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Show i , S THE BOGY MAN. jjfi : f ; In 1713 a pmnll sIayo schooner from Jj the coast of Africa, lonml far VlrRlnlr., I r tos Mown far out of tier course, toward n I' tlie north, and I ut In at tho port of Bos-It Bos-It jl ton Hi J JW Tho cnrTo consisted of llttln r 1 than Hi ' & Afcwfnmllleflof CvngoncirroDiilcttlnctl ' HI , & for tho newi1ai.Utlmsof Virginia. I IBJ r (W New Unfflnndent tliil not then fwt tuiy 1 HI iff specls! ahhorrciico to riuvcTjr. If not Hi Hi regarded with porltlro favor It vm not ' HI Ht rrganlwi with 1 Ik far or, nnd tho flavor I ' found Httlo illOlcnllj In ilia poainff of I1I1 i Kj ' I cargo of men, omen nnd children to Hi ' j tho good citizens of Mawachusftt lny. H j Among tho purchasers vm Sir Lem I jH ncl Clark, owner of n largo tract iiflntM jH on tho Mcrrlmno rlrrr, In Jibvt Hamp fll shire. Three fsrnlltcs of negroes veto f bought It him mid tile en to his citato I In tho Trli1e rcM TjL t , Onco the tenant of An Krllth baron ij(y I ' V , lal citato himself, ho Inclined to play ffl X a '10 nronon M "' Ilnuipshlre-i. UjB ' ffi. main. A Krcnt stock ndo wan built in itlH , thocmlntncoovcrloofclntf thoMerrluinc, 'Llinl S i imd wUhlnthostocVsdo, nponthocrown II III r of 19 '1'1' f1och larf,',t '0:f otiso. tWf j , r Lower t own, hut within tho stockmlo, tfau '' ' y rero throe cnbfu of tho iIjto faint lied jK i D nud tho inoro pretentloui hnuie of tho 'juEft I families of IlnRlliih Inliortra who Ac'oin- IU . T piaiied itr, Clark to tho New World, iMf Lack from tho vtocknde and itntchln,: KjEj ) tothofootof omocliIT that funnrd tho mKjt t t nbutinentof uruKOof lowhilUunn n HE F j wido exnanio of ! ve 1 clcartnl land, on PHI ( which tho citato ntlBed Iti cum nnd pu- ljK $ tatoc. !jHf ' B Iloyond tho few chirred itumpi that jH. IB markeil tho edjo of tho clearing was th 11 " 3r f orrtt ill-etching uway at far iui tho rjo B ' H conld reach. WR ,H As tho Merrlmao m oiio of tho high- jDE '.B ways of marauding 1'rench nnd IudlAnnt Hi fj Uio Etockado v.an ery Jtnmgly built, mfi m nnd from embrasures in Its walls pro- mH ' jected threo sinull bras cannon com (HI t W mandlng tho swee'p of tho rirer In every HH J I direction. No fleet of canoei could JKB ' I safely pass tho stockado by day. Tho H1 r I importance of tho jdacon as so well rec ul 1 I ognlzed that 31 r. Clark held n colon In 1 fH 1 Ei commUsIou as innjorund tho stockade 3K W vas onicUlly stylctl Fort Clark. fling 3 Tho cUldreti of thu fort mado no Uts- Sf W tinctlan between whlto and black. The fBli H lllt' arB' Hanbcrni, Tvmi)S and 1121 w JUrsdttii pi Joed with tho llttlo Qua HI '9L shoes, Cuthes and Gambas nion terms VRv.j Ja of perfect equality. ElnfrlS children of both races whisked Hi u from honso to house. About tho hearths Hffil ,i9 of tho negroes tho little KiiglUhmen HfR listened with fascinated horror to wild HJ(E jj a'c of devils and cUl fplrits, ftreat Hmi 16 ccrpenU, lingo river monsters nnd tho VKnl sMm Kigsntlo manllko ims of the mysUHous BrV iS'lf continent of Africa, of bloody tribal u ljf! wars and human sacrifice to tho heathen H wl K0 Tho llttlo black lo)t ItamMof H9 (Br l6 Rfty cn ni' ffnontv! f dainty IrHlivm sprites and fas of merry I'ngland, of Httft illsl ood cheer of Christmas und the BHI'w parU of May Day. Tliorial story tell. Hntt kO ers stroro to outdo lach othir In tho UlE H- laanelous tales, but nothing so plinuid H jl thecldldNiiof both races m Hum Qua 1 M rtioo's sUirles of the Mumbti Jumlio, for H H 1 In his uatlve vIIIsro Ham himself had B M been tumbo Juinlx). jHK' TliO bin Congo negro enjoyed telling H1 li , how when a crime had 1h- n committed SsbbHu m