El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-06

rolling foothills. the man traps OF
spear staked pits in the jungle trails,
the first meeting with the bushmen
who had never seen tobacco and knew
not the virtues Of smoking, their friend
illness, the deeper penetration Of the
interior around the TANKS Of the Lions
Head. the bush sores and the fevers Of
I the white men. and their madness in
trusting the bushmen. One morning
Binu Charley noticed that the women
and children had disappeared. Tudor,
at the time, was lying in a stupOr with
fever in a late camp Eve miles away,
the main camp having moved on those
i've miles in order to prospect an out
crop Of likely quartz. Binu Charley
was midway between the two camps
when the absence Of the women and
children struck him as suspicious.
I My word" he said. me savTee too
much trouble close up. Ne run Ny
word. me run"
Tudor, quite unconscious. was slung
across his shoulder and carried mile
down the trail. Here. hiding new trail
Binu Charley had carried him for
quarter Of a mile into the heart Of the
deepest jungle and hidden him in a big
banyan tree. Here. and from the direc-
ton Of the main camp. he had heard
two rife shots. And that was all. He
had never seen the white men again.
There is only one thing to do" Shell
don said to Joan I'll start the first
thing in the morning"
We'll start" she corrected Il can
get twice as much out Of my Tahitians
as you can. and, besides. one white
should never be alone under such cir
gumstances."
Sheldon sent for a gang boss and
told him to bring ten Of the biggest,
best and strongest PoOnga-POonga
men.
''NOt salt water boys" sheldon eau
toned. abut bush boys-leg belong him
strong fella leg Boy no savvee nus
ket, no good You bring IN shoot
musket strong fella-"
They were ten picked men that fled
up on the veranda and stood in the
glare Of the lanterns. Their heavy.
muscular legs advertised that they
we're bushmen. Killing was their nat
Ural vocation, not weed cutting; and,
while they would not have 7entured
the Guadalcanar bush alone, with
white man ike Sheldon behind them,
and a white Mary such as they knew
Joan to be, they could expect a safe
and delightful time. Besides, the great
master had told them that the eight
gigantic Tahitians were going along.
PLENTY strong fella fight" Sheldon
warned them in conclusion
They grinned and shifted delighted
~
's'pose bushmen kai-kai along you
be queried.
mo fear" answered their spOkes-
man. one KOogoo, a strapping. thick
Tipped Ethiopian looking man "S'pose
POonga-POonga boskai-kai bush bOyg" /
Sheldon shook his head. laughing,
and dismissed them and went to over
haul the dunnage room for a small
shelter tent for Joan's use
It was quite a formidable expedi-
ton that departed from Berande at
break Of day next morning in a feet
Of canoes and dingeys. There were
Joan and Sheldon. with Binu Charley /
and Lalaperu. the eight Tahitians and
the ten POonga-Poonga. men. each I
proud in the possession OF a bright and
shining modern rife.
Binu Charley led the way onward /
into the rolling foothills, following the /
trail made by Tudor and his men /
weeks before. That night they camp
ed well into the hills and deep In the
Hopic jungle. The third day found /
them on the runways Of the bushmen I
narrow paths that compelled single
Gle and that turned and twisted with
endless convoluhons through the dense