Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04

and every trearm that could be requstioned the
service rounded up, cleaned, oiled and put into the
best possible condition for the fray. And such col
lection we had! There was the oldtme belnuzzled
shotgun OF the seventeenth century, handed down
through generations OF Sahara Desert nornads. old
army muskets brought to the Guinea Coast by Amer
lean ex-slaves pistols pepper boxes Derrngers and
up-todate revolvers while the more modern large arms
represented by the latest model repeating rifle OF
American manufacture. The missiles consisted of an
OF leadslugs iron pot feet buckshot and
binary and explosive cartridge bullets.
When the news of the proposed hostile demonstration
had spread through the country the first to come to
Seefasday, asking for the loan of my rife for
monkey hunt. With regrets had to DENY his appeal
explaining that might need it for my protection,
it my intention to be among those present. How
ever, his disappointment somewhat mitigated by
letter to Kleuth, the Belgian agent who let him have
rifle from the factory stock. In rlnmaging through
the ammunition storehouse Seefasday found several
small boxes of explosive cartridges and exceedingly
jubant. When the boy came back to my house there
smiling display of oral worries with the comment:
Il cotch UNI this time sure, Daddy That ole monkey
don't get away from now, cause [ know UNI! You
jes' watch me, Daddy!"
Knowing full we'll that the crafty old warrior was
thoroughly familiar with all native methods of warfare
and fairly well acquainted, through hearsay and
perence with the tactics of civilized hostities, deter
mined to show him one new trick that would appeal to
the supersous elements in his psychic paraphernalia.
Accordingly, there taken along part of
munitions of small tin of carbon disulphd and
few large pieces of phosphorus, the intention being
prepare extemporaneousy at the seat of batch of
spontaneous combustion mixture.
Most of the natives around Lake Pesou skilled
in archery having picked up the rudiments from other
inland tribes and perfected the art by prac
tce with bows and made for them by the mission
aries; and this witChery of archery intended to in
my demonstration Of belligerent pyrotechnics.
JUST about the time preparations completed
: and we ready to sally forth there in
terruptlng intrusion intrusive interruption in the
shape of strange white who meandered into the
mission compound early morning. Very slender and
ral physically, decidedly effeminate in action and al
madenly in his modesty, the first impression
veyed was poor one. He came to personally bear
ing letter of introduction from Captain Croker Of the
bark Liberia, and courtesy demanded that he be
ceived guest and treated friend if he did
prove be somewhat in the way and threatened be
impeachment to our impending warfare. His costume
and mannersms were the Of much amazement
and amusement among the native children. Parson
Jones passed few exploratory remarks:
"Whos your friend, Daa-w-c?" he drawed.
"Some fellow Captain Croker sent up here"
"What's he after?'
Game up here to shoot eopards and tigers and ele-
phants."
"What's the matter with hirn3 What makes him
act and talk SO funny?"
"Hes what we call sissy boy back in America
And it became necessary for me to
expatiate in detail upon the peculiar