Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-08

the peace or Europe. There was Il rise
on the Bourse. And month later the
news had reached the Guinea coast
and begun to tricSle through the jun
gle toward Bondoukou.
In the meantime, the white popula-
tlon Of that fiourlshing factorie con
tinued TO go armed. Durand and
Schwencker kept up their nightly In
|terchange Of visits, but their mutual
hatred and suspicion were barely dis
guised. Durand WAS more cynical than
ever He scoffed at Bondoukou and
anyone who manifested an interest in
Ilt-meaning SChwencker AS soon as
the place was properly allotted on the
map, he said, he would have the gov
ernor send him a company of trail
ieurS to teach the nelghborhood a les
son. He kept his flag flying day and
night He boasted that II would never
come down. 1t was all the same to
him, only It would never come down.
SchwenCker was less loquacious, but
he also kept his flag flying. He also
kept his revolver clean. But day by
day he was becoming more melancholy.
Why was he left In doubt2 Was, the
Fatherland forgetting It's outpost? Was
the Kaiser forgetting his sentinel2 He
sought relief in extra work. He got
the head man 10 have the entire village
cleaned lie started Bondoukous first
public building, combination council
chamber aud schoolhouSe lie moved
about with q sort Of awful fatality.
Some Of the plckanlnnies could now
repeat the first stanza Of the "Lorelei," 4"
and pronounce such phrases as Sehr
icohi, Blctn herr, or VIE Gcht eS HHeHg
but they were grlnning less.
And one afternoon Schwencker called
on the head man and explained what
should be done If he (Schwencker)
should happen TO die.
The head man liked Schwencker, and
went that night to consult a witch
doctor. The witch doctor said that the
big German was in grave danger, and
hat to protect him II would be neces-
sary TO sacrifice goat. The head man,
who had his suspicious, wanted to
know whether the danger didn't come
from the other white man. The witch
doctor said no--that the forces OF evil
lay beyond the wide waters. The head
man suggested that they sacrifice a
black hen. The wltch-doctor spat Into
the ashes, and said that the danger was
drawing near. The head man paid for
the goat.
Sure enough, the danger arrived late
on the following afternoon. II came IN
the form Of two packets, brought by
the same courier, one for Schwencker
and another for Durt n On their re-
ceptlon the white popGlatlon Of Bon
doukou withdrew each 10 the privacy
Of his own house.
Durand found much that Interested
him; for his friend, the chief clerk at
Abomey, wrote him a note containing
information that drew from him an
e1ultant "Ei, Ell" And then, the very
next sentence read: "And it's pity,
because we understand that forsaken
post Of yours has been tentatively de-
clared French"
Durand broke into n chuckllng laugh
that made his black boy" show his
white teeth In grin. That would be
news for Schwencker. Durand lit a
cigarette and strolled out to his porch,
feeling better-natured than he had been
for months. 1t was the Germans night
to call, and he awaited his coming COM
placently. But Schwencker did not ap-
pear. Durand became first impatient