The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-12-17
you know what I mean. What If no

you know what I mean. What If no
had killed me2"
"But he wouldn't" insisted the man
weakly. "He wouldn't think Of It,"
Andrea pounded the horn Of her sad.
die. -what-if-he-had?"
M'sungo suddenly whirlcd. thereby
winding the quiescent neck Of Mar.
guerite around his waist. He csught
Andrea by both arms and fixed he.
startled eyes with the blaze Of his
own. "You will have IT" he said,
shaking her lightly, "your d per.
sonal element! Well, I'll give it to you.
If he'd hurt SO much as hair of your
head I'd have shot him and then my.
self and left word with you to bury us
both in the sime grave"
She flushed and looked away. When
her eyes came back to his set face
there were three kinds Of sparkling
wickedncss in them-tenderness, the
fOrked tongue Of a serpent, and Il two.
edged knife. She chose the knife.
white Man." she said, "that would
have been adorable at the price--sim.
ply odorablcr'
r e . y r.
The weeks that followed were the
remalling Of Andrea physically. Each
day she walked more ana felt it less
From head to toes her body was with
out blcmish and IN her eyer, ha
checks anil in tho spring OF her High
step sheer health flew its reio cinL
banner. Day by day she followed
MSungo farther aflcld, took more cf
an interest in what he was doing be-
cause she understood It better and
learned to wait before she sat in jidg.
ment on his actions, often surprising,
always swift and assured. She even
hardened herself to accompanying hin
ON his hunts for meat for the camI
pot and there was nothing that he die
that gave her deeper insight into his
composition than this same butcher.
ing.
He made no secret of his dstaStc
for the job and never an apology. HAY.
ing Il disagrceable task on his hands
he faced 1t squarely and going out tc
kill, laid his plans, held to them with
answering concentration and killed
with dispatch that was blood-cur
ding but admirable.
1t was during the return from one
of these expeditions that he cxpound-
ed his definition Of justifiable plunder
With his memory raw, as is the whole
worlds, from contact with the long
hcralded Supcrman come to life to ex-
pose in the flesh the brutallzing doc
trinc OF "thinc Is mine If can take
It," he found himself on trcacherous
ground and his words picked their
way slowly as though bent on avoid.
ing all misunderstanding.
"It Is the TRUTH" he said thought.
fully. that the spirit Of man advances
only by plumber and the corollary to
that is the fact that the plundcred
world is always the more fruitful, but
the objectionable sin as far as peoples
are concerned is the failure to define
robbery under arms from productive
plumber, and you can almost say the
same thing Of individual relationship"
He glanced at her and something of
his carneStncsS passed to her with the
look. go on" she said kindly.
"Can YOU believe me-" he continued,
when tell you that no one was more
surprised than the Superman himself
when he assumed flesh after his long
preparation and awoke to find himself
Nandal-a Frankenstein? The theory
was perfect-all that was lacking
were the things OF the spirit, tho
breath Of life without which any ami
mated creation becomes automatically
Il monster.
And yet the collective spirit Of man
advances only by plunder. You can
see 1t In my own country, yesterday,
in Africa today and it will come in the
other Americas tomorrow. The great.
est thing ever said by Salisbury,
rock among men, was that ruins arc
not evidence Of occupation and that
packed cpigram brings us face to face
with danger at the fork OF the road
Of freedom"
"Oh, White Man." said Andrea. her
brow puckered with internal effort,
please apply 1t to individuals"
He started to nail her to the tradi.
tions Of her sex but something truly
pleading in the tone Of her voice made
him turn boldly to the personal, after
nll, and however much we may jcer az
1t, the ultimate measure Of sincerity.
II WILL" he said. 'If ever I'm bent on
plundering the heart Of Il woman, I'll
travel the hlghroad OF surrender In
the company Of ravagc and love. III
give and still give and with each Civ.
Ing will grow the heapcd mountain az
my demands You sec it, don't you?
That's justinable plunder."
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