The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-31

II WAS nothing but tongue, long
screen extending from elephant bush
! to river. Scarcely had they left its
shelter when the three hunters paused
and with them Msungo. Andrea
pressed forward.
The soggy ground was pock.marked
with great holes of varying sizes; the
smallest a foot In circumference, the
largest three. Females and young
sters." murmured M'sungo in explana'
ton. ''all trash" He stood quite stu.
bis eyes travelling rapidly over wide
radius. pnuslng suddenly when the
tracker thoughtfully touched grass
blade with his toe or another boy SOL
EMMY measured spoor with his leet
placed one ahead of the other looked
up inquiringly and retired In confusion
at the kindly sneer on the faces OF the
hunters.
'why are you waitlngf" asked An
drea impatiently.
M'sungo flashed look at her.
"WaltingT' he whispered. were not
waiting. Every man here, according
to his lights, is reading. You saw
that cheeky gunbearer measure a
spoor and then withdraw with hang
dog look. He thought he had spotted
male bull. He has made himself
ridiculous for year. Tonight youll
hear the camp telling the joke on him
over and over again. But the tracksr
touches blade of grass bent one way
| with his toe and presently you'll see
him with a twig broken in the oppo'
site direction. There he goes now.
| He looks as IL he were day-dreaming.
doesn't hef"
Andrea nodded.
swell, he isn't" continued M'sungo.
by now he has read the whole story.
He knows how many females made
this mess of trail and how many.
young. He knows when they cameA
and when they went. He could I'LL In
their stay with dozen incidents, each
one complete In itself, such as where
youngster slipped, fell, squeaed and
got spanked by his mother. But such
trimmings of details iinpress them
selves only on his subconscious mind.
| In reality his whole attention Is liked
4 on the main chance. BY the season OF
the year he knows that this herd Is not
travelling alone. The track Of the
males is nearby. If we didn't have
the three old hunters we would go up
the bank of the river until we struck
II, but we don't have TO because they
| found ii by chance this morning AZ the
first streak Of dawn"
While he talked, the tracker stud
led the three wizened sat aloof, taking
snuff. Now, at nod from Msulgo-
they arose and proceeded swiftly
along the margin Of the big trees.
Presently they swerved TO the left and
plunged through underground to a
well-marked path. In the fine dust
OF that runway Andrea saw the iden-
teal monster spoor that the old black
had drawn with his finger on the
ground beside her breakfast able.
Another halt was called. The track
er squa,ted by one spoor and then an
other. He held up three fingers.
! "All malesf" said M'sungo.
| The tracker nodded.
big onesT said M'sungo. with that
halfsmile of exaltation.
The boy grinned.
M'sungo touched the edge Of tho
mighty sp0or with his toe. "M'culoT"
"Stalecka !" murmured the tracker.
and rolled his eyes up into the trees.
"He says It's whopper," whispered
| Msungo and promptly went into &C.
ton. He took OFF his jacket and jer-
sey. rolled up his sleeves and frightened
his belt. The tracker stripped TO his
breech-clout and took from one Of the
wizened u slendershafted assegai.
The three old hunters laid aside the
rifles they had been carrying and the
gunbearers quietly picked them up.
Msungo turned to Andrea. Get on
the donkey" he ordered. When she
was mounted her eyes were on a level
with his own. Listen" he said.
You'll ride now because when vi
strike the bush you can't. Please W.
ten. because from now until the IN
nobody Is going to speak to you and
" you should say word out loud you
might get six inches OF spear In the
excitement OF the moment"
go ahead; won't speak" said An.
drea, and pressed her lips together.
when YOU begin to get hot" con.
tinued Msungo, lust take off what
you don't want and drop II. We peo-
pie ahead can't lose anything II We
try. The boys used to pick up nv
dead matches until stopped them.
when you come to the bush, shed YOUR
skirt, get Off Marguerite ana leave
HIM. Walk lightly and hang ON til
you drop. II you last long enough.
yon'll see me take the big gun. THAT'S
the beginning of the end and when II
happens you are to do Just one thing.
Look around you. Somewhere nenr
you are bound to see II big nee loom.
ing out of the bush. Go To ii. hug ID
stay with II whatever happens III Il
call YOU" "H
n moment later. they We're off AT d
terrihc pace, the tracker in the Mad, \
VI sungo next, then the ,o,nho.,A