Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-14
1.-The peace OF Europe. There was n rise

1.-THE peace OF Europe. There was rise
on the Bourse. And n month later the
news had reached the Guinea coast
and begun to trickle through the jun
gle toward Bondoukou.
In the meantime, the white popula.
/ tlon Of that fourishlng tdctWie con,
| tinued to 20 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 scofred at Bondoukou and
| anyone who manifested an interest In
it-meaning Schwencker. As soon MS
the place was properly allotted on the
map, he said, he would have the gov.
ernor send him a company OF tirail.
leurs TO teach the neighborhOod a les.
son. He kept his flag flying day and
night. He boasted that 1t would never
come down. 1t was all the same to
him, only 1t would never come down.
Schwencker was less loquaclous, 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 its outpost? Was
the Kaiser forgetting his sentinel? lie
sought relief in extra work. He got
the head man to have the entire village
cleaned. He started Bondoukou's first
public building, n combination council
chamber and schoolhouSe. He moved
about with sort of awful fatality.
Some Of the pickaninnies could now
repeat the first stanza of the "Lorelei," 4"
and pronounce such phrases as Sehr
lrOhl, mem herr, or Vic gent cS Ihneh'
but they were grinning 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
big German was In grave danger and
that TO protect him 1t would be neces-
sary to sacrifice a 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 heu. 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. 1t came In
the form Of two packets, brought by
the same courier, one for Schwencker
and another for Durand. On their re-
ception the white population of Bon
doukou withdrew each to the privacy
Of bis 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
exultant M, eli" 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 u chuckling 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 Differentiated than he had been
for months. 1t was,the Germans nillt
to call, and he awaited his crping COM
placently. But Schwencker did not ap-
pear. Durand became first impatient