Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-11-28

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
Vandal-a Frankenstein? 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
a monster.
"And yet the collective spirit of man
advances only by plumber. 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, 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-
tons 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
1t, the ultimate measure of sincerity.
Il WILL" he said. IF ever I'm bent on
plundering the heart of woman, I'll
travel the highroad of surrender I'm
the company of ravage and love. I'll
give and still give and with each CIV
ing will grow the heaped mountain of
my demands. You see it, don't you?
That's justifiable plumber"
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
untiring industry they were by no
means the total of his affairs. Watch
ing him, Andrea soon learned WIN he
never lunched. He hadn't the time !:
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 a certain stage of
the moon. she began by feeling huffed
but, lacking an audience for her mood,
soon gave 1t up for one of scornful
amusement which, in turn, surrendered
to an inteTest that almost amounted to
awe. The day in question began with
the curt information from M'sungo,
who appeared carefully groomed and
for the first time In her experience
dressed in punctilious multi. that she
would have to amuse herself for
twelve hours without his aid. Mysti-
fed, she awaited developments, and
they came-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 and an
inverted bucket-for every native
king, be he monarch of but one viii
lage, has the right to sit in the pres
ence of authority, whatever it's grade.
The white man took the armchair and
Immediately, to the rumble of dozen
tom-toms, 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 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-spreading
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 tree and
leaned on one hand placed against It
Somehow 1t seemed an only friend in
an empty world.
The preliminary palaver was a mat
ter Of much leisurely ceremony, gut.
tural announcements, grunts. pauses
more monologues. repeated grunts
but. once 1t was over. Msungo settled
back with sigh and started dspens
ing justice with GREATNESS rush that
reminded one of the manner In which
he dispatched game.
1t seemed to Andrea that ne never
waited to hear more than the state
ment of the offense when he would i'm
mediately pronounce sentence. "Twen
~ lashes; next! Thirty lashes; next
Twelve iashes; next" at the rate Of
about case for every two minutes
Nine times out of ten the victim would
smile sheepishly and withdraw; in thu
tenth case there would come a look Of