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appear, Anthony, in professional terms
threw up his part" which consists in
throwing it down, and told the monster
to play 1t himself. 1t was rather a point
less remark, but it quite Infatuated the
little man.
"Get out of my theater!" he screamed,
in shrill cockney
: Anthony looked at him loftily.
Its not your theater. 1t belongs to
that wretched woman you've cheated out
Of her money" He pointed. to an elderly
spinster who had been tempted to invest
the greater part of her slender capital in
the production, under the promise that it
lie. which it certainly did.
Get out of my theater!" reiterated the
enraged puppet.
Anthony pulled on his gloves leisurely.
I'm going when I'm ready, but before
/ go I should like to tell you that you
possess a mountebank personality which
commands success as ephemeral as
venture to say 1t Is undeserved by any
true artistic merit whatsoever"
The little creature looked at him in
amaZement, and said in his high, falsetto
voice:
What funny boy!"
Anthony walked out, exhilarated by the
consciousness that he had scored tri-
umph. He was accustomed to these tri-
umphs, however. He had tongue like a
stiletto. and it is perfectly extraordinary
how people object to being stilettoed.
Since this suspicious occasion he had
not been invited to take part In any, the
atrical production. Although he had a
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Anthony had the true. uncomfortable
pride of the born vagabond, and that
pride is glorious exhilarating quality
which poor, hard-working, conscientious
mortals can never even dimly understand
In the vagabonds mind 1T accounts for
everything. and places him supremacy
above the obligations of ordinary mortals,
for the word "vagabond" in its true sense
means wanderer; and how small must the
man of fixed habitation seem to him w.io
has neither mental nor material resting
place-limitations which make the sense
of the vagabond ache. To be circum-
scribed by flesh is bad enough; to invent
further caskets is servile. The vagabond
is not antagonistic to money or beautiful
clothes; he only objects to the slow, soul
destroying processes by which civilization
DEGREES that they shall be obtained.
Pity, however disguised under the form
of sympathy, seemed at all times to An
thony an impertinence. If people could
at least be ashamed of the fact and hold
their peace. If Anthony felt that conn.,
lions were too much for him, and that he
could not assume the necessary charm
denoting high spirits, he kept out Of the
way, and as. this became more and more
difficult every day he was seen less and
less by his friends, who with the best
will in the world could not always con-
ceal the fact that the steady decay Of
fine linen was unpleasant. He woke every
morning with hope, that ever deceitful
vulgarian, ready at his bedside to bear
him company. at least during the first
few hours Of the day. but even she would
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body but the saints would like to have
money, but money is by no means neces-
sary for everybody. To Anthony, life
without money was nightmare, and in
asmuch as he had never had any his ex-
istence had been far from cheerful. The
lack of wealth in his case was a palpable
injustice, as II he lacked a sense or an
organ. 1t seemed as though he had left
the art of wage-earning far behind in
some former existence, philOSophically
the richer for It's lessons, although its
technique was forgotten. The world De-
longs to the dreamer: that is to say,
from the dreamer's point of view. 1t
might be truer to say that the dreamer Is
in possession of every world but this. An
thony was quite incapable Of earning his
living by means Of the first thing that
came to hand faculty natural to
the sordid materialism of the Jew. If a
entirely original and curious. calling in
which no one had ever been known to
earn his livelihood. he might have adopted
it with enthusiasm. Thrown on his re-
sources for his daily bread it looked as If
his stock in trade were meager He found
himself sounding the very depths of pow
erty, and before he realized it his clothes
had ceased to be presentable. They would
have been considered excellent weekday
garments in Brixton or in a city Office.
but in the West End they did not look
quite right, even IN the twilight. He was
brilliant and pleasant company enough
to have been able to keep afioat on the
deSolate ocean of impecuniOsity as the
appanage Of some wealthy friend. but for
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one reason, he could not be dominated.
He had no particular moral objection to
a sycophant'S career, and often told him.
self seriously that he must study the art
of pleasing with view to the state of
his pocket. There were so many men
willing to lend providing they got a suf-
ficient return of attention and f1attery.
Anthony had had friends of this class.
vain, good-natured fellows, who were
quite ready to put him up Indefinitely
and to give him as much of their wealth
as they did not miss. Sooner or later.
however, he became explosively brilliant
at their expense. and they could not be
did not even possess stiletto. much less
the inclination to use it.
His condition made him morbid. al
though certain lightness of touch never
deserted him when dealing with the
world. He was an egotiSt with too much
delicate insight to imagine for one mo-
ment that the world would love him the
better for his misery. A melancholy van
ity in it's own woes is one of the chief de-
fectS of intelligent youth. Our lovers
may be fascinated by us in a tragic mo-
ment of temperament, but in the golden
season the world expects us to show the
elasticity of youth. Attention might be
paid to this in our public schools. and
there is little doubt that much misery
would be avoided. A class of Elton boys
being taught to assume gaiety and effer-
vescence on the news of the death of a
near relation, or of their fathers having
lost all their money. would be real prog
reSs toward Spartan education.
