Part 42 (1/2)
They'll open that The other to go by runner Kazimoto can find us a runner He knows these Wan-yah without fail”
We could think of nothing to say against the plan The arguovern private mail did not seeested--one letter telling Monty that we hoped to ement with the Germans, and at all events to wait in Ger hith, laboriously set out in the code we had agreed upon
We sealed the second letter in several wrappers, and sewed it up finally in a piece of waterproof silk Then we sent for Kazier we needed
”Send ht! I will hide by day and travel by night until I reach the British border! Give h cooked food and my pay and I will take the letter without fail!”
We refused, for he was too useful to us He begged again and again to be sent with the letter, pro faithfully to wait for us afterward on the British side of the border at any place we should name But we upbraided hier, and pro as he reh noon ould each have given many years of Kazimoto's pay if only we could have recalled that decision and have known that he was speeding away from Muanza toward a border where white men knew the use of an to color the sky Schubert ca his mouth with the back of his hand
”How have you slept?” he asked us, laughing
We answered so or other
”I did not trouble to sleep! I stayed and finished the drinks I have just sed the last of the beer! Whoever wants adrink must wait for it now until the overland safari comes!”
We displayed no interest Brown, the only one likely to yearn for alcohol before breakfast, snored in his still
”What of it now? I go drill my troops Parade is sharp! There remain twenty minutes Come with me tell your secret at the boma now, before it is too late!”
”Explain why it would be too late after breakfast!” deht,” said Schubert ”I will tell you thisfrom Kisumu in British East There will be people on that launch, one of whom has authority that overrides that of the commandant of this place The coet the credit for it--before that individual, whose authority is higher, comes Is that clear?”
”Perfectly,” Fred answered
”See if this is clear, too!” cut in Will ”You go and ask your co for nothing!
Tell him we're not afraid of hi,” sneered Schubert, spitting and turning on his heel He swaggered out of the ca the clear iood and all
”Let's watch him drill his men,” said I ”I'll wait on the hospital steps until they open the place”
So we ate a scratch breakfast and Fred and Will helpedsun on the steps of the DOAG He see prayers, but beckoned to us
”Trouble!” he said ”Trouble! If you have any frien's fetch them--send for them!”
”Can yon send a letter for us to British East?” Fred asked hiht, and shrugged hi under a water-spout ”What would they do to me if I were found out?”
”What is the nature of the trouble?” Fred asked him
”Ali, who should tell! Trouble, I tell you, trouble! Zat cursed Schubert sat here drinking until dawn I heard hees!
Send for your friens!”