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V~~~~~~~~ EDV'~~~ &4: 1~W NESD,,V, DE CEMBE3FR 24, 1 9 23 ORO JOBN BOGAl Aontinued from Last. Week.) C1lAPTIER VI.-On another expedition the dunthey on which Andrea. In mounted runs away with her and she is for a moment made ridiculous. White Man ex. plains the African method of wife pur. chase, "obolo."' She Is horrified. After ward she listens to the report of native runners that a herd of elephants is in the district and is invited to the hunt by White Man. They start down a croco dile-infested stream for the scene of the hunt. CHAPTER VII. They started out, a skeleton caval cade. The three wizened ones led thew wtg and Andrea measured their tim pnMance by the fuct that they carried 1t'sungo's haltery of ritles, respectful ly surrendered by the gunhearers as a filing tribute frotn onlookers to men who were hunters in their own right. M'snmgo nodded toward them and spike to Andrea over his shoulder. "The old boys are my brolliers in armis and Ihey cnrry the guns as a sort. of isigila. When it coinex dowr. to hu1S)mIs4s they'll sllp them to the trained harers." Hehim Andrea celliv 'Marguerlte, h11*; nd i"ulit before 1ind41 1nthtuh af i, a' Gi: folmO'. $i ihet g~ii)berr, a :le tracker wid a single vater hoI,'y. No hangers-mn were allowedo e'.-n lo see fthe cortege from (the Veraal. Over oil- shouldhw hatitub (arried slng n erneker tin, container oC ill the food al lofted to the daly. in e mIilintllIe(.5' mar1ich they came to ite river ,vhich, in spie of Its prox imitty r I lie camp, Andrea now saw for the first thie. Often she had sug. gtie(l to M'wungo that she wished to visit it, but on every occasion his lips hats :et in a traight line aind he had Invented manifold reasons for keep ing her from its shores. The iost of fiaenlous of' these arguments vere fnakes and crocodiles, but while she conceded the strength of those two dtlreirrents she could not escape fron an intuitive belief that there was something else-some other and -ank ing cause In the back of M'aungo's mnid. The river was a treacherois-looking stream, (leep, sluggish, bordered for the most port by flat-topped banks. Whiere it.* shores were broken into she ving slopes these were covered with a towering growth of reeds and mdtted elephant grass. There was at saild-spit here and there and on each were lying what appeared to be logs cast up by flood. As the expedition reached the crest (If'the bank, thereby coming into full vie~w of the river, the logs, one by onie, elevated themselves a foot into tile ait through all their length anti moved siently, swiftly, horribly Into the wa tot Andrea caught her breath. She hn(i seen crocodiles in captivity, but n~er like this, never free to scurry orm distorted legs, to sink silently into m'srky dlepths aind lurk. "tWhito Man," she whispered, "are th as vful as they look?7" 'they are," he answvered!. "It is preztty gene'rally accepted that more natives sulccumb to crocs in Africa an utlly than to arny .other one cause, n# exceptIig famine and smallpox. It soiuds unbIelievab~le until you know tif9 native mind. A manif will be taken att a cer'tain crossing andl haltfian hour latdr you may see hIs companions leisurely wvadlng the stream tile same phice. The explanaitionl is that they edsider that the victim lost his life edely b~y reason of the cheap hirand of 'mpdlclne' hie cairriedi. Each one is envinced that his own bit of stone, rat or twistd wood Is the real thing an0 nothing can dissuade him until the mdment when he too is snatched un Hwghastly," said Andrea, "and "es, it is," said M'sungo, andi add edi "Sort of knockout to faith, isn't it? But even crocs have character. There are certain crossIngs swarming with them where they are known to be' friendly and where no one has e er been attacked." By the time lie finished speaking the natives had haled out a widle, clumsy sebw and M'sungo nodded to Andrea to.: slide (dowa the slIppery landing elisto and climb in. She was worried, as to how Marguerite was to be 6f'nt W Oj MlAINED GUM38 2DU3.-BTC 2 RILL C ANY aged when, to her delight, iour blacks Picked him up bodily and deposited hin in the center of the leaky craft. He did not deign to more than half Propelled Laboriously Up-Stream by Poles. open his eyes. Propelled laboriously up-st reai by poles and then across by cluny paddles, it took them the best part of half an hour to make the op posite landing. Andrea was surprised that M'sungo's impatience seemed to be dying down, and said so. "Oh," he explained, "there's no great hurry. We aren't after antelope, you know. Throo out of every five ele plants shot are killed at the noon hour. If the one we are after Is traveling, wO'll r-ever, never see him, for he it think nothing of ninety miles as a day's stroll. If he's feeding, and that's tho probability In this case. we'll comto up with him at the heat of the day under a big tree dozing and lazily fanning himnelf with his eare." The country across the river was a contrast. to anything Andrea had seen. It was what M'sungo called mangy; totally bare in spots and breakiog out in others into thorn thickets or oases or thick brush. Futrther upstream was a forest of high straight trees, much higher than the temnbas, but inland this towering growth suddenliy