Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-06
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Andrea PeiiSr goes to Africa, to mar
ny a diamond king" with whom she is
not in love. While at a ball in South
IA Ar r b.. she sees an - airplane descend see lon on
up to the airman and says, White man,
take me with YOU" He takes her at her
word. and when, once started refuses to
After dyins for several hours the
| plane is forced to descend in a native
village. The 1airman calmly tells Andrea
time.
l. He has the natives prepare a house for
The White Man refuses to d,vulse his
name and makes Andrea understand that
he will not a her back.
ed the natives Of the place from starva-
M'sungo takes Andrea hunting with
him, and saves her from the attack Of a
sable bull. -
CHAPTER x (Continued)
What a saving to the, state" re-
marked Andrea. N asylums, no
brain storm trials!!"
You're persiflaging," said M'sungo,
but, as a matter of fact, the system is
little short OF genius. The point 1 was
going to bring out, however, is that
any one can brain a woman if he feels
like it and get away with the identical
obolo her husband paid for'her."
You seem to be a great admirer of
the native social system" said Andrea
quietly.
II am" answered M'sungo. For
natives, of course"
Are you sure you're not a bit faint
ed with it for yourself?"
Sure" he answered promptly.
That's part Of the secret of my grip
on every country I've shot over I'm
aloof. I've never. turned my back on
the White Mans God. Circular A is
not for me-"
whats Circular Az"
He hesitated. Circular A." he said
finally, lis the regulation that governs
the relations between British officials
under the colonial office and the wom-
en- of the tribes they govern"
I'm British" said Andrea, after a
pause, and I blush for the necessity
You are prompt. like most of u.s.
fore any force of nature that you've
never felt. Poor devils Of cl%ean-bred
youngsters! Take one that I knew.
Three weeks training under his pre-
decessor. crazy to leave; a hundred
thousand natives under his sole rule;
one, perhaps two, bearded white faces
a year. The long. long days after the
sportsman has been swallowed by the
pot-hunter, when game becomes just
meat! The hallucination that here is
eternity, come before it's time! And
then. the fatal hour at dusk when a
passing native girl-any girl-looks to
him like some woman at home! He
marries, damn it, not by %canonicals
perhaps, but by the common law
of the land, and the people at home
shout cruelty him. but in the end it's
God alone that will judge his agony
and measure the price,"
He stopped speaking and for a long
time they travelled in silence. The sur
was sinking fast-so fast that it seem.
ed to be dropping by jerks, like the
loose hand of a grandfather's clock
Its long level rays, robbed of heat
swept over the plains and appeared tt
bank up against the young leaves o,
the temba forest into billowing heaps
Of copper. In the distance. the hut
of, the craal cropped into view abov,
the level Of the high grass. The su,
glorifed them, 90. They looked lik'
a covey Of cartridges smuggling down
keeping very still to evade the eye Q
the hunter.
There is no twilight in the tropics.
said M'sungo, "by the deliberate judg
ment Of God who knows the capacit,
of the heart Of man and would TIC
nave IL DuTSI. .---
IT can feel what you mean" an
swered Andrea, "even though 70,
haven't really said it in words. Tn
heart can hold just so much heaut,
M no more; and even now, mine i
aching!"
Andrea Pellor." said M'sungo. "yo,
have the faculty Of your sex. You hav
pinned the butterfly"
h felt a sudden revulsion, a rag
at this man. this stranger. who talke'
as she imagined he would fight, with
I asked you," she said presently, 81
you weren't tainted with the nativ
. viewpoint toward I didn'
, have in mind anything physical or. mas
ty. 1t seemed to me. BY the way
when Marguerite bolted, just what wa
it you shouted at me?"
He paused in his stride so suddenl
that the doing donkey butted int
him and almost knocked him over
"Eh? WHAT" he asked to gain time.
: Come on" persisted Andrea. Jus
say it again-what o shouted"
~Well." lied M'sungo. Il may no
remember the exact words but 1t wa
: to the effect that you'd better hea'
him off OF jump off"
Something like that said Andre
incisively. only shorter. You yelled
marry MIN or jump OIL! g.
Il believe you're right" said M'sun
go and added apologetically.. you see
! didn't have much time to think"
Exactly" said Andrea. "Instinc
lively all you saw was a joke like ev
cry niger in the line. You didn't car
what happened to me. l might hav
been Drained under that tree and 70
knew it and all you could think Of wa
that o just had time to get in on
more nasty bit OF cleverness before
before 1 died."
"oh, no." protested M'sungo. &c
easy. now. Why, Marguerite ha don
that dozens of times. He knows ex
actly how to slice of his rider. An
besides, he always stops"
But what il he hadn't-what il h
had?" continued Andrea holly. "Of
you know what 1 ean What If h
had killed me"
But he wouldn't" insisted the ma
weakly. HE wouldn't think Of it,"
Andrea pounded the horn Of he
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