Sanders of the River

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Wallace Edgar. Sanders of the River

CHAPTER I. THE EDUCATION OF THE KING

CHAPTER II. KEEPERS OF THE STONE

CHAPTER III. BOSAMBO OF MONROVIA

CHAPTER IV. THE DROWSY ONE

CHAPTER V. THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER

CHAPTER VI. THE DANCING STONES

CHAPTER VII. THE FOREST OF HAPPY DREAMS

CHAPTER VIII. THE AKASAVAS

CHAPTER IX. THE WOOD OF DEVILS

CHAPTER X. THE LOVES OF M'LINO

CHAPTER XI. THE WITCH-DOCTOR

CHAPTER XII. THE LONELY ONE

CHAPTER XIII. THE SEER

CHAPTER THE LAST. DOGS OF WAR

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There is a people who live at Ochori in the big African forest on the Ikeli River, who are called in the native tongue "The Keepers of the Stone."

There is a legend that years and years ago, cala-cala, there was a strange, flat stone, "inscribed with the marks of the devils" (so the grave native story-teller puts it), which was greatly worshipped and prized, partly for its magic powers, and partly because of the two ghosts who guarded it.

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"And they cry 'war,'" said the chief. "This is the greatest shame of all, for my young men dance the death dance and streak their bodies with paint and talk boastfully."

"Go to your hut," said Sanders; "presently I will come and join you."

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