The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
Continued from Kistory.Fiction Section.

Yes. / thought of all that, but there's
one blessed thing that upsets 1t COIN
pletely. The Oomsha IL making hendquar.
ters at the Dutch factory al. Mokkl. and
building n fort there. Now, play on that"
( Weather too hot" said sIade. "Whc-
cw. | wish the breeze would come"
Dash it. man. think white woman
building o. fort UP at Mokki.
Sounds buccaneerish, or I'll tell you
what. German" Slade sat up with a
sudden squirt or unaccustomed energy
and ran the PRECIPITATION of his face
with n foreflnger. by CAD, ! didn't
think of that. but picture the Joys
of having a beastiy German In at the
eom nyas. said s,y,zz,s.s,lcs smith
the eminently British Captain Image
yielding to the soft Establishments OF
a German frau. He'd as soon think
OF making himself amiable TO GO
rilla. No. that thcorys wrong. The
thing stumps me. and I'm sure II ITS
too big for me- It's outside your size
quite So" said Sladc. who. had
dropped back into his normal slack
ness after the squirt of energy. Then
he screwed up his eyes tightly as the
hot air was split with n succession Of
piercing yells and screeches.
Good Lord. what's that?" the old
man called out.
Some poor brute of farmer. who's
been working on his cassava ground.
being pulled down by a leopard. There,
don't get up; you. can't do ANYTHING
Don't you hear he's quiet now, which
means 'palaver set, as far as the farm
er Is concerned. That viii make the
rest OF his agricultural neighbors care
full for the next twenty-four hours.
and go to their work in pairs, and
take their spears. AT the end of TWEEN
ty-four hours their massive memories
will fail them and they'll stroll out
alone just as the spirit moves them
and someone else will be chopped.
Those squeals used to make one feel
rather sick at first, and one was apt
to get excited and rush out with a
gun. But it never did any good.
Spotted Dick always prefers to dine
In privacy and drags his mutton s, back
added with faint laugh. that an
energetic man who was bit of q
sportsman would find this place pretty
exasperating. Thanks to these, care
less animals of Villagers Ground-bait-
ing the creatures to the extent they
have done. there's the hest stocked
leopard-cover In Africa round here, but
you simply can't get them up to, the
gun. I've tried sitting up for them
always got nothing. I risked n drive
one day and the leopard chopped a
couple of heaters It would be ex Jas.
thank goodness I'm not that. and SO
I've simply taken things as they, came"
Him. said Smith thoughtfully.
''Wnen VIC WHiheu III lltlG J. iiplitcu
T limped on one side and you limped
on the other. We sort of pabbed at
one another, in and out. Now. limping
is q new accomplishment for you.
Have you been interviewing n leopard
personality"
SHADES sallow face flushed a little.
"Well. you see. a son of the headman
here took it into his silly head to get
in leopard's way one day, and knew
] the old chap was awfully fond of the
lad. SO Just retrieved him, and we both
was purely matter of business for *.
! O'Nell. The old goat of n headman
| wouldn't listen to any suggestion for buy
ing rubber lands before. Dash it all
Smith. 7 am slack, / know, but I do try
| and put In n bit of work for the firm in
| return for my pay sometimes"