The Lamar register., 1919-11-12
Observation-Disclosures
oopyright, 1919. The Bobbs- Merrill Company

at is the truth" he said thought
fully. "that the spirit OF man advances
only by plunder and the corollary to
that is the fact that the plundered
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
plunder. and you can almost say the
same thing of individual relationship.
He glanced at her and something of
his earnestness 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
a Vandal-a Frankenstein7 The theory
was perfect-all that was lacking
were the things of the spirit. the
breath of life without which any ami
mated creation becomes automatically
n monster.
"And yet the collective spirit Of man
advances only by plunder. You can
see II In my own country. yesterday.
in Africa today and II will come In the
other Americas tomorrow. The great
est thing ever said by Salisbury, a
rock among men. was that ruins are
not evidence of occupation and that
packed epigram 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
all, and however much we may jeer at
II, the ultimate measure of sincerity.
II WILL" he said. "If ever I'm bent on
plundering the heart of a woman, I'll
travel the highroad of surrender in
the company of rayage and love. I'll
give and still give and with each CIV
Ing will grow the heaped mountain Of
my demands. You see 1t, don't you?
That's Justlfiable piunder."
Andrea's cheeks flushed. her eyes
were dreamy with new thoughts and
old emotions.
While the supply OF the vast larder
and the supervision Of the fiber camp
formed the major part of M'sungo's
untlring industry they were by no
means the total Of his affairs. Watch
Ing him. Andrea soon learned why he
never lunched. He hadn't the time ;
too many things pressed to his atten-
tion. He was n 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 n certain stage of
the moon, she began by feeling huffed
hut. lacking an audience for her mood
soou gave IL up for one Of scornful
amusement which, in turn. surrendered
to an interest that almost amounted to
awe. The day in question began with
the curt information from Msungo
WHO hpptbItu CdTtlullg BIoOthtu anu
for the first time in her experience
dressed in punctilious mufti, that sh'
would have to amuse herself fol
twelve hours without his aid. Mysti
fled. she awaited developments, ant
they came-rapldly.
Under the great acacia was placed
table and behind II a camp armchair
To the right and left of this throne o.
justice stood in a crescent fourteen
other seats of varying dignity-chairs
petroleum cases, kerosene tins and al
inverted bucket-for every natis'
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 an'
Immediately, to the rumble of dOzel
tom-toms, a horde of natlves-all mel
-swarmed into the beaten court o
the craal.
Those natives who lacked the roya
hallmark were squatting on thei
heels in a vast mass of serrated AM
concentric circles of which the inner
most left an open space whose peri
nhery was determined by the exac
circumference of the wide-spreadin
branches OF the tree. Andrea coughe