Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-04-09

bled 80 that she quickly sat down in
one OF the wicker chairs. clutchlng its
arms with hands gone white ms though
ai the blood In her body had hidden
In shame. Then came the white man,
followed by gunbearers, wator-boy and
crackers. His face and his bare arms
were streaked with sweat and dust.
His shirt and trousers chung 10 him In
great dark blots OF moisture. He
nodded to Andrea as he made straight
for his hut.
Suddenly her strength came back
to her. She sprang up and rushed to
cut him OF. "You are n murderer"
she gnsped ns she faced him.
The nan stopped In his tracks and
stared at her. Gradually he took In
her meaning. "You think / do II for
for funf" he exclaimed.
Murderer" she repeated tenseiy.
The man glanced ut his hut and
turned his back on II with q sigh.
Come with me-" he said.
II shall never go anywhere with
YOU" replied Andrea.
The man faced her quickly. "You
will come with me or be carried. Take
your choice"
Their eyes met and held in one OF
those struggles that measure not so
much the ~contendlng characters as the
strength OF the opposing purposes.
The mans purpose won out. Andrea
dropped her eyes and followed him.
He passed swiftly through the kraal
as.I .Iaa. N xx.unn AnA..fu 2aNh that lad
to the fringe Of the forest. Under ar
enormous mafuta tree the butchers
were at work, four TO each carcass.
~sklnnlng. cutting, hacking with prac-
ticed hands. The meat was being piled
In heaps, and at each heap was sta
toned n black captain. Under hts
direction n host Of helpers were cutting
the flesh into minute portions.
Beyond the limits OF the trees far
flung branches %squatted a black army
men with assegais In their hands
women and children with queer conlcal
baskets In their laps. Physically these
people were, without exception, a JOY
to the eye, but beyond them, grouped
together under another tree and hope
lessly staring, was a small band that
brought sudden tears to Andrea's eyes.
Never before had she seen human
bones and skin without flesh, live eyes
staring from the skeleton emblem OF
death.
AT last the division OF the songui-
nary spoil was completed. The we'll
fed army lined up, each and every man
accompanied by oma OF child ne
beast for the small burden. These men
were also provided with individual
brass checks Itch they cast into
the baskets Mt me feet Of the captain
upon receipt OF their portion of meat.
At the end, TO Andrea's amazement
the tally was exact except that II left
the starving group out Of the count.
Through II all the white man had
stood grlmly by, uttering not a word
and leaving her to the assistance OF
her own intelligence. She began "a
understand the possessors Of the brass
checks had worked for them. But he
eyes fingered pitifully on the starving
She turned to the mar with a ges'
ture Of pleadlng-plendlng for pardon
for herself, mercy for the silent suffer
ing. "What about these2" she asked
"They will receive n ration Of mil
} let" he answered. Tomorrow the
men will crawl to the forests, twice {
week they will get meat checks. In Z
month they and their families will b.
fat and sleek. We refuse no one wh'
} wishes to work"
He turned to lead the way back Il
} the craal and. once there, prompt.
! disappeared into his hut. Half an hou
] later Andrea was %nervously movinI
about her room, wondering whether 4
put ON her frock or not, when Bathtul
] arrived with a message. Did b wisl
to dine alone or with M'sungof
Tell your MASTER" she answered
| "that l will dine with him with pleas
ure."
3 During the meal, the white ma
5 talked, giving her listlessly certain e1
I plnnntory information. "Elght month
ago" he said, II struck this countr,
a II was d~esolatIon. In spite OF the bl
river, which is quite nea by, the Who'll
district was In famine. ! passe
; through ruined kraal after RUNE
a kraal, and In some of them dead bodie
lay about, too dried out In life eve
/. to rot. The game swarmed as II doe
9 onlv in dry seasons, and thrived."
T. Andrea held both hands cut towar
him MS though TO stop him. "Don't-
n she cried. "don't think l haven't vi
l. derstoodi"
n upon my word" remarked the ma
> dryly. you're getting sincereI"
She sank back In her chair with