bysomeiH'rsonunknouu.MuuiuoJmiibo IRvm f was culled upon to detect tho guilty one, HHf H ' and how, mounted upon stilts, with a IHI t long grass cloak completely tnshroud iHb M, lng him, a gnat falo hiad foKttued 9Kj' ft abovo hU own head and n pair of flj' iB wooden arms sticking out lilow it, bo LssHI IK stalled about tlunlllnso liko a giant Htt n terrifying the guilty ono until ho cou HjEro SB fessed hi crime. HtlUfD Tll -hUAieii delighted tohenrof tho IHify fB Mumbo Jumbo marching up and down iWnifi ifii thoiathsof tho African village, crowds IHiilJK Iff ' I)C0P0 dancing alwut him, beating on HHsVt ffl& tomtoms and singlug w lid chants. And Isssssv Tnf whou Cushee and Unmba gao tho bit- flH-nj tlojolloftliocanntb.il tribe for thoso H fcV wero cannibal fuinlllos tho satisfaction iHH w as complete. ! ,f Of tuo tales of tho English merry- lB making, none pleased tho litllo Afrlcani HS 'rt so much as Philip bullhorn's dtscrip- JH 10 tlonsof thoilay Dsysports, The jollity HH if of Chri&tmaa thry knew, for Lemuel jHujg Clark was not n Puritan and kept tho MHL 11 Chrintuus hoi Id a) s, but ttuy winhed to fB If dauco about a May polo crowned with Kf rl flowers. One Christmas night, as nil K ff) tho people of tho fort vcro gathered in HHa I '10 ' con,mon room of tho "gnat IHf I house," Mr Clark promised thut tho ai- lHg . ?l proachlng May Day should bo celebrated H In KnglUh stylo. I'hiltp Buubornwm HH told to tako tho matter in hand and jHgL' make any pre pirut Ions ho wlihed IHr 1 ,' Philip tianborn was jdcaited, but FLting Kf. 1 1 a cloud upon tho faco of his rl al story H 1 1 1 1 tellor, Sum Quashcc, he niked If tho Hf J i "t negro families might not have tho ufkr- Mh j ' noon of May Day for showing their na HsVl ' tivo games und spoils. Ht! 1 ' Tlm request was readily granted, and HH1 ,, on the next day Ham Quaaheo dragged HW, to hli cabin two well seasoned pi no logs HHfr , that had been left after building tho iHH u stockade, and for wooks thereafter em HH ployed eycry evening in carving from IHBL j i tho logs nij stwrloua obJecU which even flNHlM his own cJiiMrii uu not ulloved tc IGIR Jf eo H( jj ; Tho winter of 1721 melted Into an IHH! S h early sprius In Kow Hampshtro. The HH 5 rivers wcrofrco from lcoin April, nnd HlHiIJi tno Jlrit cnnora tlint tnmo "I1 tll JIerr jHHiltr i moo bioxight tho news that wnrwundo HHUrija I clareduith 1 ranee, Tho weapon and jMHllg ! do femes wero duly looked to, but no nfclHHlul 1 precaution vtrotaltcn, for it was n long HPH i I month's journey through tho wilderness ff snS F -onattf bisides It s at not likely tho $9hIh lL enemy would mo eat onco. m i BfUl )i a' )aY came at lutt and a tall May l('y?niv1i dccoruthl with wreaths of flowers V iff kl i ddJ plr,IH-'3 oI colored cloth stood In tho fid S ' broad stretch of greensward before tho i jsf.t' gatoof the stockadB, Around this polo j J "(J r tho children danced and pla)td old i I A EnjclUh gaujes. A bountiful outdoor rjlt ctlleil lh tntrrnnacr trnu their fnn. Hiutllx u-itlng what J 1 laced Itcfore thoiu, tlio oiler iiectrw4 eft tho other, nt tho fiat. Oolnit ncrow th. cltarlnic thyr illMpix-arc 1 ninon; the linntui of rocks &t the foot of tho cratfgy liilN. All tho inrtcrloiu thlngn Sam Qumliee hml lieen lauorlii upon for tho pat monthi n ldently w re liMden in thoclllh. lliorhllilren Im intlontly awltel the mlicnt of tho velnl proeeeiion whow Rrotevjiu trnnirenoM vroald cwito them thut lie-llghtf lie-llghtf ul terror nil children enjojr An honr iimc1, bnt na yet there wrro no lgm of lifo .taut tho heijis of rui ks Tho delay vrim uuaconritahle. Bai (jnnsltro'n oldest boy, JJjb, proposed tlmt they ,Urt ncrreu the Held to met t the delayed procctffom Tho other dill drrn eofferly nifreed, and otl the) nil ttnrtfd. 