The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-01
Amputator to His
Majesty
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enee Will add mdch prestige TO the
| feast.
| land I further understand that
while your majesty is giving this feast,
it is really because you can't keep our
| flesh after having killed US, and not SO
much that you care TO entertain your
/ friends =
| Your understanding is marvellous
| ''Also, if | am not mistaken, your
| majesty would far rather keep this
| delicacy to tickle your own palate. -
| 9 You speak just like a Hindu mind
| reader
'sWen, if my surmises are correct,
think I can arrange matters so that
| your wishes can be carried out.
''You don t sayi Tow sos'
| "Ry eating only a portion of one
| of us at time, while the other part
lives
Young man, you are trifing."
| 81 never was more dead in earnest
in nv life than I am at this minute. y
q Well, if your plans fail, you will
be dead in earnest, replied the king,
| with twinkling eye and watery
mouth "'What is your sehemes'
'fYour majesty. we men of the De-
cident know how to remove leg from
the body without destroying the man s
/ life. IF you will let me prove this
to you I think you will find it of
much advantage to you. -
- In what way?'
! whenever your majesty feels the
! longing for a feast of human flesh
you can have leg removed from a
slave, and yet have the living slave
to work for you.''
That IS not bad idea. II count
ermand the order for the feast, and
will give you chance to show what
you can do. If you fail my chef will
be ready to prepare you for my
| friends -
Returning to the hut, Murphy in
| formed Johnston that he had saved
their lives.
GLOW 500" asked Johnston.
You remember you said you'd give
a leg to get out of this scrape. Well,
I've arranged il. with the king to have
one of your legs served up as a dish
| for his private table.
EfWhat II the rest of me be doing
while the king is eating my legf You
must be getting crazy
..Tut, tut, my boy. Just hear me
through. You remember that big box
of surgeons supplies we rescued from
the surff There's enough stuff there
| to fix up a hundred amputations; and
! in good shape at that. My plan is
to amputate your leo under the best
possible aseptic conditions. turn the
amputated portion over to the king for
| his dinner, and take good care OF you
until you are WELL I assured the king
that the amputatlon would not kill
you, and if you pull through O. X. we
save our lives
s'That sounds well Why don't you
try it on one of your own legs9'
elbow can I cut off one of my own
legs? You must look at this thing from
rational point of view, Johnston. If
you refuse to enter into this expert
ment, it g certainty that both of
us viii be killed and eaten. Your re-
mark about giving leg to get out of
this scrape put the idea into my head.
Really, ! don t see any other way out
of H. The king has approved it, and
if he learns that you object he will
most certainly offer you as the feature
at the first banquet /"
"How do I know that you can am
putate leg?'
.tYou don 1T. I can not, just now,
give you any references, so you II have
to take my word for it. / made such
operations when in the hospital at Min
neapolis, and [ have enough confidence
in myself to think | can do it again
provided the occasion offers.
Further argument was stopped by
the arrival of the interpreter, who an
nounced that the king was ready and
waiting to be entertained. Murphy
translated the message to his COM
panion.
'EIt's up to you, Johnston"
"Well, Murphy, go as easy as you
can and don t cut off any more than
is necessary"
"Don't worry, / IL not overload his
stomach"
Two hours later Johnston came to
his senses, and looking down, saw the
stump of his left leg swathed in band
ages and the doctor standing smiling
~ beside him.
'tThe operation was success
81 hope it turns out better than
some of the successful operations I've
read about in the newspapers.
ssNever you mind, my boy, you are
doing finely; didn't lose an ounce of
blood, and the king was tickled to
death with the novelty of the @event.
think our lives are saved beyond a
Doubt
Again the interpreter interrupted.
His majesty would be pleased to have
the two giours witness the prepare
tions for the feast was his message.
"Not much, don IT, said Johnston.
81 It's bad enough to give up my leg
without having to lay there and see
them cook and eat 1t. -
Dr. Murphy went with the inter
prefer to the king and explained that
his patient could not be disturbed, that
he must be kept absolutely quiet, 9TH
erwise the experiment would prove a
failure.
eff my friend dies you will have an
overstock of flesh on hand, which viii
not keep until you can summon your
chiefs to the feast, and you viii have
to give it to the common people and
slaves to eat. That would be worse
than wasting it, so you had better
leave him to my care.
The king, being an astute man, saw
the force of the argument and sub
mitted. Later in the evening, having
satisfied his appetite, he called at the
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