Excerpt: ... a herd of the giant beasts three miles to the north. As they were leaving camp at dawn, a number of the villagers hastened up, headed by their chief. With anxious face Mvita implored the honor of bearing the guns of one of the white men. John refused him, wishing to save the usual gifts and emoluments of the office. Burt, however, interrupted with a laugh. "Let him carry our guns, uncle! We've never been waited on by a real king before, an' it's somethin' to boast of. He won't steal 'em, will he?" "I guess not, ...
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Excerpt: ... a herd of the giant beasts three miles to the north. As they were leaving camp at dawn, a number of the villagers hastened up, headed by their chief. With anxious face Mvita implored the honor of bearing the guns of one of the white men. John refused him, wishing to save the usual gifts and emoluments of the office. Burt, however, interrupted with a laugh. "Let him carry our guns, uncle! We've never been waited on by a real king before, an' it's somethin' to boast of. He won't steal 'em, will he?" "I guess not," laughed Mr. Wallace, nodding to Mvita. With evident delight the chief took Burt's heavy elephant-gun. He was clad in long flowing red cotton robes, doubtless his insignia of office, but when John suggested that he remove them for the journey he refused indignantly. He could speak a little French, but very little. "Are we going to spend all day?" inquired Critch, as the camp was left Pg 139 behind and the red spears of dawn shot up in the east. "Can't tell," replied Mr. Wallace. "The elephants were reported as being three miles north yesterday. By this time they may be twenty miles away, or they may remain in the same place for a week at a time, until their food is exhausted. However, we ought to strike something before noon." "Say," broke out Burt suddenly, "remember what Cap'n Mac said last night about his scrap with that Arab trader? Do you think he was giving it to us straight?" "Of course," answered his uncle decidedly. "Why?" "Well," responded Burt doubtfully, "it looked a whole lot like downright piracy to me, that's all. It might ha' happened five hundred years ago, but it's hard to realize
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Good. 1912. Hardcover. 312pp. Original decorated cloth, bumped and worn. A good reading copy. The Boys' Big GameSeries, 4. First edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
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Dan Sayre Groesbeck. G. Gripping tale of a feared beast in the land of the white pigmies. Pictorial binding showing man with a torch being. Attacked by a raging lion. Owner name in pencil ft enxdpaper, spine sunned and with iscoloration spot an a scribble.
