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ManI Continued from first page, this section. settling all those disputes which could be deterined without recourse to legal argumeAt. In this manner he sifted to a ininimuim the cases to cone befoie the soleno conelave of chiefs. Oin the first ovcasion that Andrea witnessed this tribal cereinony which -occu:;rt d (::onthly at a certain stage of the r.mo,:n, she befan by feeling huffed but. laail an audience for her mood, . ou:ve it up for one of scornful urn -- . v. ich. in turn, surrendered to :.: i --!ht nhiuoSt amounted to iv y. 'The (;a in <uiiestion began with ihr vi: t ii'oriation froni M'sungo, . r irefully grooined and, e met I inl her experience, s is l uftI; that she zn!utee herself for -. - hut his 11id. Mysti -v v 4 nit., un.id wnwia was 11a1-1d T. .. ofth I throne of -an .n Iiw a a an ci It rtilti'i vcu 1s.~ ~~~~w N.!"-'4tLO : I4/i -- 'a ert !tvueortnaoiv -h - it in tho pre.+ +m - - , i t t . vt 4 :tt ever its rti e. Th all-it' m:: 'vi.' ::uO l the ird mes dt y. ~to irumble of a doz-n Ito:. lift , i>-ei nta iv e u en -:.ety d tis the heiten court, of 'Those ntv4 whoi ineked the royatl alrt-iumkere acu o nh1k'illr4ol their -.veIl ht a vs Itis of serrated and ,concent~ric circles of wichl the inner mnost leftl anl openl sceWhose peri iphery vws determnined by the exact -eircumiference of the wvide-mpreadinv iromaches of the treev. Andrea coughIed softly bit di'sidig did not. look up-in fac tobody leoked l1p. It was ex .elly -- though she we. not. Si lipef.d to the Itnk of a tree and MewneI e'i ono lind. placell agaVt it Sh')(;iow it seeitd an citly fr . I an elipty world, Tie preliminary palaver was a mat ter of utich leistrely (ereiony, gut tural pronouncements, grunts, pauses, more monologues, repeated grunts; but, once it was over, M'sunigo settled back with a sigh and started dispens 60 diptcel ae itsee to Anratath ee Twolen Jasthe; net a therateof about ajstfe foh r eter rtwo mnthat E'eeilt(imes out of tenner itm would henth pasthergae.udcm oko Iulleiwonde ato Atheeaulpit's naee whereupon he whoe tan t woutate eatence t he faese were te n a eajch, andtot e xcept ioouees nc. ren-te tn tuhe; nexutta ofrte prshenet h And ea las; suen y atwh ae of M'sutg' ice forubetay wddrnes. tohe tmhouth en hep ictime wouthe frieontphl and witraw in atnls tone logue case tfheereol comeuningokith .lo,"th sid. "atc thepitr faces. wliereupntv that white hs wentenc teene just, tak ses were anaphoentic are~ h ahne tou ,ndea he'no cn t.e never ofe rong, aTthey tnkl'ma wn denextwar o One cse avoie ndtabldy wasdrepar t.o erm inae t wheye ato nthet was conpleted M'sungo dropped h: eyes for the first time and sat for i long while with bowed head; then h drew erect, looked the prisoner in til eye and spoke three words. A gray line crept Into the black's face as ht turned away. "I have surrendered hin to the justice of his tribe," murmured M'sungo. "Poor devil !" And Andrea knew that she had witnessed the pre cursor to an inevitable sentence of death. That night M'sungo was too tired to talk and excused himself immediately after dinner. Andrea read until her eyes ached and then went to bed won dering if she were feeling only..slight ed or if existence were actually be coming monotonous. She shrank from the latter admission for site know that, once made, it would shatter the longest run of sheer peace of spirit which she had experienced in her short but much bored life. Site need not have worried. When she stepped out early next morning dressed for the field in compliance with a message from M'sungo to put on her roughest and toughest she was so excited that even the memory of her donbt was blot ted from her mind. Something was in the air of the craal that could be felt rather than heard, the sort of something that one could imagile pos sessing a hive just before it began to hum. M'suingo was already siLting under the dining tree engaged in a diminu tive palaver with tiree wizened blacks wiho squatted oil tlhe, grouniid Sqtlllt Ing up at him and speaking in turn in answer to his paItient qutstioning. Around thiei bit at. i respectful dis taie were gathered various members of the (--eanip's liersonal staff. On the faces of tile wizenel three and also ol M'sungo's was the same look of fanatical exaltation, the look that pro claiis anly group of diverse milen brothers at heart. "What is it?" asked Andre.i, breath Iess from hurrying. "ilepanliit," repliedi A'sumgo. lie drew a chiir to is1 side. "8it down," he said softly as On1e whose mind is hli if-narcotized amd fearfil of losing the dream, "Watch and listen, for these ien bring great tidings." Ilie stlled almost like a boy. One of the wizened prodlced a thie waid, about twenty inclhes in length, freshly broken at one end. lie passedI it to is companions; who stared at it as though they saw it for the first iln stead of the hundredth time, fingered