Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-07-19

ATho Arst man wslao makes move with
anything bat his Two fsst will b slsot
! , s.ss:. S
70 admit the wrong. You and Yank
certainly looked bold and warlike when
he came along. Where's that con-
founded mo1of on, you have him,
Frank! Good boy n! Come here. my
amiable citizen. Dusas ron under
stnnd English after III. q you couldn't
have bargained % shrewdiy with orr
bAckleg friends. 4
The hush slowly faded. from John.
ny's face. Yank' 70 sole contribution 20
the changed conditions was to spit
with great care and 70 shit the butt
81 his rife to the ground
Now Talbot was admonish1ng tho
boatman, '.that was very bad. When
you make . bargain stick to It But
IN tell you what viii do. viii ask
IN people, saDa, everywhere your PEG
pie, my people and II everybody pays
so, then we pay so. Sabe? But we
no pay so unless you get ~ to Cruces
POGO pronto. sabe? Now we start"
The boatman broke into torrent Of
talk. 3.s ss ". u
''Says he's got to find his assistant
Talbot explained to us. Come on. my
con. III just so with you after that
precious assistant"
We rat on thA edge OF our boat for
half an hour. watching the most com
Teal scenes Everybody was afflicted
with the Same complaint absence Of
boatmen Some took possession and
settled themselves patiently beneath
their little roofs. Others made forays
and returned dragging protesting ma
i ves BY the arm These generally
turned out to be the wrong natives,
but that was mere detail Once In
- lucky while the full boats compile
ment would be gathered and then the
craft would pun away up the river
TO the tune OF pistol shots and vocif-
erous yells.
AZ the end Of the period mentioned
Talbot and the two men appeared
They were quito amicable indeed,
friendly and laughed together as they
came. Tho '.assistant" proved to be
1 tremendous negro nearly naked.
with fne big muscles and I good ma
tured, grinning face. He wore large
brass ear circleh and bracelets Of cop
per. We Al pushed the canoe to the
very edge Of the water and clambered
aboard Tho negro bent his mighty
shoulders. We were adoat.
IS Our padrOne, as Talbot told us we
should call him, stood In front clad IN
a colored muslin shirt. The broad
sluggish river was alive with boats, all
making their way against the current
BY the time the lagoon had narrowed.
however. they had pretty well scat
tered. J.
Il We entered tropical forest. and
never shall forget the wonder Of It
rhe banks were lined to the waters
edge with vegetation. 80 that one could
zee nothing but the jungle. There
were great palm trees, which we rec
ognized. and teak trees, which we did
not, but which Talbot identified for US.
It was very bald sort Of tree, as
remember 1t, Then there were ire
mendous sycamores ,inS which were
ants nests as big as heehiyes, and ba- I;
mana trees with torn leaves. probably
the most exotic touch OF all, aud beau
tiful noble, manages Alke domes Of
green cathedral. and various sorts Of
canes and shrubs and lilies growing
among them.
Our men padded steadily ahead.
The negro hummed strange minor
songs to himself. Suddenly he flashed
his teeth at us and broke into full
voice: 4.
Oh. Susannah, don't cry for mel
I'm on to California wild my banjo on my