The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 18, 1920, Image 11
White Man
By GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN '
Author of “Homo,’' “Through Stained GUta,” “John Bogardu*,” Etc.
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With her breast rising and falling in
aching accompaniment to the mount
ing rhythm, cheeks pale, lips parted,
eyes staring . In vain .pursuit of the in
credible flight of sound, she stood, a
slim tense figure for once made free
of that domain that is beyond art, be
yond genius and is called quite simply,
Gift of God. With a toss and a back
ward shake of the man’s great head,
the voice climbed smoothly to that stu
pendous high C that has wrecked the
reputation of many T pygmies and
brought fame to a daring few. It held
and still held until earth and moon and
/ stars seemed little things that paused
to listen, obstructed in unimportant
courses. Breath suspended until her
lungs were near to bursting. Andrea
waited for that note to come down in
to the range of normal belief, but to
h*r mind at least It was deatlned to
hang eternally in the heavens, for the
man had turned.
Her eyes knew horror for the Brat
time The man's face waa half obllt-
arated- It had been plowed by condo-
ant amailpoi and deotmjed by a worse
disease The none was ynne. leaving
an IgnaMa rain of stripped cartilage
dried In thA^lr till It wna like weath
ered pa^hmrOf One ear had keen
ravaged in a ft tan rat aa that It vane
In n aeedW- paint That the
tie I amlf added *a tnetw
Anally te their rapnftsi* eweea
tw m«at tfp * r-l i ;*
Ih
tongh
re smMpeai las ah
iy mm hnaiging hands *wraed *w
nshnaa and hta snwggQt
i tMagpnf vn vhnf rasns kradkisn
he adsasmadi agan hee ewdsahad hee
waSM earn Ms hageea and Of
a^ggevy w» mas «ne tan n*sn
s*. fc*. a *wd sheas. Me gi
•niashs and apad Anra the s
laeaedHMw ppm Tha awns napa aswse
ssaaflhsav snd Mnssd nthse hnss
hndraa *dswg ieesm wna
ndhsd n aseeswev ~~w daevasg gnsspne
•# tsawee sasnMUh hands as awshana
ieV iee % ♦ hear **e has *eee wns an
I can forgive not you but what you
say, for you cried out Just now from a
hell Infinitely deeper than mine."
The blaze of light in MacGloster’s
eyes died to a brooding glow. There
was something In Andrea’s face, some
Illumination of the clean soul within
her, that spoke with a sure voice,
louder, more persuasively than words.
“The gifts that w’omen may bring in
their hands,’’ he said with a whisper
ing sigh, “love, tenderness and honor,
rest to the anchored soul! I, Mac-
Closter, had the world at my feet for
a single night. Drunk with adulation,
drunk with wine, I went out to seek
the gifts that women bring in their
hands/* His voice dropped to a bitter,
half-filppnnt note of self-mocking.
“Smallpox and worse In a single night
Ha! Ha! Ha!”
The laugh rang out {ull-throated.
thunderous, terrible for the freight of
rage that It carried. It rolled and
echoed across the silent night like the
roar of a stricken lion. Scarcely had
It died to a •tilloeaa when to Andrea’s
ears came a clear comtnsad. cotta as
the voice of so ex ecu t loner. “Lie done.
Aadrra/
Before she cweM qolte obey a rtie
•poke, there woe the 'Itet!“ of a bel
ief ae • patch of MacOaoter's shirt
1 >opod swddeoiy, weirdly, from his
la the air. laotaatly he
i sod wtth rae hoed pkrked
lightly oad hotg her saw
L "Oao more to
mm
of r"«r tltiw
ho he latshod «peo% •« Ties or ato*
iota A ft"** of •eraei sarpeani
tvood w**e thw Amw of tfhr gao* e*
>we<ms as hadnsn ^
.an •* oos «•
‘"that’s so/’ conceded MacCloater
thoughtfully. “But if you’re not going
to be persuaded to love me, will you
please tell me where I get off? What
are you good for, anyway? Do you
realize that I gave up a case of gin
for yod and that a case of gin in these
trqubled times Is worth all of three
pounds sterling?”
Andrea winced. “So I’m really not
worth threa pounds,” she said half to
herself.
MacCloster heard and took quick
pity on the wistfulness in her voice.
“Well,” he said, comfortingly, “I
wouldn’t say that. Where it was a
question of sentiment or a matter of
having something pretty around the
house a man might go further. Why,
even among the blacks—”
He paused, looked calculatiogly at
herpnd then went on: “Old-timers will
tell you that there ore two qualities
that don’t exist In Africa at all; one Is
gratitude and the other Is affection. I
think they’re right about the first, but
about the second. I know better. There
are cases where a black likes a partic
ular woman, and a hen that happens
h • fag* la marked by a peculiar look.
