[The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy]@TWC D-Link bookThe Ivory Trail CHAPTER THIRTEEN 11/25
Ten, I think." "How can they carry all those loads ?" "He brought a hundred porters from Kisumu to Mumias, and there bought more than forty donkeys, sending the porters back again." "Then are the men he has with him his own ?" "Yes." "From German East ?" "Yes." "What orders did he give you besides to tell these lies about German conquest ?" "None. "Pass me that whip!" ordered Fred.
There was no whip, but the Baganda could not know that. "He gave the same order to all of us," he yelled.
"We are to stay out a month or five weeks unless we meet white men.
If we meet white men we are to discover the white men's plans by talking with their servants, and then hurry to him and report." "Ah! How many other spies has he out in this direction ?" "None." "Why don't you pass me that whip when I ask for it ?" demanded Fred. "None! None! None, bwana! I am the only man in this direction! He has sent them north, south, east and west, but I am the only one down here." "He has a lot more to tell yet," said Coutlass.
"Let me put hot irons on his feet!" Fred demurred.
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