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The Evening World Daily Magazine. Friday, April 21, 1916 ¥ A MAN MANRN MGR AIG (Copgright, 1008, by Edward J, Clode.) ING CHAPTE SYNOPSIS OF PREC Y) Capt, Arthur Warden js eng Dape and in loved by Nosauen| ot mmeks to + ky i tis Foreign Offi * @plomatic mission to, the ere an mprining ix feared hip touches at Kal ee A land with the lat! earatice alana thie Tepresentative ty call bat Rosamond hay. tame Warden. t CHAPTER V. (Continued) “were placed. The compound “fiet more than fifty able-bodied ymen, and the only arms Rossessed =were native aMume's influence depended om his skill in treating the all- ments of the people and bis patience “TH teaching their children “the rudiments of not of long standing, but --Qutset he had consistently refused to many firearm tore deadly than a jotgun. Hitherto he had regarded rc Upper Benue region as a settled ‘and fairly prosperous one. shed day-dream was that dled be might see the pioneer sett ement at Kadana trausmuted sewell-equipped college and school, whence Chirstianity le lence might spread th BTS ot that part of Afri “@hocked him now to think that all bis god j work might be subme swave of fanaticism t he awe hope that the warlike prepara. sAtons of the men of Oku migat m than pened once be- prio nothing nm is of arriving at it a. "There are war < more than one plac who was | spasmoilic hat voiced *Bambuk. Ap, tape “Ah, you have hit on my unspo thour? pd Han Bambuk, are you not en story somewhat? Two ch war palaver; isn’t that the exp! tion?” “Dem Oku drum," repeated the na- s tive, > Custom to-night.” ‘What exactly sald Mrs, Hume “Unfortunately, it means ‘dnd this gentle girl who had t instance an offering of buiman rifice.”” He saw no help for !t. They know, sooner or later, and hi turned sick at the th t of his wife in her lot with theirs f , } clutches of the fe - c bushmen. Each minut q |, assured that some unusual movement “was taking place among s | Founding tribes. Even to tutored ear there was a m flarity in the drummir termine! tha go down th the two W » a armed body * Englishman Til then, he to Providence for tha satet That he people under his ca self could desert t éntered his mind the setilement break fusion the moment ‘turned, but the soot atores woul be looted and the work of years @ ringle night He was considering what Would serve to get the women hoard the canoe, when the spl faddles close at hand stirred « to sudden excitement. It Duk who read instantly of this une out, yellin “goon the veneer Wear off the We Spon he come baci fear. **“Dem dam in dem canoe ey savvy plenty “man lib, We all be “Even Eveivn, new t peeted sound and ite ways. realized ‘meant ' " highway were nati in plenty thr , te but to mareh al while a hostile force was avery path was to court disaste Ry ru " AWAY peril which wa v passly they mad they might ese could not tr native sufferin active. O: Hume tried bravel force of this wnlooked-for was true the fi m tt pected to carry lice post, hut tint!) the {t was qu ' ' reach Ka 1 all stand or fall by the “T did not thi would be such cow quiet sadness, "Let the others, W done we have hat territory, but giv who wera fn palr the seare is ti rant presence among our people A minute lo o wa not gone al ve compound wag empty. N \ hundred obey the ¢ rather than de ~ fin the mission )-Y Bambuk, aisle r pArONysms of fF his certain doom w led fatalism. Fven wh the thud of paddies on tho sluggish The Romance of a Hunt for Hidden Treasure IBy Louis T Author of cy, “Wings of the Morning.” yn accuses Kon fieree quarrel ensues, mission house, wi iF party of natives, The Drums of Oku. al HE missionary did not check his assistant’s recital. was best that the women should at least understand “ the pertl in which zlish “dimpler forms of handicraft. perience as an African missioner was distribution of presents, BY. po Metuding the wher ft the © setock of wine and brandy, ‘away beth parties highly with both bis award and bis method , is beating In said 2g in silence to the dirge transi, Are “all Okun drum, Dey Custom, Charles?” river in the CANO® As SOON As the moon rose. ‘A crew of eight men coul _ them to the nearest const , and within twenty-four hours a m launch would bring f Hausas oficered only ooking sick with waters of the river he announced the fact laconieally. Bush man lib" be muttered. “Where?” asked Hume. “On ribber—in dem war canoe. And so they waited, while tho .hud of the paddies came nearer, until at last the bow of a heavy craft crashed | into the follage overhanging the bank and they were rapt into @ heaven of relief by hearing English voice. “ilello, there! Mrs. Hume straightway fainted, but cvelyn was there to tend her, and liume rushed down to the landing- place. The gleam of a moon risin over some low hills was beginning to make luminous the river mist. # able dimly to note the