The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
CHAPTER TX


The sailor went after those mon
keys in a mood of relentless severity.
Thus far, the regular denizens of Rain
bow island had dwelt together in peace
and mutual good will, but each di-
minutive wou-wou must be taught not
TO pull any string he found tied pro-
miscuously to trees or stakes. AS a
preliminary essay, jerks resolved to
try force combined with artifice Fail
ing complete success, he would en-
deavor to kin every monkey in the
place, though he had in full measure
the inherent dislike of Anglo-India to
the Staying of the tree people.
This, then. is what he did After
filling a biscuit tin with good-sized
pebbles, he donned a Dyak hat. blouse
and belt. rubbed earth over his face
and hands, and proceeded to pelt the
wou-Wous mercilessly. For more than
an hour he made their lives miserable
until at the mere sight OF him they
fed. shrieking and gurgling like a
thousand water bottles Finally he
constructed several Dyak scarecrows
and erected one to guard each of his
alarm guns. The device was thor
oughly effective. Thenceforth, when
some adventurous monkey-swinging
with hands or tail among the treetOps
IN the morning searching for appetiz
ing nut or luscious plantain-SaW one
of those fearsome bogies, he raised
such a hubbub that all his companions
scampered hastily from the confines of
the wood to the inner Businesses.
In contriVing these same scarecrOWs
which, by the way, he had vaguely
intended at first to erect on the beach
in order to brighten the invaders and
induce them TO fire a warning VOlley-
the sailor paid closer heed to the spoils
gathered from the fallen. One, at
least, of the belts was made of hui
man hair, and some among it's long
strands could have come only from the
faxen-haired head of a European
child. This fact. though CHASTITY
enough, confirmed him in his theory
that IL was impossible to think of
tempor'zing with these human f1ends.
UnhappilY such savage virtues as they
possess do not include clemency to the
weak or hospitality to defenceless
strangers. There was nothing for it
but a fight to a finish, with the law
of the jungle to decide the terms of
conquest.
That morning. of course, he had not
been able to visit Summit Rock until
after his cautious survey of the island.
Once there, however, he noticed that
the gale two nights earlier had loos-
ened two of the supports of his sky
sign. IL was not a QlHlcult or long
job to repair the damage. With the
invaluable ak he cut several wedges
and soon made all secure.
Now. during each of the two daily
examinations of the horizon which he
never omitted, he infinitely scrutinized
the sea between Rainbow Island and
the distant group. 1t was. perhaps, a
needless precautiOn. The Dyaks
would come at night. With a favor
able wind they need not set sail until
dusk. and their feet samDans would
easily cover the intervening forty
miles in five hours.
He could not be positive that they
were actual inhabitants of the islands
TO the south. The China sea swarms
with wandering pirates. and the tribe
whose animosity he had earned might
be equally noxious to some peaeeable
fishing community on the coast Again
S~3 ~0i1 h0 fnhatnd the advieAhiIitv'