The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

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
300 yards from the rock where we was
sitting The other men began to run.
but Carnehan and Dravot sits on the
boxes picking them off 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 fires a
fOoty little arrow at us. Dravot he
shoots above their heads and they all
falls down fiat. 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 ali the
world as though he was king already.
They takes the boxes and him across
the valley and up the hill into a 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 a 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 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
flake some more whisky and go on.
I said. That was the first village yeu
came into. How did you get to the
kingY"
Il wasn't king said Carnehan
'Dravot he was the king. and a hand
some man he looked with the GOLD
crown on his head and all. Hin and
the other party stayed in that village.
and every morning Dravot sat by the
side of old Imbr;l. and the people came
and worshiped.. That was Dravot's or
der. Then lot of men came into the
valley. and Carnehan and Druvot 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. aud the people all falls
down dat ON their faces. and Drayot
says. Now. what is the trouble be-
tween you two yillageS! and the peo-
pie points to woman. us 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
little milk on the ground and waves
his arms like whirljgig 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 al line with spear right down
the valley and gives each sod OF turf
from both sides q 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 mp
the land in the valley as quiet as bees
That's just the beginning says ORA
vot. They think we're gods He and
Carnehan picks ont twenty good men
and shows them how to click of a rifle
and 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 off 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 'em 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 mounta inous. There was no peO-
pie there. and the army got afraid. SO
Dravot shoots one of them and goes on
till he finds some people in a village.
and the army explains that unless the
people wants to be killed they had bet
ter not shoot their little matchlocks.
for they had matchloeks. We makes
friends with the priest and I stays
there alone with two Of the army.
teaching the men how to drill. and a
laundering big chief comes across the
snow with kettledrums and horns
twanging. because he heard there was
a new god kicking about. Carnehan
sights for the brown of the men half
a mile across the snow and wings one
Of them. Then he sends a message to
the chief that unless he wished to be
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with me and leave his arms behind.