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With Edged Tools
DY IttleNRY .STION. • MeRRIMAN
Mother of "The. Sowers," "Rodmes.Coriser," "Trees
Gessatrattkus to downier." tto
car.
coorriffbt, 1$04, bV HARPlik ee* IIROTHEIta
asiswoistaiisesamossaile.soaseesissee.ata.,
twade no anewer to Gurfa, repeated
eimplIcation, ,F1nally he mooed shak-
ing his head in nag:atoll and at last
breathed regularly, like a child asleep,
. Afterward Guy Oscard reproached
himself for suspecting nothing, . but he
knew nothing of brain diseases -those
strange maladieti that kill the human
in the human being. Ho knew, how-
ever, 'whe bis father had•tried to kill
himself. It was not the first time, It
was panic. He was afraid of going
Mad, of eying mad like his father be -
tore .111m. People called him eccentric.
Some sela that he was mad, but it
Was not so; it was only fear of mad -
nese.. He was' Eitel -asleep when the
nurse eatne back from •the pantomime
in t _cab, and Guy crept softly down-
stairs to let lipr in.
• They stood in,:the hal) •for some time
while •Guy told her In. whispers, • about
the belladonna liniment: Theo they
went upstairs .-together and. found
Thonias. °scud, the' great historian,
• clead.on the floor. Tbe liniment bottle,
which Guy had left on the mantel -
pike% was Ina his hand -meaty. He
had feigned sleep in order to carry out
his purpose.
They picked. hint up and • laid him
reverently on the bed, and then Gay •
Went for the doctor, •
"I could." said the attendant of
death, when he had heard the Whole
story, "1 could give you a certificate.
I -could reconcile it, I mean, with My
professional coasclence and my -other
,conscienCe. He could not have Wed.
thirty hems. There Was aia,abscess on
his brain. Eiut I should advise you. to •
face the_ inguest. It might • be" -he
paused, looking keenly into the young
teliew'safacealt Might be that. at
some future date; when yoif are quite
an old man, you May feel inclined to
tell this story." •••
• Again. the doctor pausoda glancing,
with a vague smile toward ,the woman
wlio stood beside them.. •aana, even
nurse," be added, not troubling to
finish his sentence. "Weall have our,
moments :of expansiveness. And it is
a story. that •• might ' easily be .dis
credited." . • •
' So the eccentric °ward- Leashed his
earthly =neer in the 'Intellectual at-
mosphere •of a. corouees jury. And,
the worid rather. liked It than other -
Wise: , The world, One finds, does like
novelty,, 'even in death.. .SOnie day an
American will raient -a new 'funeral,
and, if be cap only get the.eatept will
make a fortune. . • • • :
The world was, moreover, . pleased
to, pity Gay Oscard with trait pure
and .simplealempaithyL.which. Is 'eVer •
accorded to Abe wealthy' in affliction.
Every One knew that Thomas °gamed
had enjoyed affluence 'during his life-
time, and there was no reason to sup-
pose' that 'Guy would , net 'step into
very- eeinfertably lined' sheep, It was
Unfortunate. that: he should losehis
father in such a tragic way, and the
keen eye of the 'world save the weak
point. bales • kora-, at 071Ce. But the
coroner's jury was .respectful, •and the
test of soeiety never lick much as hinted
at the 'PoisibIlity that...GUY hi& not
triedhis heat, to keep his father alive
, Among the letters ofsympathy the
mug fellow aecelyed a. note : from
Lady ..Cantourne, whose acquaintance
he had succeesfuilia renewed, and til
dile Course he called at .her house In
Vere Gardens to express . somewhat •
irmely his gratitude.' •••
Her ladyship Was•at atm*, 'and in due
course Guy Oficara. was 'ushered Into -•
nee presence. He looked round the
room with a half -suppressed gleam of
Searchingwhich was not overlooked.
by Millicent Chynear Mint,
• "It is. very geed of you to 'calla' she
Said, "so Boort after.your poor father's
death, You must have had 'a great
detirof• trouble and worry. :Mllllcent
and I hate " often talked �f you and.
empathizederlta rati. She is out at
ita 'moment, but expect her back
Intoet at once. Wini you sit down?"
