Chapter 38

Four pistols lay in the hole. M’saki had no further use for them; she was paddling a laden canoe towards the French territory, singing a song that was all about her dead lover and the treasure that would bring her many successors. 11 XI =THE PRESENT= D’MINI, the dancing girl, was a great giver. She gave all that clever feet could give to the old king who lives beyond the Ghost Mountains and at night, when he sat nodding before the big fire which burnt in front…