ILLUSTRATI*'.!) KKATURE SECTION- Janunry 11, IMO
M A M R A T W JS H T é RS
DU BOTE
HEYWARD
A u th a t a f
A S to ry o f Sacrifice, Romance, H um or and Tragedy
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N %« l U m M I l
IM T N K
U »T
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MAGAR PAYS A DEBT
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her right hauti while alie i U-ad led
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Uie body witli Iter ielt
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position caused her to advance with
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wrred
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and
eyes
hard
on tire
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• 4 4 r*«< g i v i » la h#« «a o th *« «a a a y > # • «» b rio*# by <«ray»an
porgy
si »e wnded At drat till* pleased her,
for tile little mirrors flung bark pic
ture« o( »ky seen through swaying
cypress. wllli small white cloud* 'an
■led in tll'ir branche*. Rut present
ly site became aware of the reflection
of an object that projected over her
- boulder and I mked down Into the
water, a* sire waa doing She paused,
and Hie re fle c tio n d id llk rw ts r
Th en
she recognised its cause a* the head
of the corpae which hung over tier
..boulder clone lo her own
W illi the first sense of uneaslnesa
that her deed had brought to her
she stinted her load so that it would
no linger gaze downward and start
ed forward again
Hut with an al-
moat animate persistence the body
nioved with each stride, and grad
ually the round, blank silhouette
again ecllfmed Lite miniature skies
through whi ch she waded Now her
anger rose, and she splashed heavily
through the water, shattering and
dispersing it* reflection*
An hour passed, and ilie sun now-
well over tiie tree-top*, commenced
— S O M C*0 O S M I M I I M I « f O I V -
to draw a thin steam rut of the
swamp The din of voice* that had
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heralded dav commenced to abate,
field*, and cabins. The light gatiiered -ettltng In drowsy diminuendo into
'Ilie fowls h«d quirted down again speed
It poured along tlus ground.; m alnios, complete alienee
Then
after Uie first cock-crow, and Site dividing tree fr in tree
It tlfUd in - 1
saw liirm. ml» tv blobs of darkness, to Hie brandies that still clutched as Ha-car rear lied the dense growth
that
clogged
Ilie
central
area
of
the
ranged along a limb against tiie sky at retreating mists and peopled thrm| I morass and made progress difficult,
That meant a good hour of darkness vlth sc,mrat: leaves.
Then, as at a flic air about her broke Into a shrill
ahead of Iter
Rile drew lier skirt given signal, the world burst into
- minims whine, and a black cloud ot
up snd tucked It high like a field sound.
Birds shrilled from the
hands, leaving tier Iona legs tun to rasetta bushes, ami like an ominous mosquitoes enveloped her. settling
dust nil head, shoulders, and
lire knees and unimpeded Then she call Hagar braid tiie teeming Ilie | like
Involuntarily she strurk out
set oft with a free stride In the di Ilf ilie swamp awake and lilt its legs
w nil both hands With a heavy splash
rection of Hinton’* shark
" i n i s i . i U - t ol l- Mh. h n l l * , n tii. o i l lier burden fell from her back and
T iie muon had set. withdrawing by beauty, and day had taken I mt comme- red to settle slowly Into the
Its dlltuseil radiance fr m the misty unaware*
.'■••mi-fluid ou re
Slapping wildly al
weal, so tiiat now even the solid mass
Bile broke Into a dag trot
It was Ihe maddening cloud, and with tier
of tin- swamp toward which site liniiriatlir llial she rear'll the shack skin cm fire from the poison Hagar
Journeyed was Invisible against the tiefnre proplr were up and ab id turned her bark on the body and
hot Ison
Hut Hie tides of life had Tiie voire of Live swamn grew louder, i broke savagely thrcMMli live tangle In
definitely r t toward the new day. mid now. against Us gloom, site ssa •carch of one of the little Islands that
[faint as ft. but stirring along the the squat ugly bulk of the shark
rise through Ilie watrr of tiie swamp
earth In little rshllaratlng
waves,
Billion was lying where site had and offer a slight harbourage from
tilling the air with tliu«e subtle v i left him
Quickly stir brnt over, ihe pest
brations that are the precursors of cnllirred him up and flung him upon
At last she found It a knoll of high
light
Thiotigh the glo hi the big tier shculder
Thru, c asting a hasty j ground, lifting out of the cypress
free-striding
figure of tiie woman glance around, she went out and knees, and having above it an Ir-
advanced
The movement about Iter dosed tiie door
She had onlv a c cular cirri* of opaque blue-gray
quickened Hlie threw a glance be hundred yard* to travrl lor cover >ky. Crouched over almost on all
hind hrr. and high In the east, she slid this was fortunate, fur. as she • fours with prehensile hands tearing
■saw a finger of light touch tiie mist left the shark, the sun pierced Hie I her wsv through the undergrowth
Then suddenly sire was upon that mist «nd drenched the clearing with the great woman emerged like a pre
hour of the twenty four when Earth light
It outlined tiie huge figure of historic creature quitting It* primal
recapitulate.-, tier creation, when In the woman with
fire, and cast a I rllme. and climbed out upon the
a brief cosmic atavism she slips back (largantuan shadow before her as 1 knoll.
