| Show Bulus Bulu's Tribute I remember one a Bulu tribesman who was a year gone far In In- land and He was hunting an ivory that Ivory that thatis Is is s he was sitting in a village of the backwoods where the th headman headman owned an in Ivory the express object of desire and of his bargaining Before he e left home he hI gave his little fortune for for- tune une tune his collection of marketable objects ob ob- to to the care of Ze a wife of ot his bis bisho who ho was a Christian Two rainy seasons and two dry seasons seasons sea sea- sons passed the passed the measure of the white unite mans man's year year before before re reo turned and when he came home one of his wives was missing she had run away Another wife had a child did not wonder at either of these women But much he marveled 1 at Ze who still sUll sat in her house carIng carIng carIng car- car Ing for his possessions They were all packed under u der her bamboo bed And of her the neighbors said Every night of the many nights you have Journeyed Ze has sat In her hut as you see her hel today so has she continually continually con con- sat She has hns gone to her garden garden gar gar- den she has cooked her food In her pot she has eaten she has slept Just Justas as you see We have no word to tell you ou of Ze Then put on his felt hat that was made In Germany and that was his hia badge of office for he was a little of ot a headman and he put a lad before before be be- before fore him In the path with a lantern It was broad day but this was as ostentation osten oSten- tation and he made a call at the town of the white man He looked what he be was was the the old type of head hend- headman man and wan and without preamble he said I 1 have come comae to tell you that I Ivon wonder wonder won won- vonder der at my wife Ze She Is a person of the tribe of God I have been inland Inland In in- land two rainy seasons and two dry dr seasons seasons yet jet et that woman has bas kept the commandments of God This thing I know was as never done by the strength of a black woman though a white woman might be able to do even this I see the white women that they are In a tribe by themselves literally unique Only the strength of God Is able for such a strange thing with witha a black woman And I have come to tell you that I marvel at nt the power of God for tor this thing that I 1 have seem seen In my wife Ze I agree that it Is a good thing to be a Christian But as asfor asfor astor for tor myself my own heart Is too much with the things of this world And he went away away John John Kenyon Mackenzie Mackenzie Mackenzie Mac Mac- kenzie In Atlantic Monthly |
