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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-18
Mrs. Wolfe Surprised

A large number of ladies gathered at
the home of Mrs. BENZ. Nc. Cullough
Monday evening for farewell party in
honor of Mrs. Ed Wolfe. The evening
was pleasantly spent with five hundred
and other smusemen's and refreshments
were served. At midnight and before
the company parted Mrs. McCullou gh,
in behalf Of the guests presented Mrs.
Wolfe with a beautiful gold pin as a
slight token of friendship Mrs. Wolfe
will leave Monday of next week for
Swift Current, Saskatchewan where
she will join her husband at their home
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-18

stood. 1t is not running to and fro.
In the phrase of Newton, it is "the
patient intending of the mind" 1t is
purposive action springing out of SER
ious thought.
A well ordered life should have a
plan or object. There is no meaning
in life without plan. There should
be systematic using of all opportun-
tiles that may yield mental improve
ment. A wise use of time should be
made. The course that offered future
good should be preferred to that which
offered merely present enjoyment. But
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-18

The Republic Motor Truck
Co., the Sugar Co. and the bus
mess houses have signified
their intentions to close Friday
afternoon from 2:15 until 4:3O
for the purpose of giving a
boost to the opening game of
the Hub League at home. So
we say again let everyone make
this a half holiday and help the
home team win.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-18
ALMA COL. .GE BAGCALAUAEAIE ADDRESS
Delivered the Presbyterian Church Last Sunday Even
ing Bv President Thomas c. Baisdel-Excellent
Music Furnished By Choir and Orchestra

things being done are done through
the power Of Jesus whom they had
crucifed. Jesus the stone rejected by
the builders, Jesus now become not
only the foundation which supports
but also the keystone which binds
together, "the head Of the corner. "
Whence such boldness?
"Now when they saw the boldness
of Peter and John, and perceived
they were unlearned and Ignorant
men, they marvelled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had
been with Jesus"
Whence this boldness? "They had
been with Jesus" To them had been
granted the Power of the Spirit.
They were unlearned and ignorant,
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ed, gives great satisfaction to every
one. Scores of people have written
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You save a nice sum by attending to
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NOTICE.

On account of the celebration at st.
Louis this year the barber shops of
Alma will close all day Saturday, July
4, 1914, but will remain open until
HOO p. m. Friday evening to accom-
modate their respective patrons.
1908 ALMA BARRIERS.
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Card of Thanks

We desire to express our appreciation
for the beautiful flowers as well as the
many acts of kindness rendered us by
friends and post office force
during our recent bereavement.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Fred Delevan.
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creased cost of publishing beyond Mr.
fuckers expectations; to say moth
ing of the six years spent in the work.
A copy of the book may be seen
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fee, and Journal office. You know
what you want as well as an agent
can tell you, so send to Mr.. Tucker
at Ithaca, and tell him your wishes
in the matter.
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THE GRATIOT COUNTY HISTORY.

Commencing August 1st, whatever
copies are left of w. d. fuckers Ora
tiot County History, will be put on
sale throughout the county, by agents,
at $3.50 a copy-the lowest possible
price at which it can be afforded and
pay the agents commission. Up to
that date, however, Mr.. Tucker will
deliver the book anywhere, all charges
prepaid, for
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson of
Big Rapids were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. F. Veatch over Sunday.
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ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

BOARD and ROOM at 7is Pine Aven ne
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FOR SALE-At a very low price, SO
Bedsteads, some oak, some ash, some
walnut come and look them over if
you want to buy bedstead. II. Mon
tague, Sup't. Mich. Masonic Home
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1912 Alma High School
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flee. Reward.
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WANTED - To rent or buy, a modern
dwelling centrally located. Inquire at
this office.
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PLANTS-We can now supply you with
cabbage, caulifloweI and tomato plants.
Smith and Walstow. Bell phone 307 -
2Is w. Superior st.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19

