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

iHsi man. not from bush English
ju-ju on Lii1-" lie picked Up an '..,,r,e
y bottle and handled 81 thourhtrilI-.
Su.J! dem Dutchmen give me chic
"Of tho powdered glass variety i'm
'iIs niognins sausage. said Carter
use waning the poor devils. because
ln tn' .r-t place they wouldn't believe
me and 10 tue second they'd get il an
1ne .-. 1uese tncsc new coioGizcrs
must u 'rfy out the methods OF dealing
with the natives for themselves. as
their betters dr. before them And for
nyset. fancy knapsack Will be tne
wear Thank the Lord I've tramped
= good mAuy hundred mucs with one
Now. Carter was strong. and ne car
Tled. moreof or. "A high courage and a
neIce ener - which even the stcamy
at an, Of tho West Coast could
hot camp Malaria be Lad with
ceItalh regular pcriodicity. but ne was
one OF those rare men who threw of
inc attach Ks with speed. and suffered
little from their after effects ne w.s
essentially moderate in his habits OF
Ilie. carry ing healthy hunger but
drunkard nor a teetotaller through fear
OF drink Moreover. he did not abuse.
Quintne coffee. tobacco or drugs AS
"A consequence IN that much anathcua-
tized climate he preserved very level
heaith and energy. and owned a nor
maj mind whore most men were either
hyatericti or morbid.
He had come ashore at Malta -Nulla.
when he hrst iaHded on that ugly
stone bags one OF these had been
looted by some light-dngered merchant
OF the interior The other stiu re-
NAMED with him. and mad iourncycd 20
Mokkl ITS notable tint OF yellow had
long sine. vanished In places n was
nottled black with miidcw. and the
rest OF the surface was good mulatto
brown. The fastenings had burst ana
Deen REPLACED by rope.
He looked at II with a moments in
decision II would make a vastly ugly
knapsack butt represented one -
his few remaining possessions in the
world CThe $50 or 70 be precise the
sum OF f57 6S 10d. which he had forced
Laura 90 carry OF. had cmptied his
purse TO the dregs) And as he could
bag he packed what things he thought
essential within It's ieaky leather sides.
arranged rope beckcts for his Shout
ders. slung u on his back. tucked tho
Winchester aforesaid under his arm.
and set or down the narrow forest
road which ben Hosscin had Indicated.
without further word Of farewell with
anybody.
The heat Of noon had just faded but
the eightccn-inch wide road was sailed
in viii dense high bush. and the air
down IN that narrow cut was breath
less and rtagnant vs. men the road
curved away from tho sun and the high
walls threw a shadow. carter waited
for moment and painted. when the
sun tecmed rays q molten brass direct
~ down on Dffn from overhead ne INf-
ricd and SO moved on at an average
gait Of three miles to the hour. which IS
good travelling Tor West Africa.
II is curious how the brain works ia
these hours OF discomfort and abnor-
NAL stress The one thing that occu-
pied Carriers mind was rather good
specimen Of Okky war horn. IL had
been OF ivory massive well carved ana
with a mCutapicce OF more than usual
elaboration In fact IL was the finest
specimen he had come across. and hc
al
from its native owner TO copy for Mr.
Balgarnie's market But ne han seen
Rates eve upon IL Just before the Frau
Probst took her Away. ana with the
impulse Of the moment had given IL 10
her. She took il at once. and thank
himself. forgot il "A moment later \
thousand times he called himself an
ass for trying TO keep in her memlory-
What was he a factory clerk. to Miss
ONeiU2 And what. indeed was Miss
Neiu to him-an engaged man?
The bush rustled back Al him;
Laura is-well what YOU know.
Iaura's got a lick OF the tar brush.
Laura is probably the identical person
certain reverend gentleman In PIPER
Wharfedale especially warned YOU
against laura may pass muster Ia
Grand Canary. but she wont do
further North. Fancy Laura In W h4r-
fedaIel" Good Cod. ia harfedalel
Nov lie came TO thinA of it. hc had
never talked TO Laura about home. and
the woors. and the grouse and The
roses
Tie laughed noisily at his fancics-
and a flock of red and gray parrots
came on to the tree t0ps above and
cawed at him. Well after all thcrc
Were plenty OF Fngishmen who lived
out OF England. He might inltlat, "a
now era lie might bc one Of the first
English colonists who looked upon
West Africa as home. not place
o. exile. lie rubbed the sweat from
his face with q long forennger and
VIolied on why not2 He seemed
t. have the knaC5S OF health. Why
should not ne and Laura become pow
a.. in the OH Rivers2 They might
v.rl rise to the rule Of cities and ter
riIories.
Thru "a voice brought him TO earth
again. some one hailed him from Tie