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Because of his art work his art connections had revived considerably, and he had heard again from such men as Louis Deesa, M. Charles, Luke Severas, and others who now knew where he was and wondered why he did not come back to painting proper. M. Charles was disgusted. "A great error," he said. He always spoke of him to others as a great loss to art.
"You will be surprised, Witla," said Deesa to him one day, "how much English you can get understood by making intelligent signs." Eugene had laughed at Deesa's descriptions of his own difficulties and successes, but he found that Deesa was right. Signs went very far and they were, as a rule, thoroughly intelligible.
'A devastating sickness has fallen on my village, and all my wives are dying, yelled Deesa, really in tears this time. 'Call Chihun, who comes from Deesa's village, said the planter. Chihun, has this man a wife? 'He! said Chihun. 'No. Not a woman of our village would look at him. They'd sooner marry the elephant. Chihun snorted. Deesa wept and bellowed.
He could not find Deesa, but he disturbed all the elephants in the lines, and nearly frightened to death some gypsies in the woods. At dawn Deesa returned to the plantation. He had been very drunk indeed, and he expected to fall into trouble for outstaying his leave.
He could not find Deesa, but he disturbed all the elephants in the lines, and nearly frightened to death some gipsies in the woods. At dawn Deesa returned to the plantation. He had been very drunk indeed, and he expected to fall into trouble for outstaying his leave.
'She has left eighteen small children entirely without bread, and it is I who must fill their little stomachs, said Deesa, beating his head on the floor. 'Who brought you the news? said the planter. 'The post' said Deesa. 'There hasn't been a post here for the past week. Get back to your lines!
'You will get into a difficulty in a minute, said the planter. Go back to your work! 'Now I will speak Heaven's truth' gulped Deesa, with an inspiration. 'I haven't been drunk for two months. I desire to depart in order to get properly drunk afar off and distant from this heavenly plantation. Thus I shall cause no trouble. A flickering smile crossed the planter's face.
'Ten days, said Deesa, 'you must work and haul and root trees as Chihun here shall order you. Take up Chihun and set him on your neck! Moti Guj curled the tip of his trunk, Chihun put his foot there and was swung on to the neck. Deesa handed Chihun the heavy ankus, the iron elephant-goad. Chihun thumped Moti Guj's bald head as a paviour thumps a kerbstone. Moti Guj trumpeted.
She thought Eugene certainly knew strange people. He introduced to her William McConnell, Hudson Dula, who had not yet been to see them, Jan Jansen, Louis Deesa, Leonard Baker and Paynter Stone. In regard to Eugene's picture the papers, with one exception, had nothing to say, but this one in both Eugene's and Angela's minds made up for all the others.
Deign only to put down safely that insignificant brat who is my heart and my life to me. Moti Guj tucked the brown baby comfortably between his forefeet, that could have knocked into toothpicks all Chihun's hut, and waited for his food. He ate it, and the brown baby crawled away. Moti Guj dozed, and thought of Deesa.
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