aying, 'calling me!' She heard him in the room where the money was
and then saw no more of him. But others saw him running to the shore,
and he paid to be taken out to the steamer. They wouldn't take him on
at first, because he hadn't secured a passage, but he laid down and
wouldn't move. So, as he had the money, they took him, and when I heard
I cabled to you. But what harm can he do, for you are his master? He is
a thief and you know it. Surely you can do with him what you will.

"Trent was here yesterday and heard for the first time of his flight.
How he took it I cannot tell you, for I was not the one to tell him, but
this I know for a fact. He cabled to Capetown offering 100 pounds if the
Star Line steamer leaving to-morrow would call for him here. Hiram, he
is a great man, this Trent. I hate him, for he has spoilt much trade for
me, and he treats me as though I were the dirt under his feet, but never
a man before who has set foot upon the Coast could have done what he has
done. Without soldiers he has beaten the Bekwando natives, and made them
even work for him. He has stirred the whole place here into a state of
fever! A thousand men are working upon his road and sinking shafts upon
the Bekwando hills. Gold is already coming down, nuggets of it, and he
is opening a depot to buy all the mahogany and ivory in the country. He
spends money like water, he never rests, what he says must be done is
done! The authorities are afraid of him, but day by day they become more
civil! The Agent here called him once an adventurer, and threatened him
with arrest for his fighting with the Bekwandos. Now they go to him cap
in hand, for they know that he will be a great power in this country.
And Hiram, my brother, you have not given me your trust though I speak
to you so openly, but here is the advice of a brother, for blood is
blood, and I would have you make monies. Don't you put yourself against
Trent. Be on his side, for his is the winning side. I don't know what
you got in your head about that poor scarecrow Monty, but I tell you,
Hiram, Trent is the man to back right through. He has the knack of
success, and he is a genius. My! he's a great man, and he's a king out
here. You be on his side, Hiram, and you're all right.

"Now goodbye, but send me the money for the cable when you write, and
remember--Monty is a thief and Trent is the man to back, which reminds
me that Trent repaid to Missionary Walsh all the money which Monty to