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CHAPTER. V. • , , •
;ND:What do you intend to de wltb
• yourself?" asked . Lady Can,
• teurne when she had peered
ont.teri., "Yon , surely do not
ntend to. mope in that disilat house In
squarer •• • a-
"14o, I shall let that if I tate"'
"Oh, you will have no • difficulty In.
oing that • , People live in .Itussell
quite again now, atid•trY te make one
th
elieve at it Is a:fashionable quaeter,
our father stayed on there because
be carpets fitted' the rooms. and -en ac -
mint of other aneestral conveniences:
He did not nee there. knew nOth-
ng of his immediate environments. ire
\red In Phoenicia,".•
"Then," continued Guy Oseard,. "I
hall go abroad1"---- - • • -
Will yeti second cup?
Why win you go abroad?" •
Guy Oscard paused for a moment 'I
uow an .old'hippopotamus In .a eertain
frican river who ,bas twice upset me.
want to go back and Shoot him."
"Don't go at once; that would be min-
ing away from it -not from the hippe-
otanius-from the inquest It does uot
atter being inset In an Afrietto river;
t
a celebrity? • X heard you •calliidlhe
'big game Man' the other day; also the
'traveling felIeW,"
' The specimen smiled happily under
this delicate headline.
"Mr. Offeard has just been telling
ase," interposed Lady Cantourne con-
versationally, "that be is thinking of
going off to thiewIlds again."
"Thea it is very disappointing Of
him," said Millicent, with a little droop
of the eyelids which went home. • "It
seems to be only the uninteresting pee.
pie who stay et home and live bum,
drum lives or enormous duration."
afIe 'seems to think that his friends
are going to cast lam off because' his
poor father died without the assistanee
' of a medical man," continnea the •old:
lady Meaningly.
At this mom'ent anOthei; visitor was
announced and presently made his. ap-
pearance. He was an old gentleman of
•no personality Whatever, wlao was
nevertheless Welcomed egisively. be-
cause two People In the room had a
distinct use for him.. Lady Cantonfne
was exceedingly gracious. She . re,
membered instantly that horticulture
-was among ids soinevabat antiquated
accomplishments, and she *as imme-
diately consumed with a desire to show
him the: conservatory. %hick she had
,had built outside the drawing room
window.. She took a genuine Interest
In this abode of flowers and watered
the plants, herself with muca enthu-
siasm -when she-remembereda .
Added to a numbei. of positive vir-
tees the old gentleraaa possessed that
of abstaining from tea, which enabled
the two horticulturiststo repair to the
ccinservatery at once, leaving .the'
young people alone at the •other end
of the drawing room. •
Millicent smoothed he gloves with
downeast eyes and that demure .air by
which the talented fair implythe con-
sciousness of- being alone, and out of,
Others' earshot' with • an intereating
member of the Stronger iota
Gal, sat Mid *etched the - suede
gloves with a' certain sense oraiteld
enjoyment.. Thea suddenly he spoke,
• coptinulng his remarkewhere theyhtfd
been broken Off by the advent Of the
•Useful old gentleman. • ' •
"Yee see," he said, "it Is only natural
that a great many people should .gare
me thocolcashoulder. My.story.. was a,
little lime. There. Is no reason. .why
• they 'should believe - In Me." •
• aa.believ•e• biareu," she answered....
"It was a .very unpleasant business,"
he said Ina jerky,' self conscious voice.
"I didn't know that I as • that sort
Of %felloiv.. The. temptation .was very
great: I nearla.gavnin and let him do
110 wak.a strangeraman than I.
• Ton kno*lawe did not get on well to.
• gether, Re alwaystiraped.thia Would'
turn out k literary sort -of feliote, .and
I suppose be was disappointed, r tried
• at one time, but I •found it was no!
good. From indifferenccit -turned al
a• meet to hatred. He disliked Me in-
tensely, and.I am afraida did pot:earl'
for
.)111ijillimeevnterywainel.11:tening rev''ely
witb
• out interrupting -like a. man. . She •had
1.
the of adapting hersele to her eta:,
vironmenth• In la marked degree.