1'icHnc their ay orer tho oft tilowed land, they went toward tho hill', all tho timo on the alert, txpect-Init txpect-Init to turn and lleo nt nny moment to-foro to-foro tho apiiroacli of tho Mtimln JuuOio. "Why, they nro not nt lhocllfril nil,' iM Jlnry Clark when tho children chil-dren hnd rcaLheil tho middle of iho cliirlni; "Look oier the edgo of 111 em" Bum enough, thry could eeo dark fls-urea fls-urea among tho burned tree, nt tho bor der of tho foreit hastily concealing themtelrea from tho Kate, of tho little croud mi suddenly turned tiptjn theui. "1 iuiw 'einl crlcl Luko Hintwm. "Ono of Vm h id a feather lint on. 1 could co It jmt na riLihi, but I didn't ten nti) body on tlllMwith nfal'ofiicc. LolV (jo oi rf " "K tcWir nway to fro any nulla or fnlfto face, nnd wo ha 1 better atny here m raid rtlnieoTenney, tho oldent of tlo gionp. Juatnt that 'moment Ihtro roundeil from tho fort tho haridi blaro of tho tnimjiet UKoltocall tho lalioreri from thulloldj at lnealtline, Lookinir back tho children law a tmlden Ihuh of fl line, nnd a deep roar of n caniw m rorerlxratt d amoinr tho lillla, Thoneit In.lant tho rrackloof muftketry caino faintly frntu tho Mcrrlinaci It waa nnnmrnl from tho fort; n bloud curdling war whoop Inint from tho hIro of tho cltnrin, near them and three Indian Mnrrlor yalied from nniim,; tho Mump and cniuo lenii-lug lenii-lug towird tlunnl Almoet b foro they conld turn toward thu furt loud drum jienla eouuded from tho lock, nt lie font of tho lillla. A If In reply to the war whuupa thero rang forth tho wild, aaraee, African battle cry. Thcrp rtnlkc-d forth into thoclear lng two Immense, hideoua giants, no coiuitanted by four atrangdy liedctked crcatnrea tientlng on tomtoma and fcnainlng forth tho bnttlo cry of the Ansgari cauulUil), Tearful, huge, led dUtortcd gonhea of moatlia, Lnubby, black rhttka, terribly ttai)ng whlto (jn, nllogcther diabolical faica hid tlveao tnogianU, atalklng .tflllycut of tho clearing. Hcarccly lcaa lerrlf) ing wire tho liepiluted criatunawltli mooko horn rlftlug ubolo thdr Inada, who leaped nud danced along beforo tho gianta. Away, with lond alirlcka, tho children tmhed toward tho fort. Tho Indiana halted nmazed. Tho glanta und their nttendanta halted too. Ihey had Jut dlicoiciiil tho Indiana, They had thought tho firing of thocannou n saluto In honor of tfa day. The Indiana heailated, and the JIiiiii-bo JIiiiii-bo Jiimboa healtated. lint ono cannot etand ellll ouatilta. Tho fallout of tho Mumbo Jumbna Htac gercd forward and one of tho Indian turned nud lied. Tho other gl uit ud Minced, tho ntUudnuU atnick tlulr druma ngnln, and ugaln tho horrid Alia gnri w ur aun,( pealed fottli, and tho at o und IndLin folluwed thoflrat, Tho third Indian dropid on ono hnto, nnd beforo tho Mumbo Junlboa conl 1 turn ho drew n bead nnd rent u bullet c mailing through the wooden forehead of Ham (jualuo'a luaak, Tho giant neither fell nor faltered, nnd with u cry of terror tho lait Indian ruthed uf ter Ida Lomiunlona dow n th. riler edge. Won ly.ua bellllliig their bnnocon-queate bnnocon-queate and tho M)flnea of tho ground, tho proeeealou of MuuiIni Juinlioit aane.1 ncroM tho field and througli tho gato of tho fott wherothochlldreu had Juat preceded pre-ceded them. Tho Idol, of Africa had overeoiuo tho riMtaklua. Tho rialng gen eration of Clatka,Tenn)a, Banbuma nud Mnradcna would ncier doubt that fact. Jlcautluio tho white coatenl Iwdyof n rrench olllcer went wonting donn tho river, und two ennoea rapidly dlaap. liearnl up tho river. Tho attack upem Tott Clark had been repulsed. The war with 1'runco bad begun. Atlanta Con-ttitutlon. |