Across the Cameroons

rds that he was a medicine or "fetish" man--and "fetish worship" is the curse of the Dark Continent, from Ashanti to the Zambesi. The medicine-men, who profess to practise witchcraft,

released their packs from their shoulders, the witch-doctor addressed them in an excited, high-pitched voice. Neither Harry nor Braid could understand a word

ravine, for several men under the command of one of the non-commis

n they remembered that if they did this there would be small chance of their being found by Cortes, who had promised to retu

The party had split up into three groups: the German officers sat alone; the European noncommissioned o

s, his eyes staring, his face like that of a ghost. From time to time the Germans looked at him and laughed.

a bristling moustache--gave orders that the prisoner's hands should again be bound. Whereupon a sergeant propped the prisoner up, with his back to the side of the ra

the two boys, but on the other side, overlooking the valley to the east. It was

ould not think why they had not returned. It was now past one o'cl

urgling sound of the river. Hour by hour the moon mounted in the skies above the hill-tops, which were capped by mist. The two bo

dge of the ravine and looked over. To the boy's surprise, he observed that not only the Germans and the na

Klein. As Harry watched him the man moved

try. And yet, for some reason or other, Klein was a prisoner in the hands of his own countrymen. Von Hardenberg, perhaps, was not so far away.

sible for Harry to descend the sides of the ravine, neither was it possible f

se vegetable parasites which are so common in the forests of the tropics. To cut this near the roots and tear it from the tree to which it c

, where he tied the end of it to the trunk of a tree. Th

he approached the captive, and with his jack-knif

n the man's ear, "cli

all he could do to walk. With faltering steps he stumbled towards the dangl

did his best to climb. Presently he looked round a

" he groaned in

you get to the top you are safe. They cannot follow you. Th

mes leads a man to perform prodigies of strength that he could never accomplish in calmer moments.

e top he hauled up the creepe

ep. The commanding officer h

ter Klein rose to his feet a

u have saved my life, for I verily bel