The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-06-08

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and julie argued that the skipper, being
such d ladies' man, was the natural
horn choice. Just as things was the
warmest Captain George had an idea
Rosy says he.
"eHevY' says the others. then Rosy
Why, of course Rosy's the man.
sBut Rosy want agreeable. julius
said he never see such stubborn
mule In his life They tried every
reasonable way they could to convince
him, pounding hin on tile head and
the like of that, but twas no go.
~ got wife already, be says
Whimpering
"I tell you, says julius. Well be
square and draw strawsF
Wat? boilers George. Well. IA
guess notr
".And I'll hold the straws,' says
julie, winking on the side.
so they drew straws, and, strange
as it may seem, Rosy got stuck. He
cried all night, and, although the others
tried to comfort him. telling him
what lucky man he was to marry a
queen, he wouldn't cheer up a mite.
"And next day the wedding took
place in the temple in front OLA woods
idol with three rows of teeth and as !
| ugly almost as the bride, whica~&-
] !. 4" |. 5. j.. ]. >.
saying good deal. And when y !
over the three shipmates con g
congratulated the groom, wishiIa & q
luck and a happy honeymoon "
| Oh, they had a bully time
was still laughing over it ~1a
after supper when down comes NE
of big darkies with spears, the Kanaka S
| interpreter leading em.
'Cappy,' says he, the king say you
no stay in this house no more. He
say too good for you. Say bimeby.
when the place been clean up, maybe
he use it himself. You got to co.
"'Who says thisy roars Capn
George, ugly as could be.
"'The king, he says it. -
"'The queen, you mean. There aiH't
no king
eyes, sir. King and queen now.
Mr. Rosy he king. All tribe proud TO ,
have witch king
1.-THE three looked at each other.
"'Do you mean to say says the
skipper, choking so he could hardly
speak, that we've got to take orders
from imp
eyes, sir. King say you no mind,
we make
well sir. the language them three !
used must have been something awful,
judging by Jules tell. But when they
vowed they wouldn't move the -
/ got busy, and out they had to geM1
into the meanest. dirtiest little hut
the village, one with hardly any sides
and great holes In the roof. And there
they stayed all night in a pouring rain
the kind of rains you get in them
islands.
1.-THE only thing they could agree on
was that Rosy was what the skipper
called a viper that they'd nourished
in their bosoms
Next morning twas worse than
ever. Down comes the Kanaka with
his spear gang and routs 'em out and
sets 'em to gathering breadfruit all
day in the hot sun. And at night twas
back to the leaky hut again.
"And that want nothing to what
come later. The lives that King Rosy
led them three was something awful.
Twas dig in and work day in and day
out. Teunis had to get his majesty's
meals, and nothing was ever cooked
right And then the royal army got
after the steward with spear handles.
Capn George had to clean up the pal
ace every day, and Rosy and the
queen, who was dead gone on her
witch husband and let him do any
thing he wanted to, stood over him
and found fault and punched him with
sharp sticks to see him jump. And
julius had to fetch and carry and wait
and get on his knees whenever he
spoke to the king and be helped up
again with kick, like as not.
Rosy took back all his own clothes
that they'd stole, and then he took
; theirs for good measure. He made 'em
! marry the three ugliest old women on
! the island, his own bride excepted, and
J when they undertook to use club or
anything he had them licked instead.
] He wore em down to skin and bone.
julie said you wouldn't believe NOR
: tai man could treat his Teller creatures
e SO low down and mean, and the mean
e est part of it was that he always
: called 'em the names that they used
. to call him aboard ship.
r "For a good six months this went or
e just the same length of time tina
Rosy was aboard the Emily. Then on,
> morning early julius looks out of one
!, of the holes in the roof Of his house
( and off on the horizon, heading in, he
] sees small steamer, pleasure yach
t twas. He lets out yell that wok'
] up the village and races head first TO
: the Emilys boat that had been rowet
s around from the other side of the is
land and laid there with her oars ant
3 sail still in her. And behind hin
e comes Van Dozen and Cap'n George.
9 Unto the boat they piled, while the