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


make room for them. and next morning
Carter collected some wing. feathers
end some bits OF wood. and made
swartned about the compound. Present.
~ there arrived the headman. who saw
The toy spinning In the breeze. and
annexed Il He and White Mans
Trouble harangued one another with
was hustle in the village, and the
cooking fires burned strongly. The
headmans gloom had dropped from him
like a discarded cloth he wore in its
place an air of oily obsequiousness that
showed he could be quite the couruer
upon occasion
no in more or Kanki Dc i said White
Man's,Troublee, pointing; to the three
great bowls, dem hen chops. dem mon
key chop, an dem dug chop"
Quack-quack duE2
mo. bow-wow dug"
light said Carter. "I'll leave these
rich dainties to you and His Nibs there
Let me have go at the stewed FOWL
go hard to collect in this country when
they use up so much to make legs for
their chickens Well thank heaven
for sound teeth and a. tough inside"
a tell dem headman," said the Kroo-
boy when they had started their days
march chat dem windmill will be fine
1u,,ju !. say to him, you savvy dem
iem night So tell him me an you.
I'VE keep dem okky-ne away by our,
selves, an shoot most of them an KIN
more by dem talking-god. So dom
headrnan savvy we plenty-blg tu-ju
men, an we not fit eat kanlsi for brca-s-
fast"
diplomacy are only eanalled by vour
personal appearance. Keep it no II
your oloduence can carry us through
the country on the free hotel list 1t
and for everybody else VIC come near.
I like to think of myself as an adj
venturous knight exploring the black
heart OF Africa. hut I suppose in the
boes and set the watch dogs at Us
Gee! Look at That
and cracked A herd of small deer
were crossing the narrow ROAD aheaa
of them. and one of them tripped and
fell and there was payment for their
next nights lodging.
soin had called it to the hill where
an unnamed river secured the foot OF
red -streaked bluff. and Carter, VINO
tered himself on being able to walk rs
we'll as the Moslem In Hausaland. ,But
the fact RI, named that more than three
times thirteen days raised before they
reached the place and the perils of The
way proved many and glarlnG IN SOM
Of the villages the headnan proved hos-
pitable: in others they would nave
neither truck nor dealings Win any
callers whatever.
The country was full Of war and M.
rest and there was no doubt that "
was desperately poor The chsSaVa
grounds were IMPLANTED the millet was
unsown. the banana gardens were wan,
tonlv slashed and ruined. The small
bush farmer is a creature OF nerves
Ind he stands adversitv badly. Put him
nnder a strong over-lord. and he viii!
serve gladly and efficiently Leave MN
to himself and when things 20 awry
with him for too many weeks together
Struggle. and sit down with chin on his
Knees and quietly starve to death one
cannot reckon far upon the moods or
.t nan ov wno HIS IS own lie or his neigh
But at one place they marched in
upon red war.
The village lay amongst Its farm
lands In a break OF the forest. and
the gaps between the houses had been
hlled with thorns:, Shots came from n,
the shots OF invisible marksmcn who
lay within the edge OF the forest The
gun glared high overhead IN ileck-
ask sky S tha he er aiT trade sa me
White-Man's-Trouble counseled re-
yss that's all right : said "a !. csrt ter
head into SCRAP less than DO. Rut
where the deuce can we 70 to? There's
been no single branch to this road
we've come along. and the hush on
each side is about the thlckcst liz Az
rica Nothing short OF n regiment OF
men with matchets would make path
Through 1t anywhere. Going back to
chat last village means getting skew
cred. All the way along I've been Won
dering how on earth we got out OF It
without having Mt least ten spears
fAmmed into each Of u.s.
20 Carter. I no ut to go get mixed
In dem fight palaver."
you're 80 beastly unoriglnal. Whv
go on reneating the same thing? Id
nkc further. to point out that We've
hours. and I personally can't go on
living on my own fat without incon-
Venienca. as you seem to do"
tNo savvy."
swell. to translate. say plenty
much ft for chop"
White Mans Trouble rubbed the
yalstbnnh of his trousers tenderly.
enc. too" he admitted.
'Then. az there Is only starvation
and other UNPLEASANT things behind. I'm