The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-06-23
3y GRANT ALlN.>

dNpt cOEL o. It-ItlIuI y III pa II Ait
could not help noticing at the same
time that the men. at any rate, re-
garded them also largely in an i'm
personal light, as a sort OF generallzed
abstraction Of the powers of nature
an embodied form Of the rain and the
weather The islanders were anxious
to keep their white guests well sup
piled, well fed ana in perfect health,
not 80 much for the strangers -akes as
for their own advantage: they evil
IDENTITY considered that il anytkIng
went wrong with either OF their tuo
new gods. corresponding miSfOrtunes
might happen TO their crops and the
produce of their breadfruit groves
Some mysterious sympathy was held to
subsist between the persons OF the
ca>tawayS and the state OF the weather.
The natives cffusively thanked them
after welcome rain. and looked ask
ance al them, sCOwllug, alter long dry
spell. It was for this, no doubt, that
they took Sucn pains to provide them
with attentive Shadows, and TO grid
round their movements with tabOOs OF
excessive strlngehcy. Nothing that
the newcomers said or did was indlf-
fcrent, it seemed, to the welfare OF the
community: plenty and prosperity de-
pended upon the passing state of Nuri-
els health,and famine or drought might
be brought about at any moment by the
slightest imprudence IN Felix 5 diet.
How stringent these taboos really
were Felix learned by slow degrees
alone to realize. From the very be
ginning he had observed. to be sure,
that they might only eat and drink the
food provided for them; that they were
supplied with a clean and fresh-built
hut, as we'll as with brand-new cocoa
nut cups, spoons and platJers: that no
litter Of any sort was allowed to ac-
cumulatc near their enclosure: and
that their Shadows never left them. or
went out of their sight, by day or by
night, Tor a single moment. Now,
however, he began to perceive also
that the shadows were there for that
very purp osc, 10 watch over them, as
it were like guards. on behalf of the
community 10 see That they ate or
drank no tabOoed object: to keep them
from hccdlcssly transgressing any un-
written law Of the creed OF Boupari:
and 10 be anSwerable for their good
behavior generally. They We're partly
servants. it was true, and partly sure
ties; but they were partly also keep
ers, and keepers who kept close and
constant watch upon the persons of
their prisoners. Once or twice Felix,
growing tired for the moment Of this
continual surveillance, had tried to
give Toxic the slip, and to stroll away
from his hut. for a walk through the
island in the early morning before his
Shadow had walked: but on each such
occasion he found to his surprise that.
|, Z l,, Il : la
rose at once and confronted him an
grily, with an inquiring eye: and in
time he perceived that a thin string
was fastened to the bottom Of the door,
tc other end Of which was tied to the
Shadow ; ankle, and this string could
not be cut without letting fall sort of
latch or bar which closed the door out
side. only to be raised again by some
external person.
Clearly ii was intended that the kOr-
ong should have no chance of escape
without the knowledge Of the Shadow,
who, as Felix a'terWard learned, would
have paid with his own body 10y a cruel
death for the korong's disappearance.
He might as well have tried to es-
capped his own shadow as to escape the
, one the islanders had tackled on to him.
All Felix's energies were now de-
voted to the arduous task of discover
ing what kOrOng really meant, and
what possibility he might have Of saw
ing Muricl from the mysterious fate
that seemed to be held IN store for them.
one evening, about six weeks after
their arrival in the island, the young
! tngiishman'wa strolling by himself
after the sun sank low in heaven
along a pretty tangled hillside path,
I ovcrhung with ionas and rOpe-likC
/ tropical crccpcrs, while his faithful
Shadow fingered step or two behind,
keeping sharp Lookout meanwhile on
/ his movements
4 Near the top of little crag OF vol.
! canic rock, in the center OF the hills
he came suddenly upon d hut with a
I cleared space around it, sOmewh hat
neatcr in appearance than any Of the
native cottages he had vet seen. and
i surrounded bv broad, white belt o.
coral sand. exactly like that which
rin@ed round and protected their own
4 inclosure. But what specially attract.
4 ed Felix's attention was the Iact that
/ the space outside this circle had beer
! cleared into a regular flower garden
/ quite European in the deliniteness anC
/ orderliness Of its quaint arrangement
"Whv. who lives here" Felix asked
,,riln - H. ra-nactf',I IiodoW-
Tho ChadoI. v.a,.nd his hand ,.ao,aI,
IN am avnansiya Tay toward the siv a.
no ans,rGrnd ,yitb = cortain ar of aIva
of,S,, ,,i,sar1.al,I, ia ~ o1aanb ,rbo,
t,i,oa., r,,, +,a+i,,, TN ~
Of Birds. \ very great goa. HI
I .a{bo ~ i 49, ~. III Fa7iT i,oiroo +al,ar
abariz wonGe,inr vaglIIy 70 himsei
rba+har bara 1archanca ba migh
baro ii@h+nd 1Inop son'a st,avand s5in
,.''.,.,.ll-l 80
60 %, 10 80, lilo ,.o,,,.
,,l,d ~ C ~, +,,a,od
'it,'' - 80 90, q,
III III ,i., ~ 49,, - 90 iolf'
.,laal- r,,,,.I - b;,5 p,+ ~ i" ~, no
I,!a,,C,n-r ~, 49,, ~, 10, onI
- H., = g,I5 ~ &c r., IL
I-;Ia :. - '-'' '''' sum &c : = y 10
iNi.'' H., .,,,,,t,,, r, t-;1a III >.
~ az - a. go. "a
ellA a N'5'', III lllteii.g interest.
I'll nv ~ = no MAJ ~ ~ ~" q y