The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-03

In the morning II was going to pray" told
| her she bet not and che stopped homo herself
with no moro words. I thought this seemed
| unlike q native and a native woman. and q
woman that had new clothes to show of. How
| ever. 1t suited mo to the ground. and made
tho loss OF It. The auecr thing was that came
next door to going TO church after all thing
I'm little likely to forget. had turned out for
q stroll. and heard the hymn tune up. You
| know how 1t Is. II you hear fofk singing It
| seems to draw YOU and pretty soon I found
| myself alongside the church. It was little
long. low place. corral built, rounded OF Mt
| both ends like o whaleboat. big native roof
on tho top of It, windows without sashes.
my, head into to ono Of tho windows. and tho
sight was SO new to motor things wont quite
that stayed and looked on. the conerc css
| tlon s9t On tho floor on mats. the women on
| hats. the men in white jackets and shirts.
The HYMN was oyer; the PASTOR big buck
wot"a lis Voice. and INC msSs his s pnnts and
gun IN at the BUSINESS. '' We'll he ioopsd %S
wSFs St III fS% an r ss
pointed at me ke as 4 AGAINST his will and
ran away: and. il the same kind OF a shock
was given me-. sh3 ,n run away again to,
stracR all Of heap ' a. tie mere sh H Of mo
ne out s hs Ewops If GS e Rsh9 had
ma f hink 'fs Would Hnt toll III" ma but That @
Wdnd sons oys Sp a me hsyH a0q ae
but the truth was was ashamed to speak oi
Il thought would Dn
hS a f tsso loss liked the a more
must be tabooSd. 4 new store to stand open
two days in q village and not man or woman
sa ta0 !ss link Ta fHst
Il think So" said she
5 W snS Sa he aS,1Ss ask has
any notion Of consulting them. SO went to
Case. i was dark. and he was sitting alone.
Case" said /. here's queer thing. I'm
t., " .} ia,ags%, says he. "'Taint tho practice
That may be; orI maynt" said It's It's
ko md o i for
well" said he. what have you been do
That's what want to find out" said /.
oh: YOU can't be-, said he: II aint possible.
Your mind at rest III GO go round and ind out out
for sire Just you waltz n and IN talk to papa.
out hcre on the veranda. Your house is )" SO SO
"TiI call papa q, out here !, then. he; 49,,
wouldn't gsI The fact is don't take TO Mr.. Ran
at Case laughed. took lantern from tho store,
and set out into the village He was t gone per:
haps n quarter OF an hour. and he looked
well" said he. ciappinG down the, lantern
tG Xerdnd steps ~ Would never haze be-
| Of those Knnakas I'll go next, they seem to
have lost all idea OF respect for whites. What
we want is man-oi-war; a German: II we
heM m crs
Something e ths s0Ft" faid he; IT'S the
I'll stand by you. Wiltshire. man to man, You
cone round here to- morrow about o. and Vel
e or they D Used to be- but their heads
ss hknST to ths Our
ifths white %.a Quarrel: snd Ri stand 70 i
Have you found out what's tho reason ?"
Not yet" said Case. But We'll fro them
.AltogetheE was pretty we'll pleased with his
stern and resolved; Tho chiefs awaited US in
out to us from a long way of by the crowd
about the caves. hundred strong 4 there was
mon were on their way to work and wore
green wrcaths. and It put L me in thoughts Of
! inc lSt VI Ut nome lnlS crowd opened
and buzzed about the pair OF US as we went in.
with sudden ina angry 1ninati9n Five chiefs
fry STAT on the
whit. kits and jackets: they had fans in their
hands like fine ladies'. and two Of the younger
ones wore Catholic medals. which gave me
matter tor reflection. Our place was set and the
mat mats laid f9rus oyer against these grandees. on
emnty,: tho crowd. close ut our backs. MUIR
INJURED and craned and lostIed to look on. and
tho clean pebbles OF tho iloor was Just "a a
| hair put out by the excitement OF the Com
mons. hut the quiet, civil appearance Of tho
| spokesman began and made long speech in
10y tone Of voice, sometimes waving his
sometimes knocking with his knuckles on the
mat: One thing WAS clear: there was no sign
! whats he been saying 2" asked. whom he
| had done.
thoS npdsrstand by mo You WISH to sou maze axe
away. and they'll do the square thing" " A'o
s. 1T took precious long time to say that"
oh. tho rest was, sawder and bontour and
that" said Case. You know what Kanakas
well. they don't a get m, much s2njour ont Of
white man and British subject and no end OF
| q big chief at home. and Pvo como here to do
them good, and bring them civilization: and
they go md taboo me. and, no one iare come ,a
| near my place. Tell them don't mean to fly
!
| wants present I'll do what's fair. Idon't
blame any. man looking out for himself. toll
| them. for that's human nature: but II they
| think thcy'ro going to come any Of their native
ideas over mo they'll lind themselves mistaE On.
| And tell thom plain that demand tho reason
| OF this trcatment as white man and n British
subject"
That was my. speech. knew how to deal
| with Kannkas: zivo them plain sense and fair
| dealing. and I'll do them that much Justice
they knqckle under every time. They haven't
| any roal government or any real law: that's
| what you've got to knock into their heads: md
even II they had. 1t would be good Joke II it
| was to apply to q white man.. 1t would DO u
atrangss thing II We came all ,, this way and
COULD MT do what We plcnsed. The moro Idea
| has always put my monkeyMp and raped
| my speech out pretty big. Then Case trans
| first chief replied. and then a second. and q
t hnt al In the and gentS
put to Case and o,, he a answered It.
| laughed out loud. and looked at me; Last of
! all. the puckered old 70 low and the big young
chief that spoke first started In to put Case
through kind Of catechism, Sometimes |
thnY stuck to MIN like hOunds and the swnlt