Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-21
Rosy. meek. as usual. That's alcohol.

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mean to tell me that you've 'ad alcohol
aboard all this time and never said a
word to one of us? If that amt just
like you! OF all the ungrateful beasts
as ever r
"When him and the other two got
through convincing Rosy that he was
u%ngrateful they took that bottle into
the cabin and begun experimenting.
Julius had lived a few months in
Maine, which is a prohibition state,
and so he knew how to make alcohol
'splits'-one-half wet fire and the rest
water. They split for five days.
Then the alcohol was all out and the
Emily was all in, being stove up on a
coral reef two mile offshore Of a little
island that nobody d v e seen afore.
"They got into the boat-the four
white men and the Kanaka-h'isted the
sail and headed for the beach. They
landed all right and vas welcomed by
a reception committee Of fifteen husky
cannibals with spears, dressed mainly
in bone necklaces and sunshine.
"The darkies tied 'em up good and
proper and then held a committee
meeting, arguing, so julius cal'lated,
whether t serve 'em plain or with
greens. While the rest was making
Up the bill Of fare a few set to work
d%npacking the bags and things, Rosy's
satchel among 'em. Pretty soon there
was an awful jabbering. They was
wildly excited, and two or three of EN-
was waving square pieces of cardboard
in their hands.
And here's where the Emily's gang
had a streak of luck. The Kanaka
sailor couldn't talk much English, but
it seems that he could manage to un-
derstand a little of their lingo.
"'Picturev says he. crazy-like with
joy. Picture, cappy; picture!!'
when Rosy was new on board the
schooner he'd taken the cap'n's pic
ture and julius and Van Doozen's.
The pictures was a rogues' gallery
that would have got 'em hung on sus-
picion anywhere in civilization, but
these darkies want particular. Any
how, they must have been good like
nesses, for the committee see the re-
semblance right off.
""They t'ink witchcraft,' says the
Kanaka. Want to know how make
"'Lord! says George. You tell 'em
we're witches from Witch Center. Tell
'em we make them kind Of things
with eyes shut and if they eat us
We'll send our tintypes to aunt 'em
into their graves. Tell 'em that quick
"Well, l guess the Kanaka obeyed
orders, for the islanders unite the feet
of their Sunday dinners, got 'em into
line and marched 'em off across coun.
try, prodding 'em with their spears
either to see which was the tenderes,
or to make 'em step livelier, 1 don't
know which.
Julius said that was the most nerv
GUS walk ever he took; said afore
twas done he was SO leaky with spear
holes that he cast a shadder like 8
skinner. Just afore sunset they come
to the other side Of the island, where
there was a good sized native village
with houses made Of grass and cane
and a big temple-like in the middle
decorated fancy and cheerful with
skulls and spareribs. There was q
great chair arrangement in front OF
the temple, and on it was the latest
ugliest old liver colored woman that
Julius ever see. She was rugged w
regardless with a tooth necklace anC
similar jewelry, and it turned out
that she was the queen Of the bunch
Most Of them island tribes have chiefs
but this district was strong for woman
suffrage.
"Well, the visitors had made a hit
but Rosy's photographs made a bigge'
one. The queen and the headme1
Of the village paved over 'em an(
compared ZEN with the originals ant
powwowed like a sewing circle. The1
they called up the Kanaka sailor, ant
he preached witchcraft and hoodoos t.
beat the cars, lying as only a fellel
that knows the plates are warming
for him on the back Of the stove cal
lie. Finally the queen wanted to know
if the long pigs could make a witcl
picture Of her.
"'Tell Ter yes,' yells George whe1
the question was translated to him
Tell FER we're picture makers by spe
cial appointment to the queen and tn
Prince of Wales. Tell FER We'll max,
Ter look like the sweetest old choco
late drop In the taffy shop. Only b.
sure and say we must ave q day o.
so to work the spells and put on thu
kibosh.'
$50 twas settled, and dinner wa
put off for that night, anyhow. And
the next day being sunny, Rosy tool
the queens picture. Twas an awfu
strain on the camera, but it stood i
fine, and the photographs he printed
up that afternoon was the most hor
rible collection of mince pie dream:
that ever a sane nan run afoul Of.
"But her majesty thought they wa'
lovely and set and grinned proud a
'em for hours at a stretch. And tn
wizards was united and fed up ant
given the best house in town to liv'
in. And Cap'n George and julius ant
the cook got to feeling so cheerful an(
hoppu +hot thnv hap,1n fO lxiol, RoS,