Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-11-29
THE BOAT STEERER.

Steering northwest from Samoa for GOO
or 200 miles you will sight the Ellico
group-iow living, palm clad coral atolls,
fringcd on the lee with shimmering sandy
beaches. On the weather side, exposed to
the long sweep of the ocean rollers there
are but short, black looking reefs, backed
by irregular plies of loose, fat sea worn
coral thrown ip and accommodating till its
surface is brushed by the pendent leaves of
the COCOanut =. only to be washed and
swirlcd hack scaward when the wind
comes from the westward and sends u
fierce, sweeping current along the white
beaches ana black coral rocks alike.
Twenty three years ago these islands
were almost Unknown to any one saNt II
few wandering traders and the ubiquitous
New Bedford whalcr. But now, long ere
YOU can see from the ships deck the snowy
tumble of tie surf ON the reef, huge
white mass, ;rim, square and ugly, will
meet your -whitcwashed walls of IL
distressful ghastliness accumulated by
doors and windows of the dcadlicst black.
This cheerful. excrescence ON the face of
suffering nature is Il native church.
The people have mostly assmilated
themselves, in their manners and mode Of
life generally, to the new order of things
rcl resented ly the fearful looking struc-
tnro ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS j. to say, even
as the Tong,n and Fiiian, they have de-
e'heraI'u from 1t Hcrc'' huruH, Ndrllhc
race In'o 'nI'e Snlr'c"' pi"ck co''c"
saints Who-' lu'al Oh loNolS VAI9''h'o Is
10 nave pubic prayer 'Wlce u''N ON wees
days ana All ""y ON sunday. 10 tn'm II Is
gpou thihE 10 g't nan uolIar from inc
Whlte trader LOT SICK loWI' WHICH, Wheh
po'IEht, VIII DC CI''IIll,U ny 'I",n'r hlt w.
WHO VIII nave lh' WIll'' man HI'u = !or
buying sloIoh property Ildu 'he MHl'e
man piiu a. he hau zone Wlariy' thal
com sometimes goes lar ii the lohciaus'
For instance 'he lrulE uhcluou' n"'lNe
thrl,'l"h may ask u"lIar Tor TWO lows
bil he VIII also lease Out ms WIG lor
similar amount
Iilnc W.. III the EIllceS' Wheh the IN
quo coiI'l'l' 'h'o Oh married woman
'lp"ii' " S""N'" anu II"I' I7,IC o"'ll prV9Sluh
OI the J"Su4"f or sWlIl pioW from the
hcaNE 'n"ilF WOOD clup ol lh' Wrohgeu
man. N"W"uaH' since the SNUG lactu
native t'a'"'r main shown them the mght
way Nuch domestic lrnunieS are cohuoneu
by 81 -'h't - II II nr genuine Amerl-
can upH"r-or Two brl'lNh HorlIls' l"r out
Tlgou H'hoi W"uIu H"' "cc'l' 'hec cast IRON
boliNldh money or the poor SILVER Oh OhlIr
ana i'ru' Ana loi - the ha'Nt thrlS-
~, N'
blhle' PHnt'u IN the samoan to"gue and
'H''H no u"Up' GUY I'll cFH Wouiu come
E"ou, I"r ne co''lu ny lh''H9 Oh ms newly
acquired purchase picture 10 MS ouShy
ili'le inc ''lror' 'haI await lHoSe VINO LOOK
upon strange men ana 'upe III apupuIa
'prlghl ana SHINING money!.
'Ut Want 10 ''Il apoul NchlleuN. Men
n'uY' the BOAT at'rrer ne was called al
though ~ years hud passed ana x hr since
mat day at wallis island when me- "a bright
eyed bronze laced LAD, with me lighting
pI'"l 81 iH' "lu Iuiltah thulc"i'H run
nlng Ike fire through his veins despite
ms New England bringing up ran his
Aniie INTO a Nhlpmate heart ana He'd for
ever from all white associations. over =
woman 1t Wa-. ana only copper co'ored
one at tha, but then she was young and
beautiful, with dreamy, gIiHtening eyes
ANA black, WaNy hair, ornalnenled with u