The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-08-27
The Monarch of Bobo |
Copyright, BY shortstory Pub. Co.,
By WILL LISENBEE.

9adcted to theories uu nv
wv. harmonize with existing
sn Int to him 1t was all the worse
ns ss,stlng things. Had he turned
s,tention to those simple duties
HI fall to the man before the mast
a' .,,sht have been well. But he al
"a himself to be carried away by
distractions of theories. One of
s.s proclaimed that certain men
4. appointed by Destiny to rule
~ fellowmen; another, that he,
,"uon Brown, was one of those ia
s-sd BY Destiny. These theories con-
.,ad with the convictions held by
y, Nelson of the Petrol, and when
damon Brown stirred up a mutiny,
ssa was an encounter between law
!, authority and theory, in which
~ the mates was wounded. and
captain lost piece of his ear.
Me- theory lost.
The affair provoked Capt. Nelson to
employment of vigorous antidote
4 tbe mutinous spirit. Instead of
,one the leader in irons to be car
al TO port for trial, he set him
hore ON the island of Bobo--an un.
harted piece of land lying in the
0mh Pacific-leaving him supply
nroyisions by which he might sus.
N life and thereby have the oppor-
,rlty to nurse the remorse which
nc the price of the PRONUNCIATION of
otenable theories.
Some months later, when the Petrol
buched at Melbourne, after a voyage
Hong Capt. Nelson paid his
lspects to Mrs. Brown, wife of the
,rooned mutineer. When he had ex-
Isned to her that her husband had
n returned in the Petrol, but had
zen set ashore on far-away island
mediate on the evils of mutiny,
fully expected to have flood of
uroach poured on his head, but
hitting of the sort occurred. She
stened to the story with calm i'm.
bsslyity, and, when 1t was finished,
emarked that she hoped that her hus.
and's enforced sojourn on the island
ould cure him of his appetite for
tog, and ended by inviting the cap
lin to remain for dinner.
So 1t happened that when the Petrol
topped anchor in the little hay at
)obo just eight months after depos-
linz Brown on its shore, the wife of
De mutineer stood on the deck with
apt. Nelson, and watched the lower
g Of the boat which was to bring
er husband back to the ship.
She stood leaning on the rail as the
bptain and a dozen or so of the crew
btered the boat and sped shoreward
BID 1t was only after the men had
(ached shore and vanished from sight
bat she called the mate, and asked
be taken ashore, that she might
leet her husband and surprise him
iore he reached the ship.
Meantime, having gone ashore, the
ptan and his men began to search
the marooned mutineer. Failing
discover any traces of him in the
rtnity of where he had been left
g proceeded inland, making theil
by through clumps of dense tropica
Eage.
Emerging from a thick clump o.
PINS, the little party came into al
en valley A cluster of palm huts
exc on their vision, and of a sudder
whole valley was swarming will
-herce, black, warlike life;
Fde OF hideous savages. AS If the,
y been lying in ambush for the ad
l'aTers, they sprang like magi,
Om hollow, rock and thicket. Will
swift vancouver they cut off the re
gay OF the captains men, and ad
need In solid lines.
twinkling they were made pris
pefs, and ushered into a large stock
IN the center of the enclosure
an immense palm structure, an,
y ms the prisoners were led. A
" entered they glanced about them
lhen stood stock still with amaze
At
AZ one end of the building, on
OF raised platform, ornate wit
'ualc decorations, a dignified pei
mage sat on throne of gaud
pel The homage paid to him b.
concourse of blacks proclaime
King, but it required no secon
auce Tor the captain and his men t
'vsilze In the monarch of Bobo tn
''lsr features of Solomon Brown
ex'mutineer.
ne surveyed the astonished grou
s@ countrymen with a scrutiny be
aus the dignity of king, but h
y 10 sign of recognition.
'ue captain essayed to speak, blu
@Mu'lneer stopped him with
we OF the hand.
'le King is about to speak," h
and when the monarch of Bob
~ ~ us mouth, even the winds ar
= 'ook no heed of the look of di!
O.0 ~ the captains face. but calml
aa, "e King of Bobo you see a just
yo ~" Oh the theories promulgate
A. sSuI former shipmate, the info
solomon Brown. His contei
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