The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-27

ier recruiting agent niger at that He came from the
o he was op af fP o anG s a ed and
had paraso 1t matter to resist the
niger under Ahmad eldest Tiki to
which France France was kind enough to
him soldier and present him with superb new
rifle France quite willing that he should show his graft
ude by serving if the opportunity
Dazzled to himself considered almost Frenchman Tiki
signed and went off 49, 49, ~,
They dsmay each other and pulled face or two
there signs luminosity against the white verords But
could handful of Negroes the OF the m 90
oppose the inrushng tide of European civilization?
WEARS went by And now Diakau important
colonization Large workshops and factory were IN
development and round them wandered the few
villagers ean-chked and oowstomacked like many ex Doc
tors still there were But there
wireless and despite their ufferngs the Negroes were larry
One dav the one dleft to Ahmadu and Dz
seriously very disease which had carried off his
little brother wild with grief the only
him to the nearest station and to do that
money every child in turn had flown
there How could they keep animals mails without hsr an
naming link with happiness with life
while they boodng in silence their ot
tall black appeared before the door of their little hut
IT was Tiki their But they recognize him.
Tiki different from the Negro
He had killed, his comradesBassuru Diara,
Khau tell their tae? He had
But he was dsgured A jet shell had burnt
the skin off his face laid bare ehkbon his awD0ne too Mu
tlated thus, he beyond recognition 49,.
there another change of different order For this
bng shoulders years France he had also
acquired qukness utterly alien to him in the day when ne
about that he had had an idea He would not say
say? Why certainly for if he dis
fguredno great hardship that rich He had small for
tune in his pock-three hundred francs in French
ONE his finds the ruins Or he had grown
rurcefu European included among other precious
had been polished and made like new by long sojourn in his haver
If the truth be told from the battle
ervuhen
past outskirts the village he had heard the yepng
the n aE wbe S @ hy rub and e together
like metal foil And how had thumped when the tall oone
vew But he too proud of his ingenious idea let
the cat out of the bag he played his part and bned his solitary eye
but in silence and deep in their dream of despair
try their interest unable
to resist the desire show that he was he showed
which rolled handkerchief at the
bottom of his haversack
THEN old awoke from their dull Orpor thought
single mnd-if had of his the little
dying in the next hut would be saved
walking all the night before and all through
day till nghtfa to reach home he felt sleepy He yawn
and last dropped off to Sleep just where he was with the
And once again. the couple thought What
took his while he sleeps!
It the old mother who took it. quietly while the father
looked on; then both went out shutting 1.-The the door,
And thew sbuddered at the thought these two old folk their poor
old minds set fast on one single thought alone and moth
ing else besides huddd think that the means of salvation might
branches the of the little
sleeping,
fire to them. Then they hurried
pUT themselves they back dawn with
y began brush away the night
of before hem still smoking places and
this black pile charred body.
this backened
On by little hainTikis
Tiki! Tiki their son The old couple fell to the EARTH grooming
if their hearts would break they suddenly
had indeed been like
T There the they lay hour after hour awaiting the
bitter
sounding mighty voice ring
wireless the oudspeaker working
And the that they heard these piae creatureswo
hrustng the ruin desoan
the whole
inhabited by Minister
French Colones
And tread she brings in her hands
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