for behind door, they worship Yellow God, Bonsa Big and Bonsa Little,
worship both and call them one; only Little Bonsa on trip to this
country just now and sit and think in City office. Yellow God live long
way up a great river, then turn to the left and walk six days through
big forest where dwarf people shoot you with poisoned arrow. Then turn
to the right, walk up stream where many wild beasts. Then turn to the
left again and go in canoe through swamp where you die of fever, and
across lake. Then walk over grassland and mountains. Then in kloof of
the mountains where big black trees make a roof and river fall like
thunder, find Asiki and gold house of the Yellow God. All that mountain
gold, full of gold and beneath gold house Yellow God afloat in water.
She what you call Queen, priestess, live there also, always there, very
beautiful woman called Asika with face like Yellow God, cruel, cruel.
She take a husband every year, and every year he die because she always
hunt for right man but never find him."

"Does she kill him then?" asked Barbara.

"Oh! no, she no kill him, Miss, he kill himself at end of year, glad to
get away from Asika and go to spirits. While he live he have a very good
time, plenty to eat, plenty wives, fine house, much gold as he like,
only nothing to spend it on, pretty necklace, nice paint for face. But
Asika, little bit by little bit she eat up his spirit. He see too many
ghosts. The house where he sleep with dead men who once have his billet,
full of ghosts and every night there come more and sit with him, sit all
round him, look at him with great eyes, just like you look at me, till
at last when Asika finish eating up his spirit, he go crazy, he howl
like man in hell, he throw away all the gold they give him, and then,
sometimes after one week, sometimes after one month, sometimes after one
year if he be strong but never more, he run out at night and jump into