The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-12
 0svyright. 1919. The Bobbs-Merrill Company
oContlnued from previous issue.)

By the time he finished speaking the szaffves had baled out wide, clumsy STOW and M'sungo nodded to Andrea aa slide down the slippery landing ehute and climb in. She was worried ms to how Marguerite was to be man. mEnd when, to her delight, four blacks Bzeked him up bodily and deposited Aam in the center of the leaky craft. He did not deiEn to more than half spcn Bis eyes. Propelled laboriously sp-seream by poles and then across by csmfnsy paddles, 1t took them the best wzxt of half an hour to make the op- w0Eite landing. Andrea was surprised ehnt Msungo's lmpatlence seemed to De dying down. and said so.
 @0h," he explained. there's no great kArxy. We aren't after antelope, you 2zuw Three out of every five ele- ssants shot are killed at the noon hour. N ahe one we are after is travelling. weN reyer, never see him, for he Il AinIS nothing of ninety miles as t aHy's stroll If he's feeding, and snat.s the probability in this case, ssu come up with him at the heat sf the day under Il big tree dozing and AziIy flaming himself with his ears," The country across the river was a contrast to anything Andrea had seen. q. was what M'sungo called mangy f0tally bare in spots and breaking out fn others into thorn thickets or oases ee safek brush. Farther upstream was 6srest of high straight trees. much isEgIer than the tembas, but inland zhis towering growth suddenly fell to a low level of bush that cut gray ERe along the horizon. The band of gay was broken here and there by Ae black dome of tree.
 M'sungo followed the direction of Aadrea's eyes. "That long gray patch" Ae said, that's elephant bush, but aord knows when we'll get there"
 The wizened men led them upstream xsd soon they were in the deep shade If the high forest, but not for long. A Zen minutes they traverscd it, for was nothing but a tongue. long ssreen extending from elephant bush n river. Scarcely had they left its aAeiter when the three hunters paused snd with them Msungo. Andrea aressed forward,
 The Soggy ground was poek-marked witA great holes of varying sizes; the HEaallest a foot in circumference. the largest. three Females and young a4ers, murmured Msungo in explana- asDn. "all tmsh.' He stood quite still. ass eyes travelling rapidly over wide -zdius, pauslng suddenly when the cracker thoughtfuly touched a grass H'ade with his toe or another boy sol aRsanly measured . spoor with his feet 1eaced one ahead of the other, looked Hp inqHiringly and retired in confusion sa the kindly sheer on the faces of the hzaters.
 Why are you waiting?" asked An area impatiently.
 Nsungo flashed look at her. -WaItingg" he whispered. "We're not zuitiug Every man here, according N his lights, IS reading. You saw sAat cheeky gunbearer measure a zg0or and then withdraw with a hang issg look He thought he had spotted male bull. He has made himself Tsdieulons for a year. Tonight you'll Arar the camp telling the joke on him sTeT and over again. But the tracker asurhes blade of grass bent one way sish his toe and presently you'll see sim with twig broken in the oppo- ate direction. There he goes now. aEe InoSs as if he were day-dreaming, Esesnt hei"
 ATfsiTrt nodded.
 Well. he isn't" continued Msungo. By now he has read the whole story. Me knows how many females made 3As mess of trail and how many rrwng. He knows when they came @Ha when they went. He could i'll in assar stay with dozen incidents. each Amr complete in itself, such as where youngsier slipped, fell, squealed and sss< spanked by his mother. But such sfmmings of details impress them aassxes only on his subconscious mind. sh reality his whole attention is fixed na the main chance. By the season of Ne year he knows that this herd is not arayeiing alone. The track of the sssaaes is nearby. If we didn't have Ehe three old hunters we would go up sfAe bank of the river until we struck K. but we don't have to because they kaEnd it by chance this morning at the zrgt streak of dawn"
 While he talked, the tracker stud &d. the three wizened sat aloof. taking aulzll. Now, at nod from Msungo, sAez arose and proceeded swiftly ssang the margin of the big trees. Presently they swerved to the left and IRnnge0 through undergrowth to a Erlsmagkea path. Ir tiiv fine dust 1T that runway Andrea saw the lden- Seal monster spoor that the old black md drawn with his finger on the sFound beside her breakfast table.
 Another faft was called The track z squatted by one spoor and then an 3her- He held up three fingers.
 ~All mqles?n said Apsungo.
 The tracker nodded.
 Big onesr said Al'sungo, with that haif-sniile of exaltation.
 The boy grlnned.
 Msungo touched the edge Of the mighty spoor with his toe. "Mculo7p
 -StaIecka :" murmured the tracker. a an