Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-24
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| Mnriel to follow him.
They entered, half terrified. Fell,
still grasped his open knife in his hand
| ready to strike at any moment that
might be necessary. The Chief led
them forward toward very large tree
near the center of the garden At the
foot of the tree stood a hut, somewhat
bigger and better built than any they
had yet seen; and in front of the trunk
stalwart savage, very powerfully
built, but with sinister look in his
cruel and lustful eye, was pacing uE
and down like a sentinel on guard,
long spear in his right hand sand q
tomahawk in his left, held close by his
side, all ready for action. AS he
prowled up and down he seemed to be
peering warily about him on every
side, as if each instant he expected to
be set upon by an enemy. But as the
Chief approached, the people without
set up once more the cry of Taboo
Taboo" and the stalwart savage by
the tree, laying down his spear and
letting his tomahawk fall free, dropped
in d second the air Of watchful alarm,
and advanced with some courtesy to
greet the newcomers.
ave have found them, Tu-Kila-
Kila, the Chief sale, presenting them
to the god with a graceful wave OF the
hand. 1--WE have found the spirits
the fire in their hands, and the light
Heaven. Heaven has accepted them.
We have offered them fruit, and they
have eaten the banana. The King of
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Korong! Receive them.''
Tu-Kila-Kiia glanced at them with
an approving glance, strangely COM
are plump he said shortly. ''They are
indeed Korong. My sun has sent me
an acceptable present"
What is your will that we should
do with them?" the Chief asked in a
deeply deferential tone.
Tu-Kila-Kila looked hard at Muriel
such hateful look that the knife
trembled irresOlute for second in Fe-
lix's hand. Give them two fresh
huts," he said, in a lordly way. "Give
them divine platters. Give them all
that they need. Make everything
right for Them
The chief bowed and retired with an
awed air from the presence. Exactly
as he passed certain line on the
ground, marked white with row of
coral-sand 1uKila-Kila seized his
spear and his tOmahaWk once more,
and mounted guard, as before, at the
foot of the great tree where they had
seen him pacing. An instantaneous
change seemed to Muriel to come over
his domeanor at that moment. While
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looked all cruelty, lust, and hateful
up and down warily in front of that sa-
cred floor, peering around him with
keen suspicion he seemed rather the
and certain slavish bodily terror
Felix, as he went, a glance of angry
hate: and yet he did not attempt to
hurt or modest him in any way, defence
less as they both were before these
numerous savages.
AS they emerged from the enclosure,
the girl with the fruit busket stood
near the gate, looked outward from the
wall, her faced turned away from the
awful home OF Tu-Kila-Kila. At the
moment when Muriel passed, to her
immense establishment, the girl spoke
to her. Don't be afraid, missy"
she said in E1gllsh, in rather low
voice, without obtrusively approach
ing them. "Boupari man not going to
hurt you. Me going to be your serv-
ant. Me name Mali. Me very good
girl. Me take plenty care of you
The unexpected sound of her own
language. in theSnidst of so much I'M
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by surprise. She looked hard at the
girl but thought it wisest to answer
nothing. This particular young wo-
man indeed, was just as dark, and to
all appearance just as much of a say
age, as any of the rest Of them. But
she could speak English, at any rate!
And she said she was, to be Muriel's
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