Morris tribune., 1914-10-09


carry and waves his hand for all the I
world as though he was king already.
They takes the boxes and him across
the valley and up the hill into pine
wood on the top, where there was half
dozen big stone idols. DravOt be
goes to the Biggest fellow they call |
Imbra and lays rifle and a cartridge |
at his feet, rubbing his nose respectful
with bis own nose, patting him on the
head and saluting in front of it. He
turns round to the men and mods his
head, and says: That's all right I'm
in the know, too. and all these old jim
jams are my friends. Then he opens
his mouth and points down it, and when
the first man brings him food he says
No. and when the second man brings
him food he says NO, but when one
of the old priests and the boss Of the
village brings him food he says Yes
very haughtily, and eats it slow. That
was how we came to our first village
Take some more whisky and go on. !"
said. THAT was the first village you
came into. How did you get to the
kingY U
II wasn't king" said Carnehan
''Dravot he was the king, and hand
some man be looked with the gold
crown on his head and all. Him and
the other party stayed in that village
and every morning Dravot sat by the
side of old Imbra, and the people came
and worshiped. That was Dravot's or
der Then lot of men came into the
valley. and Carnehan and Dravot picks
them off with the rifles before they
knew where they was, and runs down
into the valley and up again the other
side and finds another village, same as
the first one, and the people all falls
down fat on their faces. and Dravot
says. Now, what is the trouble be-
tween you two villages? and the peo-
| pie points to woman. as fair as you
or me. that was carried off. and Dravot
takes her back to the first village and
counts up the dead-eight there was.
! For each dead man Dravot pours a
little milk on the ground and waves
his arms like whirligig and That's
all right, says he. Then he and Carne-
han takes the big boss of each village
by the arm and walks them down into
the valley and shows them how to
scratch line with spear right down
the valley and gives each sod Of turf
/ from both sides O. the line. Then we
asks the names of things in their lingo
bread and water and fire and idols
and such, and Dravot leads the priests
of each village up to the idol and says
he must sit there and judge the people.
and if anything goes wrong he is to be
shot ~
Next week they was all turning up
the land in the valley as quiet as bees.
That's just the beginning says ORA
vot- They think we're gods He and
j Carnehan picks out twenty good men
and shows them how to. click off rife
land form fours and advance in line
He takes out his pipe and his baccy
pouch and leaves one at one, village
and one at the other. and of we two
goes to see what was to@be done in
the next valley. That was all rock
and there was little village there, and
Carnehan says: Send EN- to the old
valley to plant and takes EN- there
and gives EN- some land that wasn't
took before. Then Carnehan be went
back to Dravot, who had got into
another valley, all snow and ice and
most mountainous. There was no PEG
pie there. and the army got afraid, ST
Dravot shoots one of them and goes or
till he finds some people in village
and the army explains that unless the
people wants to be killed they mad bet
ter not shoot their little matchlocks
for they had matchlocks. We make:
friends with the priest and ! stays
there alone with two of the army
teaching the men how to drill, and /,
laundering big chief comes across TIT
. snow with kettledrums and horns
twanging. because he heard there wa
!, a new god kicking about. Carnehal
sights for the brown of the men hal
mile across the snow and wings on
: Of them Then he sends message t,
the chief that unless he wished to b.
J killed he must come and shake hand
: with me and leave his arms behind
! The chief comes alone first, and Carne
! han shakes hands with him and whirl
his arms abont, same as Dravot used
and very much surprised that chic
was. and strokes my eyebrows. The
] t'arnehan goes alone to the chief an
asks him in dumb show ii be had a
: enemy be hated. 4 have says tn
! chief So Carnehan weeds out th
] pick of his men and sets two Of th
army to show them drill. and at tn
end of two weeks the men can ms
= newer about as well as volunteer
So be marches with the chief to
great big plain on the top of mour
tain. and the chiefs men rushes int
I village and takes it, we three MAJ
this firing into the brown OF the emf
I my. So we took that village. too. an
y gives the chief a rag from my Goa
; and saws. 'OccllDy fill | come W1ic