He explains to them that his health is quite
restored, and that he no longer needs this annual change to a more
temperate clime.
Now, _which_ of the two royal rings did the Director-General return to
Smith on the mummied hand of her late Majesty Ma-Mee?
MAGEPA THE BUCK
In a preface to a story of the early life of the late Allan Quatermain,
known in Africa as Macumazahn, which has been published under the name
of "Marie," Mr. Curtis, the brother of Sir Henry Curtis, tells of how
he found a number of manuscripts that were left by Mr. Quatermain in his
house in Yorkshire. Of these "Marie" was one, but in addition to it and
sundry other completed records I, the Editor to whom it was directed
that these manuscripts should be handed for publication, have found
a quantity of unclassified notes and papers. Some of these deal with
matters that have to do with sport and game, or with historical events,
and some are memoranda of incidents connected with the career of the
writer, or with remarkable occurrences that he had witnessed of which he
does not speak elsewhere.
One of these notes--it is contained in a book much soiled and worn that
evidently its owner had carried about with him for years--reminds me of
a conversation that I had with Mr.
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