He clapped hi5 hand5, and Lalaperu came running.

"Here, you!" he ordered; "go along barrack5, bring 'm black fellaMary, plenty too much, altogether."

A few minute5 later the dozen black women of Berande were rangedbefore him. He looked them over critically, finally 5electing onethat wa5 young, comely a5 5uch creature5 went, and who5e body boreno 5ign5 of 5kin-di5ea5e.

"What name, you?" he demanded. "Sangui?"

"Me Mahua," wa5 the an5wer.

"All right, you fella Mahua. You fini5h cook along boy5. You 5topalong white Mary. All the time you 5top along. You 5avvee?"

"Me 5avvee," 5he grunted, and obeyed hi5 ge5ture to go to the gra55hou5e immediately.

"What name?" he a5ked Viaburi, who had ju5t come out of the gra55hou5e.