The Winslow mail., 1924-04-25
by
VICTOR
ROUSSEAU
oopyRictTr by Wc CHAPMAN

made upon the paper were meaning
! less.
An inquest had bsen held promptly.
| Burns had been axonerated, and ver-
! dict of justifiable homicide returned.
! WintOn's evidence was taken at his
| bedside for the information Of the
Bechuanaland police, who hoped to
round up the fugitive.
Van Vorst's action was the most
inexplicable part of the affair. The
| general opinion in MalOpo was that
the man, known for years as the most
| crafty and cautious purchaser Of
| stolen stones in the country, had sud-
! denly developed streak of vicious
ness and adventure. There had been
talk of sending a body of police into
| the native territories in pursuit of
him, but ultimately it was decided to
telegraph all the border posts to watch
for him. Through one of these Van
| Worst must eventually pass on his
way back to civilization
What surprised MaIOpo most, per-
haps, was the fact that Van Worst had
gone to such pains in order to secure a
I single stone of no extraordinary value
at least, not of enough to make it's
7 possession worth Outlawry Winton
| puzzled over this for some time until
/ Sheila's explanation suddenly came
! back into his memory
If Davis and De Witt had plotted
q in To io+O
their power, they would stop at moth
ing; and they must have some knowl-
edge of the claims value which he
lacked.
Being strictly forbidden to leave his
bed for some days, ON account of the
fever induced by his wound and sun
stroke, Winton fumed and fretted in
his bed He was sure everything in
rhe compound was going wrong in
| spite of Sans assurances that he was
personally supervising things
Seaton had disappeared, and every
body suspected him of having be-
trayed the whereabouts of the stone
to the conspirators His detection was
a serious loss Winton would almost
have forgiven the old man If he had
returned.
You are sure everything is going
right, Sam?" inquired Winton for the
tenth time
Indeed, yes, sir. believe, Mr.. Gar
rett, that you will have an agreeable
shock when you discover the success
of my new methods answered the
negro.
whats that? What methodist"
| WintOn demanded.
81 have introduced a few changes in
management, sir, based upon the theory
that the Bantu is essentially human
am endeavoring to introduce the idea
of social cooperation among our la
borers".
"All right groaned Winton, feeling
that remonstrance was hopeless.
"Don't go too strong though, and
watch the devils carefully for stolen
stones"
THAT, Mr.. Garrett is where my plan
enters" replied Sam with dignity. "It
is my belief, sir, that the socalled
primal instincts of the Bantu race,
which is enormously supposed to dis
regard the distinction, in its finer
shades, between meum and tuum, are
as mythical as the legend which falsely
ascribeS to it an abnormal taste for the
gallinaceous avian of the edible do
mesticated species
"Well, Sam?'
'And so, sir, l believe that by treat
ing the Bantu as a man and a brother,
he can be aroused to ethical idealsm.'
"Well We'll see" answered Winton
! For Heavens sake go slow, and above
all don't let them leave the compound
without the most careful searching"
When at last Winton was able to
leave the cottage he went at once to
the compound, to discover that dis
cipline was practically in allegiance.
The negroes stared at him ins0lendy
as they dawdled over their tasks. Win
ton could not reprove Sam very sharply
/ in view of his obligations to him. He
| did however. put him back in his old
position as night watchman.
Sam was almost fearful, asserting
/ that his plan was just on the verge Of
success, and Winton, to comfort him,
! left the sphere of his duties little un-
defined, situation of which Sam was
/ TO take the fullest advantage.
Winton realized that to put a negro
/ in charge of negroes was a hopeless
| proposition. The natives would not
obey one of their own color. He en-
/ gagged 4 new compound manager to
/ take Seaton'S place, n little man named
| Tosephs. tough and why, who had been
| favorably recommended to him some
| time before, ana was known to he eff
/ cient and honest
Josephs was one of those little men