Category: Adventure
I.--ARACHI THE BORROWER II.--THE TAX RESISTERS III.--THE RISE OF THE EMPEROR IV.--THE FALL OF THE EMPEROR V.--THE KILLING OF OLANDI VI.--THE PEDOMETER VII.--THE BROTHER OF BOSAMBO VIII.--THE CHAIR OF THE N'GOMBI IX.--THE KI-CHU X.--THE CHILD OF SACRIFICE XI.--"THEY" XII.--THE...
"Lord Sandi," said Bosambo, and all eyes were fixed upon a chief so brave and so gallantly arrayed, who was, moreover, by all understanding, related too nearly to Sandi for the...
6. Part 6Sanders saw Kambara in the front rank and was puzzled, for the man was in earnest. If he had come to scoff he remained to pray. Big beads of perspiration glistened on his forehe...
11. Part 11"Ahmed," he said to one of these, "it is written in the blessed Word that the life of man is very short. Now I particularly desire that it shall be no shorter than the days our...
7. Part 7Bosambo was a good man by many standards--Christian and pagan. He ruled his people wisely, and extracted more revenue in one year than any previous chief had taken from the lazy...
2. Part 2"Lord Abdul," said Arachi, who met the slaver secretly one night near the Ikusi River, "Sandi and his soldiers have gone down to the Akasava for a killing palaver. Now I think w...
1. Part 1I.--ARACHI THE BORROWER II.--THE TAX RESISTERS III.--THE RISE OF THE EMPEROR IV.--THE FALL OF THE EMPEROR V.--THE KILLING OF OLANDI VI.--THE PEDOMETER VII.--THE BROTHER OF BOSAM...
13. Part 13"Go to the Akasava country, and there you will find Ofesi, a chief of the village Mi-lanti. Watch him, for he is an evil man. On the day that he moves against me and my people y...
12. Part 12Of all the reluctant tribes, the Elivi were the most frankly so. Whilst all the others were covered with a network of rough roads--slovenly made, but roads none the less--Elivi...
5. Part 5It is true that there was a fly in the ointment of his self-esteem. His invitation, couched in the choicest American, to the missionaries had been rejected. Neither Baptist nor...
4. Part 4"Also, lord," continued the chief, "one of these men is a Mohammedan and an evil talker, and when I sent to him to do homage to me he replied with terrible words, such as I woul...
8. Part 8Wooling got back to the Coast with a profit which was fairly elusive unless it was possible to include experience on the credit side of the ledger. Six months later, he made ano...
3. Part 3"Yet lord," said the desperate chief, "I must, for my people are very fierce with me that I keep you so long within our borders. Likewise, there is much sickness, and I fear les...
9. Part 9But when the rope was deftly thrown across the limb of a tree, Timbani altered his point of view, electing to drag out an ignominious existence. Wherein he was wise, for whilst...
14. Part 14That night died Iliki, the chief of the Isisi, and I'mini, his brother, stabbed as they sat at meat, also Bosomo of the Little Isisi, and B'ramo of the N'gomi, chiefs all; also...