Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

do anything. God wild along him He take
away all strong belong him
Tne naked congregation listened to the
sermon with opeu-mouthed attention and
tue preacher thought he had struck the nail
on the head. After service Cant Walker
went to house and soon a great delega-
don came TO see him. The spokesman stem
ped forward and said: Me fellow master
like I'm have yarn with you aionsa talk
you oin maxim today. Master that talk
you bin maxim alonga church this mornin
mighty good talk. make all young fellow
here too much ashamed. One thing spose
young fellow be ashamed do something by
In by. True master one thing Won no saw
you speak what for you fellow no get boat
master. true plenty fellow here like get
BOAT Before one fellow he thinks he get
boat. he go Thursday Island he speak
along store keeper. Store keeper say ali
right. me give you boat. He take boat he
s go ,seen MN plenty pearl shell. take him
aiohs store keeper. he say pay boat nowf
Store keeper he say no. You get mora
pearl shell. by IN by finish He go he catch
MN plenty pearl shell Master too much
pearl shell boat he fuller go along store
Keeper He say finish pay boat now store
keeper he say no you go get more 90
again all same. Store keeper he all same
one talk all time. more. more BY I'm bv
man he wild he no more work sto-a 80 -
ef get boat. fellow lose everything nv
In by another fellow go along store kaansr
and ouy goat, and he get shell and all lima
store Keeper one talk he make mora n, orc
more Fellow no can finish pay Nv in hy
man he wild. he no more work lose hosy
another fellow all same, three mau Nou
what me fellow do. me M 90 - VOW
see.'' 49, "he YOU
The preacher had given good advice h,,,
tne natives could not get boat The ras-
caHty or the trader was at last established
IN the n;inGs or the lately savage PaDuans
and here attacked for iaziness they And the
Impossible task imposed of procurtnr i'm
honesty from the wholly dishonest the re-
CURED craft That the natives in trade are
nv ha
white man is true Many careless white
traders dislike the missionaries and sneak
or them In unfiatterlng terms because OF
their desire to protect the native races from
irnposters. Is the Christian Church TO give
no aid to the converted savage nor rescue
from the devils commerce the converted
aboriginal?
All the self-complacency Of the mission.
airy vanished as he saw the foolishness OF
his position. Here were persons bound
hand and foot by the entangiements of com
scienceless commerce The coffee-coIorc,i
people had lost all hope and had nothing
but starvation in sight. All incentive TO
Industry had evaporated. The heroic cap
tain called the ISLANDERS together on Mon
day told them he saw their position and
would help them He took crew with
him to Thursday Island. bought a boat
with his own money. trusted them to pay
and arranged that they should take their
pearl shell to storekeeper. This caused
great disappointment. One man got up and
said:
Master. that fashion no good. Spose ma
fellow take two pounds give along store
keeper for boat. storekeeper put him along
book one pound. He no write proper. BY
in by you go look book belong him you
wild You say this fellow CANNON me. He
no pay boat. Me fellow bin pay. Store
keeper no write proper. that fashion belong
him all time. More better me fellow pay
you -4s,z,--.- -
That the missionary could not allow, so
he finally arranged that a government Of
fetal should be present at the Weighing 81
the pearl shell. Under honest treatment
the Islander succeeded in paying for a val
liable boat in fifteen months time and had
money in hand. Since then there have been