Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-14
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CHAPTER NN-(fontinueuI
..NTOW. Baas. did YOU not hear that man In
IN a nightshirt with his head shaved say
that those goats were good Tor phe WIN
dwelt in the mountain
Il did. What Of it. Hans"
"Who would be the one who dwelt in the
mountain except the Father of SNAKES III
the cave. Baas? An now for tho hrst t'tne
YOU see the stone that lay at your rect an
tho while And, Baas, did not the bald man
add that this one in the mountain was oh'y
fed at new. and full moon. and Is not 10
morrow the day of the new moon, ana
therefore would he not be very hungry on
the day before new moon-that 49, last
night" -. ,.u,
no doubt, Hans; but how can you XIII
a snake by feeding III? -.
"Oh, Bass you may eat things that
mako vou IN and 80 can a snake. Now you
will guess the rest, so had better go TO
wash the dishes
whether guess or do not guess l re-
piled sagely. the latter being the rlght ny
pothesis, tile dishes can wait, Hans since
the Lord there has not guessed SO COLI
tnue."
.,verv well Baas In one of those boxes
arc some hounds of stun which, wheh
mixed with water, is used for preserving
skins and skulls"
you mean the arsenic crystals l said
with a flash of inspiration.
Il don't know what you call them Bass
At first | thought they were hard sugar
and stole some once, when the real sugar
was left behind, to put into the coHee-
without telling the Baas. because II was my
fault that the sugar was left behind'
Great heavens :" | calculated. then why
aren't we all dead?"
Because at the last moment Baas'
thought ! would make sure, so put Some
of the hard sugar into hot milk ana WIen
cd | ga
which once bit me in the leg, the one that
came from Beza- Town, Bass, that 'oiu
YOU had run away. He was very sleeuS
dog. Bass and drank up the milk at once.
Then he gave a howl, twisted about, ioaheu
at tho mouth and died and | buried MN AT
once After that I threw some more oi .ne
large sugar mixed with mealles 10 tne
fowls that we brought with us for COOKING
Two cocks and hen swallowed them ny
mistake for corn Presently they fell on
their backs, kicked a little and died
some of the Maztu. who were great
thieves, stole those dead fowls, Baas' Atter
| this, Baas, / thought ii best not 10 use
that sugar in the coffee ana Iater on iTaii Vii
| told me that It was deadly poison Weil
Baas it came into my mind that II couIa
! make that great snake swallow enough Oh
| this poison. he, too, might de
80 I stole your keys as I often do
| Baas when | want anything, because you
| leave them lying about everywhere, anu
| 10 deceive YOU first opened one or the
| hoxes that are fun of square face and
brandy and left it open, for | wished you
| 10 think that ] had just gone to get drunk
| like ANYBODY else. Then l opened announcer
| box and got out two one-pound TINS OF tne
| sugar which kills gods and fowls hall
| a mound OF IL | melted in boiling water
| and some real sugar TO make the stun
| sweet and put it into bottle. the rest
| l tied with string into twelve little packets
| in the soft paper which Is In one OF 'ne
| boxes and put them in my pocket Iheh
| I went ND the hill, Baas, to the place where
| I saw those goats are kraaled at night be-
| hind a reed fence. AS | had hoped, no one
| was watching them because there are no
| tigers so near thrs town. and man does
not steal the goats that are sacred. went
| into the kraal and found fat young eve
| which had a kid. | dragged II out and,
| taking il behind some stone, i made its
| Iegs fast with bit OF cord and poured
| this stuff out of the bottle all over its
| skin. rubbing it in well. Then / tied the
twelve packets of hard poison sugar every
| where about its body, making them very
fa.t deem in the long hair so that they could
not tumble or rub on
| after this ! united the goat led ii near
| to the mouth Of the cave and held 1t there
| for a time while it kept on bleating for
| lis kid Next | took II almost up TO the
| cave. wondering how | should drive it in
| Baas. As it happened | need not have
| troubled about that. When the goat was
| within five yards of the cave II stopped
bleating, stood still and shivered. Then
II began to go forward with little jumps
| as though it did not want to go, yet must
| do 90 Also, Baas, | felt as though !
| wished TO go with 1t. So ] lay down and
nut my heels against rock, letting go OF
| the goat.
For now, Baas, l did not care where
| that goat went so long as | could keep out
| Of the hole where dwelt the Father OF
| Sernents that had eaten Bena. But il was
| all right. Baas; the goat knew what il
| had to do and did 1t, jumping straight
| into the cave As ii entered it turned its
| head and looked at me. ] could see its
| ewes in the starlight, and, Baas, they were
| dreadful I think 1t knew what was com
ing and did not like 1t at all. And yet II
| mad 10 walk on because II could not help IL
| lust like a man going to the devil, Baas!
"Holding on to the stone, l peeped after
| a for l had heard something stirring In
| the cave making a soft noise like a white
lady's, dress upon the floor There in the
| hlackness | saw two little sparks of fire
which were the eyes OF the serpent. Baas
| Then | heard a sound OF kissing like foui
| big Kettles boiling all at once, and a little
bleat from the goat, After this there was
| a noise as of men wrestling, followed by
| another noise as of bones breaking, and
lastly, vet another sucking noise as of 3
| numn that won't draw up the water TheI
everything grew nice and quiet and I wen
some way Off sat down little to one sid,
of the cave and waited TO see II anythlns
happened.
ut must have been nearly an hour latei
that something did begin to happen, Baas
II was as though sacks filled with char
we're being beaten against stone wall.
there in the cave. All / thought to my
self, your stomach is beginning to ache
Eater of Bena- and, as that goat hat
little horns on its head--to which / tiet
two bags of the poison Baas--and, like al
snakes. no doubt you have spikes In you
throat pointing downward you won't b,
'abls TO get It up again. Then--I expec