This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler. CUPID IN AFRICA BY P. C. WREN AUTHOR OF “BEAU GESTE” * * * * * “_Ex Africa semper aliquid novi_” * * * * * “And the son shall take his father’s spear And he shall avenge his father” . . . —_Askari Song_ * * * * * HEATH CRANTON LIMITED 6 FLEET LANE LONDON E.C.4 _First published 1920_ CONTENTS PART I THE MAKING OF BERTRAM CHAPTER PAGE I _Major Hugh Walsingham Green_ 7 II _Mr. Charles Stayne-Brooker (or Herr Karl 10 Stein-Brücker)_ III _Mrs. Stayne-Brooker—and Her Ex-Stepson_ 13 PART II THE BAKING OF BERTRAM BY WAR I _Bertram Becomes a Man of War_ 16 II _And is Ordered to East Africa_ 28 III _Preparations_ 40 IV _Terra Marique Jactatus_ 45 V _Mrs. Stayne-Brooker_ 59 VI _Mombasa_ 61 VII _The Mombasa Club_ 70 VIII _Military and Naval Manœuvres_ 78 IX _Bertram Invades Africa_ 97 X _M’paga_ 105 XI _Food and Feeders_ 112 XII _Reflections_ 123 XIII _Baking_ 137 XIV _The Convoy_ 146 XV _Butindi_ 154 XVI _The Bristol Bar_ 161 XVII _More Baking_ 171 XVIII _Trial_ 180 XIX _Of a Pudding_ 187 XX _Stein-Brücker Meets Bertram Greene—and 195 Death_ PART III THE BAKING OF BERTRAM BY LOVE I _Mrs. Stayne-Brooker Again_ 204 II _Love_ 208 III _Love and War_ 217