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


the main thing is, Trouble, that rubber
takes capital and labor to handle. and
this FIRMS short Of both at the moment
We'll leayo rubber to Miss o'Nelll Tor the
20 Carter. dem Missy Kate she no ut
."she no ft,'' said Carter, with a sigh,
yer with dem Miss Laura"
The last marches of All ben TIossein's
road had been little Travelled during these
this s'' meant 1 that he evergPowins bush
had encroachcd. and passage was diff
cult Moreover. food was painfully scarce
Swizxle- Stick Smith, out of his scanty
store had given them what he could. but
this was soon eaten, and once more they
had been forced to fall back on that mar
vollous thing, the kola nut. But though
meal. and makes one able to endure pro-
longed strains, it does not fill gaps in the
inside.
Both Carter and the Krooboy were very
gaunt. and battered, and savage-loo3ifnS
when at last they arrived at the rock
and the river: but the omens seemed to
change from that moment.
To begin with. Carter had q snap shot
at a gazelle and brought 1t down. They
lit fire where they were, ate. and felt
time for fortnight Then. whilst hunt
Ing for a site for a hut they came. across
cluinp of plantains, wild certainly, and
coarse but filling enough TO men who had
long outgrown any nicciles of palate. And
at the father side OF the plantalns what
appeared to be mere cubical mound OF
RTeenery disclosed itself upon Inspection
TO be house.
Ghosts whimpered whlte-Man's-
Trouble. and shrank back
Il hone So SAID Carter. They'd give
us local news, anyway. ana might be
amusing to talk to. But 1 never met
ghosts outside a story book, and I'm
afraid there'h be none here. / wonder
who lived on this spot2 Some house. with
lined wallis three feet six thick and
flat cement roof. Inside area-phew. it
smells rnusty--twenty feet by twelve NO,
by Christopher, there's another room on
beyond Storcroom that-oh, bog pardon.
Mr. Snake. My mistake. Good-after-
noonn"
lie shot out into the open again BY the
doorway. and several snakes vino resided
in the father room made exit By the WIN
dow.
any west African monument. one always
puts 1t down to the carly Portuguese.
Tor the present. original occupants have
been gone any time these last two hum
dred years, Well II We strip off these
vines and crecpers from the outside, and
light fires inside 10 sweeten the air bit,
we shall have the most palaua! quarters.
The question now is whether there is
mine and whether IT is worth working"
But that last point very quickly an
stone sliced vertically into the mother
rock. Two OF them were forty feet wide,
the third was sixty. The face ran up at
q steep angle. and great beer-colored
river swilled away at its foot, and un-
derrnined IT. and with the help OF the
sun kept chattering screes always cas-
cading down the slope.
This isn't mine" Carter shouted ex-
uitantly, It's a quarry! Bring steamer
up alongside here. and every man that
eiens' worth Of ore into her 'I from OF these
dumps each hour without so much as
putting pick in. Why. the outcrops are
s scarcely Lee, leaehed q. all. When we've
III rig temperley transporter and guy
1t to these rocks above, and run the stun
sae es bd 5L1n wh 1sst it into s.sa
had better look out: I'm not going to let
her be the only millionaire on earth
wolS stones stones J, With ysllow Elass o, him
Trouble.
Tn Llverpool?"
We'll say Swansea or Cardin; practI-
cally the same thing"
NO worth money here?'
ia sell you ton for all Of tobae-
- How How you get IT to coast? You no ut
,t by .,, water, ih my pagan friend. We make
'6teaInah no fit" said the Krooboy.
and spat contemptuously into the yellow
stream Dem .cappies no savvy way
e eess; Dem riober no savvy way to
That's bit beyond my linguistic pow
ers; You must translate some more. I"
PEN ribber. the krocboy explained
patiently, mo fit for run to dem sea-
Then where the deuce does It run to?
Does Ju-ju drink lt7''
Ju-ju no fit for touch dem ribber,"
said White Mans Trouble, taking the
question literally. But dem ribber run
into dem squidge- souidge. an lib for tlie.'
Runs into swamp and gets lost. Ny
great Christopher. the odds are you 70
l dight; Blu, But why in the name Of thunder
II no savvy." said the Krooboy simply,
where you come. o Carter. I come after
you from Mokki because l think you no
MT Tor carry dem bag"
Garter swung around and picked up
e,Man's-Trouble's hand and shook It
nearby. you've got very white in-
alde to you," he said.
But the African was not nattered He
pulled away his limp hand as soon as It
was set free. and rubbed his abdomen
neryously. 20 Carter, no ut for white
inside. no 5u-ju boy. I dam common