The Columbus journal., 1909-09-15

Tree until II fell against the heights The
Miss Lesltss white skirt was decided
upon as a signal
CHAPTER xIl-Continued.
One after another, the keys were
welded together. end to end. in a mar.
row ribbon of steel. The thinnest
one, however. was not fastened to the
tip until Il had been used to burn a
groove in the edge of rib. selected
from among the bones which Miss
Leslie had thrown out of the baobab
The last key was then fastened 10 the
others: the blade ground sharp. tenn
pered. and inserted in the groove
Finally. pieces OF the keyring were fit.
ted i'm bands around the bone. through
notches cut in the ends of the steel
blade. The result was bone-handled
bone backed knife. with a narrow cut.
ting edge Of fine steel.
Long before it was finished Miss
Leslie had been forced away by the
requirements Of her own work. In
fact. Blake did not complete his task
e.
end. he spent more than an hour
grinding the handle into shape. When
he came to show the completed knife
to Miss Leslie. he vas fairly agiow with
justitiable pride.
..Ho~'s That for an Eskimo job" he
demanded. Bunch OF keys and a
home, ehe'
. You are certainly very ingenious.
Mr.. Blake"
Milky: There's little Of the inventor
in my top piece-only some hustle
and a good memory. was up in
Alaska. YOU know. Saw sight of
Eskimo work"
Still, il is very Skilfully done
That may be- Look out for the
edge, TIA do to shave. No more
bamboo spIinters for me-dull when
you hit a piece of bone. I'm ready
row TO skin rhinoceros'
IF YOU can catch one,"
Guess We could find enough of
them around here. all right But
we'll start in on some of Wins sheep
and cattle
oh. do, One grows tired of eggs.
and all these sea-birds are so tough
and fishy. no matter how l cook them.
Wen sneak down TO the pool. and
make a try with the bows this eve
ming. I'll give odds. though. that We
draw blank. Wins got the aim. but
no drive: I've got the drive. but no
aim. Even if hit an antelope. I don't
think bamboo-pointed arrow would
bother him much"
Don't the savaGes kill game with
out iron weapons"
Sure: but a lot have flint points
and lot of others use poison. !
know that the Apaches and some of
those other southern Indians used to
fix their arrows with rattlesnake
poison"
How HORRIBLE"
Well. that depends on how you look
al it, guess they thought guns more
horrible when they tackled the whites
and got the daylight let through EN-.
At any rate. they snapped arrows for
rifles mighty quick. and anyone who
knows Apaches will tell you it wasn't
because they thought bullets would
40 less damage"
Yet the thought of poison
Yes: but the thought of self-preSer-
walton, Sooner than starve. I'd poison
every animal in Africa-and so would
you"
IL You put ii in such horrible
way. One must consider others. ami
mails as well as people: and yet"
Survival of the fittesi. I've read
some things. and I'm no fool. if I do
saw il myself. For instance. I'm the
boss here. because I'm the fittest of
our crowd in this environment; but
back in what's called civilized paris.
where the law let's Il few shrewd fei-
lows monopolize the means of produc-
ton. a man like Your father
Mr.. Blake. it is not my fault if
papas position in the business
world"
Nor his. eitheT-it's the cussed sys-
TEN, No; that's all right. Miss Jenny
I was only illustrating. Now. take il.
both Won and Win would like TO get
rid of boss like me. if you could get
rid of Africa at the same time. As it
is. though. guess you'd rather have
me for boss. and live. than be left ali
by your Ionesomes. TO starve'
lin sure there is no question of
your leadership Mr.. Blake. We have
both tried our best to do what YOU
have asked Of US.
You have. at least Brr-I know. If
q ship should come tomorrow. it'd be
Blake to the back seat. Papa, give
this-er-person check for his serv-
ices. while 1 chase off witE Winnie, to
get my look-in on Is RIVAL 'IgEness.'
Miss Leslie flushed crimson I'm
sure, Mr. Blake
"Oh, don't let that worry you, Miss
Jenny 1t don't me. l couldn't be
sore with you if tried. Just the same,