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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.)
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