The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

well, drink up and let me III your
glass, Here have another sauiit of Bit
mo, thanks, CappiG, no more. / drank
enough CHAMPAGNE wen the, King OF
lot Of big business anuad Of me, and
] want a clear head. NOW. IL you take
this consignment OF TIN ore home for
me, and roD me as ....e as you can
help over freight, what's next? Swan
sea and II stnelter. l suppose?'
THEY'VE q bit Welsh down in Swan
sea- sand Captain Image. who came
from cardin himself They'll do with
= Il trlile OF looking after What you
wants a smart agent"
THE thing ant first and soonest
is cash Now, LOOK here. Cappie, you
know Swansea and Vou're fond by tho
Coast account of a bit of commission.
If you'll get some smelter firm to buy
this parcel Of Of, ore on as gay. and pay
sash hs, for It, III ,giye you i've per cent.
ITS deal. You couldn't have come
to a better man Carter mel lad. I'll
open open YOU s.l. an account at the Bank OF
And get the whole balance cabled out
here?"
captain Mas Fons to aoaStsv that said yd
want he ases' Nov 50 with hut r ySu po wGn
Il want every sixpence. Man. do YOU
now rs been given mes 7" Ral lees
his life worth2'
Captain Image shook his head VERY
heavy drinker even for a darby. and OF
tages in knowing the use Of drugs"
;. Besides. there are the usual risks of
Kings Of , Africa Me- put down the
Two who tried to assaBsinate him. and
took a day about Il over slow iire. and
that discouraged the breed in Okky
But still there are risks. 30 that al
together he's not good life. and II he
was to go out i.'s puGte on the cards
his heirs successors and assigns might
You're right me-lad What you've
got to 90 is to terri, rip the cuts out Of that
iii bring in the Mposo round i here TO to
load every time come. along the
Coast"
Carter nearly laughed He knew the
capacity of his mine--quarry 1t was
rnther-and the hold space of the little
M'poso. Tin was wavering about just
reckoned that he could produce for f10
Il tom and the more profit he could get
the more pleased he would be; But he
was not afraid Of bringing down the
price; he had plenty OF margin for a
cut. His only fear was that the river
road might be stopped before he had
empty the veins of Tin ain at the high
est speed that all the strained resources
of Africa were capable OF. and If neces-
sary to keep three steamers the size of
the little M'poso terrying his riches
across to the markets. But he did not
let out any word of this to Image, II
the locality anu the enormous wealth of
this mine were to leak out, nothing
could prevent q rush. AT the existing
great influx of capita and men must in
evitably be sWamped, secrecy was cs-
sentially his game for The present.
SO he accepted Captain Images pro-
III
made, and then put forward feelers for
steam launch Vas there ,e. such thing
pick up cheap just then?
Captain Image lit thoughtful pipe,
Il don't kew Of H., any little st tea, n,s
cheap or dear, There are, one or two
in Starry Leone, certainly. but they arc
all either too big for your job or too
tender to bring around the Coast"
Pm a bit of mechanic. you know. I
wouldn't mind nursing engines, MY
boy. White nlan's-Trouo!e. too. would
ooh. know him. Used to be stand,
By ;at-crant boy on the secondee, AM AM
down. But you'd never get one Of nose
Starry Leone wrecks around here without
being dEownsd IN nth the Proc, p5osess tel
about motor cars. me lad"
WHY. asked 6. Garter ter who had never
hana acau ene 1T T h,a one and Madsons
factory at Cooper River they've got an
old wreck of an oil launch. IL sho nasn
rotted and sunk at mornings that YOU
could have cheap.
''Dverythine cheap IS dear to me Just
now. I haven't nenny In my pocket.
..Well she certni0iv wasn't out in
the river the last three times | called,
hut 7 did boar thc'-'d fau'ed her up
n creek p~t II she hasn't sunk ut
mocrirrs ana the anrs Invent walked
off with her ! shnn'd think YOU could
get the hts fhnt r'iet couldn't cat for
three ten-on1nd notes"
.sDoes chr i1r-n 81 To'anep"
NO ordinerv panpnd narahn.
know that ~-.ts e,,rrNrna to hn the great
point about ter vhen n. ,es brought
ont ONLY .-.ouilr 1853 rhn Siint Seem
10 he an a--ra tnu-e' N0at at all and
after the ifre., wool 81 90 there wasn't
Il soul in the sartn-,' swat could get her
Ia stoam n. ~ 81 tNev tod har ,lp
10 n bunv ana ri thotr hvslness in the
old 5upoute nd .hn errr boats as form
crlS.'