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genius for lounging it was not the kind Of
lounging which was likely to get him on
in his profession. He was an elegant
bacchanalian. and hated vulgar drinking.
The death of his father, who had been
able to give HIM a microscopic allowance,
which at any rate made him Independent
enough to sustain his egotism against the
world, brought him face to face with the
thing for you you must to some extent
wolves martyrdom as much as moral I'M
orthodoxy.
Fortunate is that individual who finds
himself placed by Providence in that walk
of life to which his qualities are abSQ-
lutely fitted. There are such people, as.
for instance, the happy navy, the happy
pork butcher or the happy peer, folk
who would have been wretched in any
other walk of life. whether more exalted
or more slowly. How infinitely miserable
the lot of, say. duke who possesses
those very qualities which would have
made him an ideal railway porter-and
there are such. He probably does not
know what is the matter with him. but
he is unhappy because his proclivities
and his career are at war. He Is uncon-
sciously hankering after sixpenny tips
and gladstone bags. instead of addressing
the upper house on intricate questions of
land tenure. There are many people whom
Providence SENS to have created whilst
in state of indecision; for instance. that
Anthony Brooke was created with every
gift except that of a large, Independent
fortune. was an obvious oversight. Every
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Of the cattle are watched by half-naked
boys. who drive them about with STICKS
from place to place. Every morning and
evening the cows are brought into the vil-
lagos to be MIXED. and nearly every
town Of mud huts has its cow house. The
women do the milking. This is contrary
to the custom in some parts of Africa,
where it is thought the cows will go dry
If any female touches them. The milk is
caught in gourds which are afterward
cleaned with handfuls of burnt grass.
The calves are brought alongside their
mothers at milking time. and the cows
will not let down their milk without they
are present. If calf dies 1t is skinned
and stuffed with straw and then placed
under the cows nose for milking. The
people always drink their milk fresh. but
this method of cleaning the gourds gives
it a smoky flavor.
They Drink Blood.
The Nasal are blood drinkers. Their
country has practically no salt. and
am told that they keep in health by blood
drinking. They consume all the blood of
the animals they kill and sometimes bleed
their cattle In the neck and then tie up
the wounds so that they grow well again.
Sometimes a strap Is tied around an anil
mails throat and an arrow Is shot into
the jugular vein. AS the blood gushes
forth it is caught in gourds and drunken
warm.
The people eat but few vegetables and
they do no farming whatever. Their
cooking is usually done in pots OF burnt
clay, varying from eight to twenty inches
In height. The larger pots are not placed
over the fire but at the side Of 1t. and
are turned around, now and then. In
order that they may be evenly heated.
A Talk With Sidney L. Hinde.
The most of my information about these
Nasal comes from Capt Sidney Langford
Hinde. the famous explorer and lion
hunter. He is now subcommissioner of
this colony and met him at Mombasa On
my way here. Capt. Hinde was born in
Canada not far from Niagara Falls. He
received an excellent medical education in
Germany and England. but began his life
as a captain in the Belgian colonial serv-
ice. During his stay there he explored
the upper Lualaba and other rivers, and
wrote q book entitled 1.-THE Fall of the
Congo Arabs" About ten years or SO
ago he came over into British East Afri
ca and took part in the subjugation of
this country for the English. He lived with
the Nasal and other natives and made a
study of them. When I met him he was
acting as governor of British East Africa,
In the absence Of the chief, and his home
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which he says is phenomenally rich. He
tells me that the Uganda railway goes
through some of the poorest land In Brit
ish East Africa and that the Kenia terri
tory has great possibilities. He predicts
that the railroad which Is now to be built
from Nairobi to Fort Hall. under the
shadow Of Mount Kenia. will pay from
the start. and that Kenia will eventually
be covered with rich farms. Said he:
when Mrs. Hinde and 1 first came into
the province the country was in the same
condition it had been for ages. We found
that 1t contained about a million people,
who lived in little villages. each contain
ing about ten huts or so. There were no
great chiefs. Each village was independ-
emit and almost constantly at war with
the neighboring villages. The citizens of
one settlement knew nothing of those Of
the other settlements about. man dared
not venture more than ten miles from his
home. and he had little knowledge of the
country outside that radius. There were
no roads whatever excepting trails which
wound this way and that over the land.
