The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-01

!. as ,lTs cane 8t' deck, yddghdn
looked down, from 4, hogshead, 0h
WHICH he had mounted in desperation,
and said: ,d's rc. ie ,, ~,
"For Gods love, is there anybody
who can make these wretehes under
stand something? The men gave them
rum, and that did not quiet them. /
Knocked that big fellow down twice,
and that did not sOothe him. And then
l talked Choctaw to all of them to-
gether; and I'll be hanged if they un-
derstoOd that as well as they under
stood the English"
Nolnn said he could speak Por-
thguese, and one or two Ane-lUoklng
Kroomen were dragged out, who, as 1t
had been found already had worked
for the Portuguese on the e0ast ut
Fernando F5t
"Tell them they are free" said
Vaughan; "and tell them that these
rascals are to be hanged as soon as
we can get rope enough"
Nolan explained it in such POrtp-
guese as the Kroomen could under-
stand, ard they in turn to such of the
negroes as could understand them.
Then thererwa such yell of delight,
I clinching of fists, leaplng and dancing,
kissing of Nolan's feet, and q, general
rush made to the hogshead by way Of
spontaneous worship of Vaughan as
the deus ex machlaa of the occasion.
"Tell them," said Vaughan, well
pleased, "that will take them all to
Cape palmas."
This did hot ungwereso well. Cape
Fulmus wns practically as far from
The homes Of most of them as New Or
leans OF Rio Jahelro yas that Is, they
J would be-. eterhally separated from
home there And their Interpreters, as
we could understand, Instantly sdiNy
"Ah, non Pamas," and began to pro
pose infinite other expedients ia most
| yOluble language. Vaughan was rath-
~ disappointed at this result of his
| libefdlity, aid usispd Nolnn eagerly
Mhat they said. The drops stood OF
bo8e N6latts White forehead as he
hushed tie NET towH.' aitd said:
"IIe says, Not Pnlmas.' He saysi
Take us home, take us TO our cOun-
| try, take us to our own house, take
us to our own plckanlnnies and our
! own women He says he has an old
father ana mother, who will die, If
they do not see him. And this one
says he left his people all sick, and
padded down to Come and help them,
and that these devils caught iitd M
the bay Just in sight of home, and
! that he has never seen anybody from
hUme since then. And this one says" )"
! eh1kRd 5it Nolan, that he has not
heard 4 Word ff6iii his home IN six
months, while he has been locked 80
in an internal barracOOn."
Vaughan always said he grew gray
himself while Nolan struggled through
this Interpretation. 1, who did not un-
Gerstand anything of the passion In
VOWED I'm 1t, saw that the very ele-
me1ts weresmeltlng with fervent heat,
and that something was to pay some
where. Even the negroes themselves
stonped bowling as they saw NOlun's
/ UEOlNs uuu huRhhA y NAih"'N NANa'''
agony Of sympathy. AS quick as he
could get words, he said:
"Tell them yes, yes; tell them they
shall 90 to the Mountains of the Moon
If they will. If I sail the schooner
through the Great White Desert, they
shall go home"
And after some fashion Nolan SAID
so. And then they all fell to kissing
lin again and waited to rub his NOSE
with theirs.
But he could not stand 1t long; an(
getting Vaughan to say he might e
back, he beckoned me down into oul
boat. AS we lay back in the sterT
sheets and the men gave way, he saiI
10 rae: "Ycungster, let that show yOl
what 1t Is to be without family, with
out a home, anc without country
And II YOU are ever tempted to say ;
word or TO do a thing that shall pu
a bar between You and your family
ycul1 home, ard your country, pra,
God in his mercy, I'd. take you that in
slant home to his own heayen. stiel