Wambo started and looked from one
to the other of the whites in alarm.
The glitter of battle shone in his eyes
as he delivered this pronunciamento:
I forbid you, Wayne, to leave my
kraal till" he seized his new rifle
and added in low voice so that Mrs.
Wayne could not hear-"till l have
put a bullet from this gun into the
evil heart of my enemy, Amazu."
/ read thy thoughts, Wambo," Doctor
Wayne replied. But on the trail no
evil can befall me or mine-no evil
from any man, even though that man
be Amazu, nor from any beast of the
jungle-for I am in tune with the wild,
Wambo, and all things wild are in &C
cord with me-
Listen, Wayne DOCTOR" Wambo re-
torted. I'm the forest there are foes
as many as the stars around the
moon. And these foes are led by
Amazu. And Amazu is still a heather"
In this same hours the Zulu-Kafir
scout, who had that morning spied on
the village of Wambo, returned to the
kraal of Amazu and reported thus:
''Wambo, o, Amazu, has become as
slothful as the cobra, He sleeps an
hour after sun-up. And his cattle in
that hour are not protected. The time
to strike, Amazu, is as the sun comes
up"
Later that day Amazu killed an ele-
nh nj LIZ criT a G
slain. And that night Amazu and all
his followers ate the meat of the tail
of the giraffe, together with steaks
hacked from foreleg of the ele-
plant. Then, toward dawn, Amazu
and his men put on their war dress.
They sailed forth into the jungle in
single file, hundreds of them, in a
long, thin black line.
But when this long line neared the
kraals of Wambo, just at sun-up, ex-
pecting to pounce him while he still
slept, great was the chagrin of Amazu
when his scouts reported that Wam'
DO and all his men were UP and armed
and ready for the fray, as if Wambo's
own spies had already reported that
Amazu was approaching in war feath'
ers.
"And the white doctor is leaving the
kraal of Wambo and going on the
trail to the river" the scouts said.
Whereupon Amazu took his place at
the head of his column and led the line
forward toward the river trail. And
now the long, thin, black line moved
sinuously through the forest and as
noiselessly as a monstrous python.
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feet long crossed their path. 1t could
crush them in the powerful coils of its
body. But the forest was full OF mira
cles. The python had wriggled into a
thorn bush and the great thorns-
inches long, sharp as needles and hard
as steel-had impaled the mighty
snake, and it did not sQuirm itself to
renewed freedom till long after the
children had passed.
Far away in the Businesses of the
jungle the black boy and the white
girl heard a lion roar. But their child
ish ears were accustomed to the voice
of the king of the forest, and onward
they raced, unafraid They passed
the elephant grass where the Zulu
Kafir warrior lay in hiding. But they
did not see him, for the warrior had
fallen fat on the ground at their ap-
proach.
But after the children had passed
the warrior arose and glided away,
murmuring:
Tonight Amazu will eat meat!"
Thus this warrior sealed the fate of
the two children. If Amazu ate meat
that night, it would mean that on the
morrow he would take the warpath.
For the Kafir rarely eats meat except
when about to go forth to kill the
blacks of another clan.
In their race through the jungle, the
two children now reached a place of
great trees arching high overhead.
To this place Edith's father had given
the name 1.-THE Forest Cathedral"
Here DR.. Robert Wayne, at once an
M. d. and D. D., had erected a rude
cross. And here in this forest cathe-
dral the Kafirs of Wambo's village
came daily to listen to the teaching of
the missionary and to practice trades
and useful arts and crafts that the
white man taught them.
AS the children reached the cross,
that stood on kind of terrace form
ing natural altar, Bantu cried:
"Listen!"
His trained ear detected certain
sounds far down the caravan trail to
the Sabaki river-sounds that alarmed
him. Bantu listened intently, clutch
ing Edith's arm.
"One horsel-and many men!-
coming this way!" he finally an
nounced. Come. Missy Edith! We
must go tell our fathers"
Away they sped, retracing their
steps toward the Kafir settlement.
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the wagon beside Hart, who would
Uncle Steve would ride their horses on
either side of the wagon as mounted
guards.
Bantu was giving Edith her last
ride on Bib. The baby elephant was
toddling along, led by Bantu, within
sight of the village.
Keep Bib for me, Bantu," Edith
was saying. Some day l will come
back here. And then maybe Bib will
be a great big elephant--so big I'll
need stepladder to get to her back
Won't that be fun" And she laughed
gleefully.
But Bantu-welI, Bantu had never
felt so sad before in all his short life
Tears welled from his eyes and he
walled:
Don't go, Missy Edith-please stay
here with me. I'll buy you for a wife
with awful lots of cattle-just like my
father bought my mother before l was
born
But just then they heard Mrs. Wayne
calling. Edith sprang from Bibi's back
and grabbed Bantu's hand.
Don't forget me, Bantu. And keep
Bib for me-"
And then, hand in hand, they ran to
the wagon.
"All ready! Here we go!" called
Doctor Wayne, as Edith was helped
into the wagon. And the doctor turned
to say farewell to Wambo.
A great number of Kafirs were COM
ing from their huts now, armed with
assegais and shields.
Where are those men going,
equipped as for WARP" Wayne asked
Wambo
with you, Bwana (white chief, to
guard you"
"IlI have no escort, Wambo,' Wayne
said decisiveIy. "An armed guard
comprised of your people would only
invite attack by Amazu, should we
meet him on the trail. On the other
hand, I carry the cross, Wambo. 1t
is a better safeguard for me and mine
than hundred of your warriors"
He passed up to Mrs. Wayne in the
wagon a rude cross made OF two
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19
CHAPTER Ill.
NoiseIessIy as a Python.