difference be- tween the pith hats of two Europeans and the smart round caps of a num- ber of Hausa policemen. And, though & man of peace, he found the glint of rifle barrels singularly comforting, “Who you?" he asked. “Well,” said he who had spoken in the drst Instance, "I am Lieut. Col- ville of the constabulary, but I hi brought with me the Earl of Fair- holme, Have you lady named Dano, Miss Evelyn Dane, staying with you?" CHAPTER VI. Wherein One Surprise Begets Many. jOLVILLE | leaped ashore. | Without appearing to hurry he was quickly by Hum side and asking {n an un- dertone: “Why was this war-drumming tarted? I heard it an hour ago downstream. Our engine was not running well, so the men got the paddles to work and we cracked on at top speed. “May heaven be praised that you were prompted to visit us! My wife, Miss Dane, our Interpreter and my- seif—four out of two hundred—alone remain in the mission, Some of our people stele the canoe and made off, and every other native in the com- pound has gone ta e bush, When we heard your paddles just now thought that the war canoes of the King of Oku were approaching. But please come with me to the house. ‘The mere sight of your uniform will Siow the ladies that our danger ts at nd.” Colville w young, but he was old in experience. He had also learned the edceeding wisdom of repressing opinions tbat were pot called for. “Wait a few seconds,” he said. “Here is Lord Fairholing But for his urgent wish to visit Miss Dane, we siiould not have been in Kadana to-niwat. Helio! Who the dev—what canoe is that? Kven while be was speaki another craft shot out from the dense ayer of mist that hid the surface of the river, Though toe trees on the opposite bank were ciearly visible in the ever-spreading moonlight, the Benue itself was invisible. A Hausa sergeant challenged from the launch, and the reply came in his own tongue. A small native boat, propelled by two paddies, grated on @ strip of shing! and an Arab and & negro stepped ashore. Hy this time, Fairholme had joined Colville and bad been Introduced to Hume ‘The Arab, nardly waiting an instant for @ response to @ curt in- quiry, stalked toward them. He was # tall man, gaunt but wiry, and he 1 himself with the 1 air barely convalescent after a ilness t there Was no trace of listl ness tn his vo He singled out ville imimeciately as the officer in charge of the party, and addressed bin in the Hausa language. “You woull better bring your men un the Luunoh as far up the k as possible, and barricade your- self in the strongest building avail- he said. "The men of Oku are hree of their war canoes are stationed at the bend in the river and ' coupants are Armed with Mann- licher rifles, Escape that way is im- Your only chance is to hold post as long as Allah permits. 1 i try to pass the blockading ca- " Ibi, though I fear tt a ty, Colville.” broke tn Fair. who understood no word of logue and wondered why the si officer should permit an Arab ain him, “ean't Mr, Hume take o Miss Dane? If she is as sick his rotten river as 1 am ehe'll be glad to see me.” * pald ( ville, "Il hall you soon, This chap seems to le to explain matters, so 1 must remain here a few minut Hume, ¢ to met away, led Patr- holme in the direction of the house. The young soldier felt a strong hand krasp his shoulder, and an English on know me? standing in cleared vere tie moonbeams gave of light. The Arab awd his burnous, revealing @ vorn, handwone face, tanned brown With exposure, Though the charac waits of his supposed race Heavy lip, and the hawk-like Sinan Was straight-nosed and pped. i was cadaverous “Well, 'm blessed!" muttered Col- “| assure you we are wasting pre ” Jimmie, Perhaps it is my fault, but the question was a natural under the circumstances, Tell your men i ght, or they may pre ny departure; they ‘nd those drums, you know. My only hope of success in case 1am Stopped at the bend is to keep up the Pietense that 1 aim a spectal envoy fr the ers in the interior, Some if we win through this business, ! have a fine yara for you, k here hap, Lean't let vou siip away like that.” Confound \ I don't Know what to say, but the plain truth {8 best, perhaps. The you were neaged t the missi ‘ ai house now, t and the man T brought from Ibi is the Karl of Fairholme, He ! ‘ rout You on the way up. He's ret e is wild ove M is only to § series of blood-curdling yells and ay f musketry th t the bush Ay r flume pu end to Colvill quall an abrupt ing sentence >», By Maurice Ketten | ee ee i] of the Sun Dogs" and lished {n thie paper you will be tremendously in- The Easter Girl «xo |man—the A He was so taken aback by the ex- truordinary culncidence that Wardeo e@bould arive at Kadaua almost at the game instan’ come there with th taking Evelyn Dane home to England that for one bemused second he falled to grasp the immi- the native on- pevblea and broken glass and pot- though