Adventure Magazine Cover, April 3, 1918 — page 87: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

The Fetish Stick follow me with guns. But now because of a great magic which I have done, I am greater than Sandi and I may do many things which were forbidden. I cut this woman a little—so. What do you see, wise brothers and people of the Youkombi? Just a little blood. Do you see the little devils with eyes like moons? Only Buluta sees those. Look, there he goes!” His bony finger pointed and traced the passage of the mythical devil, and as it indicated a progress nearer and nearer to the circle those who stood in its line leaped out and sprang shivering back to allow it passage. “There it goes,” he croaked, “into the forest! I see it! It is gone! Presently it will come back a very beautiful wonder. None will see it but I!” He bent his head as though listening, his hand to his ear. “My ju-ju tells me it is coming. Look, look!’ he pointed again to the forest, “it comes!” An appropriate moment this, for Bones to make his appearance which he did quite unknowing that he fitted so well into the scheme of clairvoyance. The people stood -dumfounded, their knuckles to their mouths. “This is a great wonder, man of Youkombi, looks like Tibbetti.”’ But the witch-doctor did not reply. This was a moment too great for words. As for his fifty hideous colleagues they faded into the shadow of the woods. Bones marched into the circle, his helmet pulled rakishly over one eye, an eye-glass in the other and stood looking down at the medicine-man and his victim. He dropped ” said the head- “for this good devil 85 his cane lightly on the shoulder of the headman. “Take this woman away, Kabala,” he said, ‘‘afterward you shall call a palaver of your people.” He turned his attention to the witch- doctor. “Oh, Buluta,” he said, ou.” The witch-doctor licked his lips. Before him was the supreme injustice of a ten years’ sentence—and that it was unjust he stoutly believed. He looked ’round helplessly and then— “Lord!” he cried, his eyes bright with hope, “by my magic and my ju-ju you may not touch me, for I am favored by a fetish stick greater than Sandi’s—look!”’ Bones’ eyes followed the pointed finger. For the first time he saw the tall roughly dressed flagstaff. “Good gracious, gasped Bones. “Lord,” Buluta went on proudly, “that is a great devil more terrible than M’shimba- m’shimba, very fierce and terrifying, who eats up people, and I call this thing Ewa, which is death.” “Sandi wants ae ee an’ earth!” Bones shaded his eyes and looked steadily - upward at the one standard that floated at the head of the staff. He saw the big black cross on the white ground and the double-headed eagle with its clutching talons and nodded. ‘““Ewa which is called death,” he repeated soberly, “I think you are wiser than you know, Buluta.”’ His automatic pistol cracked three times and at the third shot the rope that held the German Imperial Standard aloft was severed and the flag came fluttering down. 1 OOOLK (C@