Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-09
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Andrea nodded.
Well" continued M'suneo, kicking
the mountain of flesh at his side, "just
as long as he was, facing us, I couldn't
take the fair mark of this old boy.
That's n of the bits of knowledge
that has been paid for with the lives
OF many men,. A startled elephant
way he's headed" '
He looked up and added with par
donable pride, And that, too is how
l knew where to get him running-the
other one. I made up my mind where
to shoot before he vas there"
They went to survey the second
beast. He was quite dead; one long
tusk cleaning white, ar ivory island
in a lake Of bright blood. Come
away" said M'sungo quickly. He led
her to the shade Of one Of the big
trees where Marguerite newly arrived
was already drewsing and dreaming
happily of all the evil in the world
Around the nearby elephant. the ma
tives swarmed like maggots.
"Bathtub." shouted M'sungo. "Cho.
,cula!"
Bathtub turned lingeringly from the
carcass, rushed over, dropped the
lunch-box at M'sunEo's feet and
plunged back again. Weir have tc
forgive him" said M'sungo. sitting
down and proceeding to open the tir
and lay gu Andrea's lunch for her
The elephant-especially q dead ont
holds a place in the native cosmo.
that no white man has eve quite sue
ceeded in g%rasping. All those boys
are quite mad. I've seen one sever hi!
thumb from. his body when he wa.
like that and never notice it till hi
rceled from loss OF blood
Andrea shivered but M'sungo die
rot notice it. They believe" he. con
tinued, that the meat Of elephant !
a compound of he flesh OF all animal
and that by eating it they acquire al
the leading attributes-the courage o
the lion. the slyness of the jackal. tn.
,gorging capacity Of the snake, the eye
sight of the hawk by day and OF tn,
felines by night, the industry Of thu
ant and the. homing instinct Of tn
bee. You see the line? It's endless
and just because they have more tina,
seek, the superstition will never die
H~e.stopped to give Andrea atdrinl
Of water and to feed her a first sand
wich. .'And that isn't the only thini
that v dies" he went on. his eye
narrowing to a peculiar look she hat
never cen in them before, such q lool
as one is apt to connect only will
my6tlc6, fanatIcS, ardent DelleVerB, an
thoroughly out of keeping with tn
conception Of the white man she hat
builded for herself. !.
why. White Mani" she L,ied
what do you mean? What's com
over your"
He looked away and then back a
her. Well he said; qui1sica
CLEAN creeping into his eyes. who
afraid? Why shouldn't / tell one
more a thing that's been written
hundred times by greater adopts thar
II and, never believed? It's this. An
Jdrea Pellor. Don't set yourself to-
high above the native and his worship
LOT the greatest of beasts for he know
what you can't even believe and tina
Iis that elephants are killed. they neve
Idle. Insall the centuries that blacks
Arabs and whites have padded tn
myriad trails of Africa, no man ha'
lever seen or heard OF an elephant dy
ing from old age or any other natura
cause"
ii. eyes hardened on her face
|"You see?" he whispered. .Tou san'
believe II. Elephants never die