared 10 CLASSY
stares Al the outrageous sun. But with
eyes keen TO pick UP any hint at ju-tu
charm. the gaze OF all this vanguard
fell on FIVE little wooden mannikins
set opposite the points where the sew
eral bush roads cut into the open
Iha r. was nothing nothing new p S about the
merely the things that their own
.uncles and their grandfathers carved
for a purpose which they themselves
knew better than did that tricky white
man with the red head who had doubt
less put them there. But then each
Of these mannikins was perehed on
pedestal made OF one or moro green gin
cases. and that in itself looked sus-
piciOus-Or. in other words, smackeG Of
1u-lu And. moreover. each gar
landed with those Internal green cylin-
ders which they had just been informed
officially Were in truth not orthodox ju-
ju but which they knew from their own
painful experience could, upon occasion.
vomit forth the most horrible flames.
They crouched in the edge Of the
cover once more thoroughly shaken.
and Il only required the final portent
10 fray their courage utterly.
In the factory. tucked snugly out OF
sight in the tnees-Toom, Laura Slade,
Carter and White Man's-Trouble lay
stretched out Wearlly upon the uoor-
4 length Of match boarding had been
stripped away from the wall, and only
a paling Of vertical bamboOs stood be-
tween them and the external world
It was the code message OF the mon
key skin drums, as read By w mite
Nan's-TrOuble. that FIRST gave them the
news that the Okky men had reWound
NJ their courage and were returning
once more to the attack, and SO they
promptly retired ont or slgnL Guns
and defenders would have been re-
assuring touch to the enemy, VINO mad
seen such things before But tor them
TO find no guns and no human beings
in view would accentuate the effect
OF the craven images which gazed
woodenly upon them from the green
For long enough they lay there in
the sicklv heat. staring out over the
little Of the mornings battlefield which
danced up and down in the shimmering
sunlight The factory hazards came out
in fun numbers for their daily sun
baths. and most of the flies Of Africa
seemed 70 be congreg gated in the clear
ing.
Laura caught tho first note OF inva-
sion. do you see" she asked. those
two swallow tailed butterflies nittering
about bv that big silk cotton wood that
lost his top in the tOrnadOm They
were feeding contentedly enough on
that stuff like mcadov--sWeet but
Someone or something has disturbed them,
and they flew IN. II YOU notice. they
dare not go back. so that rather hints
that the someone is still hidden in the
meadow sweet"
Which said clumn " observed Carter.
"is just two Yards off the craven image
which the commands bush road number
three Oh assistant 9njurcr. canst