"And," he added eurtly, no one.
knows Mile imeti .1 Wanted that ,theeia
thousand a Year!' • • •
moved uneasily and &need.
toWard the conservatory.. : •
"It was. not the Money that tempted•
me," 'said Guy very deliberately; "it
was you." •
: • ' • .
• She rose frettrher chair as if to join
her aunt and the horticultural old gen"
tiemen. • • •
"Toil:east not say that"' she aaid In
little more than a .whisper,and with*
out looking round she went :toward:
• Lady Cantourne. • Her eyes , were.,
gleaming *With a singular sippressed'
excitement, such as• one eees in Mit
eyes of a man fresh•from a mad run.
'across country. .
• :Guy Oseard rose also and. followec*.
more deliberately. There was nothing
for Waite do but take his two.
• "But" 'seal Lady Oattteurne
• '441f you are deterailned to go:
flaway, you Maid at legit Come find saY,
• .goodby before you leave." ••. '
•
"Thanks;• X should like to dna°, if r=
1. may,”"., • ' • •
shall be deeply dieapeointed it
you forget". eald Millicent, holding .out'
.
her hand, With a smile 'full of light,
lirenrtdsealhnivesta
tr., and •innocent '
Ditrnevirit werldly proeperlly Might
heve been iald to date. No Anit 00914
:WS 111011th had before that Attie been
preyalked .4poir to treet Wm, Nature
h4th.:e' cvrol7e3
ring°4 bthilleguill3gupt 41444 att.:
' meat fall to; eep. He wail a Man of
medium height, with abnormally long
arms and a eoroewbat tructilent way.
or *Sifting, as if hie foot waif ever
•
ready to kick anything er anY mon
,bo might come in his way. .
. Victor burnovo had Sent Ids bOatnieh
,! Into' the forest to and a 'few dates,
few handfula of firewood, and While'
they were absent isa Nave Vent to that
wild unreasoning passion, which, IS .$11-
'1 haled into the White man's lungs with
;;; th,evauirrsoef theilinoat009741tAryfir!cab. solos.
"Cttree It;, curse' it -elver add tree, man
and 'beast!"
i! Presently a peacefulness seemed, to
come' over him, for his eye$ lost their
glitter and his heavy lids drooped.
arms were crossed behina his head.
• DefOre him lay the rie,er. •
fileffilenly be sat uptight, all 'eager,
ness and attentioe. Not a leaf stirred.
It Was about 5 o'clock in the evening,
the Earnest hour of the twentaafour.
„ such a silence the least sound would
a! travel almost anyNietence, and there
was a sound traVelincover the water
• to him. It was nothing but a thud re-.
pealed with eingular regularity, hut to,
hls practiced ears it Conveyed touch.
He knew,that g beat was approaching,
j, as Yet hidden by Rape distant curve In
a the river. The thud was caused by the
contact of, six paddles with the gun,
. waleof the canoe as the paddhirs with-
•.drevathem from the water.. • •.
• *Vietor •Durnovo 'rose• *gain and
bronght from the: beat- a second
which ha laid beside the•double bitri
reled Xteillr which was • never In011t
thou a yard away Iron) him,. waking,
or sleeping. Than be. wale -j. He,
• knew that no boat could :reach it)*
;• bank without his fall permission, ;for
• all the rower d timid be .killed beforea
• they got within a hundred yards:of Ma '
rifle; He was probably the best rifle• '
shot but One in that country, and the
al -other, the very best, happened tole In
the approaehing canoe. . .
• . After the space- of ten nanutee the
• heat eame in sightaa long, black form.
• on the still waters. It was too far.
-awayfor him to distinguish • anything
• beyond the fact that it was a native
beat
"Eight hundred yards," ntuttered
• Durnovoover the sight of his rifle.
. He looked upon this river as his own,
and heknew the native of equatorial
Afirie% • Therefore he dropped a ballet
Into tile water, under the bow Of the
canoe, at 800 yards. . '
'A moment later there.. wan a Sound.
which can only . be written alattt" ba,
tweeze his legs, and he had to wipe n
• shower of dustfrom hie eyes. A puff
of blue. smoke rose slowly f.ver the
boat And a sharp repoet brake. the •
--silence a second time. - •
• -•Then Victor Durnovo leaped to hie
• feet And waved his het in the air.
