Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-17

well" lied, M'sungo, II may not
remember the exact words, BIZ. 1t was
to the effect that you'd better head
him off or jump on" -
Something like that" said Andrea
lncls;vely. only shorter. You yelled,
Marry him or jump OFF," ..
Il believe you're right" said Msun-
20. aud added, alphabetically. "You
see, didn't have much time to think
"Exactiy!" said Andrea. "1nstinc-
lively all you saw was joke, like
every niger in the line. You didn't
care what happened to me. might
have been Drained under that tree
and you knew 1t end all you could
think Of was that you just had time to
get IN one more nasty BIT OF clererness
before-bsfore I diedW
ooh, no." protested M'sungo. "do
easy. now. Why, Marguerite has done
that dozens Of times. He knows ex-
actiy how to slice off his rider. And
besides. he always stops"
But what if he hadn't-what II he
hadY continued Andrea holly. "Oh.
sou know what mean. What If he
Ind killed me?"
.,But he wouldn't" insisted the man
weakly. "Ile wouldn't think Of It."
Andrea pounded the horn Of her sad
die. Observation-Disclosures
M'sungo suddenly whirled. thereby
winding the quiescent meek Off Mar
guerite around his waist. He caught
Andrea by both arms and fixed her
startled eyes with the blaze Of his
own. "You will have It'll" he said,
shaking her lightly. "ysur d. per
sonal element! Well III give 1t 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 same grave"
She flushed and looked away. When
her eyes came back to his set face
there were three kinds Of sparkling
| wickedness in them-tenderness,, the
forked tongue of serpent, and two
edged knife. She chose the knife.
"White Man." she said, "that would
have been adorable at the prtce--sim-
| ply adorablev'
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The weeks that followed were the
remakipg Of Andrea physically. Each
day she walked more and felt 1t less.
From head to toes her bod? was with
out blemish and in her eyes, her
! t;ieeks and in the spring Of her lIgh
step. sheer health few its rejoicing
banner. Day by day she followed
M'sungo farther afield, took more o.
an interest in what he was doing be
cause she understood 1t better ant
learned to wait before she sat In judg
rnent on his actions, often surprising
| always swift and assured. She ever
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 hi
composition than this same butcher
ing.
He made no secret Of his distast'
for the Job and never an apology. Hav
! ing disagreeable task on his hands
he faced it squarely and going out t
kill, laid his plans, held to them will
answering concentration and killet
with dispatch that was blood-cur
ding but admirable.
1t was during the return from on,
Of these expeditions that, he expound
ed his definition Of justifable plumber
With his memory raw. as Ii the whole
worlds, from contact with the long
heralded Superman come to life TO q
pose in the flesh the brutaiizing doc
trlne Of thine IL mine II ] can tax
It," he found himself on, trcacheroul
ground and his words picked thei
way slowly ~ though bent on avoid
Ing all misunderstanding. 55rt,... ,
1T IL the truth" hs said thought
fully, that the spirit Of man advance
only BY plumber ana the coroll&Ty {,
that Is the fact that the plundere.
world Is always the more fruitful, bu
the objectionable sin as far az people
are concerned IL the failure to 'denn'
! robbery under arms from productly'
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