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

Certainly. did, and concluded II was
jolly capable girl. let me tell you, old
man. when she cares to spread herself
glass or sSMh don yon say ou What
you mean? oh. / see. White, BY CAD.
I'd never thought OF that. Even a bush
telegraph, which is always liable to mis-
calling my little girl white. BY CAD
smith. what a damnable thing that sins
of the fathers law is. IL were man
that ever looked so much as half day
ahead, l believe / should go mad at the
thought of what will become OF Laura in
the future. You're tough old ruttian
with no cares and you could never under
stand what that kidde is to me-"
NO use CRYING over a marriage that's
over; Everybody that knows her will do
hanliy-panky tricks with her he'd probab-
~ die one. OF the local deaths of Africa
In very quick time. But about this white
woman. | heard about her. too. There
was big tom-toming far away In the
bush one night. ten minutes after the dun
went went out and my boys listened hard and
enough before | could make anything out
OF them. but at last l heard something
ABOUT ,t"1it,. "a white nanny that set ma
thinking. ] got the idea at first that
some one, probably the Okky-men had
been knocking n she-missionary on the
head and that made me cock up my ears.
lou know when trader or man in one
the .pious people at home say IT'S his own
brutal fault and the poor African is
quite right, in what he does. But when
its missionary, the Exeter Hall crew
insist on war
Slade put up the usual Coasters wish
Tor s.G thG, future . OF Exeter Hall,
He got up and imped across to the door
way and stood there for a minute putting
| pale blue smoke into the dazzle Of sun
shine. Then he came back again and
c. IN a. ri Inn flnT, 1tFft u,
his back against q bale. 1.-The boys out
there both yours and mine, are still harp
ing on the same subject"
81 didn't make out that the white Wo-
man was killed"
Nor did l. when went into the mat
tor further, was only explaining what
missionary killed, all the bush would
! know, that meant war. and they would
| across out of sheer light -heartedness. No.,
If that had happened. you would not have
seen see mel me here. should , have lit out for
| found that the white woman had not been
| killed. but that she was q some one who
seemed to puzzle my boys exceedingly.
There seemed to be heap-too- much ju,ju
| could tackle"
Sort Of champion lady weght-lifte,r?
Boy. fill Mr. Smiths pipe and bring him
"Yon know that Kroo word. Oomsha.
that, means sultana. or woman -above-a-
heaam nann, Or something like tha.G" noa
somewhere up sokoto way. She's been
| head wife of an Emir, and when he died
/ sho4lsilled all the, heirs and ran the town
| herself. L thought 1t meant more witch
or Gonjurer. It's ju-ju word"
| We'll, | won't quarrel with you over
| etymology and we seem to agree enough
| Now, my boys said that this white woman
was an oomsha:, Did you, hear that?"
I! didn't trouble myself to inquire more
| deeply"
Dash it., said tho old man flercely.
something, What the deuce has as a a. white
| snltana got to do messing around the
Coast factories. especially o'Neill and
Craven,s? ;, And let me tell that's what's
! happening"
rs the mythical lady setting every
body by the ears anGpreparing for holy
| something?"
all seem to like her. She's stirring up
/ everybody, she's upsetting yolr factory
and mine, she's dragsed the man with the
! then spurned him from her, and she's
/ even captured the warm and profane
Cappie Image as one of her servitors"
| "Poof! blarney old Image! Now. that
proves you've got onto fairy tale"
Mr.; Smith, thumped an emphatic fist
Il tell you 7 have not. The bush tele-
graph never lies. You may misunderstood
II, but If you take time and trouble. and
/ dig deep enough, you'll always come to
4 the truth of things. AS sure as we are
sweating in this bush village here there's
4 q white. woman on the Coast turning all
i the business there upside down.
eve rot it, said Slade. X O'Neill's
/ tired of having all his bright IDEAS COM
his new happy Thought Is to send his fas-
( cinating typewriter out to hand mstruc-
| tlons over in parson, and wait till they're
would be 9ust the sort of enthusiastic
1 Young people, to fall n'with q scheme like
| that. But 4 must say tho conquest Of
| Image beats me. 1t would take heap
more than hen typewriter to tame Cap
i pie Image -me-lad.'