Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-09-24
THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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those bronze faces he could pick out
the scowling husbands who hated him
because their wives hated them. Affair
or stood the group of women who had
inspired this hatred and distrust. Be-
hind them, despised and uncounte-
nanced by the oriental elect, were
crowded the native women, who down
IN their hearts loathed the usurpers.
It was Chase's hope that the husbands
of these simple women would ulti-
mately stand at his side In the fight
for supremacy. and they were vastly
IN the majority. If he could convince
these men that his dealings with them
were honest. Won Blltz could go hang.
He faced the crowd, knowing that
all there were against him. "Von
BIitzr' he called suddenly. The Ger
man started and stepped back invol-
unfairly, as IL he had been reprimand-
ed
"I've called this meeting in order to
give you q chance to say to my face
some of the things you are saying be-
hind my back. Thank God, all of you
men understand English. / want you
to hear what Won Blitz has to say In
public, and then / want you to hear
what l say to him. Won Blitz and
Rasula and others, l hear, have IN
dertaken to discredit my motives as
the agent of your London advisers.
Let me say right here that the man
who say that I have played you false
in the slightest degree is a lara
- liar, If you prefer 1t that way.
You have been told that am selling
you out to the lawyers for the opposi-
ton. That Is lie No. 1. You have
been led to believe that l make false
reports to your London solicitors. Lie
No. 2. You have been poisoned with
the story that / covet certain women
in this town, too numerous to mem
ton, | believe. That is lie No. 3
They are all beautiful, my friends, but
I wouldn't have one of 'em as q gift.
"For the past few nights my home
has been watched. 1 want to an
nounce to you that If 1 see anybody
hanging around the bungalow after to-
day I'm going to put a bullet through
him, just as | would through a dog.
Now, to come down to Won Blitz. You
can't drive me out of this island, old
man. You have lied about me ever
since l beat you up that night. You
are sacrificing the best interests of
these people In order to crafty a per-
sonal spite, in order to wreak a per-
sonal vengeance. YOU
Won Blitz, foaming with rage. broke
IN: 81 suppose you will call out der
warships! We are not foolsl You car
fool some off,
~"Now, see here, Won Blitz, I'll show
whether / can call out a warship when
ever | need one. l have never intend
co TO ask naval help except In case Of
an attack by our enemies up at the
chateau. You can't believe that | seek
to turn those big guns against my own
clients-the clients l came out here to
serve with my life's blood If necessa-
ry. But, hear me, you Dutch lobster.
1 can have a British man-of-war here
in ten hours to take you off this island
and hang you from a yardarm on the
charge of conspiracy against the
crown"
Won Blitz and Rasula laughed scorn
fully and turned to the crowd. The
latter begar to harange his fellows.
'sThis man is al" he began.
"a bluff!' prompted Won Blitz, glar-
ing at his tall Gus
"a bluff" went on Rasula. HE can
do none of these things. Nor can the
A.1fnHa NJ Ahn ohOfaou KnnyV
that they are liars. They
'ITl make you pay for that, Rasula.
Your time is short. Men of Japat, l
don't want to serve you unless you
trust me-
A dozen voices cried: I'VE don't trust
o dog Of a Christian. son Of a
shaker Won Blitz glowed with salts
faction.
zone moment. please. Rasula knows
that / came out here to represent Sir
John Brodney. He knows how l am
regarded In London. He is jealous be-
aus l have not listened to his chat
ter. l am not responsible for the prob
able delay in settling the estate. If
you areDnot very careful you will ruin
every hope for success that you may
have had in the beginning. The crown
will take 1t out of your hands. You've
got to show yourselves worthy of han
ding the affairs of this company. You
can't do 1t If you listen to such carrion
as Won Blitz and Rasula. Oh. Pm not
afraid of you'll l know that you have
written to Sir John, Rasula, asking
that l be recalled. He won't recall me,
rest assured, unless he throws up the
case. l have his own letters to prove
that he is satisfied with my work out
here. 1 am satisfied that there are
enough fair minded men in this crowd
to protect me. They will stand by me
IN the end. I call upon
But a howl of dissent from the throng
brought him up sharply. His face
went white. and for q moment he