The Detroit times., 1912-11-28

panionway.
The lady 4 start from the shore was
; sufficiently striking. The cavalry OF
her escort mounted their horses. and
setting them TO the gallop. wove IN
and out OF one another. and fired
their long-barreled guns high into the
! air as fast as they could load them.
Camel drivers with jellabs spread
over their faces formed a double
human pallisade between the royal
} black tent and the beach. and then
and not before did the black eunuchs
unpin the tent flap
; Three women came out profusely
yelled and unanimously clad, and
walked down somewhat clumsily on
the hot loose sand 10 the beach. From
his gestures those on the steamer
could see that Mr.. Trethewy was hos
pitaby Offering 10 take them on. But
. her majesty preferred her own craft
the big kherb. and very possibly con
, sidered that the. smart gig was DOTH
cramped and dangerous. So on she
Was rowed in the ponderous lighter,
she and her women and her black at
tendants. and the cavalry escort on
: the beach behind continued their fan
tasia, till the salt reek OF their black
powder blew across the lagoon, and
ldrove of the hawktailed African
gulls that lowered round the steamer
Captain Kettle with his soul sooth-
ed by poetry had taken Sir Georges
knocking suggestion for a proper re.
ception, TO the foot OF the ladder, and
the Berber ladies waddled across the
decks between TWO rows OF selt-blind-
ed Animation deck-hands, who were
kept stiffiy in position by promise
from their savage little skipper that
he personally would cave in the head
OF any son-of-a-dog among THIN who
dared so much as to peep till the
ladies were comfortably slowed awar
below
The brown-bearded saint met them
at the foot of the ladder. and escorted
them up the side and across the deck,
and Miss Chesterman Thy Instruction.
: received them at the head OF the com.
panionway. and Miss Dubbs closed
the door on the party OF them rs soon
, as the visitors had stepped across the
) high threshold
/ Once down below, obviously there
, would be the difficulty which first
arose round the tower oil Babel But
the saint said it would be quite in
order for him TO be present as IN
! terpreter Even in the strictest Mos
, lem circles and IN Berber petty coults
!, liz is quite within the law for mother
TO unveil before her eldest son
. Ii was Miss Dubbs who broke the
confidence (if there was any and
described the ladies' appearance and
, doings TO Captain owen Kettle that
. evening in the quiet gloom OF the star
; board alleyway.
: Not q bit black" said she in an
swer to question. In fact | should
, be browner myself IL I'd been invited
. on deck occasionally and not been
, obliged 10 spend all my time at sew
Ing below oh, you needn't start to
apologize. Captain ] know my place,
. thank you, Anemic, in fact, ! should
call that taller one. But the astonish-
Ing thing was they were all tattooed
J with blue lines across the top or their
noses and the middle or their fore
heads. How any woman could have
that done. and on her face, too. beats
! me. And their finger nails were all
! colored red. | thought At first 1t must
} have been something they'd been
! washing. and the dyed come OF. But
} il was too regular for that. and they
; were all alike. II must have been
some stain put OH on purpose. sup
pose, poor things. they imagine it be-
comes them, just like the black stun
they'd got daube1 under their eyes.
You know; the same as actresses wear
on the stage
Il beg your pardon, Hiss Dubbs,
said her ex-admirer stif1y, but az
: believe | told you. | dor't 60 20 the
7 theater. | do draw the line some
. where"
; It's so long since we've been on
friendly terms. that | declare I've for
got your habits, Captain. However
|, there you are; eyes like actresses, and
powdered checks; finger nails mani
cured as I've said, and lips got w
: till they were red as a postofflce let
ter-box. But Africans though they
we're, fgged up like you hear, there
was nothing common about them. II
was the old ladJ that di the talking
; and she soon put your Miss Violet In
I. her place. can ten you. And whats
more, | believe Mr., Bergash toned
down what she was saying a lot be
., fore he put It into English. oh, you
can be sure that old lady thinks shes
. queen, anu sue htLs ItLudAhaplJ llhc
as IL she really was one"
You seem impressed"
Il am" A little shiver went through
! all Miss Dubbs' generous proportions
I'm not sure done wish | was home
again, and out of this
Well, you've nothing to keep you
here"
Nothing Absolutely nothing and
no one I've SEN the bit OF travel
that l came out for and now | wish
was back serving at a nice upper.
class bar. That old woman made me
feel as II there was goose walking
over my grave. I don't feel safe here,
and that's a fact, and I've no one 10
, look after me"
! I'D do my best, II you'd let me-"
You! How many times have
heard you say that a captains duty
, Is toward his owner first. last. and all
: the time? You've Miss Violet TO look
D after and I've no desire to trespass
Z thank you. Good evening, Captain.
g | must get below aud tidy up my
{ ladies' rooms"
( CHAPTER XVII.
( Miss Chesternan's Warning.
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