Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-21


dropped his gun, shot out both hands
to the blacks throat aud lifted him
strsngiipg into the air. Damn yoa"
he growied. "whare's your missisf
Where Is sheY The boys eysbails
protruded farther and farther from
NJ. conferred face.
"Here I am" painted Andrea.
Msungo relaxed his grip; Bathtuh
dropped 10 the ground like q neryeless
saek but bounced up again, oil bis
emotions except fear once more In full
cry across hts crnninc face.
Andrea laid both hands on M'mngo's
arm. 1T wasn't his fault" she sssped.
1T started TO do Just what you told
me, White Nan. You know YOU saw
me huag.ng the tree, But when heard
the Day of Judgment right on top OF
me- I'll ,ns. sad 10 sivN 1t q run for
its money! .
She dropped her head Against him
and Sobbcd. He put his arm aroard
her and pntsed her awkwardly on the
hack. "Therc, There" he said.
Don't. Please don't" Seemingly with
out his vo,ition his arms drew closer
and closer until he suddenly awoke to
the fact that he was Just plainly hug
giaS Andrea Psllor. g.. .t....
10 pushed her roughly from bin.
"IIere," he said In quite different
voice. ''this isn't nav funeral Come
and cry on the elephant"
"All right said Andrea, aocileW.
"How many we're there? I heard q
treupe--an army Of them"
"Yeu heard ius. one" said M'surgo.
pabbin: at her eyes with so'ied hsts,
she followed him to the side Of the
fallen monarch around which were
gathered the natives. a sort u glazed
awe on their faces. for the dead bun
was mighty tusker, carrying ivory TO
the value OF eighty women. At Msun-
COS approach ,ir arms went up in a
single gesture and from one throat
they yelled. "Bai.ye-te!" .s
Scarcely had the cry Of homage died
away when sound came to them
through tho bush that frozs them into
listening silence. TheI" faces expressed
unbellef but their knowledge was in
sistent. 1t told them that they were
hearing n death struggle, the whisper
ing gush Of blood from mighty lungs.
nightly pierced. With q yell they
broke toward that music and suddenly
stopped, remembering that 1t IS al
ways wise with elephant to let the gun
go first.
Andrea. frightened. stopped snivel-
ing. "What IS tT she asked.
II got two" said M'sunso apollo
getically. That's the one that kept
mo waiting between heaven and he'll"
II remember. 1t was awful. But
why did you wait? What did he have
to do with 1t, poor dear?"
M'sungo smiled In spite Of himself.
'de had great deal to do with It." he
answered. "yntil he started tearing
the tree to pieces and took half turn
to dodge the damage, he was headed
right down our trail. wasn't her
Andrea nodded.
"well," continued Msungo, kicking
the mountain Of flesh at his side, "just
as long as he was facing Us, ] couldn't
take the fair mark Of this old boy.
That's one Of the bits Of knowledge
that has been paid for with the lives
Of many men. A startled elephant
doesn't charge; he bolts, whichever
way he's headed" 4.
He looked up and added with par
donable pride: "And that. too. is how
I knew where to get him running-the
other way. made up my mind where
to shoot before no was there"
They went to survey tho second
beast he was quite dead; one Ions
tusk cleaning white, an ivory island
in q lake OF bright blood. "Come
away" said Msungo quickly. He led
her to the shade Of one Of the big
trees where Marguerite, newly arrived,
was already browsing and dreaming
happily Of oil tho evil in tho world.
Around the nearby elephant. the ma
tives sxarmed like maggots.
'Bathtub I" shouted Msuugo. "Cho.
cula |" d
Bathtub turned lingeringly from the
carcass, rushed over, dropped the
lunch box at Msungo's feet and