fell to a low level of bush that cut a gray ine along the horizon. The band of gray wvas broken here andl there by the black dome of a tree. M'sungo followed the dirat'ionm of Andrea's eyes. "T[hat long gra y pat<:h,' he sakL. "that's elepihant I)1t.h. but Lord k-.,ws when we'll gel ti.. r. The wiazned men led iilom *o ream and soon they were in th-- ' slshade of thme high forest, but not for long. In ten minutes they traversed it, for it was nothing but a tongue, a long screen extending from elephant bush to river. Scarcely had they left its shelter when the three hunters paused and with them M'eungo. Andrea pressed forward. The soggy ground was pock-marked with great holes of varying sizes; the smallest a foot in circumference, the largest, three. "F'emiales and young sters," murmured M'sungo in explana tioni, "all trash." lHe stood quite still, his eyes traveling rapidly over a wide radius, pausing Suddenly when the tracker thoughtfully touched1 a grass binde, with his too or another boy sol emanly meiasuredl a spoor with his feet plaed~ one ahead of the other, looked up Inquiringly and retired in confusion at thfe kIndly sneer on the faces of the hunters. "Why are you waiting?" asked An Continued on fourth page. thi s cetion. NO'I'I 41 OF DISS OLT'TION. iiCOhit of Illy ada and (o11 ' Ad .Ntice ir, herelv given that a mee lof te t'stale of I. G. YOU C1OIC OF A J Y ing of stockholdurs of Boyd & (',old- ill the on'ie O 0 ! N. in31, ine., wiil be held at tle store of *udgc of Probate of I'1irviis county, 11;1! a lot to do With the 4fcicn of the compalv- at .Mlountville, s C., at 11 oclock, a. m., an l the same your C1'. If You Choose it here yott I0oluck, EXmnay. .ianuiary 2Gth, 1920, dly will Ui)i for a final diocIiaiw !a t at which timte steps .will b)e takeln to f,0111 1ilY t iist. as Villinistrator. <dIssolve the company and liquidate its Any ponson indebted to) said estate batfeiiea are of standard make, pow I I I'OYI)i.' nohic'd and rl i(Iil'ed to make pay- e - rful as cal be made and as long last .1. A. (OL1I)ING, having claims against sall estate will 'aOCorp~orators. peei w]ol0.bfr ad(ae dil prve l foee biif a tre I., cTRL Cvery possiblIe uise. FINAL SE'T"ILEME"NT.W. LNATIRLAE LCRCCO Take notiec that on thm 2nd day o o 7!t -unt of myatsa l Co.sa ~l mist nce Endurance saf. 3038 Miles1 in 50 Hicours, Ing 6 0. Miles Anmiro Hu rd All that 2claim owners have claigned fastr Essex eurance is proved pr f i ia es en the Yn 'r .hfr'aiAfae i~th ofiia t~Acrddoede- uinder Aimerican. Automobile Association, observation o5rove thorhe oirnciai Speedway, DecT mber I wvr psib lhe uset 0 f cii tAdm atr . Essexa Sets thier atorl' ongffyous e 5,870 Miles in 04 Hours Av2 aintes Uriv1ig Ti . e T[le F~ssex w~as pIut on the speedV;1iy to provwe its reliabtility DOESN'T IT SETTLE LIGHT CAR na fifty hour test., 170hQUESTION? At the end of 27 hours, 58 Miiletes aA n i thHour All tha~~t 20-,000a gown eriIstt hae cim e fo Es xenuac isp vd in th n ffica testspcompleed under weia automobil( has oiit principally the v da lati ut sow again innati Sweay tDiaer. bi time ill'rt pie and per12.ps gasoline alsI ire evoliv. There the il lsted 1 e otivr 2 m and of d 1042 miles. w:S enough speed and power to get about, but none that gave ' Ethir issex1 was t i n the foloeig day wt rov es ueiabiity istintio oil the road. Fii ('ess and ph' il'iiia ii re not fifty hour teriod being sto.pleted. exeete. ths the p oof of hssex e8minutira e is ev en te 1in Bt te 0thrught fi0thn i t li light ior mile, aran ' and set frved litl store thcnd500 strtilxi wa made 'rinceptedtiith lreeo ar(as. lil in i three day minterli bu t)o aie de tohe trial.the110(1This timeeVio ( theitrunilasted 16 hourat. 5noinutestandaecovaiedd1t4limiles. Te THir runtn YOU Wollown dayEwa suessNT theeae tgaethei*un ht e hdwn t fit hoilr pe(ra io eig ' co pEllet. ll1 5i ls nlo h wyb hih te ol epIhe to rn 0 3 iTustepoo fE s endurance itllsav a (I evtateiledgrieaiter'liaiithan er thatit expressed i tlnse edfr5ioiethiahour ru.Thnrwa. h t ean. Irihi(.uii(lac :tdeiiano 'nti re se s n : t i s s l ot I o t h It E se h si went mo t haniid______________________________________ of performaniiee woiuldn 't you be plea.sed ? I low 'nu ieh iior'e trin~ijg to every i temi of' its imechanisnm'S A ESU E Y UCNG TA we vv ' thIiose high speed iles i ' t hani anty dIemandil~ssE yotu will mtahke. * .\ t'"o - oniinig as its enduriantce was its tire' e'x-i'',r Ese ((liViCl a eihtCd i itiliiE.Z.dd peiene'ic. Thle fronti wheel tires w~eiit. th rough all thiree triils ad [epiicae ie oiio~ tttliit-lv ilo withoiiui 'ba ' t. Two reari t ires w~er'e r'epl1aced hteeause of dl ' i i i(lvi nnls t 001 wur r ilin damag~ie done by spl inltrs fromi the board sitriface track.'t i e adthti 'l i pfrnx pigdliois A plicatel 1on1 wats tnade' last April to (cond~uct stock ire- c l 'dyhtkin th'u. [liPC1101)Sliltytatfl liability tests under the Associat ion ruul es. ince thlen close -nyl. 'l esre. Nwi ietin hnyusitldmk o 15,000 ('ars have beeni(C deiveed and thle Essex used0( in this i'stvto. i lt tJrof il (eil Iiuia(1 wh te'st is official ly votuched foir as heinug idlentIical with every ay waitE!fo jstsch viln ha teEse is sgOC Lse ~il.i ghptop hae sig t i natmbiehsmat.rnial distinN.c4i6n Lnter a urFiens p Sf.mac C.e o