trusting to bis Vague couception of a code of honor he associated with fighting against white men, came no nearer. g 6," he cried again, “open oue time, ap’ hear what 1 fit tor say!” Ju the strange husb succ frenzied uproar that announced the presence of @ host of armed natives words were cle of where she knelt. opening syllables reached her ears, | she understood no word that her surcharged hew dread, for the man who Was speaking spoke in Warden's Hut the seconds passed, and no horde of demontac figures poured across the open com- ‘The shooting Was incessant, avowed intent of harbored @ marksinen couid well avold hit- ting a big building in which all the living-rooms were on the same floor The lower part of or extent of Of course, grief and had driven her mad! months past was otherwise with Warden. 4s the veranda the structure served us a store. ‘The Hausa soldier-policernen, men of the West African Lex! to fire without They were far number to line the stockade, which enclosed a space fully led at the words he had just heard Hume came out, followed by from a »rother officer's Ips, the in- cessacc watchfulness demanded by the life of the past five months hud cre- ated in him a second natur his heart asked tumultuous questions and found no answer to any of them, bis head dictated the steps that must be taken if they were to offer any wort of organized defense. “Company! Attention!” he shouted, “Four men remain keep steam up and shove off from the 1 others follow to the mission, all, run the f the verand ked Arab who had stepped forth into the moonlight, and addressing stern warning ¢ to the amazed Loanda, Hstracted s through the rail finding an And fantasy nses another of the native le, Sho watched lke « bloo: luck, B . the last strid threaten the lives of myself in this manner y friends and Hambuk lb. 2 chief was plainly v afforded wa ‘The gates were jamme year's growth of herbage instances a passage had been by the simple expedient of removing & whole section, Tt would dew bor by a hundred me serviceable Hume's effort was to ¢ At this, the inter the rail of the ve tor leaned o tit was not Loanda with the launch, the scowling ng the vernacular d many hours of |a- put the palt- uble—Mare 7 ashore and come! The loud command proceeding ap- parently from and his Wife will be spared Will be taken in satety sb girl now In their h ded over to ‘Phen the par. brought relief tablish a mix~ m the each other for the ultimate hand- to-band fight: within promptly obeyed by the Hausas. They The Hausa came running across the clearing, and fixing bayo- nyger feared insanity, rathe it, and that BRambuk translated this linmistakable Kling of rifles fully ed to get Inside, close while she wea brave ang would that while 6 con Ived was her duty the doors and ex sald Warden, keeping close to Colvi combined rush to gain the obscurity afforded by the heavy beams { supported the upper story, Colville obeyed Ho had to bellow his Instructions twice before the a miasion-house ‘The sound of his own vole: was helpful; it steadiad him tone that he crowled alone Krasped appeared in the With eyes that d he was una terrible import on his men Warden's volee, along close to t furious gesture? while she was gazing of the ralling Isn't that the name se raseal you Lave told of the Portugui med ocenpants atal and her volee was » keop it from augue With the iL, and Capt was to War in bis natur food natured to Warden: irholme admits soldiers appeared, | rifles held suggestively, as men hotguns when to seuttle out of a epinney Hume would cotton suddenly b many Raps Tt was held # wense than 1 © offering a clear targ are safe enough n lunacy, abe heard the n English and more the attack ts cou rig, do you?" aces to the order—every better to take to » breast and loins ward with the lithe nin perfect the river at once?” hands in agony officer and several #ol- it Into the open heer astonishment t re are three ¢ & Nordenfeldt mou toes, and each has ed in tts bow {not deign to hurry, springy guilt soon ea 12-pounders in two bat guarded day BUNS Were sheated of tribal foray the chief promise to spare you thought of It “they're going to offer t Do you think it Then—Oh, God, is it no one knew of what terms will be @ woman in the cas the native mind will purchase a few more hours of life at he was aware of it “That explains It i @ capital where MWanga ing sparrows by an the glootr matters thus coolly fthe whole inary hubbub that his usually antiquated guns ean stroying blast of nails, iron scraps, s thrilled by @ terested In NEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL :: IN THE EVENING WORLD : : F you are one of the countless readers who were orth of Fifty-Thre and “The Lair other Sinclair novels pub- ‘Under the Great Bear y Bertrand pe) atantly the forest became alive with vivid jets of light, The negroes had begun their fusillade again, and