From the Canoe theit,wes en:answer-
•inggreeting, and the man on the hank:
tO the water's edge, still carry -
Ing the . ride. from which he, was never'
parted. ' .
• Durnovo Was Me :firfst to speak when
the boat came Within -hail.
"Very: sorry.," he shoUted. 'Thought
• you were a native boat Must estab-
Mb. a funk -get in therlirst fillet 'yen
•knew.". • a
• "All right,a replied one Of the Euro -
peat* In the ,approaching craft, with
a corirteouff .wave of the hand, "no:
hannTherde,nweeXe.tWO avlte men and 'six'
blacks in • the Icing and clumsy befit •
One 'of the Europeans 10.3, 112 the bow
• while the other' Was stretched at .his
' ease in the stern,: reclining on the eon-
von.'of a neatly folded•tetit. -The feet
Maned was 'evidently' the leadera the.
api glad' we have met you,"
umapit:te be IfrItor of introduetiou
to You :fro* Maissica Gerdou. of Lo• .
•• Victor bnrnovo's dark race vhanged :
eyee-bilione, fever ebot,
unhealthy -took a new light.
• "Ah!" he aumered. "Are yet( *4
fritittni of Maurice athedou'el"
There was another questien 14 thie,
an unasked one, nod victor .Durnovo
Was watching for the answer. But the
face be watched was like a delicately
carved piece of browu marble, with a
courteous, irapenetralatt
•• met him again the other day at
'14(tange- lie Is all 014 • Edenton, like
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but yeti must n t be upset in London
b' -'an Inquest." , • .
"X did not propose going at once," re -
piled Guir ()Beard, with a peculiar smtle
which Lady Cantourne thought she un-
derstood. "It will take me some time
o set tny affairs. in order -the will end
II that." t, .
Lady Cantourne, waited' with perfect.,
ly suppressed ;e411flos1ty, and while she
was waiting Millieeut.Gityne Came Int,
the room. The glri was dressed with
nor nabiteaL portect. taste sand success,
find she catrikorWard With a smile Of
genuine pleasurth bolding out it email
hand neatly gloved in suede. aer
ship Wee loOkIng, not at /ktfilicent. but
et GUY Oacard,
' "Ah!" said Miss Chyrie. "It is very
good of you to take nity upon two lone
feinaleit, I wag.ttfraid that you had
gone•off to the Wilde of Arnarica or
feiMeWhere in seerch of big pine. De
eta MI OW, Mr, Nested, you tire Mille
FULL SUMMER SERVICE •
LAKE SUPERIOR DIVISION. -Steamers
leave' Sarnia 3.30 pan..,Montlay, Wedi4Ally
and Pticlay, tor Sault Ste, Marie, Part Arthur,
Port Williatn and Ouluth-Pridtiy steamer
going through io Duluth.
OtORGIAN BAY & MACKINAC DIV.--
810room kave Collingwood 1.30 Owen
8aund 11,30 part„ Tuattdays, Thutadays and
Saturdays fur Sault Ste, Mini* and way porta,
NORTI1 SHORE DIV.-Per_rtery 'Sounds
ng inlet and Preach Rival., steatuer leaves
Callinawood 10.30 p.tn, Mondays and Pridaya.
PARICY 80t3N/It & PglittANG DIV. -
&muter leaves Panelling daily 2,46 Dak, for
,,Purry Sound and way porta,
tiettatit and Wan:Union itoki all ratitway nate
sabot agants,
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CHAPTER VI. ••
• • VASS this country! Curse itr
Curse It!" "Th; man spoke
aloud, but there was pc)._ one
. near to- hear.. He shook his
Skinny yellow fist out oyer_the-broad
river that crept grimily down to the
equatorial sea.
Ail around bin) the vegetable king-
.
dom had asserted ite sovereignty. At
his back loomed a dense forest, Ira.'
penetetble to the foot of man,..defying
his puny hand arnied.with at dr saw.
The trees were not high, few of there
being.above twenty feet, but from their
branches creepers and parasites hung
In tangled profusion. .interlaced, Join-
ing tree to tree for acres -flay,, for
miles.
