Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-14
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to the prisoner, who setused to answer
She instantly addressed herself to the

She instantly addressed herself to the
escort ..,.,sgss,
The man in command was In the act
Of replying when the prisoner, by some
means which / shall never be able to
explain, raised his right arm before his
guards could stop him. In the palm Of
his hand lay knife, somewhat resem-
bling Malay creese, but with shorter
and straighter blade. With the swift
ness Of thought the hand seemed to drop
back and instantly resume it's upright
position. The impetus thus given sent
the weapon flying along the veranda to-
ward us, and if had not thrown my
left arm before her there could be no
doubt that It would have found scab-
bard in Allies breast. AS it was, 1t stuck
in the sleeve of my white jacket, pass
ing through the fabric without even
scratching the flesh. Unnerving as the
incident was, the Beautiful White Devil
did not show the slightest sign of fear,
but simply said, THANK your to me
and then resumed her instructions to
the guard. Kwong Fung was immedi.
ately led away.
For some seconds after this departure
neither Of us spoke, then, noticing that
her face was regaining its old expires.
sion, l took courage enough to inquire
my enemy's fate.
Death" she answered. 81 have for
given that man times out Of number.
have helped. him when he was in dis
tress, and once / rescued him when he
was within an ace Of being executed.
But since he has murdered one Of my
bravest subjects in cold blood and can.
not respect the orders l have given, but
must needs attempt the lives Of those ]
have sworn to protect, he must be pre-
vented from doing any more harm BY
the safest means we can employ.
She was silent again for few mo-
ments, then picking up the dagger,
which had fallen on the floor, she looked
me steadily in the face and said:
"Dr. De Normanville,, owe you my
life. If ever the opportunity arrives,
you will not find me ungrateful. 1t was
near escape, was it not? shall have
to change my servants If they cannot
see that their prisoners are unarmed.
was about to reply, but was inter
rupted by the arrival of second batch
of litigants, who we're followed by
third. They were all natives, for, as I
discovered later, there was not one sim
gle instance on record in the history of
the island of the white population hav-
ing found it necessary to resort to law
to settle their differences. A more peace.
able, happy and law abiding community
could not be found. One thing was very
noticeable in each Of these cases, and
that was the pacific reception of and
the resignation with which the deci-
sions of their ruler were received. She
spoke to them, chided them, sympa-
thized with them and smoothed down
their rufled feathers Just as if they had
in reality been what she had called
them-her children. And as result In
each case plaintiff and defendant went
off together, their differences settled
and their former animosity quite for
gotten. When the last case was con-
cluded, Allie put on her large white hat,
which throughout the legal business
had been lying beside her, and we were
in the act of setting out for the village,
accompanied by the dog, when an inoi-
dent occurred which was fraught with
as much interest to me in my study OF
her extraordinary position and charac-
ter as anything else l had so far met
with during my stay in the island.
We were descending the long stone
steps before described, when young
and attractive native woman hove in
sight, carrying in her arms bundle,
which on her nearer approach proved to
be baby. Arriving at the steps, she
halted and knelt at Allies feet, kissing
HE hem of her dress, and at the same
Time saying something to her in the soft
native tongue have so repeatedly ad-
mired.
When she had finished, Allie turned
to me and said:
doctor, this is your first case, and a
sad one. Will you tell me if you can do
anything for this poor creatures child?"
Turning to the woman, signed to
her to let me look at the infant. The
poor little thing was in the last stage
of continent smallpox and presented q
sickening appearance.
SIS it hopeless case?" Allie asked,
with almost an entreaty in her voice, a