KUMASI FEBRUARY 1874
When Jack walked into the house Wolseley had requisitioned, the general was with Lieutenant Wood, both of them admiring the lieutenant"s booty. Augmenting King Kofi"s state umbrella of black and crimson velvet, Wood had a beautifully carved stool with silver ornamentation. Jack knew that as aide de camp to Wolseley, Wood could be relied on to be first to the loot. Aristocrats always were; in Jack"s opinion, that was how they had obtained their titles in the first place.
“I found the stool with a sergeant of the Wests,” Wood said. “The beggar refused to give it up to me. I had to put him under arrest.”
I"ll have Sergeant Mathews free before this day is over.
“Ah, Windrush,” Wolseley looked up from his study of the stool. “I ordered you to locate the Golden Stool of