Meanwhile at the Kafir village the
zone horse" now unfolded from the
packs which these blacks had carried
on their heads no end of things to
please the eye of Chief Wambo.
These articles they had acquired in
trade" at the river station. There
were colored beads galore, which
Wambo distributed to the women, re-
serving the bluest and reddest for his
own wife, Swat, mother of Bantu.
Then there were bolts of unbleached
cotton cloth, which the natives called
Americana" because it was made in
America. This "Americani" was
turned over to the women for gar
ments which Mrs. Wayne had taught
them to make For Wambo himself
there was a rife and cartridges.
While the rifle pleased Wambo
much, another article brought by the
blacks pleased him more. This was
an American alarm clock. With an
assegai Wambo pried open this mar
velous glittering thing which licked
IN his ear in way he could not UNI
derstand. The mechanism within SO
tickled him that he unscreWed one
of the cog-wheels and attached it to
a thong.
"Bantu," he called. Here is a charm
for YOU" And he hung the cog-wheel
of the alarm clock about the neck OF
his son and heir. Whereat Bantu was
exceeding proud and strutted up and
down before the black girls and then
ran off to show this wonderful article
of personal adornment to his friend,
Edith Wayne.
Presently Edith herself entered the
village in company with Bantu. And
with the children came Doctor and Mrs.
Wayne and Uncle Steve.
"Wambo," said Doctor Wayne, Il
have fallen heir to millions of beads
and miles Of Americana and no end of
alarm clocks. 1t is my duty to my
family to go from here and trek to
Mombassa and sail thence by a big
boat across the wide water to a far
country that has no jungle, there to
claim my beads and my Americana
and my alarm clocks and present
them to my wife and daughter, thus
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Bantu had prophesied, appeared. To
the joy of the whites, the 'one horse"
carried the stalwart form of Mrs.
Wayne's brother, whom little Edith
had taught even the Kafirs to call
Uncle Steve"
The many men" behind Uncle
Steve came carrying loads on their
heads, presents for Chief Wambo.
Bet you can't guess why I'm back
week ahead of time" Uncle Steve
said, addressing his brother-in-law,
Doctor Wayne
BAD news travels fast" Robert
Wayne replied. rs that it?"
Good news?" Mrs. Wayne asked,
hopefully.
Uncle Steve smiled and produced a
packet of letters, from which he took
long, legal-looking envelope and
proffered it to Doctor Wayne. The
envelope was open.
Il opened your talking paper as
the Kaf1rs call all letters, and read it,
as usual, Rob-" Uncle Steve said, ito
see if answers were required before
l left the river station. Well, / an
swered that particular talking paper
Oh the spot-by dispatching runner
with cablegram. That runner has
by now reached Mombassa on the
coast, and the cable has carried the
answer to this letter-to England"
England" exclaimed Doctor Wayne.
News from my distant relatives?"
Though Doctor Wayne had lived in
California since childhood and had
long been recognized as a useful
American citizen, he was English
born and all his relatives still lived
in England.
Doctor Wayne now read the letter
aloud. All listened spellbound as they
learned that the law firm of Spain &
Co. of London, solicitors for the late
Lord Carlton, announced that his lord
ship had died and left a will bequeath-
ing to his cousin, Robert Wayne, a
legacy of fifty thousand pounds sterl-
ing. The solicitors requested that
DR.. Wayne come Immediately to Eng
land to receive his fortune.
Il cabled that we would start at
