Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20

| vacy. His knowledge of what had been
| going on was at times almost uncanny.
| 20. Carter" he said. dem Laura. she
| lib for Teach paIaver house in Las Palmas -
She left for Las Paimas in the Frau
| Pohst certainly. But 1 don't know where
she is staying
"Teach-palaver house" said the king.
| placidly. ''by Telde.'
She was at school once at a convent on
| the Telde road.
She lib for there now
Il say, king, how the deuce do you know
| that?'
"Savvy plenty funny things" said the
king. and turned to do justice another
| culprit who was brought before him for
| trial.
The royal menage was simple They
| dned off a cous-cousoo and bowl of stew
| ed goat such as any well-to-do native
| farmer might have set on the floor before
| him for his meal, and thereafter they sat
| on mats of elaborate strawwork upon the
! hard earth and the king consumed at a
moderate computation one ounce of snuff
| before he was inclined for further talk.
Then 20, Carter, said he, what for dis
| stone palaver?'
when that stone is taken to my coun-
| try they heat it in a furnace with other
| things, and a white metal runs out"
| ''Okky-man no hit for make him.
| mo, the jobs too complicated.
Dem stone worth lot O money, you
way to coast. And whole hill of dem
stone lib far up rbber. So dem hill worth
! plenty much lot o'money"
There goes my pile" thought Carter bit
tery. The greedy old ruffians going to
| hook it for himself.
The king went on. Dem Kate, she fit
| for be oNeill and Craven now?'
Il suppose you may say she is
Smith an Slade al-e-same work-boy for
O'Neill and Craven?"
IF you like to put it that way"
Good. And YOU went on this well-in-
| formed monarch, wagging a fat forefinger.
| you want marry Kate. same's l wanted
to marry Laura, an she no fit for have
you. same's Laura no fit for have me dem
timer"
| Carter dropped his chin onto his knees
and said nothing The king went on, 20,
| Carter, you fit for save my life dis day. II
you no come wild dem canoe, l lib for be
crocodile chop this minute So do not take
| your red-I do not make you lib for die as
1 say dis morning, but 1 fit for make you
glad. Dem Dutchmen hold dem factory
now at Mokki?'
They do
'Then 1 send my war-boys in at back
an stop roads. But l take ju-ju off roads
to dem O'Neill and Craven factories at
Smooth, an Monk, and Malla-Nulla.
That's very good of you. I'm sure"
''Then dem Kate she love you much when
she find dem factory once more do trade.
I'm afraid, king, it would take a lot
more than that to make Kate feel at
tached to You see I'm no longer in
O'Neill and Craven's service. l chucked 1t
| when she sold Mokki, and I've been on my
own ever SINCE
+ The kings eyes gave the ghost of a
twinkle. Den / no fit for open dem roads.
So 1 make you dash another way. | send
you for coast in big canoe of sixty pad
dies"
with White Mans Trouble?"
Wild your boy, an your cargo. l send
you in three days time six more canoes of
sixty paddles, full of dem stone you wish
1 dash you dem hill OF stone where you set
up dem dam ju-ju boo-paa-bumm. l tell
dem men who lib for rlbber banks that you
be free for come an go on all my country
while / lib for king; an If any man he
hurt you, take dem man an l nail him by
hands an feet to a tree
Carter looked up. DO you mean that?
The king took snuff. when / say to
man you lib for die. he die. When l say
L let you lib then he lib. When say to
man. 4 make you dash. he get dem dash.
even though / have to send my war-boys
to take it from somebody other to give it
him Oh, Carter, lib for be real king.
you mean you've given me fortune in
return for the small thing l did for your
my life" said the king dryly, 'he seem
small thing to you. But TO me"-he patted
his rotundity--"to me dem life be plenty
big
Three days Carter abode in the village.
and kept to the inside of his hut to avoid
the sights of the place. which to a Euro
pean eye are unpleasant when an African