to her wild beginnings.
she labor.ed forward beneath her | For a moment site sat panting
The void through which llagar rigid and grotesquely posturing bur heavily, her face and arms stream
ing with sweet and blood from stings
moved no longer hung poised in den
Hiie extended an arm and parted : and thorn I«erratums Then from her
Inert IS
Free-running tide* of life
pocket
she drew a bandana handker
a
curtain
of
vines,
then
she
passed
aet It swlngnlg and pulsing The mist
into
welcoming
gloom chief, a clay pipe, tobacco, snd
lifted and divided itself Into vast. through
*low-movln;: bodies that hung close Black ooar squirted between tier toes matches She mopped her face filled
She heaved , Ihe pipe and lighted It. then sat
to Uie ground and hesitated until and covered her feet
some unseen forte seised them anti a deep sigh of relief and paused to gulping tiie acrid * m i i kr in great
draughts and blowing It In a cloud
whirled them
together in silent take tier bearings
The Iasi of tiie mosqui
First site must dispose of the body, about her
chaos
Tire woman st pfird In lire
toes took reluctant flight, and with
and
to
do
this
most
effectively
she
road, touched by the m aglc'of It. and
■•»"I r., i l l « iilxiiit
her
s h e . aw must penetrate to the heart of the a long sigh site lay back on the tough
vague. Inchoate masse* heaprd up swamp where no one would be like swamp grass lo think things out
Khe realised with rellel that there
on the olm earth Hire saw then* ly to fltid It Hlic bent forward and
Beyond
masca obliterated
by
the
mist shifted the burden from her shoulder was no occasion for speed
Then she aet ihe swamp lay a hr sd belt of open
ami when she looked again, the cur lo tier arched back
olT
as
briskly
as
possible,
tearing
a
and
populous
land
planted
in
truck
tain« were withdrawn and the young
(arms, and this must be crossed at fIrayvjii knew what he was talking
night if she would escaiie detection. about
lie had said right out in
Mhe need not resume her Journey, (Tiurch that spirit s rouidn t walk.
i hen. lor *c era! I lours, and this was Even old Matmi Vina believed that—
th ' beat place to wait
and she iiad been almost a conjure
I She ate break last from her pack- woman lieraelf with her herb*, and
;
I* of provisions, and refilled her tier money in the road. She would
pe Already her fatigue waa pass I think abou' the Reverend awhile. . .
ing and her mind commenced to I He always wore that shroud. . . Yes.
turn ever her problem, dwelling upon (iilly » » « I d forge! that she had savrd
iU various aspect*.
Usually, when his life once. . . He'd only remember
Mamba iiad told tier what to do. that that the had strangled him and leit
mded it, and ahr gave the matter no liim with hia eyes full nt bbo k watrr.
The Reverend -th e Reverend—Ha
furllier thought. But now. with tiie
realisation that the guiding genius gar made a desperate elfort to vis
of ttial intelligence had gone from ualise him. but his face eluded her
her. gone perhaps forever, a sense —he was only a column of whiteness
of individual resp.nMbliily bore down against a wall that iiad a cross
upon tier and forced tier to study .•suited on it. What had he said that
and reason on tier own account. day when he look Maum Vina's ho,ie
M.unba iiad had to think mighty ■ away from her? . . . Spirits only lived
quickly tiie re in the dark with Lis a in heaven or hell . . That was it.
watting to hurry away to safety. And The terror that had been pressing
Mamba did not know this -ountry in upon her was suddenly dissipated.
as site did. Uld not know Proc E »g- Again her mind was a clean blank.
gart. for one tiling. Mamba a plan She got to her feet and moved about
depended lor success entirely upon ilie island, stretchejl her limbs, and
her eacape. her ability to traver.-e again became conscious of the haiy
the mainland and reach one of the i untight tiiat beat down upen her.