V know It and every time I catch sight
of It Tm two extra pounds In pocket.**
“WhyT asked Andrvo. "What do
jo* menaT*
"Why. my dear? Don’t yon know?
Indot Travuf toll yon that I'm—fw
in trade?*
"tie anftdl* anraevod Andrra. that
yon ueto mmm d Ml name fcorrMAe
“What on earth Is that?" asked An
drea, her eyes fixed far ahead on an
enormous pale-yellow dome that
looked as if all the haystacks in the
world had been gathered into one.
I •Vi M oea I we* very «wftuni Chan.
•Vo* nov | vouBy d*o t rara*
*i • ^%’au »rawmg pradvf* ex
raalanng Mosk’lansoc hm ndnd on Tvw
•up "tVhg. W «he noss fcagMAUMie
Mndrad pot aoni tofts tauNnans thoi
•uue vannhsi «ua of o hag train If n
“That,” said MacCloster, his vast
chest swelling in equally Immeasur
able pride, “is my cala, my hut.”
“I think there is something the mat
ter with my eyes,” said Andrea.
“What I see isn’t possible.” _
“Oh, yes it Is," said 1 MacCloster.
“That’s my hut; eighty feet high, one
hundred and twenty feet across and
’most a hundred yards’ dash around.”
“But how did you build it?” asked
Andreu, absorbed In spite of her
misery. •
“Well," replied MacCloster, “I’m
modest. I don’t mind admitting that
God did the building; I Just came
along and put on the roof. Trevor
ever show you any mafuta trees?"
“Yea, they are wonderful." said An
drea. understanding beginning to dawn
in her eyea.
“That hut of mine," mid llaKTos-
tar, "la nothing but the biggest, round
est. widest mafu'a tree in the world,
trimmed a bit and thatched over."
Half aa hour latsr they made a
laadlag. "Want am In carry you
•gain." naked Mncdonter wtth a leer.
""•C wilt yuu walk?"
■TO walk." asftd Andrea, going rad
draly white wtth slcbraiag ve rail re
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CHAPTER XL
bmra
His eyes had fallen on a group of
carriers, newly arrived, and the crew
of his freight boat, The negroes were
squatting in a circle on guard, waiting
to make delivery to their master of
varToug"case8. Some of them evident
ly contained cloth, cutlery and knick-
knacks dear to the native heart, but
one, at least, brazenly proclaimed In
deeply burnt stenciling its contents to
be gin. It was on this small square
box that MacCloster’s eyes were riv
eted. He turned and spoke to Andrea
In an oily tone that for some inexplica
ble reason froze her blood. It was as
though he had suddenly assumed •
new and strange personality upon
which her twelve hours of brave inter
course with him had had no occasion
to establish ita grip. He became a
stranger within a stranger and hope
lessly inaccessible.
“Come with me. my dear," was all
he aald.
She followed him slowly, an unac
customed weakness In her knees. He
entered the monater cala and waited
for her. For some moments the gi
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was Impenetrable to her eyes bnt aa | Dr. Pierce added another Nnk
their pupils dilated ahe began to dm-
cover shadows wlfhia the shadow natU
«he waa able to moke out the entire
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seeing bis enormous feet, sat Msct*lo*
ter.
He talked to her steadily In a tout
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panned before she began to dUttngulah the bottom of the boot. Ills pole, re-
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to hla chain of (nod works by ratab-
ItMioc a bureau of crurvafiondrara to
which any one ran write for
advice, without acjr expeuau whott
prepared M Dnrtar Pleecr*a
mill he aunt hy purral punt
far nae at bumuh at a
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la the anetj
•rag ranch «f «tw «aran4
hnth vahio by R»« yiaam
•*«■■# aevM aed ha* rf an
rnM «f the hwcfaiw "SMetMuA. * he
•wid "If he raupd Va«w Ww*rw a* tw
that •mr noaae nwnhf ha«e Iwww lura
nsa Me a gtaem up has fh*ueaur RUM
sfwUMd htsa llnp ywnr ntadh add aaj I mmtmBm m Me dramra
Vy * I af atht ntfe each in ike
Andreas bract, a trendy Mn, wank a , Mua * *4 tww Mr v •»
«ae hewer ?•«# «me# thranrh tbe sight» Mr the
Itaf Me HamrAThev eye* an*? »be knew
mm that ahe had keen bwf-ug aAd
pra)ing that the Brat gteaia of aaorn-
ing wihi14 Bnd Tw«ue. the avenger, <m
the bank ft;*e nutld not ka«*w, •■ did
wm (hew drawee add
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TW* Mmuenaum t
at Mm raud uf Me A
af aratef M eraw*# hmd R h*d I
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mmm amasae
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n* a eaaMupMra
hadUhg #f
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na*t# w«m^
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rich a hark
mill net a
••nwira tm- 1
Ihrarefartfe I
iU««n him bnt eventually hrtng hm» j
return of two or three fold on hla
T raver that A gam.
mtr,
one w*ord from another. The mutter
ing swelled slowly to a dear and
liquid enunciation; the voice became
like music undefiled. But no longer
could it drug her senses; she slfttd
dered, cringed under its terrible
caress. Its beauty had become forever
leprous.
