The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-03

home were full Of confidence. Cross
Ing that island without any more ad-
venture than would befall q man cross
ing the state of New York on foot they
took ship for German South Africa.
And then their real dangers began.
In fact, it was all on az far as Miss
Fortune was concerned. Time and
again she wrote to the four begging
them to come home, after she had
heard what was happening, oftentimes
months a%fterward. but 1t was no use.
Their minds were made up.
The four had to fight their way
through wilderness teeming with
savage tribes, even cannibals: KAT
frs and Sassacunis attacked them
over and ove again. Hunger and
thirst were ever present, but on and
on and on they tramped through jun
gle and morass, hoping, ever hoping.
and journeying always to the north.
10 Paying the Penalty.
To-day, because OF his experiences.
young Greenlee is not the enthusiast
he used to be. In fact, his sufferings
A10VS AA0uC AAL ~ ~ q "a
wreck. And when one listens to his
tale, it is hard to realize how he could
have done all this and come out Of 1t
alive.
We went on NORTH" said young
Greenlee, while he was in New York.
from German South Africa up
through the Congo Free State and
through British East Africa to Alden.
A short time before we left Alden,
Jones and Ryan went ahead q bit, and
1t was q few days before we came up
with them-they were In q fight with
a band OF tribesmen. Neither had
guns because of their religious scru-
pies. We we're too late.
The moment we came up We start
ed firing on our common foes, but the
assegais of the natives killed both
poor Jones and poor Ryan before We
got the range with our rides. Then We
had to fight to rave ourselves. When
at last the tribesmen ned-no match
for our long range rifes-we counted
So dead bodies. We had to burn the
bodies Of our friends to keep the nav.
ages from eating them after We were
gone.
After that It was pretty gloomy,
you can bet When we got to the
coast at last-we took boat to the
Canary islands and thence to Queens
town. Ireland. We walked about 500
miles around Ireland. then went to
Scotland and England. In London I
called at the war once and showed
my badges and my Victoria Gross.
which l won when . bugler boy In the
Boer l knew Butler and French
and Kitchener. and the king rave me
this ring"
Not Attracted BY Kaiser.
Young Greenlee showed Z Masonic
ring almost hidden by other rings OF
diamonds and precious stones given
him by various personages Ill over
the world.
We went to Germany after that
and met the kaiser" he continued. Il
don't care much for him. he 10 90 sar-
castle looking and conceited. We
might have been monkeys the way he
looked at us. But / liked the empress.
She rave me = beautiful diamond
brooch. which has since been stolen.
1t would take six months at least
to tell all the places we visited. and
it's hard to know which to leave IN
and which to leave out. Most OF Il
was just . case Of waikiki, day after
day. In short. we visited every coun.
try In the world with the exception OF
Thibet, the Forbidden Land We had
plenty Of good fights. but we carried
good rifles and ~revolvers. and always
came out best. The Chinese emperor.
now dead, gave u I letter which was
an open sesame everywhere In his
kingdom. But In China, where We
spent ~ months. We got into two
serious rows with the Boxers. We
crossed over 70 Vancouver and went
down to Mexico and came back through
Central America On leaving Califor-
MIA We got lost and were for four days
without food. and three without water.
That about dnished both Of N, but
McCluskey was the worse Oh. He con-
tracted fever. and I just managed 70
get him to Lordsburg. where he died.