El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-27
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS
Sheldon, owner Of Berande planta-
ton, though desperately i'll, overaWe
and controls 200 head hunting Solo
mon islanders by force Of VIII anC
weapons. Chief Selee calls with =
men.
He returns Arunga, a runaway Ia
borer. Sheldon has Arunsa and t9llty
whipped TO quen a mutiny. His slch-
ness Increases His partner. Au5A'el
and many labOrers die.
Joan Lakeland, a pretty girl arrives
with her crew Of Tahitians, SnelloI
becomes unconscious, and she taxes
charge Of things.
She is a self reliant American girl, q
lover Of adventure, a native OF HaNau
and an orphan. Her ship has been
wrecked She proves to Sheldon that she
can shoot
She resents his friendly suggestions
and they quarrel She makes IT. plata
that she is not matrimonially inclined
She and Sheldon save two black women
from death.
The savage laborers demand the
women. Sheldon attempts to discipline
them, and Joan shoots q native and
saves his life. She scOlds him for max
ing her shoot.
Satan, q savage dog, arrives. Despite
SheldOn's warnings Joan goes to explore
Financial difficulties threaten Sheldon.
He falls in love with Joan. Left alone
by Sheldon. Joan has trouble with Co
gOomy and other natives. Armed saw
ages arrive, and danger threatens Shell
don and joan
Joan routs them with fake dyna-
mite cartridge, and Satan drives them
into trees. Their chief is punished.
Morgan and Raft have Sheldon in their
power
Joan offers to become his partner.
His mention of cOnventionali1es angers
her. She needs no chaperon she says.
Sheldon finally accepts her as his part
ner.
Tudor and Won Blk, gold seekers, ar
rive on the Martha Joan and Tudor
seem to interest each other. Sheldon
becomes Jealous.
an the first place we can't spare
them" Sheldon answered I'VE are
short of them on the plantation as it
is"
"WeY' Tudor asked quickly. Then
you are a firm or a partnership?
understood at Guvutu that you were
alone, that you had lost your partner"
Sheldon inclined his head toward
Joan, and as be spoke she felt that be
had become a trihe stiff.
Miss Lakeland has become inter
ested in the plantation since then. But
to return to the boys. We can't spare
them, and. besides. they would be Of
little use. You couldn't get them to
accompany you beyond Binu, which is
a short days work with the boats from
here. They are Malaita men. and they
are afraid Of being eaten. They would
desert you at the first opportunity.
You could get the Binu men to ac-
company you another days journey
through the grass lands. but at the first
roll Of the foothills look for them to
turn back. They likewise are disin-
clined to being eaten"
rs it as bad as that?" asked Won
Blk.
''The interior Of Guadalcanar has
never been explored" Sheldon explain
ed. THE bushmen are as wild men
as are to be found anywhere IN the
world today. I have never seen one.
I have never seen a man who has seen
one. The Austrian expedition-scient-
lists, you know-got part way in before
it was cut to pieces. The monument
is up the beach there several miles.
Only one man got back to the coast to .
tell the tale. And now you have all
] or any other man knows Of the inside
Of Guadalcanar"
But gold-have you heard Of goldY'
Tudor asked impatiently. do you
know anything about goldT'
Sheldon smiled. while the two visitors
hung eagerly upon his words.
yea can go two miles up the Bale
suna and wash colors from the gravel.
I've done It often. There is gold IN
back in the mountains"
Tudor and Won Blk looked trium-
phantly at each other.
"Old Wheatsheafs yarn was true.
then" Tudor said. and Won Blk nod
led "And If Malaita turns out as
we'll
Tudor broke of and looked at Joan.
at was the tale Of this old beach ]
eomber that brought US here" he ex-
blamed "Von Blk befriended him /
md was told the secret" he turned /
md addressed Sheldon. 81 think we
hall prove that white men have been |
through the heart Of Guadalcanar /