The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-11
ONE OF THE WINDING STREETS OF MOMBAsA

Of the growth of the mercantile and
colonial interests of Germany in
East Africa"
This message Of goodwill was
More than once on that voyage be-
tween Naples and Mombasa he had
spoken to me in most apprcciative
terms Of the type OF men Germany
was sending out for pioneer work in
their East African colony.
AS suddenly as the sun had set, so
had darkness swept over the land. In
the tropics there is no twilight. The
sun dips below the horizon and. Il
few minutes later, it is night. With
the disappearance of the sun came Il
deluge of rain. No water proof ever
invented could withstand such tor
rental rainfall.
But the rain did not fall until the
I~speciai train, conveying the Roose-
velts to Mombasa, had departed. AS
the eX-president had set foot on the
quay, the large gathering of the Off
cial and civilian notables of the
island had greeted him with loud and
prolonged cheers. There could be
no installing the genuine warmth
and earnest cordiality of that first
greeting to British East Africa.
Next day at noon, we were to start
forth on the most wonderful railroad
in the world through natures 200.
! Our journey would not end until we
reached the first camp of the ROOse
welt expedition on the game-crowded
Kapti Plains-2sS miles from the
coast.
CHAPTER II
"Goodby, Teddy ROOsevelt-and Good
Hunting"
Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit, as
well as the three scientific members
Of the experimentation Edgar A.
Mearns GU. S. A. retired), Edmund
Heller and J. Allen Loring-were
dressed in serviceablelooking khaki
hunting clothes and sun-helmets.
r. J. Cunninghame, the manager,
and professional guide of the expedi-
ton, had come down to Mombasa to
meet the party and to help them en-
train their large quantities of stores
and baggage. He was going to travel
with the special train to Kapiti
Plains, and had been hard at work
since daylight experimenting the
loading of the luggage for the party.
In addition to the personnel of the
Roosevelt expedition the train was
to carry as far as Nairobi the acting
governor, Sir Frederick J. Jackson,
Lady Jackson, other government and
railway officials, and the newspaper
| men.
There had never been any secret
! l think justifiably, objected to news
paper men following him to or into
Africa. He had been kind enough to
waive his objection in so far as ]
was personally concerned; but he
made it clear to other correspondents
who had travelled with him from
Naples to Mombasa that when we
reached Africa the bars would not
be lifted.
"You can go to Africa, of course"
he had told us. ~ can't prevent
that; nor do / wish to do so. But l
have every right to insist that my
privacy in the hunting camps must
be respected. have not the slight
est objection to any of you making
your headquarters at points on the
railroad, but you must not follow
me on my hunting expeditions.'
Personally, think we all realized
that his wishes in this respect were
reasonable and that they should be
respected honorably. He had prom
Used to let us have such news Of his
shooting luck as would be worth
news-cables; but, quite naturally, he
was bound to protect the terms of
his contract with Messrs. Charles
Scribner and Sons for his book on
AFRICAN Game Trails" So far none
of us had the slightest foundation
for complaint about his fair treat
inert of us. He had been frankness
itself; and, moreover, he had even
gone out. of his way to remove OBJ
stacles from our paths.
Continued in Our Next Issue)
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