Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17

fathers and grandfathers good and great men,
you are wise man, you know many secrets of the
trees, the bushes, the BIRDS and all that grows
"Boyki, you great white medicine man, you
are my good friend; you have learned many things
about my people; Allah has done much good through
you you are now talking like who is about to beg
favor"
"Mamboura, you surely wise man. you know
many things AS you have said, am your white medi-
cine You know that Allah works through me to
do much good; you know Allah has done you good.
My father great medicine man. my GRANDPA her
great medicine man; for many many rice har-
vests my fathers have all been great medicine men, And
through them Allah has done much good. But when
to your people find many things that are new
and strange to me, that neither my fathers
knew of, and it is of these things that learn
l want you to teach me-
Bolyk, we know you and your fathers are great
medicine men; | know Allah has been good to me
through you, and anything know yours for the ask
ing; - What is it you want to learn about?"
Tell me about the sassywood Mamboura; show
the sassywood tree
Mamboura evidently startled at my request He
hesitated eyed me askance for few moments then
said, "Bolyk cannot do that Tomorrow will
answer YOU"
At daybreak the next morning there rap at my
door, and on opening it | saw man dressed in the
clothing of bush play devil Ga of devil doc
tori, with white painted face and finger pressed
tight his closed lips the universal sign silence
He beckoned me to follow him. and hastily throwing
country cloth about me- we walked out of the village
Five minutes later he suddenly stopped and pointed to
very high tree. l broke off full leaved branch hid
it under my country CLOTH and started back the
village; but when within sight of the place my guide
took bypath and disappeared. AS entered the town
the first person saw Mamboura who stood in his
doorway with finger pressed to his closed lips. AS
came up to him he smiled and passed few common
places about the weather
Two minutes later the specimen of sassywood foil
age securely locked up in my trunk the next day.
with the aid of work botany the tree was identified
ErythyObhl9um Gnineense, and with the name as a
clue there my possession sufficient data re-
gardng the tree and its effects upon humanity almost
to warrant the assertion that l could counterfeit the
sassywood ordeal
Learning Beat the Devil
A BOUT week after my return from Mamboura's
town, when sitting on the veranda morning. my
friend the play devil appeared in the mission grounds
and at his coming there great scattering of native
children and Supersttous elders But the play devil
noticed not; with his warning sign for silence he walked
up to me, placed parcel in my lap, and hurried away
Retiring to my room, the package found to contain
mounted by small bit of red flannel rag. From the
something to do with the sassywood ordeal; but
whether it a summons to test, what, knew
not, so called in my head boy.
Momo what is that?' | asked pointing to the red
lump.
Momos eyes bulged out and he turned almost pale.
Daddy, where you get that?
Devil doctor sent it to me-
'Sassywood, Daddy! Him kill you!'
And Mono made dash to get away from the dreaded
poison. From this red lump which discovered to