Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-21
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lChapter VII-Continued.)

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j There was no need for yor I"
II down there that way. 1t was
tol and cowardly."
m now say he began sooth-
Eo away. Don't you see I hate
/ hate you! oh, won't you go
h"
ko,don was white with anger.
5rhor why in the name of common
u did you shootg" he demanded.
ho.he.cause yoH were a white
. she sobbed. "And dad would
.pr have left any white man In the
i But it was your fault. You
no right to get yourself in such a
StjOn. Besides. 1t wasn't neces-
/"
am afraid I don't understand"
said, shortly, turning away. I'VE
4 talk it over later on"
i suppose 1--we been unforgivably
hish." was her greeting when he re-
ned several hours later from a
|nd of the plantation. i've been to
hospital, and the man is getting
hg all right. 1T Is not a serious
h."
|hedOn felt unaccountably pleased
. happy at the changed aspect Of her
|Dd.
EOu see, you don't understand the
bation," he began I'm the t1rst
|ce, the blacks have to be ruled
hnly. Kindness is all very we'll. but
can't rule them by kindness oaly.
scCept all that you say about the
waiians and Tahidans. You say
't they can be handled that way. and
believe you. | have had no expert
se with them. But you have had mo
berience with the blacks. and ask
B to believe me. They are different
N your natives. You are used to
ynesians. These boys are Melane-
ns. They're blacks. They're niggers
box at their kinky hair. And tbey'ne
whole lot lower than the African
gers. Really, you know, there is "a
Be difference.
They possess no gratitude. no SYN
Thy, no kindness. If you are kind
them they think you are a fool If
are gentle with them they think
are afraid. And when they think
are afraid, watch out. for they will
you. Just to show you. let me state
one invariable process in a black
ms brain when on his native heath
encounters a stranger. His first
lught is one of fear. Will the stran-
Kill him? His next thought. seeing
i be is not killed is. Can he kill the
anger! There was Packard. a colo
trader. some twelve miles down
'ceast. BE b0asted that he ruled by
dness and neverstruck a blow. The
ult was that he did not rule at all
used to come down in his whale
n to visit Hnghie and me. When his
lis crew decided to ;go home he had
cut his visit short to accompany
m remember one Sunday after
N when Packard had accepted our
itauen to stop to dinner. The soup
Just served when Hughie saw a
ger peering in through the door. He
lt out to him. for it was a violation
custom. Any nigger has to
q IN word by the house boys and to
p outside the compound. This man.
was one Of PackaHd's boats crew.
; % the Ueranda. And he knew bet
700. What nameT said Hughie.
= tel m white man close mp we
= boats crew go along. BE no
Y ooW' We fella boy no wait We
Ana Just then Hughie fetched him
'Out that knocked him clean down
s'airs and or the veranda."
0ut II was needlessly cruel." Joan
wed You wouldn't treat a white
that way"
,' lpa mats Just the point. He wasn't
.ui'e man. he was a low black
'1' and be was deliberately insult
DO' alone bis own white master,
very white master in the Solo
= De insulted me. He insulted
I. ne. He insuIted Berande."
|. eOurse' according to your lights.
.Osf formula OF the rule of the
q sheldon interrupted. but Il
aeeording to the formula Of the
:. tae weak that Packard ruled.
"1-t was the result7 1 am still
Faekard is dead He was IN
- 10y kind and gentle TO his boys,
-'a ooys waited TIL one day be was
,,.,h : Nith fever. His head is over
,-.ala -.. now. They carried away
,.sieooats as well filed with the
:, NJ, .oe store. Then there was Cap
,.- ,-laeAenzie Of the ketch Minota.
~ 20 II kindness and paraded
= ne Geek without even a re-
4 - 7. nm BE was tomabawked.
- "a remains in Malaita. II was
. vas Packard's finish sui
"a. -, must understand one thing.
So -, o.f nooe. is BY far the worst
49, y the Solomons SO far as
Concerned And how II
-. !. : 20 proves your point. Tbe
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