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

them. Allah can do no wrong
you are mixing up theological FACTS
Allah can do wrong. But what about
Sheitan?"
II spit upon MS name. " Effendi, SAID
Ali ben Hossein, and did 1t.
Hear now then the pronoun ,.s,, u ,, ~
the Ka]eef Abdul Haned of IStamboul.
trhe unclean things that haunt the wounds
of the Faithful are no Longer sent ~
Allah MS 1T of Faith. They are sem, sent
now t, sheitan 4. as ,nt e4ne the Prophet
through the kaleet, has sent iiluid oi
his own devising, OF which by happy
cha1fcn / have u portion III the factory.
rs it green in colorF e
Paradise" said Carter, and thanked hca
ven for small parcel OF anime s eyes
green amongst tnenu winch han peei
sent by an cnterprisins Bradiord oys,
ware merchant, to the order OF dyer In
Then" said Ali ben Hosscin SIMPLY.
.Gf YOU o Effendi, can relieve me from
am suffering / and my sons Will remem-
Der Your Your name in the fullest gratitude.
Have you the holy LIQUID heref ,,
for am not dim. But there is q
medicine chest up at the factory, and
within It is a bottle Of crystal, blue In
color. in which are tablolds which bear
curry. They and the aniline green may
take n bit of finding, but presently when
I've got solution made and tinted 70
True Believers taste, l will return hero
7 IA am sure that the kaleef Abdul would
approve II he'd a thigh as bad as yours,
and had ever heard OF an anuseptc dress
through the, gates of Paradise whilst 1
am gone. D'you understand? The houris
won't look twice at q Hausa with leg
as worm-caten as yours. ,,
Now. Carter gathered from casual
inspection by two damp matches that ben
Hossein's thigh was pretty bad, but ne
had not made allowance for the tough
MSS of water,drinking. spa spare,sa as
parratin lamp, followed by White-Man'
Trouble. who carried bowl of warm
water and other things. and commenced
he was sicAsened Like most traders in
the West Coast factories. he had acquired
through almost daily practice q certain
wounds; but here in the thigh Of this
great muscular Hausa was grid OF
sashes whose INTENDED horrors went far
beyond n ,a all his previous s1pe.iense
death. or died Of shock at the first i'm.
pact and the further fact that he had
withstood the attacks OF all the abomi-
upon his open flesh were a wonderful
testimonial to his constitutional tough
ness: and the detail that in spite OF his
Carter commenced dressing the wounds,
was only what could be expected But
It seemed that i've days had elapsed since
the man had been brought In and left.
outside the fort, with the ordinary cal
tousness of Africans for one another. had
neither brought him food nor reported his
calamity On the other hand they had
stolen his goods and gone their ways.
otherwise non-interferent And as a con-
sequence the man was three parts starved
tally perilously lowered.
Carter had perhaps. rs has been stated.
much of the West Coast traders cailous-
ness for the native, but he certainly had
nj of the surgeons interest in a patient
After he had dressed the wounds ne tried
his best to bring his patient back to con-
seriousness. and then for the first time
only did he realize how near to the Bor-
1 deEland 1.-THE the m, man had crept, He sent
that on, his errands and with all the
limited knowledge in his power fought
Death for the Hausa's life till tho fatal
hour of dawn was well past.
And so he was found by Miss O'Neill
at A. NJ, white. shaken and black-eyed.
squatting in a miserable hutch that reek-
ed of iodoform. and welcoming with Joy
Ali ben Hossein's ungracious return to
world he had so nearly left.
Miss O'Ncill regarded him for while
with wit punched lip. and then II think you
nre perfectly dlsgraccful.' said she. "At
least you might have let me know what
you were doing. so that I could have
come to help part Of the time"
Garter blinked at her for moment with
. tired brown eyes and then pullel HIM
doing as you wished. But T didn't know
that You were interested in .niggcrs. 4
dend out of them. rather looked upon
this as an out-of-otflce-hours job: as a
piece OF private amusement Of my own
IA fact. and so I did not dare to repeat
Well" said Kate. seating herself be.
side the sick man perhaps I was hateful
20 You after supper, indeed I'll admit that
l was. But you are being far more hate
t tld,, to me now. and as that should tickle
your vanity as a man. perhaps you'll be
PIE NV VIII l. You kindly take Mr. Carter bach
Of qunine. and all the hot. scaidng tes
ne Will drink, and then put him to bed
and see to 1t that there are no insects in.
side his mosquito bar"
, II IT." said the Krooboy. "An' / go
pinch from dem Cappie Image. civ,