this time they meant to kill, not to | frighten, Bullets whistled past the | house, imbedded themselves tn the stout timbers, tore huge splinters from beams and hurled shingles from the roof, It seemed to be a miracle that every person in or near the butlding was not struck Instantly, but the opening volley sent the Hausas to cover beneath the veranda, where they were told to Ile flat on the ground behind the protecting sup- ports, To reply to tha enemy's fire would be merely a waste of precious ammu- nition, and the men carried only a small quantity In their bandollers, The time to fire was when every shot would be effective, Rarely will un- trained savages presa home an attack when thetr foremost warrtors fall. he Hausas, negroes themselves, had been taught this in many a bush skir~ mish, and they had absolute confi- dence in their white leaders, for by t time the rumor had gone round that the man in Arab clothing was | the well known deputy commissioner of the Brass River, under whom some of them had fought in the sister pro- tectorate, Hume, who was cool as any soldier, seized Evelyn's arm tho instant that the first bullet crashed into the wood. work, Fairholme, too, who had re- covered from the stupefying sudden. ness of what was, to him, a wholly unex sted sequ to @ Wearisome ‘trip up @ fever Inden river, ran for- |ward to help, and the two men halt carried the girl to the protection of the house, But she had no thought of danger. Though It was dark inside the main Hving-room, she held them fast when they would have released her, and tried to read thelr very souls by a look. “Did you hear? she gasped. “That -who ts he?... The him Warden. . Why other calle \should he do that?... Waa it not cruel of him?... And why, why did It seem to me that I heard 4rthur's “Calm yourself, Miss Dane," si jonary quietly, “Provide 0 at times adopts means not within mortal ken, [could not follow what was said to Loanda, but Bamoulo telis me that, by some astounding chance, Captain Arthur Warden has not only crossed a large part of Africa, but he lived many weeks in Oku !taelf, and in now taking measures which will, I trust, by God's mercy, ro our safety A queer, choking ery came from the girl's parched throat. “Then [am not mad? she mur- mured, “He 1s really there! And he heard what I eh td orale pad I of- to go to Figuero?” Yeu, of course he heard. Tt seemed to me it Was on your account that he made himself known to the chief, But T do not yet understand exactly what ed, TL only know that when spoke to Colville he used happe first | Arabie "Yes, by "put in Fatrholme, ning at last, “I thought astly native, an’ Tt cut in age, Just my usual The favorite got up in n’ pipped the outsider short , eh, what? 6 earls happy=go-l he waa a t ely ky method of expressing bimself was singularly out of tune with his surroudings, Hume had clos windows were a the darkness was now that’ of door, and the dy shuttered, 0 parach's Exypt when Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven, From without came the tnces- nt crackling of musketry, and the lacal howlings of negroes tnspir- heard the hysterical sobbing the mutterings of the the patter of amall debris from walls and roof as the building shook under the sledgehammer blows of bullets traveling at a high velocity, Luckily, ax Warden had potnted out, the front of the mission house faced the river, and there was no firing from that quarter as yet, The veranda was approached by a double case which mounted from each sidw and met at a «mall landing, whence half a dozen steps led to the jJevel of the upper floor. Aas both sections of the stairs pro- fected beyond the line of the build ing, their comparatively thin boards were being constantly ripped and epllt, by the leaden missiles that hur din from both flanks. It was spinning a coin with death for any one fescend either to right or left, yet that is what Evelyn did when ‘Lord Fairholie's bizarre ex- planation brought her back to the world which sue h ty quitted alre) in imagination, Owing to the tom Uke blackness of roc neith man was aware untit the door Was opened and she was eding down the shattered stairs In her white dress she was a most cons eUOUs objec A pent-house roof shielded the stairs from sun and rain, but the moment she emerged into the moonlit compound she re- rembled some e fi creature sent by the gods to still the wretched strife waged by foolish men. And, apirit-! she passed unscathed hissing and biting rain ad Dut one thought, fluttered tremulously from her Arthur!’ she wailed, “Arthur! ‘ to me! Why don't you sp ? It int, Evelyn. Where are you Oh, Arthur dear, ang Warden was lying t 14 main pillar Yh 1 Lard he om (tered Hut fate had chosen path to a wo Warden a s love, and fickle goddess fed him now when he, al a-Quiver with the thril AnA dventure Story of the Frozen North Ww. Sinclair s BESES an es as of holding Evelyn in his arma, clasped her tightly and ran with her up the rickety stairs, Even as he hurried to piace her in shelter the bushmen had seen the white-robed apparition and concentrated their fire in that direction, Bullets 8} against the ground, and plerced the! clothing many times—but neither Was injured, A_ few seconds after she had Passed through the door Evelyn was carried back again, But It was @ fitting outcome of the madness that had fallen on the quiet mission sta- tion that she should be blithely heed- leas of the mortal peril which both @he and her lover had escaped, Even while death was missing them bya hair's breadth, she began to tell Warden in broken phrases how she had never faltered in her bellef that he would one day be restored to her, id that she had come to Africa and the Benue @trong in the conviction that they would meet there and no- where else in the wide world, All of this, and more, was delight- fully Inaccurate, but Evelyn believed it, and love was more potent than cold reason, #0 cold reason was barred out among the shrieking hatl bed ad that had failed to secure ite jetinim, Yet thelr ddyll waa soon cut short. A red glare became visible through the chinks of door and windows, and Ww arden knew what it meant. “They have fire to the huts." he said. “They want > ees where our men are stationed before they try a rush. I must go, sweet- heart. Kiss mo! If it is good-by, I shall die content, for I have passed through much tribulation ere this d.vine moment was vouchsafed,” Not for all the gold in Africa would she prove herself unworthy of him in that supreme moment. “Go, then!" she said, “Whether in life or death we shall not be separ. ated again. Warden was at the door when soma one sprang after him. In the growing light of the burning buildings he recognized Colville's companton in the launch. “I suppose I can count for one in the scrum,” said the stranger. “Eve- lyn promised to be my sister, old chap, an’ before we all go under Pil down a nigger or two for the sake of the family, Can you spare a gun? I'm ® good man at driven birds, an’ these black jokers are several A Five Minutes’ Fight. ATIRHOLME was soon equipped with a rifle, He was crouching behind a wooden pillar close to War- den and Colville, when a Hausa who had incautiously exposed himself uttered @ queer cough and pitched forward on his face, shot through the lungs. The earl took the man’s gun and bandolier, but noticed: that none of the others were firing, though a number of black forms were dimly visible through the murk ere- ated by the eamoke of the biasing buta, Warden was watching him, “You will goon get busy,” he said ‘They are preparing for @ rugh. Pick out the leaders, the fellows wearing the gaudiest feathers, or carrying @ leopard akin elung across their shoulders, You're a funny lookin’ bind * chuckled ‘Fairholme, price you for the Kingdom Come stakes when the niggers spot you? ivery black #on of a gun will went to add you to the bag.” That's right, Warden,” put tn Cole ville anxiously, "Chuck away that burnous, and stick on poor Toomba’s cap, Fairholme can pull # in with the clearing-rod. "No," said Warden, “My Arab's livery has served me in good stead thus far, [shall not abandon ft untit 1 can borrow the togs of civilization, if ever L need them, Hello, here they come!" A slackening in the fusillade and @ territic outburst of yells showed that the enemy were breaking cover ta force. In an tnstant the compound seemed to become alive with armed negrovs, many of whom had already ded their modern rifles for the farniiiar matehet and spear, ville outed something in the Hausa tongue, and his men, all but two, leaped to thelr feet, Firing with deadly accuracy at such a shor range, they brought down a score of the foremost savages, Fairholme, im- bued with the traditions of European warta yaturally ex, cted that the attack would be pressed home, ao he set his teeth and resolved to enter the ext work! with @ royal bodyguard, nbering Warden's ingeuctions, ked only for the most gorgeou: ated warriors, and found three, including Loanda himself. Warden, who had secured the rifle of the second wounded Hausa, saw the arl bowl over @ ju-Jju man at sixty yurds, no mean shooting at night in in atmosphere rapidly becoming smoke laden, “Well d brother-in-law!” he ered, and in the throes of that deadly xtrife those two began a friendship tu be severed on this side of the t boundary, attacked simul- sides, Colville ran iLeach member of his » fall back on the etaire 8 The ins cond too rc great num. bers, te men of Oku came on boldly, Were first-rate soldiers in their wh way hey antile 1 an easy \ 1 they w 1 with the fre ire to use steel rather That is the bushman’ a ent; Killing loses half 4 is Joy if be cannot “paint’ hie weapon Chis sheer lust of bidod now served the | arrigon in good stead, (To Be @ontinued.) — _aees