The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-03

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III. man Glanced at his hut and
turned his bars ON III with S.gh.
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,rb. mans r.uruaS, won out. Andrea
drapped h.r eyes and followed him.
He PASSED swiftly through the kr;"u .
and ,rlpr- q we'I-Nunvu path that led
10 the fringe q the forest. Under IN .
auorru.us maflta tree the butchers
wore ut WORT. four 10 each carcass. r.
sliDuiug. cutting, hacking with pr1c- .
ticed hands The meat was being piled
in hegpS. and nj each heap WAS sta /
Toned q blac5 cantain. Under his .
direction Il host of helpers were cutting
tho flesh into minute portions.
Revond tbe limits of the trees far
flung branches souatted IL black army
mon with ossecaiS in their hands;
women and children with queer conical
boskets in their lapS. Physically these
naonIa were without exception. a JOY
20 Tho owe but beyond them grouped
/ together under another tree and hope
Iessly staring. was Il small band that
brought sudden tears to Andrea's eyes.
Never before had she seen human
homes and skin without flesh, live eyes
staring from the skeleton emblem of
death.
AT last the division of the sangui-
nary snoiI was completed. The we'll
fod army lined I'M each and every man
accomnanied bv woman or child rs
beast for the small burden. These men
were also provided with individual
brass checks. which they cast into
tbe baskets Mt the feet of the captain
unon recent of their portion of meat.
AT the end. TO Andrea's amazement,
the tally was exact except that it left
the starving group out of the count.
Through il all tho white man had
stood grimly by, uttering not a word
and leaving her To the assistance OF
her own intelligence. She began TO
understand; the possessors of the brass
checks had worked for them. But her
eyes fingered pitifully on the starving.
She turned 10 the man with ges-
ture of Misunderstanding for pardon
for herself mercy for the silent suffer
inc "Wbot about these?" she asked.
.Tbev will receive n ration of mil
Lot" he answered. Tomorrow the
mon will crawl 70 the forests, twice Il
reel tbav will get meat checks. In Il
month they and their families will be
fat and sleek. We refuse no one who
wishes TO work"
He turned TO lead the way back to
! the craal and, once there, promptly
disappeared into his hut. Half an hour
: later Andrea was nervOusly, moving
about her room. wondering whether to
;, put on her frock or not, when Bathtuh
-, arrived with a message. Did she wish
? to dine alone or with Msungo!
Tell your master" she answered
= that | will dine with him with pleas
: ure."
9 During the meal, the white mai
:, talked. giving her listlessly certain eX
planatOry information. Eight months
, ago" he said, II struck this country
= 1t was desOlation. In spite of the hi:
. river. which is quite near by, the whole
~ district was in famine. / passe'
through ruined krahl after ruined
g kraal. and in some of them dead bodle
- lay about, too dried out in life eveI
1 To rot. The game swarihed as IL zoe
only in dry seasons, and thrived.'
- Andrea held both hands out tOwar
- him as though TO stop him. Don't,
:. she cried. don't think l haven't vi
derstood,"
a upon my word" remarked the ma
dryIv. you're getting sincere!''
She sank back in her chair with
look of reproach. but he did not motto
~ # "rm telling YOU" he continued, g
-, c,,ne to hunt and recover" III
- naused
:, Andrea could not keep her eyes fror
:, oIancing toward the airplane. 1t wa
os thouqh she had followed his hidde
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