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

scIy idr away uoWH ue seVeral Dusn
roads; and when presently fugitives
began TO come trotting in through the
steamy forest shades. these ecclesias-
Tics rallied them, and when enough
we're collected, they commenced q Gus.
bravery.
Savage superstitions, savage terrors.
savage thrill at the raw smell of blood
terity. King Kaliee had made ane
art OF these Indictments; he had gained
q throne by their practice, and had
who practised the cult Of ju-ju With
Of s, their KIN King 20 advancing the interests
tiss a sssk ms ssae IS ssg x ss5ss
wounds. They listenedsa at first with
2 sullen torpor. They heard without
interest that the white mans bullets
wounds they made would soon heal
wonder, that the green tins which
ju-ju, since the King of Kallee's ju-ju
men declared them unorthodox. And
by degrees their duh nerves were
sacrifice was made, and the screams
and smells of the victim maddened
them. Even the Hausa officers, who
were Moslem, and therefore contemptu-
GUS disbelieyers In all pagan ceremony,
were stirred up almost equally with
their men. and when as a final exhor-
tuey were DluUen 10 return once
more to the factory. and bring the
red head and the white girl as pres
ents for the King, they forget their
qualms and their burns, and led on
with new, fierce courage.
But whether the African be savage
bushmen or cultivated Moslem gentle
men, superstition is part Of the very
marrow in his backbone; These res men men
the Internal burnings of the benzoline,
but they were wound up now to pitch
above dreadng either; Orders ,s.d aaa were re
the bush, as near to the clearing as
they could get without being sighted
from the, factory. and then when al
would Won beat the sa. charge.
The first Corners peered through the
outer fringe OF the cover an. ana saw facto ane
6 Snaings to ali
The dead that they had left in their
hurried retreat still lay where they
stares at the outrageous sun. But with
eyes keen to pick up any hint a. 1u,1aa
charm. the gaze OF all this ", va Il,n,ra
fell on tiye little wooa shera i tha sevs
eral bush roads cut into the open.
There was nothing hing. new rh aDout w tine
.uncles and their, prandfathers carved
for a purpose which they themselves
knew better than did that tr hd a Wnbte
less put them there. But then eacn
of these mannikins was perched on
pedestal made of one or moro green gin
cases. and that IN itse nds ioo Gnacle su Of
iu-iu And moreover, each was gar
landed with those Internal green cylin,
ders which they had Just been INFORMED
officially were in truth not orthodox ju-
In hut which they knew from their own
nainful experience could, upon occasion,
yomit forth the most horrible flames.
They crouched in the edge of the
cover once more Thoroughly shaken,
and ii only required the final portent
to fray their courage utt e1,,.,,,, ort ~
In the factory, tucked snuSly out OIL
sight in sthe-mess-room, Laura Slade,
Carter Garter and White Man's-Trouble lay
stretched out YEARLY upon upon Inc hna i heen
q al p ,pi of Vertical bamboos stood be-
tween them and the external Worla;
MMeayn,sN r that first gave them the
news that the okky men had rewo '.i
nromptiy retired out Of sight. Guns
and defenders would have been Ell Ia a b re7
assuring touch to hs see eneR RHt for o them
to find no guns and no human oeinss
in view, would accentuate the enecI
of the craven images ro whi tha ' green
woodenly upon them from .ne sseen
For long enough they lay there IN
the sickly heat. staring out over the
little Of the mornings battlefield, wer
danced up and down in the shl1nmerlhi
sunlight. The factory hazards came OUT
in full numbers for their daily sun,
baths, and most of the flies or AFRICA
seemed to be congregated in the clear
ing. of two
sion .sDo you see" she asked: those
two swallow-tailed butterflies altering
about by that big silk cottonwood that
lost his top in the tornadohl They
were feeding contentedly enough on
that stuff like meadow-sweet. but
someone or something has disturbed them,
and they flew up. If,you notice, they
dare not go back, SO that rather hints
that the someone is still hidden in the
(which said clumn." observed Carter,
"is Just two yards off the. craven image
which the commands bush road number
three. Oh. assistant on1urer. canst
thou swear?"
Ooh. Garter" said the he, K Io, Nth With
English. learn him on steamah. l
work up to position Of stand bv-at-
~, M how before lib for come ashore