The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20
THE KINGS BOUNTY

further brilliant Idea came to r..,r.,~
next morning that. after au i o.. 10
" re- man s-'T~ouhie hal been -.fsf-.-
~tH4cAt.-es about tle rivers ..,.fe-. -r..,>
'NoI we're i'e unnfoeSsarf. There WAS
a t'll'kr OF natives close ar their loo-
VINO We're rirer-fare~s What v.as NO.,
L"'if iuan that tnore were MANY ,,-,.
tnere who could pilot n canoe fr-.,.s-b "a
."u-n pf creeks I'm at last they heard
river barr ="
White-'ian Trouble shook his head
When Do heard the suggestion Dem
o.shinen savVy nothing" said he con-
temptLpusiv.
l.pon Experiment. it proved that boz was
$50. ,, lLaseis had acquired tne
ran two miles up stream and two r.iIee
r ,oe' tney bad adopted the customs ~
ever padded beyond these limits TIE.
We're AN Injurious people
4nelr canoes We're small and narrov-
ana nnwie.cy. They were dug our from
cottonWood trees with fire. and dubbed
INTO vague shape with native adzes and
through sheer tdleness and incaus ctf,-
me builders had rarely selected straight
timber Even expert polers and paddlors
could nor propel those rnlsera BILE craft ia
straight course. One thing only were
these fishers good ~. and that was bal
ing But In this they had abundant prac
t0c, for All the canoes were rl,et
and leaked like baskets
y D'isa,' said Carter 'for q great raft
stones which fall from the mountain
They cid not know what a raft was
neither did they appreciate the Size 0f n
ton. but Carter demonstrated 10 +ro,r
and White Man s-Trouhie kept them
from forgetting The Kro00oy had found
cMqrot. and. from having felt chlquots
across all parts n HIS own person many
n time, was wei qualified 20 WELD such
baton OF authority. Carter picked ont
suitable cottonwoods. and the Kroobov
appcruoned out the cutters, and stayed
beside them NN their work vas done
They hand-sp.ked the logs down 20 the
water. again having 20 bs instructed I'm
This most elementary piece o. mechanics
Laid cross-pieces at right angles and
Then. when they had built up the inter-
stIces between the logs with large pieces
OF unstone. they carried Gown The small
or ore IN baskets ill The logs We're sunk
10 three quarters draught.
Next they built a house on the raft
and covered IL with thatch, and in part
~ the house they piled q great store Of
dried FISH as provision for the voyage
And an the While the Iu-ju organ behind
them doomed out AT Intervals its dismal
bOO-paa- bumn. huwm paa boo.
Now. although Carter mad been trader
long enough % get very African notions
% the negro and his ways. stan he had
on EnEishua. natural bias against
forced labor White Mau s-Trouble who
did not zee the desirahilitv ~ working 81
others would do it FOR him. openly sug-
gested pressing what hands We're required
for navigation But Carter said no. He
had no money 20 pay them with on ar
rival and the lower castles OF Africans
do not understand tho delights o. having
outsta nding accounts with the white man
for labor performed. The kroobOy and
he must struggle down the creeks and
find the channel themselves
White Mans Trouble shifted and
scratched himself and said they would
see. And presently. when the time came
FOR departure the usual African surprise
descended upon them surely enough
Seven naked savages from tho fishers
village squatted on the raft and refused
70 bulge. Their arguments were simple
Carter was a great Juju man. They
knew he was great. because since he
came the boo-paa-bumm noises had been
incessant. Moreover. these were benef-
cent noises since whilst they filed the
afr no one had died in the village from
leopard. crocodile or alien spear. They
therefore adopted him as their master.
on but look here. seid Carter. I
can't DO this. Il means I should be a
STAKEHOLDER neither more nor less. Be