Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-12-05

bark of the rife was quite lost to the
ear.
Msungo turned and automatically
seized his supporting gun. His eyes
swept the back trail, looking for An
drea. She was gone. 'Bathtub {" he
roared.
The boy ran to him, his face work.
ing with every emotion known to the
black breast-joy, triumph, greed,
cupidlty and fear. The last was pre-
dominant and with reason, for M'sungO.
dropped his gun. shot out both hands
to the blacks throat and lifted him
strangling into the air. damn you,"
he growled, where's your missis9
Where is she?" The boys eyeballs
protruded farther and farther from
his contorted face.
"Here / am" painted Andrea.
M'sungo relaxed his grip Bathtub
dropped to the ground like a neryeless
sack but bounced up again, all his
emotions except fear once more in full
cry across his grinning face.
Andrea laid both hands on Msungo's
arm. 1T wasn't his fault" she gasped
81 started to do just what you told
me. White Man. You know you saw
me hugging the tree. But when I heard
the Day of Judgment right on top of
me II just had to give it run for
its money!"
She dropped her head against him
and sobbed. He put his arm around
her and patted her awkwardIy on the
back "Therei There he said.
Don't Please don't" Seemingly with
out his volition his arms drew closer
and closer until he suddenly awoke to
the fact that he was just plainly hug
ging Andrea Pellor
He pushed her roughly from him.
''Here," he said in quite a different
voice, "this isn't my funeral. Come
and cry on the elephant"
"All right" said Andrea, docilely.
"How many were there? l heard a
army of Them"
"You heard just one" said M'sungo.
Dabblng at her eyes with soiled fists,
she followed him to the side of the
ALLEN monarch around which were
gathered the natives, a sort of glazed
I'VE on their faces, for the dead bull
vas mighty tusker, carrying ivory to
he value of eighty women. At Msun-
,o's approach their arms went up in
ingle gesture and from one throat
hey yelled, "Bai-ye-te!"
Scarcely had the cry of homage died
way when a sound came to them
through the bush that froze them into.
stening silence. Their faces expressed
nbelief but their knowledge was in
Istent. 1t told them that they were
caring a death struggle, the whisper
lg gush of blood from mighty lungs,
lightly pierced. With a yell they
roke toward that music and suddenly
-opped, remembering that it is al
avs wise with elephant to let the gun
} first.
Andrea. frightened stopped snivel--
e. what is it?" she asked.
II got two" said Msungo apollo
.tically. 'That's the one that kept
e waiting between heaven aad hell"
II remember. 1t was awful. But
ny did you wait? What did he have
do with it, poor dearT"
M'sungo smiled in spite of himself.
lie had great deal to do with it, he
swered. Until he started tearing
e tree to pieces and took a half turn
dodge the damage. he was headed
'ht down our trail, wasn't he?"
Andrea nodded.
We'll" continued M'Sungo. kicking
2 mountain of flesh at his side. "iust
long as he was facing US, I couldn't
se the fair mark of this old boy.
ats one of the bits of knowledge
II has been paid for with the lives
many men. a startled elephant
asnt charge; he bolts whichever
Y he's headed"
lie looked up and added with par
liable pride: "And that, too, is how
new where to get him running-the
er way. l made up my mind where
shoot before he was there"
They went to survey the second
st. He was quite dead; one long
k cleaning white. an ivory island
a lake of bright blood. "Come
ny" said Msungo quickly. He led
to the shade of one of the big
IS where Marguerite, newly arrived.
already browsing and dreaming
PLY Of all the evil In the world.
und the nearby elephant, the ma
s swarmed ike maggots.
shouted Msungo. "Cho-
y"
athtub turned lingeringly from the.
Ass, rushed over, dropped the
h box ut Msungo's feet and
ICED back again. We'll have to
i've him." said MSungo. sitting
n and proceeding to open the tin
lay out Andrea's lunch for her.
e alphabetically dead one
lids a place in the native cosmos.
no white man has ever quite sue
ed in grasping All those boys
quite mad. I've seen one sever
n.