once for our home in California, via
England" Uncle Steve said.
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boughs from a rubber tree. Then he
called to Hart:
All right. Pull OUT"
The wagon rolled out of the village,
creaking as it careened over the
rough ground, with Mrs. Wayne wav-
ing good-byes to the Kafirs, while
Edith shouted last shrill farewell to
Bantu. Doctor Wayne and Uncle
Steve followed the wagon on their
horses.
The warriors started also to follow
the wagon. But Wambo stopped them
with a gesture.
THE white medicine man wishes no
escort to the river" the chief told his
men. HE carries the cross, thinking
it will protect him. He forgets that
Amazu closed his ears to the teachings
of the Good Book. And Amazu is still
heather"
In his hut Wambo said to Swat, his
wife: Where is Bantu, our SOM
Eyes, where is Bantu?" Swat re-
piled, in sudden wonderment.
They went out and peered up and
down the village street. But nowhere
was Bantu to be seen.
"Bantu! Oh, Bantu!" Swat called.
"Bantu! where art thou?" Numbered
the chief
But there came no answer-no
Bantu.
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Rode on Bibi's Back Every Morning.
the clearing and disappeared into the
jungle
From the hut of Chief Wambo at
the head Of the main street" of the
Kafir village now emerged a little boy
with skin like polished ebony, wear
ing a ICin cloth of unbleached cotton.
He glanced back into the hut and re-
ceived a signal, from his father with
in, not to speak. For Chief Wambo, a
veritable giant of a Kafir, was not
sleeping, but wide awake, sitting with
his assegai in his hand and his shield
living at his feet The little black son
of WambO did not understand why his
father had remained in his hut thus
TO several mornings past, long after
sun-Cp. Very likely it troubled his
boyish mind not at all. Anyway, he
now darted into the jungle and pres
emily called softly:
missy Edith"
Find me, Bantu," voice replied.
The boy ran to a great mahogany
tree and darted round and round it till
at last he seized hold of Edith Wayne,
who for three years had been his
playmate.
IF you want a ride on Bibi," the
boy said, I'VE must go to the water
lake, quick"
Bib was a baby elephant Edith
and Bantu rode on Bibi's back every
morning and had great fun. So now
they raced toward the little pond
where Bib was in the habit of COM
ing for his morning drink. For Bib
had strayed long ago from his mother
and his herd and was the pet of the
Kafir village.
The Jungle was noisy with the chat
Tar of monkeys and brilliant with the
plumage Of parrots. Yet the jungle
held its terror-terrors other than the
Kafr warrior who even now was
watching the two children as they ran
toward the pond. A python fun 10
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Took Their Places With Guns Ready.
ly fusillade from their repeating rifles
into the ranks of the blacks, OF whom
many dropped in their tracks.
The Kafrs rallied and again adj
vanced with extreme caution, hurting
their spears. Amazu again fired his
gun.
Bantu was watching the fight from
the tail piece Of the wagon. Suddenly
he gave a shrill cry-and fell back
ward into the arms of little Edith. He
looked into the blue eyes of his white
playmate, for whose sake he had run
miles through the forest Then the
body Of this little black boy stiffened
and he lay very still.
ooh, the pity of it," cried Mrs.
Wayne. Poor Bantu!"
A bullet from the gun of Amazu had
found the heart Of the valiant little
black boy.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Pictures Copyright, 1914, BY selig POIyscOpe Co
CHAPTER /.
Little PIaymates.

