The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-02

most Of them out OF the hold, and swarming all
| around the dirty deck with a central throng sur
| rounding Vaughan, and addressing him IN every
dialect and patois Of dialect, from the Zulu click
up to the Partisan of Beledeljereed.
As we came on deck Vaughan looked down from
| a hogshead on which he had mounted In despera-
tion and said
For Gods love. is there anybody who can make
these wretches understand something? The men
gave them rum and that did not quet them.
! knocked that big fellow down twice, and that did
| not soothe him. And then talked Choctaw to all
of them together. and III be hanged II they UNDER
| stood that as well they understood the English"
Nolan said he could speak Portuguese; and one
or two fine -looking Kroomen were dragged out who
as it had been found already, had worked for the
Portuguese the coast at Fernando Pc. '"Tell
them they are free" said Vaughan: '.and tell them
| that these rascals to be hanged as soon as
can get rope enough"
Nolan put that into Spanish" that is he OK
planned it in such Portuguese the Kroomen
could understand, and they in turn to such of the
negroes could understand them. Then there
was such yell of delight. clinching Of fists, leap
ing and dancing, kissing of Nolans feet and gen.
| era rush made to the hogshead ty way of spon-
tancous worship of Vaughan the lcus
china of the occasion.
"Tell Them" said Vaughan. well pleased. that
will take them all to Cape Palmas." This did not
answer well. cape I'almaS was practically as
far from the homes Of most of them New orleans
or Rio Janeiro that is they would be eternally
separated from home there. And their interpre-
tiers, could understand instantly said. "Ah
non Pamas,'' and began to propose infinite other
expedients in most vouble language vaughen was
rather disappointed at this result OF his beralty,
and asked Nolan eagerly what they said. The
drops stood poor Nolan's white forehead. he
| hushed the men down, and said: "IIe says. Not
pa alma He ke ake us n on
country; take us to our own house: take us to
our pickaninnies and our own women. He
says he has old father and mother who will die
If they do not him. And this says he left
his people all sick, and padded down to Fernando
to beg the white doctor to come and help them and
that these devils caught him in the bay just In
sight OF home, and that he has any
nody from home since them. And this says
choked out Nolan. that he has not heard word
from his home in six months, while he has been
locked up in Internal barracoon."
Vaughan always said he grew grey himself while
Nolan struggled through this Interpretation. I.
who did not understan d anything Of the passion in
voved in it, that the very elements were melt
ing with fervent heat, and that something to
pay somewhere Even the negroes themselves
stopped bowling. as they saw Nolans agony, and
Vaugahns almost equal agony of sympathy AS
quick he could get words, he said: Tell them
yes, yes, yes tell them they shall go to the Noun
tains of the Moon, if they will. If I sail the
schooner through the Great White Desert. They
shall go holne!"
And after some fashion Nolan said And then
| they all fell to kissing him again. and wanted to
! rub his with theirs. But he could not stand
| it long; and getting Vaughan to say he might go
| back. he beckoned me down into our boat. AS
lay back in the stern Sheets and the gave way
he said to me: 'Youngster, let that show you what
| it is to be without family, without a home and
| without country: and if you ever tempted to
say word or to do a thing that shall put bar be-
| tween you and your family, your home and your
| country. pray God in his mercy to take you that
instant home to his own heaven Stick by your
family, boy; forget you have self, while You do
| everything for them. Think of your home, boy;
write and send, and talk about it. Let it be
and to your thought the farther you have to
| travel from it, and rush back to 1t when you are
! free that poor black slave Is doing now. And
| for your country. boy" and the words ratified in
his throat, "and for that flag and he pointed to
| the ship, never dream dream but of serving her
| as she bids YOU, though the service carry you
through thousand hells. No matter what hap
| pens to you. matter who flatters you who
| abuses you. never look at another flag, let
night pass but you pray God to bless that flag.
Remember boy. that behind all these men you have
| to do with. behind officers government and peo-
| try. and that you belong to her you belong to
your mother. Stand by her. boy, as you would
stand by your mother if those devils there had got
hold of her today"
| (To Be Continued Tomorrow