Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13

the usual west coast prejudice against
Portuguese; You know even the natives
divide creation up into white men, black
men and Portuguese, and the particular
specimen we've taken over here with the
factory just bristles with bad points"
Il think he's rather nice" said Laura
You Were fighting with him this morn
ing and L hated to see it,
We'll" said Carter, judicially,. "I
shouldn't define it fighting exactly.
but I'll admit. If you like. that 1 was
kicking him You see. Miss Head here
has given most strict orders that not more
than six strangers were ever to be ad-
mitted into the fort together at one time.
He'd fourteen actually in the feteesh.
Now, suppoSing those gallant fourteen
suddenly produced weapons and held the
gate whilst friends they'd ambushed out
side ran across the clearing and rushed
US, where'd we be-"
oh" said Laura. I'm sorry 1 inter
fered if 1t was Hates orders you were
carrying out
so Miss Head. with your permission
I'll run up a chimbeque for the fellow out
side the walls.
where did you get that word Chin
beque from?" Kate asked. Its F'iote. not
Oil Rivers talk"
Carter's brown eyes twlnkled 81 say.
what a marvel you are to know things I
bet Laura didn't spot that. Why did L
the word? Well. we had a Portuguese lin
guister down at Malla-Nulla who had
worked in the Congo. and he imported
that and lot more Congolese words
part OF his baggage, and we absorbed
them. Observe now. Trouble, l say,
Trouble. come in here. and keep away
from that sugar bowl in case you are
tempted. Just stand there by the door.
Now, tell me. You fit for sayyy what
chimbeque is?''
The Krooboy's fiat nose perceptibly
lifted w.lh contempt. Dem bushman's
word for hut. 1 fit for learn English on
steamah. You can tell missy l once was
standby -at-crane boy on black funnel
boat. L say chimbeque: say house.
"You fairly overflow with education at
times. There, run away outside, and play
again. So you see, Miss Head. If Cascaes
runs a sort of extra feteesh away out in
the clearing. he can't land US into much
danger however careless and indiscreet he
may be. OF course 1t will entail little
extra labor below in handling both pro-
duce and trade goods, but now we've got
the fort practically built, I've a lot more
boys I can set free for the ordinary work
Which reminds me that forgot TO ask
If this new boy you've got for butterfly
hunter is any better than the last?"
I'm afraid he isn't much. He doesn't
tear the net all to bits. but he's rubbed
every specimen fatally before he pinned IL
into the collecting box.
II was afraid there was friction. l saw
White Man's-Trouble call up that boy and
look into the collecting box when he
thought I was safely siestaing. They had
a little excited conversation. and then
Trouble grabbed him by a handful of wool
and damned into him with a chiquot''
"Ugh," said Kate. lit Is very hattering
to have Troubles Kind or approval, but /
do wish there was not such a local popu-
larity for the methods of-what shall I
say?"
primitive man. They rather grow on
one. Perhaps I'm prejudiced In their
favor though. Even when l was at school
1 always preferred a licking to i'm
position. BY the way, you never showed
me the butterflies you've collected here
since you took them out of splints and :
pinned them In their case.
''Then come at once and admire" said
Kate, and the pair OF them left the
yeranda and went into the factory's liv-
ing room.
Gro be continued next Saturday,