The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-06
Written for The Enquirer.
,THE ISLAlID OFiNEERGOBAD
By zKNo.
Concluded
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
ut appears tome" answered Mingodul,
"that the effect Of land monopoly would
be the same. / hope We shall never
have custom AS tened upon us again
which causes glch dire misery, and is 80
hard to remove.
aFinally aguYum whose name will no :
be forgotten by those who know this
history. became skeptical as to the
strength of this divinity as well as his
right to the water He gathered several
of his friends III secre ct and considered
the matter. According to the popular
superstition the surplus water vent into
the sky in vapor; but Gordoran, this
skeptic. thought it was conveyed to the
sea in secret manner, and by search,
they actually found the passage where
it ran into the sea among the rocks.
They agreed to gather all the people pos
sble at the well next day, and refuse
payment for ws,ter and await the result.
aThey did SO, and when the impostor
attempted toarouse the popular religious
feeling against them, Gordoran chal-
leDged him to prove by some valorous
deed. his right to his reputation for
strength. In reality his idle life had
destroyed his strength, but with much
bravado he threatened to come out
and throw Gortloran into the sea, hoping
to frighten him. The people desiring
the test stood BIZ in silence. The impos-
tor felt that he must frighten them, or
all was lost, and came out clustering.
With clenched teeth Gordoran awaited
his exit from the gorgeous palace, and,
single-handed, beat, kicked and cuffed
the supposed divinity so severely that
he would gladly haYe crawled away to
hide, but he was not able to move. The
well is free,' shouted Gordoran, and
with the strength of liberated slaves,
they attacked the building, tore it to the
ground, and let the crystal stream run
In freedom owe: the ground. Thousands
of miserable slaked their maddening
thirst that day, The impious fraud who
bad caused their suffering could not en-
dure the jeers Of the people, but went to
the Suicide Bureau and treated himself
to the best it contained. 1t is stated
that few guyun attended him to hasten
the matter and see it thoroughly done.
aGordoran addressed the people and
in an eloquent speech declared the
water to be henceforth free to all. He
9 had overcome the Man of Muscle, and
was entitled to The well, but renounced
it as privilege due to no being, human
or divine" . .-+-.
Mingodul tool, his seat amid shouts of
applause. ..
Then Kinelred calnled the tumult and
spoke again 'Whatis the feeling in
regard to adopting the methods of civili-
zation Ifanyone taYo1s it he may have
the floor" Z, !
No one arose. Gulliver was diseour-
aged. Kinelred said ne was at liberty
to offer anything further, hoping that he
would succeed better with some other
reform. Gulliysr arose and said:
ss"I wish to refer to the customs of the
yum-yum. fear for your future well
fare, when they are allowed all the
rights and improper privileges enjoyed
here. You surely will take warning and
adopt our system of morality. Other
wise I must leave you to certain ruin"
Here GuIliver seemed overcome.
What shall we do to improve our
morals ?" asked Kinelred.
Keep your Yum-yum in isolated
homes in their proper sphere, doing
housework. They must obey the guyum
in all things, submitting themselves in
fear and trembling, and cultivate hu-
mility. They are out of place in the
public positions now boldly held by
them" z4
The guyum looked at each other for a
moment in a dazed manner. What
Dare anv living being speak thus of their
noble yum.YumP ..<
1 Then. they roee up as one man. ITO
the ship with tEem ali l'' WAS cried.
Kinelred lost all control of the meet
ing, which had become pandemonium.
Gulliver and his men were pushed or
carried out of the hall and hurried on
board the train. About 100 guyum
guarded the thirty sailors on the train,
and they could hear the shouts of a
thousand voices around the hall, for
several miles.
On the way to the coast, the sailors
were seen to converse secretly with the
natives. The boats were reached, and
twelve Of the sailors refused to 60 on
board the ship. One Of them explained
to Captain GulliYer:
Civilization starves us on shore and
enslaves US on shipboard. We will re-
main" -
Gulliver, in his rage, ordered them to
60 on board, in a loud peremptory tone.
They only smiled, and the natives
showed the boatsoff.
? With the small crew, the ship was
handled with difficulty, but reached
Brobdingnag on June q, 1885. Captain
Gulliver desires to have the outrages TO
him and his crew published far and