As, far as the eye Could read either
bank of the slo* river ivas thus &of-
ered with rank yegetatIou-mile after
mile without variety, .Without hope:
The glassy surface of the Water was
broken here raid there by certain blatk
fornis floating like legs half hidden be-
neath the wave. These Were. erode-
diles. The river was the .0gowe. 'and
the man who cursed it was Victor
Durnovo, employee of the Loatigo
Trading asaoelation, tvhoe business it
WAS tit that seation to travel into the
Interior of Afriea. to buy, barter or
steal leery for hie masters.
Ile was S. IMAM' fated men, With a
• squarely aquiline hose and a black
musthehe which Wing like 'a Vitlaii0
alter his month, froin the growth of
that ettrtaln.like 1i:twit/who •Vie,tOr
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A• -puff of blue smblie rose slowly over.
. • the boat. -
littIe expedition. while the manner and
attitude of the man hi the how Sug-
gested the sariltude of a dleelplined
soldier slightly relaxed by abnormal
circumstances.
"Who fired that shotr Inqtared-
Duanoyo, ween there was no longer
tiny negessity to shout. •
"Joseph," replied the man SD the
kern of the boat, 1ntl1cat1ni lx1s ore-.
panlon. "Was it a near thing?"
"About tts near as I care about it
threw up the dust between, my legs."
The man called joseph griened.
-Nature had 'given hire liberally of the
wherewithal for indifigelice in that
relaxation, and burnovo smiled rather.
constrainedly. Joseph was grabbing
• at the long reedy grass, bringing the
eanoe to it standstill,. and it was
some moments k!fore his extensrve
'month submitted to control. •'
"I presume you are 11r. Durnovor
said the man in the stern of the boat,
rising leisurely from his recumbent po-
sition and speaking with' a courteous •
savior faire 'Which seemed slightly out
of place lit the wilds of central Africa.
He Was it tall man with 0 small
arlStocratic head and a relined 'tuft --
Which somehow suggested an ariSto-
oat of old Prance.
"Yes," answered Durnove.
The tall Man Stepped ashore and
^hal& out Ids IniniL
myself"
Ttlia' Panaeraftil aaihing W Durum,
who belmaged to a difrerent world,
whose!eilucation was, like other things
abOet,blin, an unknown quantity,
"My. name " eontirmed the tali man.
"la illeredlih-John Meredith--ponae-
times called Jack,"
c.They. were walking Up the bank
ward the dusky and uninviting tent,
"Alia the other fellow?" Inquired
1/urnov0, with a haeltWard jerk alba
"Oh, be he my servant."
Durnevo raised bus eyebrows In
emnewhat cottemptuous amusement
and proceeded to open the letter 'Which
Meredith Mid banded him,
-
"Not snany fellows," be mild, "on this
servant,"
act!: afford to keep. a European
"I understand," answered Meredith,
with A half suppressed yaivu, "that the
country gets liner farther up; more
mountainous." .
to -
•'the proprietors of very -dark .ey
woUld de well to reMentheiathat it
dangerous to glance furtively to o
side or tlie other::: Tile attention.
dark eyes is more easily. felt Wear
glanCes of gray .or blue orbs.- ,
•'Jack Meredith's stispicions we
• aroused by the..susolcieoS nuteer.
Durnovo.
"There is no white man knows tb
river as I- do, and 1 do not recomme
• it. Look at .ffle, on the verge ot jau
dice; look at this wound ma bay arm,
• began with a scratch and has nev
healed. Ail tlsat corae:s from a mon
tip ;this curse:river. Take' my advi
Try somewlie 6 else." : -•• ,,
• "I 'certainly' shall," replied Meredit
"We will discuss It after dinner. 11
• chap is a ant rate cook, .1.1ese you g
• anythlag to add to. the menu ?a
• "Not'n thing, I've beee Bylag -
• plantains and dried elephant. meat•f
the last fortnight." ' -• •• .
. "Deese% sound nourishing. • Well,
are pretty Well provided, sea perha
you will give me the pleasure of $0
conipany to alinier7 Come as you ar
n0. ceremony.' i • think 1 will *mph.
though, At_issas well le. keep up these
old eustoms.a . . '
•
CHAPTtrt VII, .
