The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-09-03

rows ran down that valley, cnas'nB
twenty men with bows and arrows,
and the row was tremenjus. They
was fair men-fairer than you or me-
with yellow hair and remarkable well
built. Says Dravot. unpacking the
guns: This Is the beginning of the
business. Well fight for the ten men.
And with that he fires two rifles at the
twenty men and drops one OF them at
200 yards from the rock where we was
sitting. The other men began to run.
but Carnehan and DravOt sits on the
boxes picking them OF at all ranges
up and down the valley. Then we
goes up to the ten men that had run
across the snow, too. and they hres
footy little arrow at us. Dravot he
shoots above their heads and they all
falls down fat Then he walks over
them and kicks them. and then he lifts
them up and shakes hands all round |
to make them friendly like. He calls
them and gives them the boxes to
carry and waves his hand for all the
world as though he was king already.
They takes the boxes and him across
the valley and up the bill into pine
wood on the top. where there was half
dozen big stone idols. DravOt he
| goes to the biggest-a fellow they call
| Imbra-and lays rife and cartridge
| at his feet. rubbing his nose respectful
| with his own nose. patting him on the
head and saluting In front OF It He
turns round to the men and mods bis
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 1t. 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 1t slow. That
was how we came to our first village.
.aTake some more whisky and go on.
I said. .That was the first village you
came into. How did you get to the
r kingT'
81 wasn't king" said Carnehan
"Dravot he was the king. and q hand
some man, he looked with the golt
crown on his head and all. Him ant
4 the other party stayed in that village
and every morning Dravot sat by tn
side of old Imbra. and the people cam
and worshiped. That was Dravot's OF
der Then q lot Of men came into tn
valley, and Carnehan and Dravot pick
them off with the rifles before the
y knew where they was, and runs dow
r into the valley and up again the Othe
side and finds another village. same
the first one. and the people all fai
down fat on their faces. and Dravt
20 saws. Now. what is the trouble b.
~ tween you two villages! and the pc
~ ple points to a woman. as fair as 70
or me. that was carried of. and Draw
takes her back to the first village al
counts ND the dead-eight there wa
For each dead man Dravot pours
little milk on the ground and wav
his arms like whirligig and 'Tha'
all right says he Then he and earn
han takes the big boss of each villa
nv the arm and walks them down In
the valley and shows them how
scratch line with a spear right dos
the valley and gives each Il sod Of tt
from both sides u the line. Then
asks the names of things in their lin
bread and water and ire ana ld
and such, and DravOt leads the prize
Of each village up to the idol and 50
he must sit there and Judge the peoE
and If anything goes wrong he Is 10
shot.
. "Next week they was all turning
the land in the valley as quiet as Dt
That's just the beginning. says
yot. They think we're gods lie
Carnehan picks out twenty good q
and shows them how to click on a
and form tours and advance III i
He takes out his pipe and his ba
pouch and leaves one ut one VIII
and one at the other. and on we
goes to see what was to he done
II. the next valley. That was all r.
and there was little village there.
Carnehan says: Send EN- to the
valley to plant and takes EN- u
r and gives 'em some land that wa
took before. Then Carnehan he
hack to Dravot. who had got
another valley. all snow ana ice
most mountainous. There was no
VI ple there, and the army soS ai'ote
on Dravot shoots one of them ana soe
till he finds some people In VII
trlCt and the army explains that unless
people wants to be killed they nad
ter not shoot their little matchl'
for they had matchlocks. we 10
friends with the priest and !
q there alone with two OF the
- teaching the men how to drill. q
laundering big chief comes across
snow with kettledrums and
twanging. because he heard there
a new god kicking about. Carr
IA sights for the brown OF the men
IN a mile across the snow and wing
f% of them. Then be sends MESA
NSW the chief that unless he wished
killed he must come and shake
with me and leave his arms pt