The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06
Copyright, by S. S. Mcclure Co, 1898
CHAPTER II.

Four or five days later the chief was
allowed to get up and walk quietly
up and down the deck, and week af-
| terward the doctor said, You can &c
now, chief, if you desire it, but you
| must be content TO keep quiet for an
other couple of months, and not make
| any great eXertiOns or move quickly.
{ How long will it take you to go up the
| river to your home?"
six days easy padding
We'll, that is in your favor, but do
not travel fast Take it quietly. and be
as long as you can on the voyaSe-lying
| in a canoe is as good rest as you can
| take
THANK you. doctor, will obey your
! Instructions. You have all been very
kind to me, and a Malay chief never
forgets benefits. 1 have been hostile to
the white men, but now 1 see L have
been mistaken, and that you are good
and kind. Is it true that your boat is
going up the river? Sob Hay tells me
that it is So"
Yes; one of the chiefs, Sehi Pan
dash, wants TO place himself under our
protection. and he has sent to ask that
the ship might go up and fire her big
guns. that the tribes round may see
that he has strong friends who can help
him
1T is two days rowing up the river
to my place from his, and when you are
there l shall come down and see you.
Sehi is not a good chief; he Quarrels
with his neighbors, and shelters their
slaves who run away to him; he is not
a good man."
well, we shall all be glad to see you
chief, and l hope that you will bring
your daughter with you. She has won
all our hearts. and we shall miss her
sadly"
I will bring her if 1 can do so safely
the chief said gravely; 'but 1 am not
friends with Sehi; he stops my trade as
it comes down the river, and takes
payment for all goods that pass down.
1t is because he knows that many of
us are angered that he wishes to put
himself under your protection. l think
that you do not do well TO aid so bad
a fellow"
I'VE did not know that he was a bad
fellow, chief. The best plan will be for
you and the other chiefs who are ag-
grieved to send down complaints
against him, or to come down your.
selves when we are up there, and talk
it over with our captain, who will
doubtless impress upon Sehi the neces-
sity for abstaining from such practices,
and that he cannot expect aid from us
if he embroils himself with his neigh
bors by interfering with their trade. Is
he strong?"
He has many war prahus, which
sometimes come down to the sea and
return with plumber, either collected
from the cultivators near the coast or
from trading ships captured and
burnt"
Il will mention what you tell me to
the captain, and it will prepare him to
listen to any complaint that may be
made to him. But you must remember
that he is only acting under the orders
of the governor of the straits settle
ments, and must refer all important
matters TO him"
Il Will come when you are there"
Hassan said gravely. IF nothing is
done there will be war"
There was general regret on board
the Serpent when the little princess
said goodby to all her friends and went
down the accommodation ladder to the
boat with her father. The. chief had
said but little to the two young mid
shipmen, for he saw that they pre-
ferred that the matter should not he
alluded to, but he held their hands at
parting and said:
Il shall see you again before long;
but if at any time you should want me.
will come. even if your summons
reach me in the middle of a battle
1T is such nonsense, doctor" Harry