The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-01
Rivals for the
CannibalQueen

~Oh. so ahead" said Strout ITS
our rule 10 let a tsiaH talk unfit We sss
enough, and then"
Ha raised his right foot suddenly.
Il understand said Mr.. Kicker.
when was about - years old our
vessel was wrecked and I. the only
one saved. was cast ashore On can
nibal island--or. 70 be more correct
ethnologcally. an island Inhabited BY
cannfbals / was handsome young
fellow. and IL is not at all surprising
that the queen. who was young. un-
married and. fortunately. pretty. fell
in love with me and wished to become
my wife
But the prime minister, or great
panjaudrum, as he was called. wished
his son 10 marry the queen and be-
come king. so he and his minions
planned TO get rid Of me.
'Lola-Akwa. that was the queens
name. discovered the plot, and re-
solved to save ME.
You all read your Bibles. and you
will remember that In the Olden days
there we're places that were called
Cities OF Refuge. on that island
there was a tree OF refuge. 1t was at
least 100 feet high and for zoo feet
from it. in every. direction. not q tree
or shrub could be found This open
space gave the pursuers a fne chance
Tor an arrow shot before the refugee
reached the tree
I.o,a.AkWa told me to climb to the
top OF that tree aud stay there until
she sent word for me to come down.
Bnt the psassndrum discovered my
hiding place The queen declared that
was protected by all that was sacred
in their religion. hus the great pan.
iandram proved BY the csnaihzl Bible
+ that only eannibais were entitled to
its protection He said they would
roast man. aud il would eat him
and pick his bones might so free I
declined. for | am particular about my
diet.
Then the great paRiandrum seized
an Ak ana strucS Al the foot Of the
tree. Others followed his wicked ex-
simple and it soon began to totter.
They next tied rope about the trunk
of the tree The platters were is in
number counted them They stood
in !ine. tugging 81 the rope.
~s.ols-Akws stood FAR hack awaiting
ts.s terrible moment of my death /
could see that her eyes were nlled
with tears. The tree TELL. and vent
nylng through the sir-to certain
aesth'
When l came to. ! funnd myself
claSped in Lola-ASwa'S arms Where
am IL asked Look. sas said l
dsd. and Learned tne wonderful truth
The crest tree had fallen upon the
great psnjAndrum and MS Is conspir-
alors and killed them all
For a moment there was silence.
then q chorus OF v0icss exclaimed.
Did YOU marry the queen.r
The stranger pressed his hAnd upon
his forehead
No. If remember correctly. some
one held an ace and took nv queen
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