it, gurl1-d over it and finally gravely hiided It to M'stingo. Ile went through uore or less3 the same paroces ' and re tarned it to the man who first pro. duced it with what was apparently a slighting remark. The man glanced ip with a pained look on his face, arose, laid the wand on the ground as a neasure and with laborious tingers began to trace a mighty oval. Ml'sungo leaned across (lte table and gazed with fascinated eye; Andrea, watchIng him, could see the pulse throbhing at his temples. le was a new M'Aungo, somebody young, approachable, lovable, ani eager boy. She leaned close to his shoulder. "Please, While Man," she murmured, "please tell me." Without turning be put ole hand out all,] grasped her wrist as though to still her. "The little mian," he ex plained, "is drawing the spoor of a mighty benst. Look at it and learn it by heart, for it will be a phlotographl." HaTivinig completed tihe ci rcumiference of his oval, tile native was making various tracings on its face, dilviding it as with a maze of tracks. Whlen he hlad apparently finished, lie sank back on his iheels and gazed critically at hisi handiwork. "Watch," said M'sumgo. "Biefore he gets up, he'll put In somie mark, some distinctive feature thaitidistingulshes this spoor from all others." No sooner had he spoken than the bllack leaned forward and1( with a sure touch deepened two of the cracks till they formed a long narrow V irunning diagonally hlf aeross the oval. Thlat done he turned abruptly from his drawing, jolined his comrades, turned his back on M'sungo and unistopp~ering a cartridge case, proceeded to take snuff. M'sungo straightened with a long quivering sigh. "It is wvell," he said un dialect. "We will go." T1hie thlree wizened men noddled their heads many times and grunted. With no further instruction, gumbea rers, witlet- boys, trackers andl Marigueri te's at tendanat scatteredl to their various pr-epara tions, hindered by exci tedl womuenl antd chIldren. Thet campli ihummied. lBathtub slapp~ed breakfast on the table and then stoodi on one foot, then on the other in imptatience. On the faces of all was the same half-smile, the samon look of suppressed but mighty" antici pation. M'sungo ate a few kouithfuls but they seemed to choke him, ie pushed back his plate, stuffed his pipe full and lit It. Hisl eyes played over An drea's face and fired hers with their own brilliance. When he spoke every word thrilled her as though this won derful morning were surcharged with an emotional current sensItive to every sound1( and movement. "Andrea Pellor," he said with a hlap py twinkle of mock solemnity in his glance, "1you are about to be Initiated into the mysteries of the major guild of many centuries, the closest corpo ration of sport in tile world ; in three Words, the society of elephant hunters. You will p~robablly witness death and I hope and pray It will be the death of the hunted, but for tile comfort of 'your soft heart let mte tell you that to day we go forth not to slaughter but to battle." He turned his eyes from her faci' and continued ha a more serlous I strain:i "The huinit or nlennhhnn in it science. It is a crescetido of delicate ly balanced factors that starts fro two distant points and beginning on I cool foundation of mutual respee passes upward through stages of in telligence against intelligence, cautloi for caution, perseverance on the heel of endurance, until It meets on th< h1igh plane of naked courage an( sweeps to its tragic climax of white hot battle and death." His eyes came back to hers frankly "Like all the great sciences," he con tinued, "it has used the lives of val lant men for stepping-stones so tha we who go out today are backed b3 the age-long sacriflee of a noble com pany.' Looking back only to the day of black powder and the four-bor rifle we are mere pygmies, but pyg mies carried high on the crest of a ancient tradition. It's because wi have tin accumulation of knowledge t lean upon that I'm willing to take yol with me today if you'll promise to sur render yourself to tie, to do just ex actly what I tell you and no more an4 no less." Eyes wide and intent, cheeks flushe and lips parted, Andrea was too ex cited to speak. She threw out boti hands toward him lin a gesture o abandon and with an imploring gravit; that made her look as though she wer< giving herself into his keeping not foi a day but for all time. (To bo Continued.) Futertafiinment ait Flemtint: School. Thov,, will bo lht istmas exereiires a Chiis:ma:; Iree and cake-walk a fite Filmlg nschool I4iiday night, De etnber 't Ih, beginning at 7 o'cloci Th' puL'ic is co(rdially invited. ettMm hou quetini ftnt.Suv failsi the trentnment of bccenma rette.. Ringtworm, Itch. chu lon't becon.,- dikcotroacd be. cauqe other treatmen ts f1ca Hunt 's Salve his relieved hun dreds of such caies You can't 1we on our Money Ditch Gasarantee. 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