Herald and news., July 30, 1943, Page 6, Image 6

Cjfrica Joaits
SECNION
CHAPTER XXm
COME minutes later, there could
have been seen, on the flat roof
lop of the coffee house, silhouetted
black against the dazzling moon-
lit sky, a Negro beating a wooden
drum with scientific rhythm, send'
ing its tone waves droning and
sobbing into the east, where other
drums took up the telling until,
finally, It reached the ears of
little pygmy medicine man who
was squatting in a hut by the
aide of a delirious American.
Zaman Khan's knowledge of
esrcbology was crude, yet shrewd.
Had he been within arm's length
of the Niam-Niam, he would have
bullied and threatened him, even
beaten him with the kurbath. But
distance was the little savage's
safety. Therefore, flattery was in
dicated; and most flattering and
soul-satisfying was tne drum mes
sase which called the pygmy
greatest among all the medicine
men, called him a wizard without
peer whom the trees ODeyea ana
the rocks and the winds, called
him a sorcerer more powerful than
the elephant in mating time, wiser
than the owl, and as much to be
feared as the swamp buffalo.
Would the Niam-Niam, being
- also generous and great-hearted,
do his best for the foreigner whose
fate rested in the hollow of his
hand? Would ' he, furthermore,
send back by drum talk a descrip
tion of the location of the nearest
jungle path connecting with the
hut where the sick man lay? He,
Zaman Khan, who was dispatch
ing this message and was the
medicine man's most devoted
slave, knew that the knowledge of
these jungle trails was a secret
ore, restricted to the mighty ones
unone the bush folk.. So he gave
ath that by Allah and by Allah
and by Allah! he would not use
.the secret, precious knowledge ex
cept this once, to hasten to the
side of his friend.
-."
rrKE Niam-Niam listened.
, "There is' none greater than
I," he announced, "in all the wil
derness. Even the Moslems ac
knowledge me master. Hereafter
my tribesmen shall call me Lion,
shall give to me whatever tribute
I demand. Thus there is this
woman whom I have desired for
a long time."
He smiled. Presently, once
more, the drum talk spanned the
distance; and, half an hour later,
with Nancy in the driver's seat
and the Afghan beside her, study
ing another roughly drawn map,
the Ford clanked and wheezed in
to the African night a night
which was drowning in a shim
mering wave of stars, shot through
with a huge, zodiacal light
Yet, clanking and wheezing, the
car gripped the hard-baked
ground. It plunged forward en
thusiastically, like a sentient be
ing, 'eating up the miles; and
Nancy Brown, who- belonged to
thct new American generation
which was as keen to the individ
uality and the idiosyncrasies of
machinery as the older generation
had been to horseflesh, rode the
steering-wheel as she had never
done before.
On through the night A short
rest Then on again.
A look at the tank. Plenty juice
thank God! And more petrol, in
tins, stowed away in back.
Both the girl and the man were
silent Their hopes and prayers
ran parallel. Then, finally, the
tdge of the jungle; and a pygmy
popping out of the grass not the
medicine man, but another Niam
Niam whom the latter had sum
moned. He made dicky noises; pointed
Into the wilderness. They stopped,
jumped out of the car, followed
where he led, came at last to a
hut
'TWERE, where he had been
squatting on the threshold, rose
a small, ochre-smeared savage.
Without a word, but with as
much pride in his achievement as
any great American doctor, he
stabbed a finger into the cool
shadows of the hut The man
whom he had nursed and called
back from the gates of death with
his queer jungly rcraft, lay there,
pale, emaciated, but breathing
regularly, sleeping calmly.
Momentarily, Nancy felt like
throwing her arms about .the little
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"The mess sergeant told me lo get some milk quick and I
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savage and kissing him. The Af
ghan must have read her mind,
"What," he Inquired, "does a
monkey know of the scent of Jas
mine?" "What do you mean?"
"I mean that you should give
the sweetness of your lips to those
who appreciate. To me, for in
stance, since the soheb is asleep."
She smiled happily.
"I must give the little man
something." ' .
"I have a string of beads in my
pocket "
"Beads," she interrupted, "for
saving a man's life? I guess there's
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She drew a diamond ring from
her finger and gave it to the Niam
Niam. He broke into joyous, high
pitched laughter; was out of the
hut into the jungle.
Zaman Khan followed; and
Nancy was alone with Lincoln.
The medicine man's shrill mirth
had awakened him. He saw Nancy,
and he did not seem astonished at
all, and his first words were:
"I love you, dear." .
"And I love you," she replied.
She leaned down. He reached
up. He felt her lips yield to him.
Then, alter a minute or two
as men count time that seemed
an eternity, he heard her voice,
husky and with a tremulous laugh;
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