| Show JU-JU JU JU ONEILL O'NEILL I Ii i I BY TO g ONeill O'Neill N lJ wan u a n seasoned Ct t and a t 1 oll IJ ruthian He thi Hew w u un i 01 vT Th I fui lii t m 01 S had J n hi m tl nj- nj I n t hl hife yellow v skin 1 I nb lV tip and anil withered and amid re reminded reminded re- re minded one ono of f a n b bit or of old parch parch- I S S Ju Jim u O In the I oil III Rivers Rivera dubbed him Mm all and was watt I j i wl Q of the lie arini c nomon which n OB us thi timi HUle mu y 1 was sas U well wet turned ONeill O'Neill Y was 11 L In jim charge of jf t the the- theold I old ld cueto at ut n t far fal from City Cly H UCla t net st to lo work in i m he ho received i ill iI 11 n first st ch and learned and learned the native amative J language S the Iho l ht result I of or this hl addition lo LoS S n el few l attain men n is s was a that tm the th 1 I of Abco by leaps anti and i iI I i The Thc bb black J. J lic licor of or Sl Benin did dill not miot nil fall falli nilI allta i I i to ta appreciate a palaver 1 In their thell mother i with the wily O ONeill O'Neill whose 1 j I civilized notions ns of or a bargain found j I vent In t the he language of or the thet no noless less s le-s cunning but uneducated d null native of I the mime swamp ao and whine e e witty cajolery S u d bluff s goo good d lU nature lUIe never ne failed to lo overcome l the dubiety T and hesitation If r f the thc tattooed and amid half- half nuked negro In a j Jamb mb or 01 barter l' l One m evening as all ONeill O'Neill In him month and amid with accra helmet carolei care caro- lei y stuck on the back of or his head S stood on un his lila little wharf superintending superintend superintend- UI i in ing in the tho filling of sonic some puncheons with I iho thu oil of the palm the tho lusty oo Hoo I oo-oo oo of hl lii hi boys Kru-boys suddenly aimS announced an aim- S th the fact that th the English mull mall l had hac appeared ed In imi the river I 1 ONeill O'Neill ordered out his oared six i gig ig g ordered his boy Kru-boy crew ew and amId andi i was raM pulled off ott to meet the I lie liev v w s 's s expecting a box oT specie In Im Liverpool which precious ca casket t. t two hundred sovereigns and sIx Mix hundred halt half sovereigns HO was US duly uly handed over O to him by Hobson purser After 1 partaking ul-taklo ul of an un Iced Ice cocktail in fn the company of the thc skipper under n er erI I time the awning a of or the steamers steamer's I deck O ONeill O'Neill III hind had his specie lo lowered ore I Into the gil and accompanied it il to his factory r As ks the brawny J boys Kru-boys boy J bathed In perspiration rowed him up to the wharf he lie noticed a n h large lse native nathe canoe lying beneath the eras structure and amid between en the tun fungus covered half rut toil wooden u piles Calmly reposing at full ull length lelUth In Inthe the canoe lay luy old Chief Crowbar the lIt trader J who HS S ONeill O'Neill sprang from lom the boat I slowly Io rote e to his feet Gd even m he said grinning grin grin- ning benignly nl an anti and showing g time the horrid vacancy In Ill Ida his upper row low of ut Ivories Ivole which the Benin men com consider Iel Q a beauty beauty beauty beau beau- ty murk mark Oh Ob tt good cronin crowbar Want ut me Ine Ye ryce I get sIx ills casks oil aU 0 O go tilIng urn um tomorrow I want Jamb wi wl you ou fo dem deni six Ix I Oh all right thou ClO Crowbar bur bUl Jois go up upI I Ilie hl ladder H H. I I you rou Cot o tl u Bror look took out for COI that b box Bring it iton on un to top tOI to 10 iii 11 my m room JOHm Look hook s1 siu sharp iU I now Yost replied o u the headman ut time the Kru IU gang a AS h he proceeded tu lu move 0 the tho box from Crom the gig S The sun hn had disappeared dL the clump of tall palms across the river A thick gray gla mist la lay over O the time beach and amid time tho lights from flom the tho Lajo lal 8 portholes as th liner 11 lay w well 11 out ln imm n tho river could on only I be belll dIscerned with h in time the ever ever- deepening gloom of uC the time tropical night As s ONeill O'Neill followed b by Chief Crowbar Crow Crow- bar liar leisurely ascended the thc rickety la ladder to hIs us as he termed his private ate room loom three shadowy uw forms Corm glided from the t thick hiele scrub ClU and waited close eloc l h by the side of the time little path between ih the wharf all and the factory fac fue- tOl tory tory- Arid ml when the n unsuspecting Doltl- Doltl n tm with tho specie recIe