Part 47 (1/2)

He hesitated It was kindness that had sent him down to ease my pain, if possible, not anti-Germanism; it was part of German policy to pose as the friend of all ainst us--particularly against Brohom he had visited in jail, and who assured hilorious beer!”

”That depends,” he answered

”We are quite sure any letters rite will be opened,” I said

He answered that he could hardly believe that

”If we could send a letter unopened to British East it would solve our worst probleer ould carry our letter, I would contribute fifty pounds out of my own pocket to the funds of your mission”

I made a mistake there, and realized it the next moment

”What kind of letter is worth fifty pounds?” he asked et you into worse trouble if opened and read?”

I argued in vain, and onlyas an instance of Gerlect of me

”But he tells me you refuse to be treated by him!” he answered ”He says you enter his hospital and are insolent if he happens to be too busy to attend to you at once He says you refuse to let a native orderly dress your wound!”

He had been entertained to one aled by awful accounts of our ferocity I did not succeed in inserting as much as the thin end of a different view until he asked schen and his wife's Lady Isobel Saffren Waldon

”I don't understand about titles,” he said ”Shouldn't she take his na?”

I assured hie had never as much as entered the head of either of theether,” I said ”He's a cynical brute She's a designing female!”

The missionary mind recoiled and refused to believe ht theover to a sort of laht perhaps be true

”I will take your letter and guarantee its delivery in British East, provided I may read it and do not disapprove of its contents” he volunteered

”That's not unreasonable,” I said, ”but the letter is in code”

”I should have to see it decoded”

I told hi under the great rock near the waterfront that had been inset with a bronze medallion of Bis an assault on hi that he wanted our secret code at once

They had been trying to get tobacco to Brown, and sweetmeats to Kazimoto, had failed in both efforts and were short-tempered He explained after they had insulted him sufficiently, and they walked down to the caine they had criticized hly

In the end he decided not to read the letter at all

”I have reached the conclusion you three e of me I will take your letter to Ujiji, and send it to the south end of Lake Tanganika, to be put in the Britishtime to reach its destination--perhaps two istered, and it will undoubtedly get there”

That he kept his word and better we had ample proof later on, but I did not bless hiht to the doctor and repeated my complaints He left for Ujiji the next day, and the net result of his friendly interference was that the doctor refused es

Fred and Will did their best for me, but it was little I read in their faces, and in their studied cheerfulness when speaking into lose the number of my mess They went to the commandant and the lieutenant besides the doctor in efforts to secure for me some sort of consideration, but without result; and they wrote at least six letters to the British East African Protectorate government that we ascertained afterward never reached their destination They tried to register one letter, but registration was refused

”Why don't they jail us si aloud

”They hen it suits their books,” said I ”For the present they scarcely dare Wordno international law by holding us here and keeping tabs on us”

Before rew unable to leave the hard cork ain to the commandant, this time determined to force the issue