The Ordway new era., 1909-09-03

home we're full OF confidence. Cross
ing that island without any more ad.
venture than would befall a 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. 1t was all OF as 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 afterward. but II was no use.
Their minds were made up.
The four had to night their way
through wilderness teeming with
savage tribes. even cannibals; Kas.
mrs and Sassacunis attacked them
over and over 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.
Is Paying the Penalty.
To-day. because OF his experiences.
young Greenlee is not the enthusiast
he used to be. In fact, his sufrerings
have made him all but physical
wreck. And when one listens to his
tale, II Is hard to realize how he could
have done all this and come out OF 1t
alive.
I'VE 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 bit. and
II was few days before we came up
with them-they were In fight with
band OF tr.besmen. Neither had
guns because OF their religious scru.
pies. We were 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 rifles. Then we
had to fight to save ourselves. When
at last the tribesmen fied-no match
for our long range riiies-we counted
52 dead bodies. We had to burn the
bodies of our friends to keep the saw.
ages from eating them after we were
gone.
After that 1t 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 800
miles around Ireland. then went to
Scotland and England. In London l
called at the war office and showed
my badges and my Victoria Cross.
which won when bugler boy In the
Boer war. | knew Butler and French
and Kitchener, and the king gave me
this ring"
Not Attracted by Kaiser.
Young Greenlee showed Masonic
ring almost hidden by other rings OF
diamonds and precious stones given
him by various personages all over
the world.
I'VE went to Germany after that
and met the kaiser" he continued Il
don't care much for him. he Is so sar-
castle looking and conceited. We
might have been monkeys the way he
looked at us. But liked the empress.
She gave me beautiful diamond
brooch, which has since been stolen.
!. "It 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 1t
was lust a case of walking. 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 us letter which was
an open sesame everywhere in his
kingdom. But in China. where we
spent an months we got into two
serious rows with the Boxers. We
crossed over to 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 finished both OF US, but
McCluskey was the worse on. He con-
tracted fever. and I Just managed 70
ret him to Lordsburg, where he died.