Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-05-07

and that by eating II they acquire all
the leading attributes-the courage Of
the lion, the slynesB OF the jackal. the
gorging capacity OF the snake, the eye
sight Of the hawk by day and Of the
fellnes by night. the industry Of the
ant and the homing instinct OF the bee.
You gee the liner It's endless; and
Just because they have more than .
smattering Of the qualities they seek.
the superstition will never die"
He stopped TO give Andrea a drink
Of water and to feed her u first sand
witch. And that isn't the only thing
that nev dies" he went on, his eyes
narrowing to a peculiar look she had
never seen in them before. such a look
ms n Ia apt to connect only with
mystics. fanatics. ardent believers, and
thoroughly out OF keeping with the
conception OF the White Man she had
builded for herself.
"Why. White Mani I" she cried.
what do you meanf What's come
over your"
He looked away and then bnck at
her. WELL" he said, a qulzzical CLEAN
creeping into his eyes, who's afraid7
Why shouldn't / tell once more a thing
that's been written n hundred times
by grenter adopts than I and never be-
llevcdf It's this. Andrea Pellor. Don't
set yourself too high above the native
and his Worship OF the greatest OF
beasts, for he knows what you can't
even believe and that Is that elephants
are killed, they never die. In all the
centuries that bucks, Arabs and
whites have padded the myriad trails
OF Africa. no man has ever seen or
heard Of an elephant dying from old
z or any other natural cause."
His eyes hardened on her face. "You
seer" he whispered. you can't be-
lleve II. Elephants never die"
Lending the march home yer the
back trail. M'sungo set n pace that kept
Marguerite at a jogging trot. Andrea
protested but to no avail. M'sungo,
comfortably smoking pipe after pipe,
had withdrawn into M Of those male
Ravens OF the mind that remains mar
~velously u%ntroubled by the tongues of
women. Andreu sulked.
When they arrived ut the river,
there being but three natives In their
reduced following. M'sungo promptly
took his place as one OF the four pail
bearers to Marguerite. There was
something about being carried even In
part by n white man that seemed u
appeal to the old rogue's sense OF hu.
NOR. He threw up his bnrrel.long head
ana brnyed an accompaniment TO his
trlumphnl progress into the scow, No
sooner was he deposited than M'sungC
seized his tail ana bore down on n
with all his weight. The music sud
denly censcd.
But Andren's clear laughter still
rang out, "Oh,' she cried when she
could speak. "he is clever. | didn'
realize how ridiculous you were unit
, he laughed :" She let herself q,
again. M'sungo glared nt her.
And you were brutal" she contln
ued. you pulled his tail"
, II pulled his tail TO mike him shu
up" said M'sungo. 81 wish" h
, paused.
"Say A." cried Andrea. You wlsl
YOU could make me shut up. Wen. yOl
can't. I'm going TO laugh all like
Listen I"
She opened wide her mouth for
E stage "uai Hal Hal" but It never go
9 out. M'sungo threw his arms aroun,
her and snntched her to him. His lip
0 came closer and closer TO hers. In hi
z eyes was m exaspcrated twinkle
please don't" he begged.
. Andrea glanced down her nose a
o his lips, saw that they had halted 4
$ their advance on hers and decided I
; struggle free from his embrace. "wh
!, shouldn't II" she asked arguments
lively. what is there about hi
3 mugg old river that has you-bas 20
e blunedf
"A lot OF things" began Msung'
d his eyes shifting.
Andrea watched him shrewdl!
q -reli me, White Man." she conclude
. what Ia the one reasonT