The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

What do you think OF that?''
"Oh. I should say il was reasonable
enough from the Liverpool point OF View
Bah. There not much OF tho Coast
about YOU lie tore the letters into
snreds and folded these carefully in pipe
lights. 'D-ar old Godfrey trusted No
up 10 the hnt and this new follow 8
got 10 learn 20 DO the same. or I shall
resign my commission. II he undcrs tood
anything about running the office. Le
might know l should do ali the work shat
was good Tor me-"
q m sure SOU do" said Carter ciyiilv
TIN afraid I'm tha Stacker You lot 10
have such AN easy time OF il whilst my
hrm was getting we'll, that I've slid ofe
into lazy ways. must buck up. ana
If youu load the work onto me- Mr..
Smith. you D dnd 7 can do a lot more
Swizzie-suca smith dried the perspIra-
ton from his c,e socket fixed his glass
into hrmer hold. and stared Well
he said at last. you are a ID fool.'
and there the talk ended
1t was that same day that Carter had
hs first Introduction to Royalty IIs
was In the retail store-"fete-esh they
call 4 on the coast-weighlng out has-
iets Of palm kernels. measuring cala-
oashes OF oranrc-colored palm oil. judgir.
as best dee could the amount OF adul-
terants The simple negro had added O.
increase the bula. and apportiOnin.. tho
value in cotton cloth. powder. flntlock
guns at twelve and six pence apiece.
and green clnI.al boxes OF Holland riu-
Trade proceeded slowly. Tho interior -
the feteesh was stew Of heat and
doors. and t.e white mans elaborate
calculations We've none of the most glib.
TO knock some ltea OF the fairness OF
these into the black mans skull was =
work that Required not only cloQuence,
but also athletic power The simple saw
age who did only one days shopping PER
aunum was wiling always to let the de-
lights OF tx Nng-r out as long as possl-
bic, and all tho white mans hustlius
could not drive the business along at more
than snail pace.
BY Coast custom, work for Europeans
starts in those cool hours that know the
daybrea&S. and switches of between eleven
and twelve for breakfast; and thereafter
siesta Is the rule til the sun once moro
begins to throw shadow. But on this
particular day. when Swizzle- Stick Smith
had knocked out his pipe and turned in
under his mosquito bar. Carter sluiced a
parrahn-can fuu OF water over his red
head by way Of final refreshment. and
went down once more from the living
rooms Of the factory 20 the heat AMI
the Odors OF tho fcteesh below.
The sweating customers saw him como
and reused uD out OF the purple shadows.
and presently the game OF haggle vas
once more in fun swing.
Carter had a natural gift for tongues.
and was picking up the dincut Coast
languages to the best Of his ability but
his vocabulary was OF necessity small,
and n kroobOy stood by 10 translate in
tricate passages into idiom more likely
to penetrate the harder skulls The
krooboy wore trousers ana sing.ct in
token OF his advanced civilization and
bore with pride the name of White-Alan -
Trouble.
There was a glut Of customers that
baking afternoon. Iiigh-scented trado
stunts poured into the factory in pleasing
abundance. and bundles Of European pro-
drce We're balanced upon woody craniums
for transportation through bush paths
to that wild unknown Africa beyond the
hinterland- The new law Of X. ONcnI
allowed no lingering in the feteesh- once
n customer had been delivered Of his
goods and had accepted payment. White
Man s-Trouble decanted him into tho
scalding sunshine outside and babe him
hasten upon his way. Is. O'NeM had
stated very plainly, in typewriter let
ter, that the leakage by theft was un-
pleasing to the directorate in Liverpool
anO must De stopped. X ONein UNDER
stood that the thefts took place after
customer had spent all his cash on
legitimate purchase. as then all his saw
axe Intelligence was turned 70 pilfering.
Garter as the man on the spot recog-
nized the truth OF all this, and carried
out the instructions to the foot OF the
letter
Mr. Smith warned him he would have
trouble over il. Ever since the first fac
tory came down TO blight this Coast"
Smith explained. the boys have been
allowed TO hang around the feteesh and
steal what wasn't nailed down They
took upon il in the light OF a legiti-
mate discount. and it's grown up into a
custom. Now IN West Africa you may
burn a forest. or blot out "a nation. or
start new volcano. and nobody VIII
say very much to you. but if you in
tcrof.re with "A recognize custom Won