N . that part Of Africa 'Which 11
••I
;. within touch of the equator life
---- --essentially a struggle. There
• • hunger ..ithoet. and where hunger.
Is 'the earatleas. ,wili be:. found . else.
New, Jack Meredith Was a past master
- in the concealment' of these, and' an
_tuck came to Victor Durnovo in. th
gulps) of itaieva ereatima. He had five
the latter and the target part of his if
itinm we
among d s,men i''w, n 1 a ho asaid,gry91 nr la catmle nt hl fi r snt
I Want this, or 1 want•that;1 and If yo
• are not strong enough tokeep it. I syi
take itfrona you,. .'
• Thai Mai was different, and Viator
Durnovo-didnot 'know, could pot find
•out, what Ite: Wanted. • .• • "
:He had at first been Inclined to laugh
at hilin. What struck hinn most forcibly
was Joseph, .the servant. The idea of
it mai saraggering up an African dyer
-With, a European -wanservent was so
preposterous • that ' It could only be Met
with ridicule; but •the-thiag seemed:se
'natural to -Jedi ageredith, he accepted
the seryltede of 'Joseph so meth. as a
Matter of '.course that after. a time
Durnovo neeepted bim also as part and
parcel of;Idereditn. • .
ii Joseph tocik off hai tog; turned up•
Is sleeves and Proceeded to cook sada
a,alnnea as lauenova had not tasted for
many montap, •There was wine. ale% .
and afterward a cigar of raja. quality'
as : appealed ' strottgle . tO! burnove's
West Indian 'palate. . _ •• a ••.
. . The night settled down over the land
-while they sat there, and before them •
the great yellow equetotial moon thee,.
slowly over the trees. With the dark- '
nese gen* a greater silence, for the
myriad insect like Was still,
•"So," said Duanoyoa returning. to the,
subject which lied never really lett his
thougith, "you have come out here for
pleasure?" •' . : .. '
..."Net„ exact* • I ' came cblefly• . to
make raoneyapartlY to dispel some Ot.
the illusions ;•Of my. yotth, and -I am
• getillag on very well. • Picture book II
-
lustorai taey Were. The inan who drew
the pictures had never seep Afriesta"
The eveaing.had turned out fici very t
differently from What he had expected
that Durnovo .was a little carried oit
bis, equilibilam. Things were • so wa-
• dable and pleasant In eoinpailion with
thehitbitnal loneliness of his life. The
tire Crackled so cheerily, the mobil i
shone clOWn on • the_river-stragrandly.
--the-ntindheVeliatter of the boatmen .
imparted such A feeling of safety:and •
, comfort to the scone; that he gave way
to that impulse of expansiVeuess which
ever lurks in West, Indlau blood. .
"‘1 sa.y," he' said, "when' you told inn
that: you wante4 to. , make money,
were you in earliest?" • . .
• "In the deadliest earnest," replied
Jack Meredith ID: • •phe half Mocking
tone which he never wholly'. learned to
lay aside. • - - I '
' ."Then I think 1 can Mit you itt the
way of 11. •Oh, I know It seemp a bit
pretnature; not . known you . long
enough and all that. But ht MIS 0000.
try we don't hold inuell by tbe formali-
ties. I like you. I liked the look of
you when you got out of that boat
so cool and self possessed. You're the
right port, Sir. lievedith." ' . •
•'Possibly for some things. -For sit-
..
Ong about , and smoking first delis
clf.....ars and thluldir, second class
thoughts I Ain exactry the' right sort.
But for making money, for hard work
and. steady work, I am afraid, Mr,
Dusnovo, that 1 ,sin distinctly-. the
wrong sort."
There. was a little paus$. DarilovO
looked rotrad as If to tnake sure that
Joseph and the boatman were out of
.. ear IMO- .
' "Can you keep a secret?" he asked
5i1.41adedknIiie'redith• .t.urneit 'and looked at
the questioner with a smile. Ws hat .
