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Updated: June 27, 2025
The Funchal Club gives periodically a subscription ball, 'to ameliorate, if possible, the condition of the prisoners at the Funchal jail' asking strangers, in fact, to do the work of Government. The Praca da Rainha, a dwarf walk facing the huge yellow Government House, alias Palacio de Sao Lourenco, has been grown with mulberries intended for sericulture.
The Americans stopped. "What's the idea?" demanded McKay, looking along the innocent-appearing path. "Probably a man trap, Capitao," answered Pedro. "Follow us." "Let's see the trap first." Lourenço called to Yuara, who stopped and grunted two words. "Si, it is a trap. A pit, Yuara says." Yuara spoke again, and Lourenço added: "He says we must not touch it.
'Tanta vez vae o cantaro a fonte ate gue um dia la fica' the pitcher may go often to the spring, but some day it remains there. "Pedro Andrada, the younger, is not so steady and cool-headed as Lourenço. Yet he is a most capable man, and the two together they are always together make a very efficient team." "I bet they do," Tim concurred, heartily. "I like that Pedro lad fine."
Yuara and his companion meanwhile were being interrogated by both Lourenço and Monitaya, who in turn enlightened them as to the present state of affairs. At the promise of war the faces of the Suba men lit up. "Yuara comes only on a visit to learn news," Lourenço told the rest.
Henceforth gunfire was taboo unless it should become necessary in self-defense. At length the fore canoe halted with an abruptness that told of back strokes of the blades hidden under water. McKay, bowman of the trailing craft, also backed water, while his mates held their paddles rigid. The two boats drifted together. "This is the place," Lourenço said, speaking low.
Evidently the various other survival factors, such as habit, and in many cases cover, etc., are of such overmastering importance that the coloration is generally of no consequence whatever, one way or the other, and is only very rarely a factor of any serious weight. The junction of the Sao Lourenco and the Paraguay is a day's journey above Corumba.
As the whites paused to reload, Pedro opened a new blast from Lourenço's rifle, which his comrade had passed to him on the run. Lourenço was not shooting, but working madly and alone to save the equipment. And, thanks to the renewed deadly fire of the guns, he saved it. Before the wicked belch of the three rifles and the two automatics the Red Bones gave back more and more.
If I did not he would say I was making love to the chief's wives." "Por Deus! That may be all the barred house holds the wives of the chief," guessed Lourenço. "Why waste time and risk death to look into that place?" "Quem nao arrisca nao ganha, as the coronel would say he who risks nothing gains nothing. I feel that we should visit that house. Something calls me back to it."
The doctors were very angry and protested vehemently against the order, which, however, was irrevocable. And thus the whole party, including the Lancers' doctor, were sent to Lourenco Marques that very day. The nearest English General was informed of the whole incident, and he sent a very unpleasant message the next day, of which I remember the following phrases:
We can see a little way ahead, and pass back the word to the rest. What say?" "Na terra dos cegos quem tem um olho e rei in blindman's land he who has one eye is king," said Pedro. "That little white eye in your box may save us all. Lourenço, tell those ahead to let us pass." Without question the preceding dugouts swerved, and the boat of the white men slipped by.
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