Show X — HOYS ' THE - AND' GIRLS’ — — -V— 'an’ rl(?it ahead of Usd seen R laid separate hut Here they ma ground beside a small flreout A'?“The old chap camo after us with long Iron which h®' in Then he pulled off stuck the fire'Captain Mac my shirt and did— this slipped down his shirt colktr and exposed the scarred shoulder that Critch had As the others gathered seen on the boat around with exclamations of see Burt could that the- scar of a except that cross was in the form the on us ’p'-four -the -wizened a zareba” “Wuat’s queer’ about that?’’ asked Wallace as the narrator paused for moment The boys sew a smile flicker across Montenay’s- face "The zareba was made put o’ ivory”at reply Burt once was Ills quiet broke into a laugh thinking that Captain joking Mae was "Pretty good” he chuckled “What’d the tusks into fihey do— cut up square blocks to Tnake wall?” But his mirth died away suddenly as his uncle made a silencing gesture on Monteclear “An ivory o’zareba” went around the “Made tU£lS nay set with points hut They were up didn’t get much curvin’ out But chance to sec then Wo were taken and given hut in(p the village was Mbopo to myself The young chap wizened-witch doctor reported to judged he who was the bocss was but thejrid speakin in my favor shook liis head an’ waved a baud at The Whole crowd the separate hut yell o’ set ’Bongo!’ Then they up threw me Into the hut "I stayed there for eight days too there just eight Ye’ll mind that were In the party slaves an’ myse but every me well fed me night heard a big jamboree goln’ on brought me evenin’ they On the ninth out The village was surrounded by thorn zareba an’ the whole the usual tribe was altered just inside the gates an’ three others tied feastin’ Mbopo to me up an’ carried1me look the place the of headpiece woodI 0(’ ’ bol is?" “It’s the the other to had do ' - o’ sign wi’ returned Bongo” what saw lar It 1 “rom ancient "I Egypt--” should say Ind!” ejaculated tVnllaee sinkfnir back into his chair Trtfd 'staring at Montenay whx his slipped shirt back Into position tliat rigTi is the 'Egyptian ’crofi??' "Why frhe ankh— the symbol of life and peculiar Insignia of Mait the ancient Goddess of Truth!’’ “So found out ye’d given me finish” repl’ed Montenay dryly time to "Mbopo an’ the rest staked me out W’hat wi’ the burn there an” left me What an’ the Insects that settled down doside an houri as pretty nigh gone The fire was out an’ just after moon-I o’ rise heard a steps near caught one by Then minute later glimpse of a monstrous Hon just as lie sprang an’ grabbed me by the wounded shoulder That finished rpe for sure fainted" and it Mi a ’ an-old I fellow ' MS ‘or I® ‘ I a Jf If ' Theytreated I r -fine I ‘pad-pad’ I a gi out--halfway loop ’ I I t Besides this the whole shoulder seemed a mass of clcatrlceff" "Yon’s the shape the bit o’' found in Yunuf’s packet’ went on Montenay when Mr Wallace interrunted him ip wonder’ "Mac! Do you know what that yin' it I long a suc-foot ’ E astonishment a Mi 1 s' “ Mr a A flll the biggest was village wo yet— Uxnxj I’d hundred OuUide huts say was the whole tribe waitin’ for us Off to side one near the forest was a good sized palm hut aqd around it was LION BLIND -' 7 A’ PAPCB ’ - ! i f ‘Careful “ Montenay’ he with said "’‘it- — remember "Well the matter details We a I J In oilskin “One which was a queer shaped tike away o’ doth bit wood o’ fool The with Arabic other was it I written can read the lingo and on J made out that Yusuf had been down the pigmy country an’ had run near across some yarn about white pigmies” tlung 1 a bit a faceThenthe white like ua” he continued white as an Arab or Their faces showed more o’ blacks an than those the they seemed to be overlords o’ the—’’In Wajlace broke “Hold on!” Mr with puzzled frown “Surely you that Mac! Tihere could be don’t mean of feudal system that sort here in no of heart Africa! The blacks the very haven’t the brains— whites ibave!” cried “Aye but the Montenay triumphantly "These white pigmies ain’t fools by ariy means as Now will ye quit Inye’ll sco later terruptin’ me?” laughed Mr Wallace “Go ahead’ and tho boys saw that Captain Mac in his Was really so interested to own story that he was anxious lay it them without more delay tell yard’’ ho “I meant to bit ye this later on went on “a as ye’ll see also The party o’ whites were in command of a young chap named Mbopd to took eath other first crack an we Well they carried us off through the Jungle for a week’s trip We must ha’ been on the edge o’ the pigmy country for we traveled hard At every pigmy village Mbopo seemed to get reports or pigmies!” eagle-face ’’’ Kr'i it II “SArrd 1 ’ -t hot-w e 1 ' t ptS"w“” ““ hVw w Then asked Mt Ki miicb they'd vffth me the wav we’d wiped up Yueuf for anythin’ Afte weren tHrted fifty xM U llU'e — nbZworked down slowly from hW We country fakin’ easy an ow LUthorin’ inally In sooils as so? dowhto touched the jungle an’ o’ the' pigmy country’ Then ' I fn ' i a It we-went ' ” ' it-began - ' ’ ’! J till ni : J --L ' h I -I StT ° 4- -5 4 5 ’ " - ” y’ decency Atfhe-word— ‘ the Zulus passed through two more o’ the white villages then struck a big stream followed tat for a day or taxi higher inally wa got into a bit o ground an’ struck the ‘biggest surprise ‘ ’ ' a ' nvej stretch o Beyond yam these' ’ -That -be”- ” ' 7 C L Thu cheering whs renewed at this and &’"s 'Mr Hopkins became angry He tried jni himself heard but’ thepopular bechciurtt object Icon rcrz placed before rhea and they shouted “orbes! orbes! ’until tho Erastus became so furious that he left the meet’ Ing in disgust —could have done — but ho vowed that the meeting had been “packed” with orbes partisans and that ho was wasting hi® in time addressing them After he was gone Kenneth resumed his speech and created more enthusiasm The victory was certainly with the Republican candidate and the Elmhurst home thoroughly satis -orbes’” -f y r - r ” t -Honorable K Thie-was--the-tnostHmpoHte--thlng-rinrT - 7 - 1 ‘‘ ' ’ people-returned fled with the result of tibe - "Joint-d®- j’ - " corruption ns y - -c'enn -rom her’ signs — a Of the e air as heaven’s’ orbs’ K'we look good l!Then all men should Voto-for Kenneth' orbes!” the tin ’ ' J’®’ ws appear J®st as we should jbe We are bvcu aaen Sweet and - confronted ’ and stood arrayed spotless white complete that th® of ’ who o ’my prefer pulled—away— each-child— youth tomake' tfiu of-private jalgn-paintedrsltp VMIa a the Jr tW rogardlesSj so pretty gown The surprise was so audience cheered shouted and laughed tor several minutes before silence was restored Tfcen the children sang another verse as follows: in outside-the’ loresc and r ' - o’-course the ’ ’ “-I0 this picture rights Lookon would you friendsand tell me to this?” see tfcls-or t-like-the— patches along ' -yoti vV y the We’re ’ bSto j us blacks-— an' they live on the big tribes around Palm huts lived well but to be seemed a system there o government that: beat ertr’thing I eVer saw vt o 5 ?? i llveon-the-blaeks— ’ st IVE) PAGE al- a -spent ROM Vr K looking curiously motionless protested against this the adver-' Users gave them a few pennies as a sop After this they gave quiet them small suras to paint the broad sides of your barns your board fertces and If to in to place signs In your fields ueuis you you ' we -"We started we o' the pigmies-r-am’ soon as we that come In to tradeXAs asked about their whitexrelatlons the cudd cruuuea iiks a xHiu ar little deevil out turned an put an ro through one o’ my boys no trouble We badthrough Inquirin' sofnp "" i-- ’ k Bil -r era day at the village o’ the white pigmies Man alive ye should W seen ’em! They seemed to”Then -boya: s a oth?g foere ’ stood to "““HS- -onrsel’s - — R (CONTINUED ’ I T ' ® ' ' ‘She before -“And" 4 intelligence ’’ r - thereabouts as a simultaneous cry went "What!” A and Mr from his three listeners up Wallace’s was bent sternly upon the narrator Montenay!” he said with "Careful “Remember re Dressed eagerness you to green hands are not talking It’s There could "Man the truth!” sincerity be no doubt Of Captain Mac’s and tho met as he leaned forward American’s gaxe There was more than his In There was an sincerity eyes conviction that appeal for belief a instantly The won over the others truth! But that’s only tho least of your proofs?” inquired Mr crisply Wallace rejoined the olcy Tfoofs enough Isa 1RHA 2 7" in Arabia fituff tho t B "Not “but betraying It unit quietly I ’ Ki® -w I I JI? things pretty general But what struck me was that while they were of the same size as the rest they were white’’ “White!’’ exclaimed Mr Wallace again His thin cheeks were dashed and his brilliant eyes showed with color longer doubted the truth of that he Montenay’s story The latter’ nodded pigmies'” ejaculated Mr in astonishment while a look of keen interest swept across his story was so!” story?" asked Montenay "W’hat sharply a tradition heard up In the “Why Sahara that there was a white race of down this way small peonle somewhere The Arab whoit told me was mighty and gathered that reticent about religious feature there queer was some If It to the tradition was one” “It was not" asserted Montenay of for signs excitement the first “Wallace time and leaning forward it found jthe white was fact! “White Wallace ‘ AUNT The ‘-4nassacrer"tai7'- they ’em that like Jungle a whirlwind inally there left they were only an’ eeven boys refused to go any further Didn’t do ’em any good for the next day the pigmies I rushed us well was pretty as played out by that time ye can judge When the smoke blew away five o’ my boys were laid oftt and I was If I tied up with the other two hadn’t been so obstinate about pushin’ on we might ha pulled out “However we put a good face on it They treated us fine but kept us on the jump for a week movin’ from place to place through the jungle or another week we were stuck in one o’ them pigmy villages Queerly enough they hadn’t touched a thing belongin’ to us an’ chop-boxes except the gun an’ general camp stuff o’ “’Bout the end the second week they routed us out early one moruln’ highly excited When got outside we found the whole village squattin’ we around ten new chaps who were armed seemed to wi’ trade guns and boss will 1 -a ? i NIECES JANE’S fair ragin’ at the way were pushed shot down and 1 tUieaci fast We went through o’ what happened were busy for three admit that Yusuf had his merits as fighter But at the last his and when wo nerve failed him rushed his zareba he and his men made ltelr getaway— leaving everything behind While was lookin’ over his Mound things wrapped up stuff two and ww-just- eagerness boys were “Trip before that I had met up with Arab dealer called Yusuf Ben Salir an what misused me like a nigger He was would a slave-merchant on the quiet an’ ha’ sold me upcountry if I hadn’t got I away was after him first and ivory next We headed off for the Congo line baggin’ a little ivory as we went “One day we learned from the natives that Yusuf was twenty mile ahead of us wi’ plenty o’ tusks and a big tradecaravan Two days later we caught up formin’ a zareba near his He had twice as many men but mine were picked ye don’t days suppressed W- HP A HAVTtVIWn -43E“ ‘ A- -'i |