The only meeting places were at the mar
kets. which were held. at certain fixed
points on certain days Of the week or
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was one Of the official residences. q beau
tiful cottage outside Mombasa on the
rocks overlooking the Indian ocean. The
house is decorated with the trophies Sc
cured by Mr.. Hinde and his wife during
their stay in Africa. Upon the floors are
the skins Of lions and leopards, on the
walls are the heads of CRATES. antelope,
gnu and Of other big game. and there
are native spears and weapons of every
kind standing about. A large number of
the skins are from animals shot by Mrs.
Hinde She has herself killed several
lions, no end Of antelopes and zebras, and
one huge rhinoceros.
In my talk with Mr.. Hinde, he told me
much about the Nasal, saying that they
were now quiet and are becoming semi
civilized They are paying the annual
hut taxes of about three rupees each,
to the government. Three rupees means
81 American. It seems but little until
one remembers that it takes a native
about month to earn that much, when
it becomes a great deal.
About Mount Kenia.
great part Of Mr.. Hindes work has
been near Mount Kenia, in a country
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CHAPTER II.

One weary evening in July Anthony es-
sayed an overdose Of laudanum. but the
chemist, in league, no doubt with the
world to prolong his woes, must have
diluted the poison with some inoffensive.
colored liquid. for he woke the next
morning, as usual, to hear his landlady's
voice at the door demanding a parley.
He wondered at first II he were dead.
and whether his punishment for suicide
were to be an eternity of importunate
landladies: but by degrees he became
wide awake, and realized that beyond
little extra drowsiness he was not q whit
the worse for the drug.
His first sensation when he was fully
awake was one Of acute Irritation that he
had no means of making his unwilling
hostess the slave of his desire, which was
breakfast. He thought he heard the
sound of a tray and threw into his voice
sleepy WEAKNESS which should have
been sufficient to soften the heart even Of
Pimhco landlady.
what is it?"
i've brought your breakfast. Mr..
Brooke. Have you got the money to pay
for it, or shall 1 take it downstairs
again."
she RdQ pIdyeU IIlS pdlIluI COhcuy
fore, but on previous occasions. although
no payment had been forthcoming. she
had brought the breakfast In and had
pumped it down angrily on the dressing
table-the only table. Today, however.
there was the sound of another voice, In
the background. cheering the landlady on
to battle. AS it was a female voice An
thony concluded that the moral support
of neighbor had been invoked. He won
dered whether they would resort to force.
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filled him with terror; indeed, Anthony
had little stomach for violence at any
time.
There was pause. Evidently the two
ladies were waiting for the ledger to take
his share in the discussion. AS he made
no reply, being occupied. indeed, In turn
ing the key in the lock with as little
noise as possible, his landlady's ally
Joined in the battle.
You're too soft-'earted, Mrs. Leech,
and your own brother a perlice sergeant.
too! There's no need for you to put up
with it. There's law in the land to pre-
vent lone women from being robbed-as
some people will find out"
Mrs Leech, thus supported, squealed
through the keyhole:
Il shall take it down again if it amt
paid fop.''
At this moment there was a wild. de-
spairing scream from her supporter. fol-
lowed by series of bumps executed Will
rapidity.
Anthony could guess what had hap
pened. Mrs. Leech had moved back to-
ward the stairs to carry out her threat
and had thrown her friend off her bal
ance.
There was much dismal moaning and
and 1t was some time before
they returned to the charge.
Il said I shall take it down again, Mr..
Brooke
"And I should If / was YOU" said the
voice in the background. now much SUBJ
dued.
Anthony was hungry, desperately hun
CRY, and pride is not the spouse OF
hunger.
Don't take it away. Mrs. Leech." he
said. pleadingly, II need it,
II dessay you debut I've. got my rent
to pay"
"Oh, that's silly
lis it.! You're nothing to me. Nj.
Brooke
(To be continued tomorrow.)
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miles, The men are usually bare to the
waist. and not infrequently have a bull
lock hide wrapped around them.
Nasal Women.
I wish I could show you some of the
Nasal women. They are as vain as pea
cocks and are loaded with jewelry. Some
of them have great rings of brass wire
coiled around the neck in concentric cir
cles. wire after wire being used until the
whole extends out as far as the shoulders.
They have brass wire woven about their
arms from the wrists to the elbows, and
from the elbows to the shoulders, and
also great coils of similar wire fastened
by strings to the lobeS of their ears. Aside
from this they wear but little. A cloth
wrapped around the body and falling to
the knees or below them being about their
only clothing. Sometimes this cloth is
fastened over the shoulders, sometimes
under the arms, and sometimes about the
waist, leaving the breasts bare.
