Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-21

4 Flight. aoan counted. TT was only
one gun. It must be Papehara." =.
They hurried on. but when they
reached the spot they were IN doubt.
The two horses stood quietly tethered.
ana Papehara, squatted on his hams.
was having peaceful smoke. .Ad-
vancing toward him. Sheldon tripped
on body that lay in the grass, and as
he saved himself from falling his eyes
lighted on 4 second. Joan recognized
this one. It was Cosse. one Of Co
goomy's trbesmen. the one who had
promised to catch ut sunset the pig
that was to have baited the hook for
Satan. ~ .&..,a.. $751;.
! mo luck. missile was Papehara's
greeting, accompanied by a disconso-
late shake of the head. "Catch only
two boy. 1 have good shot at Co
goomy. only I miss"
But you killed Them" Joan chided
'You must catch them alive"
The Tahitian smiled.
'How?" he queried. II am have a
smoke. think about Tahiti, and
breadfruit. and jolly good time at Bora.
Bora. Quick. just like that. ten boy he
run out of bush for me. Each boy
have long knife. Gogoomy have
long knife one hand and Kwaque's
head in other hand. no stop to catch
'em alive. | shoot like b.. How you
catch 'em alive ten boy. ten long knife
and Kwaque's head?"
The scattered paths of the different
boys. where they broke back after the
disastrous attempt to rush the Ia
bitian. soon led together. They traced
1t to the Berande. which the runaways
had crossed with the clear intention Of
burying themselves in the huge man.
grove swamp that lay beyond.
There is no use our going any far
ther,' Sheldon said. "Seelee will turn
out his village and hunt them out Of
that"
Never had runaways from Berande
been more zealously hunted. The
deeds Of Gogoomy and his fellows had
been a bad example for the $50 new
recruits. One by one the boys were
captured. Gogoomy alone remained
ut large, and. as the pursuit closed in
on him, he conquered his fear Of the
bushmen and headed straight in for
the mountainous backbone Of the is
land. Sheldon. with four Tahitians,
and Seelee, with thirty Of his hunters,
followed Gogoomy's trail dozen miles
into the open grass lands, and then
seelee and his people lost heart He
confessed that neither he nor any Of
his tribe had ever ventured SO far in
land before. and he narrated for Shell
don's benefit most horrible tales Of the
bushmen.
"Gogoomy he finish along them fella
bushmen." he assured Sheldon. my
word. he finish close up. kai-kai alto
gether."
So the expedition turned back. Moth
ing could persuade the coast natives to
venture farther. and Sheldon, with his
four Tahitians. knew that it was mad
ness 10 go on alone.
That night. after dinner. Sheldon and
Joan were playing billiards when Satan
barked in the compound and Lalaperu.
sent to see. brought back a tired and
travel stained native who wanted to
talk with the ''big fella white marster."
Sheldon went out on the veranda to
nee him.
''What name you come along house
belong me sun he go DOWN."
me Charley" the man muttered
and YEARLY. me stop
along Binu."
"Ah, Binu Charley, eh7 Well, what
name you talk along me? What place
big fella marster along white man he
1topT'
Joan and Sheldon together listened
to the tale Binu Charley had brought
He described Tudor's expedition up
the Balesuna, the dragging Of the boats
up the rapids. the passage up the river
where It threaded the grass lands, the
washings Of gravel by the
white men In search Of gold, the first
rolling foothills. the man traps of
spear staked pits in the jungle trails.
the 6rat meeting With the, hushmen