Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-18
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riase, she begs to Be taken for a fiight,
although she does not know him. He
somewhat unwill.ngly agrees. and they
| start
CHAPTER u.-when she realizes her
unknown aviator IL not going back An
| drea In desperation tries to choke him
with one Of her stockings. He thwart,
her and they sail on into the very heart
| of Africa. Landing in an immense craal,
Andre. fne' the natives All BOW IN y ss,
Is given q slave boy. ''Bathtuo," and the
White Man sets about building hut for
her.
CHAPTER III-Andrea IL given .
s sdnP won 81 I at its compie,eness White
Man invite. her to dinner that evening
and in spite Of the fact that he has re-
fused TO take her back 70 civilization An
drea accepts his invitation, but he con-
tinues deaf 20 her pleading that ne re-
| store her TO her friends.
CHAPTER Iv.-Andrea Is awakened
from sound sleep next morning by loud
pounding on her doorway and IS told 10
prepare for days hunt with White Man.
and begins to understand more Of he
bis apparently ruthless slaughter.nE OF
animals. He Is providing for the iores
OF blacks he employs ana VINO look IS
him for suSterance.
CHAPTER v.-Andrea. WORRYING over
her deplorsbIe lack Of change OF clothing
Is surprised and delighted when trunk:
Gadea with ~ the b .ay Is
dropped at her doorway BY staiwart "a.
they are hers Waite Man by skii!tnl
sable bull and she is fast becoming rec.
orC!ied 70 her Gate after eight Gays II
the craa!.
While the supply Of the vast farder
and the supervision Of the f6er camp
formed the major part of u sungo's
untiring industry they were by no
rocans the total OF his affairs. Watch
ing him, Andrea soon learned why he
never Iurched. He hadn't the tme !;
too many things pressed to his atten-
ton. He was governor On no mean
scale and during the midday rest hour
he would pass from group to group
settling all those disputes which could
be determined without recourse to
legal argument. In this manner he
sifted TO minimum the cases TO come
before the solemn conclave OF chiefs.
On the first occasion that Andrea
Witnessed this tribal ceremony which
occurred monthly at certain stage Of
the moon, she began by feeling huffed
bur, lacking an audience fo- her mood
soon gave Il Up for one Of scorpfCl
amusement. which, IN turn. surrendered
10 an interest that almost AMOUNTED TO
ave. The day in question began with
the curt information from 81 sungo.
who appeared carefully groomed and,
for the first time N her experience,
dressed in punctilious multi, that she
would have to amuse herself for
twelve hours without his aid. Mysd-
fed, she awaited developments, and
they care-rapidly.
Under the great acacia was placed
a table and behind 1t camp armchair.
To the right and left Of this throne OF
Justice stood In a crescent fourteen
other seats Of varying dignity-chairs.
petroleum cases, kerosene tins end an
inverted bucket-for every native
king, be he monarch Of but one vii
lage, has the right to sit in the pres
ence Of authority. whatever its grade.
The white man took the armchair and
Immediately, TO the rumble Of a dozen
torn-toms, a horde OF natives-all men
-swarmed into the beaten court OF
/ the craal.
Those natives who lacked the royal
hallmark were squatting on their
! heels In q vast mass Of serrated and
| concentric circles of which the inner.
/ most left an open space whose peri.
! phery was determined by the exact
| circumference Of the wide-spreadins
! branches of the tree. Andrea coughed
| softly but M'sungo did not look up-in
fact, nobody looked up. 1t was ex'
! actly as though she were not. She
| slipped to the trunk Of a tree and
leaned on one hand placed against It
Somehow it seemed an only friend In
On empty world.
The preliminary palaver was . mat
ter Of much leisurely ceremony, gut
tural pronoun cements, grunts, pauses
more monologues, repeated grunts
but, once 1t was over, M'sungo settled
back with q sigh and started dispens
ing Justice with breathless rush thai
reminded ono Of the manner In which
he dispatched game.
1t seemed to Andres that he nevel
waited to hear moro than the state
ment Of the onense when he would i'm
mediately pronounce sentence. Twen
ty lashes; nextI Thirty lashes; next
Twelve lashes; next" at the rate Of
about a case for every two minutes
Nine times out Of ten the victim woult
smile sheepishly and Withdraw! Withdraw ii, IL:
tenth case there would come look o,
sullen wonder into the culprit's face
whereupon the white man. would
promptly cali halt and demand more
evidence. Such cases were then NJ
lotted half m hour and even an hour
e;e:h, and without exception resulted
in the acquittal OF the prisoner 1t thu
bar. .r
Andres was suddenly aware Of
N'sungo's voice Individually addressed
to her though he kept his eyes to thu
front and spoke In toneless mono
logue ~ II he were communing will
himself. Behold Psychology on thi
| Job" he said. watch their faces
Every native that knows k.= sentenc'
to be just, takes II with m apologeti,
J ss;;1::;ie i i ne looks su!ien. the cbapcsl