Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27

lungs. and lie dropped his head ana
dozrd till the house was reached.
Every effort of will was torture. vet
he was called upon continually to
make efforts of will He gave the
black he had ridden u nip Of trade gin.
Viabur. the house boy. brought him
corrosive SubIimnte and water, and
he took II thorough nntiSel,tic wash
He dosesl himself with chIorodyne.
took his own pulse. smoked Il Their
molneter. and lay back ~ the couch
With Il suppressed groan. II was mid
afternoon. and he had completed bis
third round that day. He called the
house boy.
TAKE UNI big fella look along
Jessie" be commanded.
The boy carried the long telescope
out on the verauda and searched the
sea.
zone fcIla schooner long way little
bit" he Announced. "One felln Jessie :"
The white III; ave u little gasp of
delight.
you make UNI Jessie. five sticks
tobacco along you" he said
There was silence for Il time. during
which be waited With eager impa
tience.
Maybe Jessie. maybe other fella
schooner" came the faitering ndmis
sion.
The man wOrmeu to the edge Of tn
couch and slipped OFT to the floor Of
his knees. by means OF q chair lie
drew himself to his feet Still ciinging
to the chair. supporting most OF his
weight on it. he showed it to the door
and out upon the veranda. The sweat
from the eXertion strealn med down his
face and showed through the under
shirt across his shoulders. Tie man
aged TO get into the chair, where he
painted in state Of collapse. In few
minutes he reused himself. The hoy
held the end OF the telescope against
one of the veranuA scantlings. while
the man gazed through it at the sea.
At last he picked up the white sails Of
the schooner and studied them.
mo JESSIE" he said very quietly.
That's the Malakula."
He changed his seat for steamer
reclining chair. Three hundred feet
away the sea broke In small surf
upon the beach. TO the left be could
see the white line Of breakers that
marked the bar Of the Balesuna river
and. beyond. the rugged outline Of
Savo island Directly before him.
across the twelve mile channel. lay
Florida island. and. farther to the
right. dim in the distance. he could
make out portions of Malaita. the say.
age island. the abode OF murder and
robbery. ana man eating. the place
from which his own two hundred plan.
tatioD hands had been recruited. Be-
tween him and the beach was the cane
grass fence Of the compound. The
gate was ajar. and he sent the house
boy to close it, Within the fence grew
n number OF lofty cocoanut palms. On
either side the path that led to the
gate stood two tall tlagsta6s. like
ships masts. with topmasts spliced on
in true nautical fashion. With shrouds.
ratlines. gaffs and flag haiyards.
From the gaf of one two gay flags
hung Imply. one a checker board OF
blue and white squares. the other Q
white pennant centred with q red disk.
1t was the International code signal
Of distress
The man ordered the great bell to be
rung as a signal for the plantation
hands to cease work and go to their
barracks. Then he mounted bis man
horse and made the last round OF the
day.
In the hospital were two new cases.
10 these he gave castor oil He con
graduated himself. II mad been an
e: sy day. Only three had died. lie
inspected the copra driving that had
been going on. and went through the
barracks to see If there were any sick
lying hidden and defying his rule of
segregation Returned u the house.
he received the reports Of the boss
boys and gave instructions for next
days work The boats crew boss also
he had in. to give assurance. as was
the custom nightly. that the whale
BOATS were hauled up and padlockcd
This wns most necessary precaution.
for the blacks were in n funk. and
whale boat left lying on the beach In
the evening meant loss OF twenty
blacks Ivy morning. Since the blacks
were worth $50 Il piece or less. accord
ing to how much of their time had
been worked out. Berande plantation
could i'll afford the loSs Resides.
whale boats We're not cheap In the
SOlomOnS. and. also. the deaths were
daily reducing the working capital.
Seven blacks had fed into the bush
the week before. and four had dragged
themselves back. helpless from fever.
with the report that two more had
been killed and kai kai'd (eatenD BY
the hospitahle bushmen. The seventh
man was still at large and was said
to be working along the coast on the
lookout to steal Il canoe and get away
to his own island.
Viaburi brought two lighted lanterns
to the white man for inspection. lie
glanced ut them and saw that they
We're burning brightly with clear.
broad flames. and nodded his head
One was hoisted up to the gait of the
; Flagstaff. ana the other was placed on
the wide veranda. They were the
leading lights to the Berande anchor,
age. and every night In the year they
| were 50 inspected and hung out.
Flo rolled buck on his cOuch with a