hat you
and your friends know where Tippoo Tib's ivory is hidden. You imagine
you can keep the secret. If you keep it, you shall never make use of
it, my young friend! If you choose to tell, you shall be suitably
rewarded! Come now--I thought you were going to look for it down in
these parts. I admit you fooled me. You simply made a false move to
draw attention off from Lord Montdidier. Tell me where he is and what
he does--and--or--"

"And what? Or what?" I demanded, as insolently as I knew how. I saw
no sense in answering him gently.

"I will show you!"

I had begun to feel weak again, but he offered me an arm, and since he
seemed in no hurry I was able to struggle along beside him. We took to
the main road and when we reached the D.O.A.G. he called for a hammock
and some porters. Being carried in that way was sheer luxury after the
walk in my weak state, and I lay back feeling like a tripper on
vacation. I saw Fred and Will climbing down from their observation
post on top of the Bismarck monument, but he did not notice them.

Every German sergeant, and every askari we passed saluted us with about
twice as much respect as I had ever seen them show the commandant; and
Schillingschen returned salutes much less carefully than he, merely by
a curt nod, or one raised finger. Apparently the military feared him,
for when we passed the commandant, who was personally superintending
the flogging of two natives in the market-place for not saluting
himself, he took several paces forward to make sure Schillingschen
should see his act of homage. The professor merely nodded in return,
and I began to I wonder whether there was a rift in the lute of
Muanza's official good relations. Surely I hoped so. Anything
calculated to set the Germans' garrison life at odds looked to me like
the gift of heaven!

Schillingschen, striding beside the hammock, directed our course along
the shore-front under palm-trees, planted in stately rows with
meticulous precision. He kept far enough to one side to avoid the
charge of being seen walking with me, but from time to time tossed me
remarks calculated to keep my nerves on edge.

"What I shall show you is by way of warning!" was a remark he repeated
two or three times. Then: "A native can always be made to talk by
flogging him. Some white men need sterner measures!"

We left the commandant's house on the hill far behind and followed the
curve of the lake shore, toward a roc