"Dear, lovely, vile and sullen per
son,” It was saying, “who would have
thought It? Who would have imagined
that you, a Helen among women, pos
sessed of beauty, youth and u really
lovely evening frock, should have
come so far for a man? ' Cheer up!
You’ve found two; one dunghill ban
tam and—and me.”
He laughed, not silently and atili not
quite aloud. It was an extraordinary
sound. ~ It awoke in Andrea n chord of
raeiporyr ■Tt was not the stereotyped
laughter of the stage; it was more spe
cialized than that. Then she remem
bered. His was not the laugh of an
Individual; it was the clipped, stacca
to, maddeningly deliberate, “Ha! Ha!
Ha!—Ha! Ha ! Hu !’* of chorus and
conspirators in the “Ballo in Mas-
chera."
I ask you, who could have Imagined
Itr be continued; then, hla voice
thickening to a alnlater intenalty. he
added. “I could, d your Aft car-
raaa. Women! Fair women! Ha! Ha!
Ha I Dreams ef fair women * Ganr!
*im*n of hell! pNRtlemre fhat rteep
by fey and lark M tW Mmfmwa af
•af wtme Damme Hem af Me
■ hyafR^a ef Ma amaML parafMf
Me •meal tthmamea af Omf "*
m
mrai
fRemmiRim pa m ah
a f m mm a eww»«
leaned, eild with a swift swish Into the
water. MatH’hsiter promptly placed
her on the seat beside him and gave a
calm order to the remaining punters,
who had paused In terror. He stood
up, took the tiller between the tremen
dous calves of his legs and proceeded
to fill and light his pipe. “You see?”
fie said, quietly. "He won’t shoot
again. How do I know? I’ll tell you.”
He half seated himself, elbow on
knee, the tiller under the crook of his
leg. “A little brain work," he contin
ued conversationally. “Trevor meant
to kill a nigger, but not that one—not
the one next to you. He was shooting
at the bow-hoy and he hit the stroke
oar! How do I know? Well..it’s what
any rimn would do, let alone one oi
the best shots that ever drew trigger.
He would pick off the crew beginning
furthest from the point where he need
ed all his nerve. Now the Bantam
knows what he knew w.ell enough be
fore, only he know’s It a d sight
better, and that is that no man living
can shoot in moonlight and tell where
the bullet will go.
“He won’t shoot again," he finished,
turning to her with a ghastly smile,
s.. Te safe-raAfe with me. I don’t
nek you to.love me for my look»—only
for myaelf!"
Andrea looked enywhere hut hi hla
face. "You aAd 1 know oh* mild after
A pAue#. Thel I am quite oefe wtth
the men yra emee were "
"Mere. * wolf MmHTeatee. hM eye*
RRMPRMHL ' *|Fh Mm Mie tw Rj
ef Me* *toff RThf MBhl 9*
M Mam wham I •«• raMM m#A
Merll mter. that aa lmpee*ehte f<vrr«t
of unbrokeo thorn etretchrd for mile*
between the two cempe. There was
just one open road to MurOoeter’*—
the river—end on that no other boat
could equal the speed of hi* own.
“Say." said MecCToster, inovi-d hy a
sudden thought, “is there anyone that
would give a lot of money for you?”
Andrea’s brows drew together In
honest valuation of what was left of
her old self. “I don’t know/* she said
meekly. “Perhaps not now.”
tsvr*tm*«lt.
As a comraqueAce. MerOoeter Aevrr
lacked boat boy a, mechlile carrier*
ivarv hunters or porters and cootrt*lle*i
as well an army of women and girl*
wl-one spare time was applied first to
the preparation of food and w<km1 and
water fetching and then to the culti
vation of the enormous shambn*
which produced corn and millet in
great abundance for the lucky mem
bers of the close corporation.
That the{£ was a suKtie poison At
What would he give for you?” Mao- work somewhere in this social cos-
■R emf I • riy
try u
Closter asked, jerking his beard, over
his shoulder. .
“He said he wouldn't'-give three
pounds,” answered Andrea in a still,
small voice.' She began to cry.
MacCloster’s eyes grew round with
fright. “Oh, come now," he protested.
“Here you’ve been hours without even
thinking of that d ——d old trick. Stop
it!” he roared suddenly. “Stop it or
I’ll mash your head in.”
"I wish you would,” sobbed Andrea
and cried harder than ever.