She saw that the sun was directly
.Sea Islands where there were almost
no white iolka, and where tile Ne overhead, and she realized that she
groes would hide that big clumsy was hungry' Opening her lunch she
body of her., from the police so Uiat ale heartily of tier combread and
•lie c uld not be caught and ques cold meat, then lay on her belly and
< drank a few swallows from the side
tioned
Her train of thought broke off. and of the island where the water was
for a moment tier mind was a clean clearest A sense of well-being per
blank, then vividly the image of vaded her body. Why worry? 8he d
Bluton intruded itself. Site saw his be on Edisto by to-morrow morning.
llniba Jutting woodenly from the wa Likely aa not they would never ftnd
ter. snd black ooae creeping toward Bluton and think he had gone away.
hi* i pen eye* Poor O llly—she rould- Then Lissa would always be safe.
n t hate him now. Then she won Some day. a long time off. she might
dered if he would hat* her. If he even get bark to see Mamba again
would forget that she had saved him and hear all about Lissa from her
one-' and remembered only that she She si retched tier length oil the grass,
iiad strangled him and left him to and presently, in the steamy nar
rot in ilie black mud of the swamp. cotic noon heat, she dropped into
Well, what was done a as done, sleep
ihe saw Biaion tern slowly over
snd there was no use to worry about
it. N-w. if she reached Uie -rtiter la Ihe mad She saw the rigid knre
edge of the swamp by sundown and ■nd rlhoo toints glee and the man
waited an hour, then set out to the ■ land upright. Then she saw him
her path through the
southward — But fillly hated the fo llo »i«g
daik. -Bright lights," he would say. -»am p. b «t wltbowl effort, and this
was
atrante.
for hi* ryes were blind
-gimme > bright ligh t*“ Yea. to the
southward, that was what she must with «»a m p ooae. Briars that had
think about -th irty miles to Edtsto Impeded her did not detain him. He
Island
By fast travel she could do parted the vine» and threat hi» fare
Ural by sunrise. Her thoughts came into the clearing. She opened her
And there he »as.
slowly. I Ivey made short rushes, eves in a stare
s. moled, brought up against ob After Ihe passage of an indetermin
able
spac;
of
time
the apparltiin
stacles like a child learning to walk.
By sunrise. . , She'd not risk the faded
Hagar was terrified, but she knew
bridge -but swim across below it. . . .
Perhaps If (silly haled Ihe dark ** what she would have to do before she
proceeded
on her way
Fighting
hr hr wnaldn l slay where she had
left him. "Saint Helena Island." she mosquitoes with tobacco smoke and
said suddenly, out loud
She had flailing arms, she retraced her steps
heard lota of talk about Saint Helena and with incredible labour of body
dragged the
-two nights farther away-m aybe and agonv of spirit
Rigor m.rti.s
three thousands of niggers there— corpse to the i-laiul
lodge members— If si«* could get was passing, and Hagar composed tire
there and tell a lodge sister that limbs decently, and bat lied the face
she was a "Vestal Virgin" they'd hide and eyes with her handkerchief.
her sure. The "Virgins" always stood T h en .' leaving it. gazing up into the
together — rven their own n en 1 open skv she set off for the outer
edge of the swamp
couldn't llnd out their secrets .
When dark came on and (iilly ■»did
* * *
Her spirit soared, her step became
n't see the stars— onlv blaek water—
—what then. . . . Yes. the "Virgin*" light and sure It seemed that onlv
always stuck up for each other. She now was she free of the actual physi
remembered once »lie n ---- He'd be so cal incubus. She stretched her arm;
Lightened maybe he’d break loose wide and straightened her broad
III Uie hot sunlight Hagar'.. blood was shoulders Ollly would rest easy now
suddenly chill She mopped her face with ilie sun in his face ail day and
with the bandana Then she refilled
I('»sO n u eg u r * g r t * a r l
and lighted her pipe. The Reverend
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Text by ROLFE DELLON
Drawn by FRED B. WATSON
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There had been eiech personal bitterness
between Jack and Herns, and his friend* had
rlrrnUted rem ar» that Jack was “ yrllow." At
one time, a few days before the fight. Barns
had attempted U hit Johnson with a chair,
■ e l Jack was not rowed by this display of
poor spartamanshle.
Jack was merely made more eager bv these
M trained
‘
oethursU. M He
Intensively ana ther-
oeghlv. To prove hi* excellent physical ron -
dltlon hr wagrrrd that he ronld oui run a
kangaroo. He won the bet, and In ihr bar
gain art snrh a vigorous pace that Ihr kan
garoo toppled over dead.
The day of thr Aghi waa Ueeember Sí,
UHM. The representation of the press was
the largest that had erre witnessed s light np
lo that time. Out ot a perse of ili.M t. Jerk's
share was bat IS,SO* This f Inequality of terms
was doe to Jack's anxiety to bring about thr
■If bt.
ill
lea neon
tH Í
.... ^ U
Í
nd »pert*
Hundred* formed in line t t ho
before the
tight began In arder to obtain
«I n rood seat»,
While other hundred» were tnr
arnrd away for
lark ot seating rapacity. Three were fa
tram all oree the world, a number of whom
were In sympathy with Jack