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Sinclair Yields to the Natives.
I wrote to little Peru of course
and explained how Nina herself had
planned the getaway, and do you
know to my great surprise in his
next letter he declared he was go
ing to be in at the stealing with me,
and as he was shortly coming of
age, he was going to sec me out, of
that Godforsaken land the west
coast. Money he said was no object
I must come and sojourn with him
where he would build a place in
healthy and romantic Peru, where
we could love and enjoy life as it
should be, with my stolen Goddess
of high degree, and - where thev
would both admire^my wife and my
ruby.
I could only laugh heartily, as I
knew’ his nature so well, British and
Inca it was just as I expected. But
I wondered if I should tell of my
fairy but I never did. In fact he
admired my sketch of Nina which
he declared was Al. Somehow I felt
that if he once saw my Belle Savage
he. would succuni, heart silver mines
and all.
And Nina had such simple win
ning ways I thought it would be
wise to warn him but I didn’t, any
way come eventually he did but not
before he succumed or not we shall
see later on in the story. I piloted
several steamers up, without mishap
Sinclair who sent me an answer that j
the Chief had promised to send j
back the goods intact as well as the!
prisoners if he, Sinclair, would agree j
to send me no more supplies and
recall me. If not he would not do
this. He threatened to do his worst
against him and if necessary he
would waise his tribe and attack the
chief depot.
Sinclair consented to his demands
and sent me instructions to come
dowh the river at once and save
myself as my accounts were al
ready large in my favor, and for my
sake he would like me to return
without delay.
Defiance.
There I was stuck. My pet project
for which I had labored hard was
smashed and I was obliged to ac
knowledge defeat'. As I had little or
nothing left in my store I made a
resolution to ship the balance down
the river and thus obey orders but
abandon the post I would not; mak
ing the excuse to Sinclair that I had
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When he saw Nina T. in Little Peru's arms,
a hot wave of jealousy passed through the
heart of tho trader.
m uuuun' ui any Kina ana as r.auc
was booming these always came
down with lull cargoes.
The Pioneer I conducted up the
River Ogowp as far as John Ermyis
who did quite a large trade and
had his store a large one in the
Bimvool country. On my return I
made ready for following De Brazza
ihe posting traders up country. I
had quite a big flotilla with me and
selecting a few good ivory and rub
ber trades, we bade goodbye to
Adomlnango and Herr Shiff and
Sinclair told me I should make good
and so it proved out.
Free Trade.
We parted the following morning
and were at. Samquite long before
sundown. We made a fond goodbye
to Samquite and in a few days we
pulled up at Range Island where I
made a fortified post at the east end
of the island. This being finished I
laid out my large stock of goods for
trade and I had not long to wait
before the Mpangues and Oshebas
commenced to flock in.
Tims I made a free trads island
and 1 had a better trade than I ex
pected both in ivory and rubber. I
made frequent shipments to Adon
imanango and my goods always ar
rived safely. Apaques people arriv
ed and established a small town
near by in the country vacated by
the Oshebas. I despatched traders
up country and all did well. ~
I had news of De Zrazza from the
Okandas, and he had opposition
from the fighting tribes of the
Ilige (?) district, but his machine
guns and rifles had .proved too
' much for these savages and he
eventually arrived with his donkey
troop and his liberated slaves at
Brazzaville.
Ordered to Quit. j
Thus all went well tor a few
months » large consignment of
goods coming up the river to my
depot had the misfortune to come
up the side of the river inhabited
by the Bimvool.. All went well till
they reached Ngogudimas tojra the
head chief of these cannibals. Here
they were attacked and the whole
of the valuable consignment was
captured by this chief.
I heard the news a few days aft
er this event and immediately de
ipatchcd news of the occurrence to
up stream to attack me to let him;
come as I was sure to give him a
heating. This he promised to do.
When a Goddess Winks.
Furthermore she told me site
would slowly shut one eye and at
this I smiled but I told her I
thought this was a sensible way of
getting clear. Yes she said and aft
er that I shall come away from the
Enago (house) ^ust as I am dressed
as it must all be done quickly to
make air sure. I shall dive in the
water without sound an8 shall climb
to the bank near the Icondu tree
(great cotton tree). Then as I can
run fast you will pull for the mid
dle of the stream. The darkness and
speed will help us.
The poor Goddess was really in
great earnest and of course any
fumbling meant her death if not
mine also. I had we}l understood.
And afterwards made a short hand
note In short hand as nearly verba
tim as possible of what she had told
me.
As future events will show she
was quite right, and as things work-!
ed out well on that memorable
| night, the night I stole her, I always
gave her credit for having a better
head than I had, as all the plans I
could think of were a swift attack
on the Holy Men during a visit and
carry her off old Scotch boarder
fashion or young Lock Invar in a
boat whilst the fathers were drunk.
The Lancashire Lass
And I found her plan work out so
plainly that Nina must have seen
lots more happenings round the ■
Josh house than what she liked me j
to know. Anyway she had saved my j
life by her timely warnings and I
was determined on taking her away
from t>S.» ungodly surroundings.
Strange to say although I liked
Nina and it would not have taken
much to have balanced my loving
in her favor then, I could never keep
my head about a little blue eyed
lass I had known up in North Lan
cashire In the country we used to
call the Clog and ShawL She lived ;
close to my grand fathers who was
a freehold landholder of Frea, the
family of the old Fist“-and-Spear.
The country especially there was
supposed to grow fairies which she
told me used to grow from the pond
lilies and would stand on the lilies
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to hear thrushes and skylarks, and
l believed her, as she was my great
playmate In those days or ringlets,
which I wore as well as she,
(To be continued )
Dollar Investment
Brings Back $4.33
That a dollar would grow to more
than $4 inside of one season may
sound like a whopper fish story, bat
a summary of 3,913 Chilean nitrate
demonstrations shows that southe.n
farmers are getting this return
through the use of good fertilizer
The average return from a dollar's
worth of Chilean nitrate for all prin
cipal crops was $4.33, according to
the summary of farm demonstra
tions conducted during the last
eight years.
The returns for single crops were
as follows: Cotton, $4.78; corn. $3.37;
oats, $3.24; wheat, $2-94; sugar cane,
$4.16; and tobacco, $12.83.
The demonstrations were conduct
ed under widely varying conditions
I
I as regards soil and climate. In cv
i every case the fertilizer applications
' and the harvesting of the crops were
checked by county agents or voca
tional teachers.
1 am ready to serve you now.
CLAUDE C. FALLS. advt.
Card Of Thanks.
I wish to thank my many friends
and neighbors for their kindness
and sympathy during the death of
my son and also for the beautiful
flowers. May God's richest blessings
be with you all.
EUGENE GAMBLE.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having this day qualified ss adminis
trator of the estate of Annie C Putnam.
lal» of Cleveland county, N. C , this Is to
notify all persons having claims against
the said estate to present same to me
properly proven for payment on or before
the 3«th day of April/t»3J, or this notice
will be pleaded In bar of any recovery
All persons owing the said estate wi.
please make Immediate settlement to the
undersigned. This April 38. 1931.
C. B PUTNAM. Administrator ol
Annie C. Putnam. Deceased.
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