These Nasal are by no means pure ne
groes. They belong to the Bantu race.
and their skins are dark brown. Their
noses are often straight and their lips
not very thick. AS to their hair, I can't
tell you whether it is woolly or not. The
women shave it close to the scalp, using
razors of iron or glass. and they polish
their heads with grease so that they fairly
shine in the sun. I understand they pull!
out the hair from all parts of their bodies
and that even the babies are shaved
Many of the men carry about tweezers
Of iron to pull the hairs from their chins
cheeks and nostrils, and they keep them
selves shaved until they are old enough
to be warriors. This comes along about
the time they reach manhood. They then
let the hair Of their heads grow and plaH
it into pigtails. A common way of wear
ing these pigtails is down over the fore
head. It is often soaked with oil and
red clay in connection with a similar
amounting of the rest of the body. The
warrior often wears lions head and
name in addition to the circle Of ostrich
Gathers about the face. His arms are
a sword and club. He has a spear with q
very long blade and an oval shield bear
ing figures which indicate his clan.
Queer Customs Of Marriage.
These people buy their wives. Girls
are looked upon as nlerchantable COM
modities and are paid for in goats and
cattle. After the. cattle are handed over
the girl goes to her husband and she may
not come back to her fathers house alone
thereafter, but must always have her
husband with her. A Nasal can have as
many wives as he can pay for. and If he
is rich he has a hut for each one. If not,
he may keep two or three in one hut. The
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first wife is always considered the chief
wife. and is supposed to boss the estab-
lishment, although the favorite sometimes
supersedes her.
Such marriages, however are not sup
posed to take place until the Nasal be-
comes an elder-that is. until he reaches
the age of about twenty-seven or thirty
This is after his'warrior days are over
and he Is ready to settle down, as it We're
The warriors and the young girls of the
tribe live together up to that time in q
separate establishment apart from the
rest of the people.
In order to marry warrior has to ask
permission Of the elders of the tribe. If
this is given he straightway buys his
wife. and If she is a fine looking girl she
will cost him two cows. two bullockS, two
sheep and some goat skins. This money
goes to the nearest relative of the woman
he has selected. who may lower the price
If he will. Divorces may be had for lazi-
ness and bad temper on the part of the
wife; and in such cases part OF the mar
rage fee is sometimes returned. Widows
cannot marry again. If her husband dies
the woman goes back to her mother; or
to her brother. If her mother be dead
The Old Women Do the Work.
AS far as can learn these Nasal girls
have soft snap. They are required to
do nothing until they are married. Be-
fore that they play with the warriors.
spending their time in dancing and sing
ing and loafing about. The unmarried
girl often does not do her own cooking.
This condition continues for a long time
after marriage and up until all the ba-
bies of the family are fairly well grown,
AS soon as that Is accomplished, however,
the Woodworking period begins. Almost
all of the hard labor of the tribe is done
by the older women. They collect the fire
wood. They build the mud houses and
gather the cow manure with which their
walls are smeared. When the villages
are moved from place to place these
withered danes take the parts Of the
donkeys and bullocks in carrying the bur-
dens. They erect the new huts and they
are, as a rule, mere hewers of wood and
drawers of water.
A Nation Of Stock Raisers.
These Nasal do no farming. They are
a nation Of stock raisers and own herds
OF cattle. sheep and goats, which they
drive about from pasture to pasture. The
cattle are Of the bumped variety like the
sacred cows of India. many Of them be-
ing fat. sleek and fine looking. Some Of
the animals are branded. and not a few
have rude bells Of iron in order that they
may be traced il they stray. The most
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Copyright, 1907, BY
LITTLE BROWN & CO.
All Rights Reserved.

grow a little bored toward evening and
leave him to fight his battle with de-
spondency as best he could.
The Dickinson press., 1908-09-05
Distinguished Guests

Carlton R. Ball of the department at
Washington was guest at the Dickin-
son experiment station from Saturday to
Monday in the interest of agronomy.
Other distinguished visitors enter
tained by Superintendent and Mrs. Wal
dron at the week end were Mr.. and Mrs.
o. A. Oosthuisen of Cape Town, South
Africa. Mr.. .Oosthuisen is member Of
the South African parliament and is
much interested in satisfactory solu.
ton of the problem Of dry land farming
He and Mrs. Oosthuisen are making a
tour Of the United States for this pur.
pose and since their arrival in New
York several weeks since have visited
points in the middle west before com.
ing here. From Dickinson. they wen,
to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
when they have sufficiently investiga'
ted our dry land farming experiments
will sail for Cape Town from San Fran
cisco.
:, They talked very interestingly of the
farming methods of their country where
the annual rainfall is but eight inche.
and where the ground is so hard that six
teen steers--the equivalent of eight hors
es-ar attached to a single plow. Mr.
and Mrs. Oosthuisen are owners of q
profitable ostrich farm, eight hundred
miles from Cape Town. .q>4 Il, i,@..l