%,.:0-1 Ovine& tn the Week, nr ida .110.00.1.
the iit•bf tIhs1;.rest yellow ninint
fell fug aeon, hie .cloon out Nokia-I:like
rack The eyom alone tieems4 living. •
"Yes: 1 eau do iltaV
_ "I -eau •see you're a gentleinati.",
burtyavo said. "1*11 treat you, I want
4 min to 1010 me In Making a fortune,
I haae got my hand on It at Wit. But
I'M afraid Cot tbls COnntrY.- gatillg •
040; 100k at that howl. I've been
looking for, it too long. I %ke you Into
*ny•couthienee„ the first ,cower,
think. But there, are not meny raen,
like you In this country, and rat
beastly afraid of dying. 1 want to gst
out Of this for -a bit, but I ogre not
leave until 1 set tbIligs going."
Tak ti ; Id M
*I 11!
Q your:Ine int ereclith,
.quietly end, SoOtbiegly.. "Light that
cigar again and lie demi, There M no
hup:TliericCialvoe,o!ibetreeilsahlolm,mhaeleolay;ou wet
. he.a4irdcaonfiLitnt lenacylnethaaat 1 litive,,, mono:
Jack. "What Is It for, brown boots or
"PP.1738 ler a drag, the • Most expensIve
_••,
bared:rnit, they tree)? crnaannkoett do A44withouttheY1 trnaufirtnd't
they cannot find a substitute. It is the,
leaf Of a shrub, and your hatful is'
worth a thousand poem*" •
"Where Is it to be found?' asked Jack
Bilalecirceti, th, "I ehould like some In is
• •
"Ab you may laugh' noiv, .but you
• .
•
Won't when you, hear -ell about it
The scientific chaps called:lt. shahs.;
eine, because ef an oaf African legena,
witIch, :like 41l.. tleaffe things. • has it: •
grain of truth in it. The legend lea
Ptha:pf etrthleeemo°fUrreafitr,satiadf°1"tnidia because
they
they live on it that they are so etronga
Do you
7hoiluif insootwhier ate ayogti47:1,1aan'sd ayreint he
would take you. and map your back
bone across his knee?, •He would bend'
a gun barrel, as.you woUld bend.aoaniki ,
merely by the tern of his wrist, Tha,t
Is *Imlay...Me. Lie can hang on to' a! ,
tree with, ceie leg and tackle a leopard
with his .bare hendeatliat's Simiacine.
4,t home they are. only Just ber4ring
to and out ite, properties. • It eeme
that •It can bring' a - man back-toalife
whale he:Is . more than half de d.
\
There is . no knowing what childi
that are ,branght • up on It may turn
out tO be. 'It may. double the power
'of the 'human. brain; some think it
will," • . ' ,..• • •
Jack Mereditlatree leaning forWard.
Watching, with a. certain sense of
fascination the wild, disease stricken
face, listening to the ipan'e breathless
periods. • It seemed that ',Abe' fear -of
apath.' *MO hail • got, held of ' him.
gave Victor Durnovo no tIme•to pause
thr. breath.
"Yes" -.said the ErigliShmen, "Yes,
go on." . .
"There is :praCtically no Milt to the
demond'that there Is for it, •'At pres-
ent the only: Way of . obtaining it Is
throtigh ' the natives, and you know
their manner Of trading. They Send a
littleaaacitetadown • foto the Interior,
and . It. veil - often. takes two month,
and nmeite reach the buYees hande.
the money Ifi, sent back the same way
did each neap who. fingers it keePS. a
little: The natives • find thealeaf In
the . threste .by : the , idd of ' trained
monkeyii and. only -le ierrsmall quan-
tities,' Do, you . fallovi rata" .
-
"Yes, I follow,_you." . :
' Victor Durnovo leaned 'fiarwarduntil
his face ;wee :within three inches ef ;
Meredith's, • and the dark, . wild eyes '
fiashedrend*Iired . into 'the English- i -.
man'astetely glance.' .•: a .
"What". be bilised--"what If know:
where •simiachie :vows Ilite . a weed, :. .
What:if -I .could supply the world with.,
simieelee at my • own, price? ':Eli-h-lil
:What -Of that. Mr. Meredithl" .. .
He threW.hiniself Suddenly beat and
Wiped. ',hie dripplite. face , 'More - was: i
n sileace, the great African Mace:that.: -
drives educated men mad and fills aheaa •
imagination'. Of the poor heathen 'with! - •
'Wild tales of devils and Spirits. ' ' •
o