Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 92Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1916 - American literature |
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Page 348
... Edie , my Swahili servant , who was not only cook , wash- boy , valet , lightning tent - erecter , and in- terpreter in four dialects , but also as steady and fearless a gun - bearer as ever stood by and watched a white man get rattled ...
... Edie , my Swahili servant , who was not only cook , wash- boy , valet , lightning tent - erecter , and in- terpreter in four dialects , but also as steady and fearless a gun - bearer as ever stood by and watched a white man get rattled ...
Page 349
... Edie . " Water - buck , Master ! " I dismounted , and took the rifle from Madada , already stripping for the day's work . Naked but for a shoe - string around his waist and a bangle , he crept forward to the spoor , and I after him . In ...
... Edie . " Water - buck , Master ! " I dismounted , and took the rifle from Madada , already stripping for the day's work . Naked but for a shoe - string around his waist and a bangle , he crept forward to the spoor , and I after him . In ...
Page 350
... Edie and ex- planation . planation . Edie interpreted , " Cow go by - by just now , " which , being reinter- preted , meant that the wounded game would soon lie down to rest , and would stiffen beyond the power of a sudden rise and a ...
... Edie and ex- planation . planation . Edie interpreted , " Cow go by - by just now , " which , being reinter- preted , meant that the wounded game would soon lie down to rest , and would stiffen beyond the power of a sudden rise and a ...
Page 353
... Edie , the mule , and I struck out for home , leaving the rest of the company to bring in the meat , no light load for six men . The sun sank to level rays ; a sudden chill filtered through the balmy air . I put As though this were not ...
... Edie , the mule , and I struck out for home , leaving the rest of the company to bring in the meat , no light load for six men . The sun sank to level rays ; a sudden chill filtered through the balmy air . I put As though this were not ...
Page 354
... Edie crooned a monotonous Swahili song . It was the one sound that could not mar the evening hour ; by it one took the measure of the illimitable silence . WILDEBEEST WHO can pass over the Plains of Panda and say no word for the ...
... Edie crooned a monotonous Swahili song . It was the one sound that could not mar the evening hour ; by it one took the measure of the illimitable silence . WILDEBEEST WHO can pass over the Plains of Panda and say no word for the ...
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