Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29

hut l viii call you ! will make you the
flames, and perhaps you VIII like IT"
And then one night when the moon was
full ! lay in my hammock and though, Of
Amanish II was-la about ten O'Clock when
! heard the faint tetale splashing Of water.
and then the hardly audible thud-,hud -
somebody climbing over the luggers side
Amanish / thought. Ny heart bca, WOO
lenty / was glad IT was she She had
come al last She had come for me as she
promised / sprang mp from the hammock
! saw a womans figure bent over the railing
But the next moment l felt keenly disap-
pointed
II was the hanu In the high, O, IN,
ships lantern | saw her wet body and face.
Al that instant l. taa.l-..s Inclined to be-.
neve her to be an evil spirit the incarnation
Of everything evil. She motoned me 10 follow
her
"Amanish" she whispered
Mechanically ! stripped myself Of wy
jacket. leaving on my trousers and my light
canvas shoes Slipping overheard ! followed
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hl3t- 4t=-reF Thought II ON trr CrtTTr fdnd
70 come I'M a boat would perhaps attract uu-
duo attention ashore somebody would See us
and from the look of things. I was 10 meet
Amaush clandcsunely, We swan towards
the shore the woman ahead OF uc She was
powerful swimmer and had 20 use all my
strength 70 keep pace with her
The Bajao fires could be seen 10 The dis
taacc 20 tho right We walked az least a half
mile The din from the Bajeo camp reached
Us even this far Suddenly the woman turned
70 the right and led me into the jungle
A short distance ahead I saw a palulcaf
hut. LkEelv that-I would find Auaush rtgIc
I darted along the path. a fire was seen burn
ing inside ran TO the door.
The hut was empty,
NEAR the fire saw two halves of a coconut
~ one hIcd with dry leaves and another
containing some sort Of liquid And then I
felt the heavy sweet odOr OF a strand orchid
| knew that wonderful aroma although I had
never set my eyes on the plant Itself II
was said 10 be found on only q few islands
near Tawi-Tawi and nowhere else in the
world have never learned its scientific
name Perhaps II has none
Hantu followed me in and presently she
arranged the embers She poured some of
the liquid in the coconut shell over the glow
ing Goals she urged me 10 drink Of il She
threw few leaves on the embers and mo-
toned to me 70 put a few in my mouth and
chew them
Again l smclt the strong scent of the
orchid Suddenly ! imagined myself seeing
it before mo II had strange white petals
and a bood-rcd heart 1t grew larger and
slowly l began 20 Amanish's face IN il
EXcrting all my mental powers I tried 10
shake off the spell I spat out the leaves.
My head swan.
Hantu was sitting opposite me
Where is Amanish p" | managed 90 ask.
The expression OF hantus face was blank.
As the flames died, the smoke began 90
take form. Slowly there appeared ghost
like figure. Instantly knew that it would be
Amanish I could see her bit dimly but
IL was Amanish. She stood there, immovable
her soulful eyes directed at me. She was
beautiful doubly beautiful in all her wild
splendor
White Tuan, I have come"
/ nodded TO show her that / listened.
when / ran away from the good lady at
Zamboanga and returned TO my own people
they told me that they knew I had the power
10 see in the flames. They say that before
me- my mother had had this gift. When times
are bad and their minds are troubled, they