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


Ali ben Hossein and did it.
Hear now then the pronouncement of
the Kaleef Abdul HaIned Of IStambouI.
The uucican things thstt haunt the wounds
OF tlc Faithful are no longer sent BY
Allah as 1T Of kaItn- Ihey are sent
NOW D.. Shcitan as a torment to True
Believers. ana AS an antdoIe' inc Iropncg
through the NAecI- hs'a sent d H444u OA
lis own devising. OF which by a happy
cuauOc 1 have "a portion IA the Factory
-tfreen as thr skirts Of the hours OF
PARADISE" said Carter, and thanked hca-
ven for a small parcel OF anime dyes
tsrcen amongst tnv..l "hcn h.,d been
sent by an enterprising Bradford dye
ware merchant. 10 the order Of a dyer IN
Then said AH ben Hossein SIMPLY
"if YOU o Emcndi. can relieve me from
the tormcuts OF SheitaD, from which
am suffering 1 and my sons VIII rcnein-
ber your name in the fullest gratitude
Have YOU the holy liquid hereF
Not in my pocket % Ali ben Hossein.
medicine chest up at the factory. and
within il is bottle OF crystal, blue in
color ia which are tablOids which bear
the giaour name OF percnloride of mer-
curry. They and the auiltne green may
take BIT Of finding, but presently when
We got solution made and tinted 70 a
True Believers taste. 1 will return here
and work upon you that cure Of which
J am sure that the Kaleef Abdul would
and had ever heard Of an anuseptic dress
INK 50 see to II that you don't slip
am gone. D'you understand? The hours
won't look twice at a Hausa with a leg
AS worm-eateu as yours"
Now. Garter gathered from a casual
inspection 10y two damp matches that ben
iiossen's thigh was pretty bad. but be
had not made allowan for the tough
MSS of watcr-drinklng spare-eating
MoSlem. When he came back with a
parratin lamp. followed by White-M Mans
Trouble who carried a bowl Of warm
water and other things and commenced
ms amateur surgery. ne was amazed. and
Pc was siCsSened- Like most traders IN
tAe west coast factories. ne had acquired
through almost daily practice certain
Saltness IN cleansing and repairing
great muscular Hausa was a grid oe
Sishes whose INTENDED horrors went far
The fact that the man had not bIed %
death. or died OF shock at the first i'm
pact and the further fact that he had
nabie live things that preyed thereafter
upon his open flesh were n wonderful
eSumoni.u to his constitutional tough
ness: ana the detail that in spite OF his
torutude he went clammy and limp when
Carter commenced dressing the wounds
:" as only what cOuld be expected But
u seemed that five days had elapsed since
the man had been brought in ana left
and during that time the other merchants
outside the fort with the ordiro-,- -
tousnes., OF Africans for one anoth.- bat
neither brought him food nor renorfed bis
calamity ON tho other hand thew had
stolen his goods and gone their yvavs
"thtrWlse non-inteTferent And as a CON
sequence the man was three parts starve1
when Garter found him and rad MS vi
tality perilously lowered
carter had perhaps as has been stated.
much or the West Coast traders Gallons
ness Tor the native, but ne certainly mad
~ or the surgeons interest i0 a m fie~t
Hiter he had dressed the wounds ne tried
ms best TO bring his patient back to CON
seriousness. and then for fh4 Grst tine
only did he realize how near TO the Bor-
V VyTi'tnd ., me mar, man had crept He sent
that on his errands and with ali me
limited knowledge in his power fought
Death for the Hausa's life uu the fatal
hour Of dawn well past
And so he was found by Mss O'NeiI
tt \. NJ white. shaken and black-eved
atured in stained and sodden clothes
stnatung in miserable hutch that reek
81 or iodoform. and welcoming with low
Ali ben Hossein's ungracious retSr, ~
world he had so nearly left
MISS ONeill regarded him for while
WIN pinched lip and then "I think YOU
are perfectly disgraceful' said She al
least YOU might have let me know what
rome to helm part Of the time ""U'u nave
carter bhnked at her for a moment with
s.Ir to or2~n eyes and then pullel htn-
doing as you wished. Rut didn,t i,nov,
,,lat you We're interested in niegers IN
mere was no chance Of makinas n divi
uend out of them. I rather ioofad ,InoC
, ms as an out-of-ofice-hou JOB: as a
piece OF private amusement of nv oy,,n
IN TACT and 80 / did not dar, to repeat
,NtTu' SAID Kate. seating herself he
zoe the SICK man perhaps [ wac hateful
- gu aIter supper. indeed I'u admin thaf
= Was But you are being far more hate
~ 10 NE now, and as that should fickIe
Sour vanity as man. perhaps vousU ~
5ie 'e Iy,,j enough 70 cali it quits Trou-
T., Nv WI YOU kindiy take Mr. Carter back
o. II,i,nn'ne and all the hot. scaIdIne tea
ne VIII drink and then put him to bed
ana see 10 II that there are no insect, in
SIDE his mosquito bar '''0~'S III
hot,, ht sad SAL. the Krooboy An I got
pinch from d daIe mans nan medicine dat
IN Oarter a drink Of him. H''o