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

match, and showed that the finger was
"oh, I beg pardon. said Carter II
the local reyela."
well" said the Portuguese thought
apology. Otherwise I should have shot
you. Goodnight, senior"
Carter waited till the. man turned,
ran In quickly. and placke zee away AVA, ms 1as
US understand ono another exactly be
fore we. go any further. I'm stand
Ing quite all the risks from outside
II there's any shooting to be done
amongst ourselves, prefer, to do It
myself. So hrss OF all let's hear your
TN the hrst-a place am not met, negro;
your own. an far-a-more ancient.
doesn't TIC cover seG' that. FIJI apologize some
more for calling you niger. Further
more. didn't know that you claimed TO
be a gentleman. not that gentility is
any excuse for not carrying out ones
Job here on the Coast"
Senior. you are handsome. And
agree with you that here in Africa we
the work-a is not well done" =.
Well" said Carter impatiently: Is
that the lot7 To my simple British
me seem pretty thin SO far. suppose
you are mad at my basting you this
morning, but II you. think the circum-
that we've women's lives to think OF
here as well as our own, and by let
ting the niggers you were overseeing
scamp their work whilst you were
dreaming over cigarette, you were
risking the safety of the fort"
"Senhor. do YOU know of what-a 1
was dreaming7"
way of f. somethine imrnateriaL"
"pardon. but / must tell-a you my
dreaming. 1t was of woman's life
dreamed"
Won had better attnei leave ss il IL at that It
sticks in my mind that the three Portu-
guese ladies in this factory at MokE1
are all officially protected by their
hear any embarrassing confidencea."
"And may not a Portuguese gentle.
man. poor-a grant 10, but still OF
good blood. give-a his affection to
lady OF another racer
moon had 1T up in 2, the ,a SKY - ab 20
sudden more square and grim than
usuaI-at least the other thought so.
His tone. too. changed from banter to
something hard ~ DECLINE to hear a,r
confine our dealings with one another
entirely to details OF business, If you
please, Cascaes, and leave matters of
You say you are gentleman, and !
believe you That means you. won't
shoot me from behind, or when I'm not
armed equally with yourself II the
necessity arrives for a turn-up on level
turns. I'm your man. oodnieht."
And so for that night thew parted.
each very much misunderstanding the
other. Once more the tired sentries
yawned at their posts. and the Euro
peans of the factory retired to their
beds and the blacks to their sleeping
hot damp night was broken, and no
half-hour passed. without cry from
come dreamer which woke restless
But with daylight the. steady stream
of merchandise. which the factory was
beginning to attract, recommenIced;
had their hands full OF the stock that
had been pouring in unon them ever
since the King of okky had closed
the roads to the old Coast factories
with which they were accustomed to
deal and when the news spread as
1t does spread in that mysterious west
Africa. that the white woman Or ;sokk,
teeth thew were only too ready to back
her with their custom. The merchants
Of that unknown back country are
some OF the keenest traders on. earth.
Some came in single canoes through
the gloom and odors of uncharted mud
DIV creeks, trusting to secrecy for safe
passage: others Joined forces. and
mani power dusouts down the main
stream Others dubbed together into
caravans. so strong and so well,
Tended that even Kallee's trucu,ent
raiders dared not cross the Okky
marches to hold them IN. So mar,
velouslv accurate were the rnmors ina,
had snread IN country that few 81
thAse keen merchants cam" into honk
without a grass basket full OF spoiiet
specimens Of butterfly as a dash" tc
pronitiate the new trading p1ws1. -
creased I'm at last more came than the
star e the faetory could deal al With fdn
awaitinr their turn to trade Actually
small native food mnrke IS, gre 1ow snes
thc nr,ce the factory pad for every
commodity, but stu the nn,, bush tda mar 1,a,
Of the chance. Times they felt wer'
tycnh9ns the shadow Of the F fn,ssts
and thew wished to get what they coul'
in T,,ronean produce and he gone, Z. 4
the Malla-Nulla. the Monk, or tn
Smooth River fnctories they would no
have taken such nrices: hut the Kim
Of Okkv had closed the roads to these
nj f,1cpecs Yp,rnoSnS thew wer