on Oil his Jils back I slowly walked walk u up toward the tue ladder cra a long lOllS mimi arm shot hot out from on the lie sido i o of the time path math an and amid u t l hatchet blade love hove Its way itty deep leeJ into the tIme skull of or J. J 10 o 0 Kru boy who dropped without a Cl aSt I ii St l md lien the time box which had hull a from omu t th HIP he t negro's negros shoulder Imi em I ivus lifted d Jy eager han hands K anti ami K t quickly nove th In imi Ini i 1 which try cc Cl lh f w 11 vm ll ft tip p by hy the p Ira bid t rabid v I j a I III so 10 adroitly was n It tM Lii I I II 1 cemi that the tim i i. i men C ri I prize n won were lI t IJ 1 i h tt v ay ay along the along side of I the thi hI hII rI stilt body of T I jJ warm Hm the t i iva d. lIsco 1 I ONeill O'Neill moat and lUV Uk LIla a 1 aI i iI I n nad ad i 1 ivi vi lit In- ran Palm hither anti and 10 1 hither nilI on no I th the biO XAV SAV v and amid again h ho slop pl to grip a tl J bry a by jho iho he throat threat nl poke lib aLb lie lie-faco face close l se up to I iii hIll t of or of the Uie negro a ul his box 01 I t ti i 1 t- t Flip b boys slunk Klunk oft off one ij IJ- IJ I ml ie in hi In Inh h terror o of th their tJ Infuriated N And nd II ll f tm Ito I f giving 1 piece to In l' l roa nIOn fon I T Once or cm twice durIng u ng the time 1 I r ii iradi palaver vcr with wUll Crowbar ho lie hl 1 lh the chief glancing 1 furtively lI i U tard alj t the h e pa path th iVil hl which hl h a u 1 v fc iii i ii U b before barome he ha had Cl ted ONeill O'Neill knew Cr Crowbar r tl to I be y scoundrel and a u chont How often had lift hem come cross a a 1 k of l 4 w well watered in tn 1414 bu brought f t to his hta beach by Crowbar S Y h. 1 hud laid Crowbar wn in iii hi imi I cani enn to for flit a n cargo without bringing Ills His I W IP IC fully l I when a a. few tv minutes s later luter the black trader hurriedly bade him goodnight L and amid hastened toward ht his canoe S 'S Now W Brian Brinn ONeill O'Neill thie me thc W ways 4 of I lie tho of ot tho PW swamps UM as Cf fet whiff knew know thon then I To fe think with ONeill O'Neill was waw to act nel un and with a 11 grim chuckle he too disappeared disappeared- b In the I bush i Right well 11 he hl knew o-ew that t to chali chal- chal j i I lengo Inee Crowbar with the th would t I bo bt lo io give up nil all hope of ot seeing that r gold guill 1 I Theme re wi imo ro too limo man many mana way a mm a an ml l I means of disposing 1 of t th it 1 specie in lii inthe th the delta and ClO ClOI I would never I s to LU IlA u u. hand in lothe the gamut game The he cunning chief was ws secure In the knowledge that hi hl crime would n never vt I Ibe be tracked U home to him Reflecting Liun tU ONeill O'Neill tiLts ww running running run run- ning as m rant astas as his legs could take him in the truck track of ot the three Kerin m J Ho Ic know leno not that ho ht was wat actually I following the time criminals until breathless breath breath- I less nn and covet covered with the thc bl black cl slime Into he had several fallen falle headlong he hc heard th the thC sound of voices ahead Quietly ho dropped down dO on un h his hands hans un and kneet in the da darkness The thIeves conver conversed Cl freely IJ They W were VAie le awaiting the urr arrival ul of Qt Crowbar I who it appeared had them to await waft him here r. ONeill O'Neill leu learned I mod with satisfaction that the precious box w wax i witti them an anI and his hili hands itched to air 31 e Ui upon on It Buthe But I he decided to tu CUlT carry out th the plan that hat had suggested l It Itself elf to him as ns ho he left lett lettI A Abeo bo bench beech I Making a U w wide e detour In order lu to tio o of the Benin BeninI I I men mII he lu made hl his hiM V way 0 toward 0 lh tim luLl HUIt Ju Ju-Jr house c situated situated- only 0 a I few hundred yards ald further along the i side of th tb river j j At t t C CH every Cl dr dozen zen yards Iud or 01 so C he sank to tho tIme thighs h in tim the time u mud d. d Once a u Ion long sinuous w Il S' S Itself out oui of his reach a. a u ho lie approached ap i it It but hut OO ONeill O'Neill In iii the tue daik- daik k- k 11 nus mies' taw aan It not ilot Once 11 he lie plunged through mangrove man 11 grove gron thicket and anti morass im i'm ag aglie the lie little armies of fireflies like sparks from Crom a smiths smith's anvil II and half hail mad maddened by 11 bythe the tIme vicious bites of or the bloodthirsty t mos Panting