Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-08-05
AN EFFeCTIvE FETCH.
TIE Surprise 5sanisy Prepares To- a.,
AFric.:s ci-isf.


Africa:, Cirsf.
Ngaige.nn va, an Ar.icaa AMI all
cntcy;'-jsing ira ler liz ivo-y and
slaves. holding .e position OF chief
Of the Stanley Poo. district. H.,
had demanded, wrote Sir Henry NJ.
Stanl,,v i'll his Autobiography"
and also received Il yoodIy sum for
granting STANLEY the privilege OF
establishing a station where up riv-
er navigation begins. Time passed,
and Ngalvema chose to forget this
transaction and made all i,npudent
demand for more money. Duly
warned, however, Stanley had pre-
pared surprise for him:
l had hung great Chinese gong
conspicuously near the principal
tent. All ny men were hidden,
some in the steamboat or top Of the
wagon. and in its shadow VA, Il cool
place. whore the warriors would
/ gladly rest after a ten mile march.
Other Of my men lay still as death
under tarpauiinS. under bundles Of
grass AMI in the bush round the
camp. b. the t;me the dcum taps
and horns announced Ngalyema'S
arrival the cansp seemed practically
abandoned.
Ngalyema was strangely cold at
my hearty greeting and said: lila,
not my brother forgotten his road:
What does he mean BY coming TO
this col'nt..y:
NAY. j, is Nsalven,l who has
forgotten the blood bond that ex-
lists between Us. |. is Ngalyema
who has forgotten IT,, mountain, OF
goods which paid him. What
words ara tiln>, Of lny brother"
Speech and co@l.cerspeeeh fol-
lowed N.al veMl;, had exhausted lis
arguments, bit il va. moi eaSy 70
break faith and he unciy;l without
plausible excuse. Hi eyes we're
reaching rogs.i.] % li>coye. az ex-
cusc 10 fight when tl,ey rested on
the roUnti i.tr,li>.l2sj .Aaa o.: Tie
Chinese 1on-.
"WIlac is that::" ~ ii,
".\... l!!ac-.i.a- j q .eri".,."
"-A te;;cI.,, y teric., 10. what: :"
1T is ii VA fetch. N-a'E@!aa.
The ,l;-l.:e-. >,,u.s! OF THAT wo.:.,i
fill This empty ca,4g witt. ..'ln;;le Is
OF angry warriors. They wp,;!si :rop
from above. ,hey would spring III
from the ground. from the forest
about, from everywhere.
''Sho. Tell that story to the Old
women and not to chief like \ ga
lvcma Ny boy tells me it is Il kind
Of bell. Strike it and let me hear
it.
80 Ngalyema. my brother, the
. consequences would be too dreadful
Do not think Of such thing"
Strike it, | say.
| struck it hard and fast. and the
dangerous roll rang out like thun-
der in the stiffness.
Only for few seconds, however
for Il tempest Of human voices wa:
heard bursting into frightful dis
cords, and from above, right upor
the heads Of the astonished warri
ors, leaped yelling men, and from
tents, the huts, the forest round
about, they came by skies, dozens
and scores, yelling like madmen anc
seemingly animated with uncontrol
liable rage.
The painted warriors became
panic stricken. They forgot thei
chief and all thoughts Of loyalt.
and fled on the instant, fear liftin!
their heels high in the air.
/ But Ngalyema and his son di,
not fly. They caught the tails 0
my coat, and we began to dane
from side to side, loving tripei
myself being foremost to ward OF
the blows savagely aimed at III
| ''brothcrs" and cheerfully erwin
out:
Hold fast to me, my brothers.
:; will defend YOU to the last drop q
$ my blood. Come one, come all ="
) Presently the order was givel
J. Gall in and quickly the me
;. stood in two long lines in beautift
( order. Ngaiyema relaxed his hol
!; Of my coat tails and crept from be
!, hind, breathing more freely
"r.h. mamma" he exclaimed
!, "Whrre did all these people com
, from -
;: ".\h. NgaIycna.' l said, did
not NIL rn,1 Il uro> :, nnunrl.,,l {.