The Washington herald., 1921-04-24

The crowd, tense with excitement, besan 30
elose In and matters befan % look dansercus
If we were rushed there would Be very
little likelihood Of escape
There is, however, one argument which
most people the world over are in position
to appreciate The argument. in this Gn-
stance, Was O busisess like pistol which held
u the thronr and influenced Kassui much
% the image Of Buddha had affected him the
previous night. Ths circle widened In
silence, the did stood hesitstins, 20 1
grssped the right moment and cried out, the
meeting ends" which 10 the usual formula
after Q discrsSep Of any kind
sueh IL the forcs Of habit thst the peopls
disperssd, sii sxcept hboioena, who stood
rigid in tie morning sun. his eyes bloodshot,
his face nariins with rase- Without sd-
vancinS, be assured NJ that un,es we rapidly
took our leave and returned vbence We had
come We would surely die q nost unpleasant
and untinely death. Finally hs tso departed
and for the rest Of the day 20 lived in
splendid isolation. Ths vinAss vss hushed
and quiet, tboush Ne knew thst ffty pairs
Of eyes followed M wherever 20 went md Q
whistling sling stone which shot psst ny
head st twilight convinced us that the trfbs
vas In no way disposed 70 renew trisndly
relations.
TSHAT night our hut burnt 10 the ground.
L Fortunately. We were wide svake play
ing chess at the time. The ERE gained the
thsteh before we Uncovered Il and We only
managed to save orr notes and records b.
fha r.fr lv~ n.,~ -
were also rescued and We spent the rest Of
the night encsmped behind q barTicads CON-
posed Of our sslvaEed kit. Although vs
kept q Close watch We were unable 10 catch
glimpse Of the men We heard stealing about
In the bush.
We took the situstion In our hands tbs
next morning and sought out Ksssui. Tss
pistol brought him 30 the door of his hut,
and with rs at his back be walled over %
our encsupment, where We held o council Of
war. We .nok infinite pains to make clear
to Ksssui that we bad the best intentions in
the world and did not want to uss our
weapons against his tribesmen, but that
should We have any more trouble with flying
stones and burning huts We might have b
use them In self defense.
The chief was not 90 dangerous 90 be
looked and depiored the incidents; In t.ct,
be assured US that we agreed to leave
the valley as soon a. our horses were
rounded up, be would undertake TO bold
back bis young men. BE pointed out. bow
ever, that his warriors. swsyed By Mbo'oens,
were very hostile and could not be kept In
hand for very long. To be told 70 clear
out at such short notice was, We felt. e1-
tremely unkind, but as little or no informa.
ion can be obtained from hostile people, vs
agreed to take our leave.
Just as the chief was on the point of
grinning bis Subtraction. Mbo'ogns again
appeared on the scene, and this time car
ried with him q handful Of the long. vicksd
spears Of the type used only In warfare.
He came striding across the open space In
the center Of the village and, seeing the ehief
in conversation with Us, made straight for
our group. SQusttinE native fsshion beside
the chief be listened 10 our conversation for
some minutes. Then, without warning, he
lesped to his feet, yelling a. he poised hin
self to thrust forward with his spear.
The butt end of the pistol, which esush,
him between the eyes, put an end TO the
seance. while Kassui ran furiouSly svty
from further strife.
A very sick and shsky Mbo'ogna reooT-
cred a few hours later. At large be would
have been q menace % We tied his arm,