MacCloster rolled his eyes heaven
ward as though he implored aid. “Lis
ten," he said, talking into the sky.
“Listen and I’ll tell you what I’ll do.
Are you listening?”
“Yes,” gasped Andrea.
“Well," said MacCloster. "You’ve
been a lot. of trouble to me and a big
lo«a. You can’t expect a dry mao to
forget a whole caee of echaeppei Now
I’m going to let you write him a oote
end If you ran get him to give three
cm«ee ef fie for you. why he erne have
jam. 4 w him.”
Aectram luq^eA crytmg rat m
1 - J AeAmoR hee vy«* wfM hev j
Mrty B*#*m hM Mara woe • |
o m* >»wA ia he# Rara ilmi mmm* I
mography was evidenced by the fact
that while there was always a long
waiting list of recruits for the estab
lishment there was also a tendency on
the part of many natives to face star
vation rather than accept the ques
tionable intrusion of the white jnan in
the intimate structure of their family
life. It was further evidenced-by an
abnormal apathy which seemed to
possess MacCloster’s people in direct
proportion to their increasing well-fed
and lazy sleekness.
This, however, was a phenomenon
that did not trouble him so long as
there was a constant demand In ex
cess of the supply of marriageable
girls; 00 the contrary, while It puzzled
him, he welcomed it as making toward
the easy enforcement of a strict dis-
cipline. In til matters that affected
the Internal life of the strange camp,
he was sole arbiter beyood any cavil
Hag. tad a martinet.
Aadrra could have tekra a ree
oraahiy calm Mtervm M all the detail*
that rruwded M her attranra draiac
he# rapid pragma MM Me huest ef
MW Meter a oteaugA « l Red R eea
teem Am aa MMArat MMUPvataMad aR
Re# Mg# gRd MgiqgaARra iomR#d M#
•mr ewd eRRM aoraAsed ra Mow ra
w wra a ream tP
raa*. A r*rae MaRRat. a vMp pad
inoAM# vur a d|pp#v mada
of R awaRRM *Rai
Riled wrk raad, avsdratty Mtewd*d Be#
Me Red ef A coeRMog-Rro. TE# oMf
tigRi raam frera a cett— oVk MM la
aa epea verael filled wt*R all from I Re
caeier heea.
“There yoa are, Sloele." raid Mac*
CUieier, la Rit aew oily voice, "every
thing yoa caa poesibty nee«l and w how
ever yoa went to gn out. ail you have
to do Is to climb down and go through
my room. You won’t have to do your
own rooking for a day or two; IT1 send
your scoff up."
Andrea’s heart sank to deptha that
It had never reached before; her lower
lip trembled and drew down at the
corners.
“Now, don’t look so glum," sal! Mao
Closter, leering at her. “Just remem
ber that you couldn’t be safer in h 1
than you are here!”
He turned and left her wijth a laugh
at his own .joke. The measured “Ha l
Ila! Ha!—Ha! Ha! Ha!” reverberat
ed through the interminable mazes of
the entombed tree. More than ever it
seemed the mocking laugh of thirty
voices, chanting In unison. She threw
herself full length, face-down, on the
grass mat and covered her ears with
her hands. Presently bodily exhaus
tion came to her aid and she merci
fully slept. m
Hours later she awoke to a feeling
that she had been definitely summoned
by her subconsclouffnelf to face an im
minent danger. Night hmd fallen and
Its peace had set led on the cratl la
general, but there was no peace .in th#
great cals. Out of IflfCTMrkrTTddM
arose through the whispering atlllaem
a orriee of moo> trora
th# nerve*. _ t
Skaa’t Liniment It very cflecttve
alUyinff externa! petnt,
tehee, stiff jomte. eore
got neuritis, sculxt. rheumatic
Keep a big bottle always on hand
for family use. Druggists everywhere
Jk. 70c, ILEX
Sloans
Liniment
fferp it handy
Far CROUP, COLDS,
INFLUENZA A PNEUMONIA
Mother, should ke#p • Jar of Br»m«', Vapo-
b nth* ttelve eonvenUot. When (.roup, Inin-
enza or pDeumooi* threaten, this dellubtfnl
,»!▼# nibbed well Into the throel, sheet and
nnder tbe arm,, will rellera theebokiaf, break
congestion end promote rdetfnl sleep.
BRAHE'S
SALVE
wax nor sum mr curates
■Oa, •*, eed |1S* M eS dne aterM ev amt
Bn,me Drag Co. N.
WUkeeboro, N. C.
HEALS . SORES
T f**I It my duty to writ# you a letter
ir wonderful Peterson’*
a running tort on any
year. I begun to uoe
nt thro# wooka ago and
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■ Peterson •
Ointment. I had
l* ft log for one yc
Puteruon’o Ointment
now It la hoaiod.**—A. C. OUkreM.
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