The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-20
ANDREA AND WHITE MAN GO ON HURTING TRIP

lurked in the corner OF her eye, &C
cused her of dallying and almost said
aloud. Eventually why not nowT
Finally she slipped off the rest of her
dainty clothes and with eyes screwed
tight shut, CROPPED for the presence
seized it and put ii on in two parts.
"Oh!" she gasped in rage, "that
should have TO wear that beasts silk
pajamasr She put out the light
hurled herself at the cot, curled Ut
like kitten, drew the sheet over heI
head, cuddled into the pillow and
sobbed, "Poor Andrea Poor Andrea
Pcl--Pe-"
Brutal, elemental sleep had choked
the words in her throat.
There is no telling when Andrea
would have awaked had it not been
for Bathtub, who Numbered on her
door at the scandalously late hour In
that cline of eight In the morning.
Bath ready, M.ssis! Bath, ready
Missis" he was chanting monotO-
nously. She arose, put on her cloak,
opened the door and rubbed her eyes
at the shock of MONDAY glare.
The boy grinned from ear to ear.
bath ready!" he exclaimed with a
happy finality and bearing towels and
soap led her to the newly constructed
little hut in the yard. He placed the
paraphernalia on chair set close to
collapsible canvas tub and from a
neighboring smoldering fire fetched a
big tin of water.
"Hot waterw cried Andrea. "Why,
I'm boiling myself. Bring me cold
water"
"Cold water no good" affirmed Bath
tub as he emptied the tin.
But wish cold water" said An
drea.
Gold water plenty 10 good for
white Missis," reaflirmed Bathtub and
withdrew, carefully closing the door
behind him.
Andrea enjoyed the bath and learned
in ten minutes the soundness Of the
tropical rule that it had taken some
old-timer ten years to evolve: The hot
ter the day the hotter the water. Feel
ing refreshed, almost cool, she started
back to her room, but stopped on the
veranda, her eyes held by sundry things
on the table, mans soft shirt, freshly
ironed, a roll of khaki cloth, scissors,
a thimble and one Of those pepper-pot
| tins of assorted needles. She stared
at them long and helplessly, her lower
lip trembling; then she went in, put
on her things except her frock and
covered its lack with her cloak. She
did her hair last Of all, by way OF
change, and just as she finished heard
Bathtub's call to breakfast.
Neither white man nor black was In
evidence, but even so the day passed
| swiftly, so many were the new features
Of the craaps changing scene. Sht
chose book at random; had her ham
mock-chair dragged into the shade OF
the dining tree and stretched out tC
her first lesson in lazy content, Grad
ually she grew drowsy with the heat
| but not so sleepy that she failed t(
hear from away off the far-carryinl
report, six times repeated, Of high
powered rifle.
Bathtub, squatted near by, looked
up with beatific smile. Master" h,
stated.
1t was two hours later when tn,
incident was repeated In every detail
save that the shots came from still
farther away; and about three hour
after. once more the thing happened
Bathtub rolled his eyes and huge,
himself In gormandizing anticipation
as he breathed the word, Mastery
| Andrea was vaguely interested unit
the sequel to those eighteen shot
began to arrive and then she wa
stunned with horror. Amid the shout
Of men and the shrill ulululooing o
the women they began to come In
beast after beast, each trussed to
poe and borne by six, sometimes eight
naked and straining blacks.
| First to arrive we're FIVE sable ante
lope, beautiful even IN death, the prou
sweep Of their glorious horns inverted
thick Tongues dragging In the dust
The bearers did not stop within tn
craal. but passed through It, chan
ing wildly az though they were en-
gagged IN a perverted Bacchanalia
pageant Of blood. Women and chi
dren STRAINED after Tiers and eve
Bathtub looked longingly In the diret
tim thov had eono tt,