Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-21

S0Nh " AeSASS IluA1, was liz huCuldA
born choice. Just as things was the
warmest Captain George had an idea.
"'Rosy" says he.
"eHey? says the others, then Rosy?
Why, of course, Rosy's the man,
But Rosy Want agreeable. Julius
said he never see such a stubborn
mule in his life. They tried every
reasonable way they could to convince
him, pounding him on the head and
the like Of that, but twas no go.
"I got a wife already he says.
whimpering.
"I tell you, says julius. Well be
square and draw straws!
"'Wa't? hollers George. Well. L
guess notr!
"'And I'll hold the straws.' says
julie, winking on the side.
$50 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 a 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 of a wood
idol with three rows of teeth and as
ugly almost as the bride, which was
saying a good deal. And when twas
over the three shipmates come and
congratulated the groom, wishing him
luck and a happy honeymoon and such.
Oh, they had a bully time, and they
was still laughing over it that night
after supper when down comes a file
Of big darkies with spears, the Kanaka
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 60
"'Who says this?' roars Cap'n
George, ugly as could be.
""The king, he says it,
"The queen, you lean. There amt
no king
eyes, sir. King and queen now.
Mr.. Rosy he king. Ali tribe proud to
have witch king
"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 i'm?
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 spears
got busy, and out they had to get and
the village, II 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.
"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
OH 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.
Cap'n 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 a kick, like as not.
"Rosy took back all his w clothes
that they'd stole, and then he took
theirs for good measure. He made ZEN
marry the three ugliest old women on
the island, his own bride excepted, and
when they undertook to use a club OF
anything he had them licked instead
He Wore 'em down to skin and bone
julie said you wouldn't believe a NOR
tai man could treat his Teller creatures
so low down and mean, and the mean
est part Of it was that he always
called EN- the names that they used
to call him aboard ship.
"For a good six months this went or
just the same length Of time that
Rosy was aboard the Emily. Then one
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 a small steamer, a pleasure yacht
twas. He lets out a yell that woke
up the village and races head first fol
the Emily's boat that had been rowed
around from the other side Of the is
land and laid there with her oars and
sail still in her. And behind hin
comes Van Dozen and Cap'n George.
Unto the boat they piled, while thu
islanders were getting their eyes ope1
and gaping at the steamer. There
WANT no time to get up sail. so they
grabbed for the oars. She stuck OF
tho Sand i11sf a r,;r,1fo o,,1 IN tho.