A voice from the Congo : comprising stories, anecdotes, and descriptive notes . ystem was becoming undermined. The natives said that by night, when all washushed, our Scandinavian colleague was in the habitof creeping through the bushes and disappearing ina hole that he had dug in the ground. It was not long before the mystery was he: I feel it my duty to tell you all of the secret dis-covery I have made, the discovery of gold! I havesacks full of gold in my hut yonder. So far as I amconcerned personally, my fortune is now think that the time has come when I ought to ma
A voice from the Congo : comprising stories, anecdotes, and descriptive notes . ystem was becoming undermined. The natives said that by night, when all washushed, our Scandinavian colleague was in the habitof creeping through the bushes and disappearing ina hole that he had dug in the ground. It was not long before the mystery was he: I feel it my duty to tell you all of the secret dis-covery I have made, the discovery of gold! I havesacks full of gold in my hut yonder. So far as I amconcerned personally, my fortune is now think that the time has come when I ought to makemy discovery known. I will show you my mine. Trembling with excitement, he led the way to thefatal spot. The subsequent development of this incident tooka tragic turn. Upon learning the hard truth, thatwhat he had considered to be gold was merely mica(which certainly bears some resemblance to the pre-cious metal), the shock to his emotions was too severefor his overwrought brain. The mine was no longer a mine. Henceforth itwas marked by a little mound of earth and a rough-. STORIES OF WHITE MEN 233 hewn cross. Our poor Swedish friend had dug his own grave. ***** The first name I would mention of all the Euro-pean pioneers who were connected with the openingup of the Congo is the name of my friend and com-panion since 1884, Roger Casement. Imagine a tall,handsome man, of fine bearing; thin, mere muscleand bone, a sun-tanned face, blue eyes and blackcurly hair. A pure Irishman he is, with a captivat-ing voice and a singular charm of manner. A manof distinction and great refinement, high-minded andcourteous, impulsive and poetical. Quixotic perhapssome would say, and with a certain truth, for fewmen have shown themselves so regardless of personaladvancement. The world is familiar with Consul CasementsReport, which constituted the official indictment ofmisrule in the Congo Independent State. Case-ments Report has had a far-reaching effect; it wasin a large measure due to his repr
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