In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
“I am not before a court of my country, and I am 
not being judged by its laws. I am in your 
■ country and I am being judged by its laws. Do 
I you despise your own chief and the laws of 
your own country ? ” This unexpected reply 
filled the lying fellow with confusion and he fell 
on his face before Artumbala and cried out, “ No, 
no, 1 honor my chief and the laws of my coun¬ 
try.” The chief laughed heartily at the man’s 
discomfiture and pleasantly told me I could go, 
for I was right in the matter. A few days after 
this, the mother came early one morning and 
took the child away without my knowledge or 
consent. 1 knew that she would not have dared 
to do this without the consent of Artumbala, and 
I let the matter drop. The Mussulman had prob¬ 
ably given him a sum equal to the redemption 
price of the child and then been permitted to 
kidnap it with impunity. 
