The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

ger boy entered, looked about him
and walked directly to us. He prof
fered me a message n his book. /
signed, and tore open the -nvelope.
How are you getting on? Can send
another man now. Answer by mes
senger. STEVENS.
tore a leaf from my notebook and
rather proudly wrote the following
reply:
Scroggs talking freely. Have about
half of great story. Another man un-
necessary.
This l gave to the boy, who
promptly departed.
'Busin IS from the Office / ex-
planned TO SCroggs.
To my surprise I noted hat the
latter had improved the interruption
to order another round Of drinks.
Il got out my night glass he on
t.nued his tale. and took a look. The
savages were danoin' round and round
the fires wavin' club and assegees
and such, while my pore unfortunate
companions lay all around welterin'
in their gore.
Il see there was no time TO be lost.
The old captain and / weighed the
anchor as much as w could and
guessed at the rest. But il was too
late. Before we'd even got the top
gallant studd'n 81 on her the savages
had boarded us. We put up a desper-
ate ight-I know killed six myself
but was ~overpowered. The pore old
captain was murdered as he lay, and
I was about to share the same fat
when the beautchus damsel | men,
toned a while back throwed herself
acrost my bosom and hollered out
they must kill her first.
with that thy set to talkin', and
after a little they decided to keep me
:or a while. SO they bundled me
ashore and put me in a cage and
left me.
That wasn't no ways pleasin', and
I gave myself up for lost, hut next
mornin' they brought me- the finest
breakfast ever see. |. was eight
courses long and had all sorts of
Cocoanut oil and palm oil fritters and
things to make your mouth water.
You bet | tucked into it till | couldn';
hold no more. And along about mid
forenoon they brought me a light
lunch and a heavy dinner at noon and
a sort of > o'clock tea and a sCrump-
t!ous supper.
say says l to myself, this isn't
SO worse, If | am in a cage
But when darkness fell my dreams
of bliss was shattered. For that girl
that was stuck Vn mo come sncakin'
along till she was clost enough to
whisper, and what do you think she
told me-"
He paused and cast his eye at the
harkecper. That individual awaited
no Instructions from me. but brought
TIE refreshments immediately,
she put me on to the fact that the
custom of the tribe was this: That
condemned criminals was fed to the
limit and treated fine IN every way for
a month So rs 20 make them sorry to
rave. And tIat / was elected. At
the end of tn nth it was mo 10 the
martyrs stake.
Now wasn't that a nice love song
tn MARBLE in your ear?
Il was some depressed for a minute,
ana then all at onct ! remembered B!l.
Why. | mighty neal laughed when |
remembered Bill. | told sally Ann
about Bill. and she got all excited
about it and chippered up a lot.
We'll, mornin' come, ana | called
III the high priests and the chiefs and
! give them IA talk. ] told them |
was somcthin' in the priest line myself
and in proof | had the sacred fetish
tattoucd on my stummiCk. | could see
they was mighty impressed, So when
the proper time come | flashed Bill
on EN-.
They We're interested all right and
looked him over one "a. "A time aud
talked To each other in whispers. Then
they went away. But they didn't let
me out of the cage nor knock their
heads on the ground for a cent. And
the five square meals come right
along as usual.
Il could hardly wait for il To get
dark enough for Sally Ann. When
she crept near | opened up on hcr.
"'Look here, Sally says |, why
don't they let me out"
"'They're not goin' to let you ,rt,'
says she, they're going to kin you in
forty days
"'What,' says !, what's the natter?
Amt this thinG on my stummirh the
sacred fetish"
Yes says she, it's "A fetish all
right, But it's not a good fetish, It's
a bad fetish
"'Wcll, | was otherwise Informed
says /, Look here, what's the matter
with it"
"'Good fc,ishes are always solemn
and sad says sGv. but bad fetishes
grin
We'll, this onr's solemn enough I
insists.
mo, he smiles says she.
Il couldn't believe that. But when