A llIJl6, SOIuSu-
haired girl-in the
eighth summer of
her childhood and
in the third summer
OF her life in the
jungle of British
East A fric "a
emerged from the
big matched bunga-
low that stood a lit
tie apart from the
conical grass huts
comprising the Ka-
fir kraal or village.
In the thicket
yOnder a Kaf1r war
rior, moving with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19

a.
anxiously Missy Edith" he crteds
where is your father?"
why Bantu. what are you doing
here?" Mrs. Wayne asked, as she
joined the children.
Where is your father, Missy Edith 2"
Bantu insisted.
"Gone" Edith answered But hs
will come right back"
"GOne!" gasped Bantu. Then ha
went away with Chief Amazu?"
Yes, Bantu. Look" Edith proudly
held up necklace Of shells for Bantm
TO inspect. He recognized the shells
as cowry. They had monetary value
and were used, in some respects. as
currency in the jungle
'Amazu, when he was here few
minutes ago, gave me this necklace. =
Edith now explained. And, BantuJ
I'm now going to give it to you. You
will wear it, and every day while I am
gene it will remind you of me-"
"Bantui" Mrs. Wayne now satds
why do you look so frightened? Tell
me, is anything wrong? Amazu came
here a little while ago and told US
that a member of his band was down
with the sleeping sickness perhaps
dying. He-asked my husband to get
his medicines and go with him to treas
the poor sick man."
"Pm too late" Bantu said, looking
In alarm toward the forest.
do
Wayne asked, in growing uneasiness-
"Amazu's men are going to attack
you," Bantu said. "Amazu knows the
white medicine man is fine shot and
took him away so he couldn't shoot so
many Kaf1rs when they come to fight
you"
Mrs. Wayne called to Uncle Steve
and Hart, who were busy at the camp
fire. Come here, quick! Listen to-
Bantu!"
Uncle Steve and Hart ran up. BantU
told them of seeing the long line OF
warriors and what he had heard ANA
zu end the medicine man say at the
hollow tree.
by heavens!" exclaimed Uncle
Steve. AuaZu SLOFy Ol d. SICK Hd1A
was only a ruse to lure Robert away
from this camp. They've got him
alone now-at their mercy"
'Listen!" cried Bantu, looking to-
ward the jungle. He was quicker than
the white men to catch an unusual
sound "They are coming!" Bantu
warned, in an awed voice.
In confirmation Of the warning s.
shot pierced the stiffness and one OF
the horses fell dead in it's tracks. More
shots followed. The remaining three
horses bolted and disappeared in the
jungle.
Quick! We must defend ourselves!
shouted Uncle Steve. He hustled Mrs.
Wayne and Edith and Bantu into the
wagon. Then he and Hart piled rolls
of tent canvas one upon the other OR
top of provision boxes, thus forming q
barricade Behind this improvised for
LITIGATION the two men took their places
with guns ready.
In a mass AmaZu's warriors emerged
from the jungle and advanced eau
tiously across to the clearing. AmazU
fired a shot from his rifle. A shower
of assegais struck the wagon. Uncle
Steve and Hart began pouring a dead