antI and In a i lather of ur atlon ho lit r reached achell the tho timmy liny woi I erection erection tIme the dread symbol of or time the JuN- JuN J Ju u m mystery erected l' b by the time li- li tl In t tle e mull mud huts lu tu f firm u a 1 resting place for the time w spirits 1 of Ut the river iF The men inca an arid and ii omen omun of or lIlt If ant vii II parsing palSinA ill this Is spot at ul night light bowed their woolly head h in Lri 11 a and till hushed their helm laughter l' or am stopped suddenly lI In lit their theil califI ong as the thie n eared the spot WI ll UK lv river gods were ere wont vent to tak tak- III I i. i rest Retribution swift s and amirI so lU ui 1 b be meted out to the man t tIm lj 11 1 to wako waite the sleeping spirits n 1 i I 1 I horrible death b b- b torture must I I. Ifa hi- hi hir r- r fa fate fato I Sitting Silting in iii th the tha shelter 4 of ut th Lh i I. I h 11 lie Brian ONeill O'Neill Inv o 01 n. n chuckled a ai he thought of d tie l' l in Ill he m le had hail In for 1 m ri I al' al ary Crowbar and his hit black tut Ib The strokes 5 of or the Lime paddles ieli I his cars cans he crouched clouch d down until hL- hL mi hOtly bOll was almost flitt o on or tho soft ground and c calmly mb awaited the ui ap- ap i. of the canoe no t T I c pad paddie lc r I qt tJ Ing I th tho t ONeill O'Neill knew rh they y ir 1 l hey iney ha had ll l passed l C th flu th- Ju Ju-Ju- ho house se The he plunging ln of ot th tU paddles Sa Save 0 lJ by the weird ci of or h 1 jull ocr h lh the deathly of or the might was US unbroken n Th They y were passing the time shri shrine of U I. I Ij river N Crowbar As ti the sound struck the cara r I listeners rs In that Di cc of If mI mystery the crew of or lh the dugout lay ay down Iowa by br the tile side of their heir 1 and S1 in abject t terror I IThen Then as a a wild iW demoniacal lau laugh h tang rang out Across crosa cro crothe the river their the t i battered and amI their bloodshot eyes I in Then that dread voices volca Ic spoke again I Would Crowbar live to 0 see oo the Ini mighty fireball rise again above the orest and amid the river I In n maudlin accents accents the duet chief tt tiled le J a to lJ answer the thc voice ot of lh the Oh gr great t 8 spirit he ho ejaculated d with trembling lips and dried up tongue Sweet spirit what have e you hl with Uh Crowbar Spare Spare- him What h ha 10 me dono doria to disturb your rest The Time gold of 01 the white Came Camemo ho mo 1 ans answer cr S It lies at your u red fet If It you OU would II lic to see sec your women an and amid your YOUl little HUh UK'S again bring that HUll gold goh t to me mae In En sin slavish dread drca the paddlers 11 slipped pell their blades I into IO the he black nn and hurried the nose of th the tho toward the tin tiny shrine C Crowbar himself in an un agony of P fon and amid with perspiration streaming down his hideous ll face fac abjured abjured ab nb- ab- ab JUle them to tu make maim haste hUNto to ty propitiate the tT great at at fetish I Trembling Tm-embling hands halls lifted the l box ox from rom the bottom ot of the lie canoe and silently deposited It within the shrine beneath beneatha l a tt bunch of human hones bones an and amid up dried lizards lizards' skin which hung from 1 the tilL lop top of th the J Ju u-Ju house homm Then Tl time the black men like lile grim phantoms of the time night le resumed ume their In Iii the tho and ana swiftly paddled homeward A few ater I Brian O ONeill O'Neill chuckling audibly amid ind rubbing hi hl his skinny l hands together In iii an aim access of Joy and lighthearted lighthearted- W 1055 aros front from his hiding hI place a dozen yar yards s away from flom th UHf the dolls loil's hou house c as he lie termed terme the thic shrine fin and calm calmly entered tho the sleeping chamber of the Io river s. s Vit a u great sigh of or content he perceived that his box was amid as he shouldered it he lau laughed till Ull time the tears ran rami down his hils shrivelled race face ace Brian ho said I shifting the box hox to tu a position that would woul Sho him 1 case ease on un his imis walk back to Abeo in lit the darkness dark ness nels youre you're a 11 credit lt to tu Bally Ball menu Blarney all blarney larncy Is it It Ach but but- re e make mulu a a. foin faUsh the 11 lie gits sIts scarce ye cnn can Jine lie Inc ranks o the bad ball I an nn make mal your fortune bo ho ab- ab treasures s fr from m tho thu na gas r Ach Ju-Ju Ju ON ONeill O'Neill ld god |
