The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-02


| round II in a generous circuit
Another time a sounder OF wild pig
crossed the path. and the boar In
charge. a huge bristling tusker OF the
| narrow variety. good four feet high
at the withers, scented man. and hal
/ three-quarters OF a mini TO charge and
rip. The trlHing detail that Kettle
had him covered with steady rife
barrel did not enter into HIS majesty's
! calculations. He hal rot seen ride
before; and even II he had known Il
intimately. that would not have made
the smallest difference 10 his pigglsl
mind II he had felt in the mood for
Ia charge. But some matter OF domes-
I tic interest fitted across his slow
! moving brain, and with a grunt, and a
7 whetting OF his tushes on an argan
4 trunk as he passed, he numbered Oh
i into the bush after his wives and
their piglings.
Z With the coming OF morn the birds
began 10 awake. When the sun com
menced 10 rise from beyond Africa,
there in the higher fats OF the atmos-
phere which were first TO be lighted.
swan an eagle OF the Atlas and a
couple OF carrlOn fowl. already on sta
I tion the partridge and quail began
70 scutter across the path In another
bard days search for food; and when
Cay was fairly alight. great nocks OF
( blue rock pigeons from the higher
Atlas erags few sweeping s0gp. oHe
flock after another, 10 drink NJ some
unseen wady. A couple OF aoudad-
mouhon they call them elsewhere
TIE primeval sheep. 10 be more simple
surprised by the dawn, galloped
past, making for, the security OF those
high inaccessible crags which have
kept them from mans extinguishing
weapons down through so many count
less centuries
The daily miracle OF the dawn
the line ran through Captain Kettles
head, and he struggled hard 10 find
rhymes to match IL and other lines 10
carry on what he had seen. He was
in as desperate situation as a man
well could be; all the country. h
knew full we'll, was against him, and
the custom was 10 cut throat first,
and TO inquire into motives after
ward; but somehow or other. a tight
place like this always seemed TO make
him quantity happy, and TO bring up
within him that appetite for the max.
ing OF verse which grew SO largely
to be habit with him throughout all
| his stormy career.
He had walked all night; he was
bone-weary; the dew chilled him. and
I by the thorns OF the argans he had
been cruelty torn; but his spirit was
bright within him, and although
through sheer exhaustion he was al
length driven 10 pull on the path, and
rest under the shade or a magnolia,
/ II was only his limbs that found re-
pose. The scent OF the pink waxen
blossoms above him, the smell OF the
clean earth, the sounds. the colors,
the noises OF the birds filled him with
an ecstacy that with him had ouly one
mode OF expression. He drew from
his pocket paper, an end OF pencil. and
The stanZas rolled out with curious
ease.
II was wonderful poetry
The two Moors stalked him while
he was engaged in this occupation
and they neared him so successfully
that they did not consider him worth
wasting a charge OF powder and shot
on. Powder is an expensive item on
the southern fats OF the Atlas, and a
gas-pipe gun only stands a limited
number of discharges before It bursts.
as Is evidenced by the fact that the
pretty village in Norfolk, where the
fragile Hints are made. supplies only
one per gun, as there is never a de-
mand for second The hooked dag.
ger, on the other hand, which is so
effective for the upward jab, suffers
no deterioration from a little honest
work, and lasts the lifetime of two
ordinary lighting men.
BY way OF doing the thing arts.
tically, and not getting in one another
er's way, the pair separated a dozen
Yards away from their game, and
worked out, one on either flank The
word for Co" was Allah" and
when one shouted IL and Jumped, the
other jumped also from the other side
But Captain Kettle had the activity
of the sleeping dog approached by the
sudden cart wheel. Even While the
knives stabbed through the air, he
sprang out backward from where he
was squatting and landed on heels
and wrists. Practically the same In
slant he was erect or his feet, and
spriuBing forward again with all hts
force, His fist shot out before him,
and, with every ounce OF his weight
driving IL behind. impacted just be.
low the corner OF the Tight-hand
Moor's mouth. The mans jaw broke
in two places, and he dropped instant.
ly as II he had been p-,saxed
Number two Moor again aimed
favago upward slash, which was near
enough 10 slit the front OF the sailors
coat; but the worst OF that cut is, that
though hard TO parry, II leaves the
performer at a disadvantage T. the
stroke misses. Kettle caught the
brown wrist on It's upward swing, and
swirled II on upward and backward,
and the victim screamed as the arm
jerked out OF its socket and tore the
ligaments.
And that's stopped ,our piano play
Ing for week or two" said Captain
Kettle. Now stand exactly still In
your tracks. BY James, | wish I'd been
able TO get at a gun quick enough
and shot the pair OF You. You'll be up
TO mischief II leave you alone here
TOT ten minutes. Well, you must he
attended 10 further"
He hauled on the mans jellab and
: tore from II halfa dozen strips which
he knotted together.
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