The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-22

~ married couple n house on Matautu
Point. and REQ spent S35 In giving the
brides local connections u feast. Then
the news spread, and cousins and
second cousins and various breeds OF
aunts and half uncles Travelled MP TO
Matautu POint. to partase Of his hog.
pitality. He did his best. nut. in n day
or 40. remarked sadly that he could
not catch fish fast enough In a poor
canoe. II he had n boat he could make
500 :, week. he said: and with $50 a
week he could entertained his wife's
houored friends continuously and In n
BETTING amer. The relatives con.
suited. aud thinking they had n good
thing subscribed. and bought a boat
ION credit from the German firm. Civ
ing n mortgage on n piece Of land as
security. Then they presented REQ
with the boat, with many compliment
tary speeches. aud sat down 10 chucklc
Mt the way they would make the old |
fool work. and the 'old fool went
s~traightwoy to the American Consul
and declared himself to he n citizen
of tho United States, and demanded
IlS country > pIDlt'''Ou, Us ue ifuI'u
his wife's relatives wanted to beat him
out Of the boat they had given him. |
The Consul wrote out something ter
rifying on q hig sheet Of paper and
tackled II TO the boat. and warned the
surprised relatives that an American
man .of-wnr would project REQ with
her guns. aud then REQ went inside
his house and beat his wife with n
canoe paddle. and chased her violently
out of the place. and threatened her
m"lc relatives with a large kuife aad
fearful language.
Then hi took the boat round the 9TH
or side Of the is.nnd. and sold Il for
500 20 n trader. n came back to
Apla to Denlson. and asked for a pass.
age tn Tutulia, and the German firm
entered into aud took possession of the
mortgaged land, while the infuriated
relatives tore up and down the beach.
demanding Tarreo's blood in n loud
voice. Tarreo, with his $500 in his
trousers pocket, sat on the schooner
rail and looked AT them stolidly and
without i'll feeling.
Denison landed the ancient nj Leone
Bay. on Tutuiia, for he had taken kind.
ly to the old scoundrcl, who had many
virtues and could give points to any
one, white ~ brown. in che noble art
Ut deep sea fishing. This latter quail
t~ication endeared him greatly 10 young
Tom, who. when he was not employed
In keeping the captain sober. or bring.
ing him round after an attack Of "a.
is" spent all his spare time In fishing,
either at sea or in port
REQ settled mt Leone, and made q
good deal of money buying copra from
the natives. The natives got to like
him. he was such II cons i, ntious old
fellow. When he hung the baskets of
copra on the iron hook of the steel.
yard. which was marked to weigh up
TO one hundred and ftty pounds, he
would call their attention TO the marks
as he moved the heavy pea" along
the yard. Then. one day. some INFER
| rerins Tongan visitor examined the
pea, and declared thar It had been TAX
Ell from a sicplyard designed TO weigh
up to four hundred pounds. REQ was
so hurt at the insinua,lon that he inn
, medlately took the whole apparatus
out beyond the reef In his boat and in
j d%ignantly sank 1t In fifty tathoms Of
; water. Then he returned to his house.
hadc him wife the had married again,
T. "a sorrowfui farewell. and said his
: heart was broken by he ISLANDERS of n
vile Tongan pig from "A mission school,
o lie would, he said, 20 back TO Apia.
where he was respected by all who
Is knew him. Then n began to back up.
Is Some of the natives sided with the
D. Tongan. soiue with REQ. and in u few
= minutes a free fight took place on the
<, village green, and REQ stood in his
doorway and watched It from his mar
~ row, plglike eyes: then. being of a
magnanimous nature, he walked ovei
ID and asked three stout youths who haC
to beaten the Tongan into a state of un
consciousness AMI were jumping OF
Il his body, not to hurt him.
IN About midnight 'Reo's house wal
d. seen to he In flames, and the owner
uttering wild, weird screams of FIJI
n. ola" FLA ola" C'Mercy!' Mercy
fled down the beach to his boat, fol
in lowed by his wife. a large fat woman
er named appropriately enough Taumaf
e. (abundance). They dashed into tn
to water. clamhored into the boat. and b,
gan pulling seaward for their lives
The villagers. thinking they had bot
&c gone mad, gazed at them In ~astonisi
an ment, and then went back and helpe
ar themselves to the few goods save
he from the burning house.
We AS soon AS REQ and the good VIII
y. were OF OF sight of the village the
an put about, ran the boat into Il little ba
lie further down the coast, planted a ba
IN, containing 500, with the best of II
I'D trade goods (salved before the III
w. was discovered, and then set sail I,
I'm Apia to get justice from the Consul
in The Consul said il was a shOckin
outrage; the captain OF the Unite