The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-11

tlontinued fFom thkc
~.,,.s found come evidences OF the
,ss,. n. was after. hut his journal
s.a,S net have been the truth. The
-, who wrote the oiosins pssos o.
,n.s ,ournal must have bean mad |"
M rrenehman replied with no
change In his voioa
-rxceIiancy.- he said the man
"a wrote tho closing pages o. that
s,urnsl was not only not mad but
(. vas ~ clever that l have never
.s...a 20 admire him He was IN .
H~sp>rats pc..tioa. from which he
nav r~rfsctiy wvn. therc was no
.~r~re. and he undertook 60 do .
7 shius that net enly required the
.,undeat intsiiixcnee but II also re-
au,r,a A degree OF cieverness that
sss not bean sauaied BY anybody.
f~sl tina, ought TO stand and
uuecv~r whenever think about
Chauesnre&~
There was a sound IN the DARK
mess a. Of one drawing ones body
swiftly together IN a chair. Their
usa . sort Of booming In tho bis
vcscsl
-You asnars mel" ~ said ~of
COURSE. | knew what Chhuvanncs
wss After. lie used 20 talk about
n when We were shooting on the
wal He had the elsw. he thought.
70 a pst civilization Of an immense
sxe N thu great wilderness Of Can
nj Africa. little north Of the
Ccnga-
He continuea TO speak IN his
strong. firm voice;
Il xss not surprised that Chau-
vannes fcurd some evidence OF The
thing BE- was looking for lie was a
f1rst-elass srchaeologist lie knew
~ about everything OF the sor, that
haS been uncovered And he was a
wcca. sil-round explorer. none bet
ter. rf there was any man In the
world who could hav- gone rrom the
Congo across the old trail Of the
Ivory raiders northeast 70 the Al
beyt NysnxA. n was Chauvnnnes Z
can believe that Chauvannss went
10 there. and that he found the svf-
d<rcss OF the things he was looking
for: but the journal that the sur
vivcr Of tho expedition brought In
could no, be true Chauvannes was
lnssne when hc wrote tiff the ex-
csrpts saw OF II were not coiorct-
Monsieur Jonaueils replied IN the
ams even voice.
Our government. Excellency,- be
asi. was precisely Of your opinion.
whoa tire Journal finally came IN.
They though, ChAuvannss was mad
81 the end Hut he was not mad
He vas sane and cisvsr--hew ssns
and hor clever you VIII reaiirs when
you get the whole thing clearly IN
ruur mind n vas q long ttrns be-
fpr~ Ne understood r. aitho how we
could have h~en 20 stupid seems 20
~ new Z greater vundsr than the
hnhsstc bncsdsnss with which CnAn-
v1nnss Nd ne o1os1ns pagss Of his
oHuaAk
I sh1zx ~ nzse dew ~ gv< w~s
~ mskAs1 chauvAnnas had taken
- - - mt u Journal would
~ ~ Ag1s aftss ~ death Hls
0sesdoa written % tAs haek Of n.
- ~ tAs bearer VINO brcusAt n
= sosuA ~ paid fivs thousand
6encs ~ the executors Of his -
rita Ycu - he vas Offering . ~
ward for the thing 70 get IN.
Only one ~ the three men that
chauvsnnes constantly speak. Of In
hs 1uurnsi ever appeared. One can
IMAGINE what happensd 60 the ofhsr
two--shs sans thing. doubtless. that
happened TO all the persons who
searssd with Chauvannss northeast
. the Nyanza AFTER he had aban-
enned his sxcavations-
Tho big man beyond Monsieur Jon
qusile IN the dark seemed 20 have
eunposed himself TO listen. He was
ahnf. and Monsieur Jonqueils wen,
on:
These men. VINO were the only
pwspns alive with Chauvannes when
~ nnaily reached the Tsurf on the
morning Of the 18th OF December.
must have be>r three ef the most
oesperafs adventurers In the world
Lney were evidently broken men NJ
n end OF their sether. willing 70
xaks everything on a last chance. or
tney would not have Joined Chat
nnes They we're not men he ss-
scfsd. He never you'd have select
men o. this character. They ssem
2 nave followed him In and TO havs
literally annexed themselves TO h,s
expedition when he left the Congo
sast OF the leopold They must have