The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-12-20
A Romance of
The South Seas
BY
JACK LONDON
Copyright. 1910. by Street 9 Smith
Copyriiht. 1911. by the Macmilian Company

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pay me for medicines"
She dismissed the matter by passing
through the gate and closing it. But
Gogoomy pressed up against it and
said impudently:
Father belong me one big fella
chief You no bang IN head belong
me. My word, you fright too much"
"NIe frightT' she demanded, while
anger tingled all through her.
: 'Too much fright bang IN head be-
long me-" Gogoomy said proudly.
/ And then she reached for him across
: the gate and got him. II was sweep
ing, broad handed slap so heavy that
he staggered sideways and nearly fell
/ He sprang for the gate as If to force
J it open. while the crowd surged for
ward against the fence. Joan thought
rapidly. Her revolver was hanging
on the wall Of her grass house. Yet
one cry would bring her sailors, and
she knew she was safe. SO she did
not cry for help. Instead, she whistled
J for Satan, at the same time calling
| him by name. She knew he was shut
| up in the living room. but the blacks
| did not wait to see. They fed With
/ wild ycls through the darkness. fol-
lowed reluctantly by Gogoomy, while
| she entered the bungalow, laughing at
! FIRST. but finally vexed to the verge of
| tears by what had taken place. She
had sat up a whole night with the boy
who had died. and yet his brother de-
manded to bc paid for his life.
Ugh! The ungrateful bcastr' she
muttcred, while she debated whether
or not she would confess the incident
to Sheldon.
"And so it was all settled easily
enough" sheldon was saying. He was
Oh the veranda. drinking coffee. The
whaleboat was being carried into its
shed. Boucher was a bit tlmid nj
first to carry off the situation with a
strong hand but he did very well once
we got started. We made n play at
holding court, and Telepasse, the old
scoundrel. accepted the findings. He's a
Port Adams chief, filthy beggar. We
, fined him ten times the value of the
pigs and made him move on with his
mob. Oh. they're Il sweet lot, | must
say, at least sixty of them, in five big
canoes. and out for trouble. They've
got dozen Sniders that ought to be
coniiscated.'
"Why didn't you?" Joan asked.
"And have a row on my hands with
the commissioner? He's terribly
touchy about his black wards, as he
calls them. Well. we started them
along their way, though they went in
on the beach to kai-kai several miles
back. They ought to pass here some
time today"
Two hours later the canoes arrived.
No one saw them come. The house
boys were busy in the kitchen at their
own breakfast. The plantation hands
were similarly occupied in their quar-
tiers. Satan lay sound asleep on his
back under the billiard table, in his
sleep brushing at the flies that pes
tered him. Joan was rummaging in
the storcroom. and Sheldon was taking
his siesta in hammock on the We
randa. He awoke gently. In some
occult, subtle way n warming that all
was not well had penetrated his sleep
and reused him. Without moving he
glanced down and saw the ground be
meath covered with armed savages.
They We're the same ones he had
parted with that morning, though he
noted an accession I'm numbers. There
were men he had not seen before.
Re slipped from the hammock and
with deliberate slowneSs sauntered to
the railing, where he yawned sleepily
and looked down on them. 1t came to
him curiOusly that it was the destiny
ever to stand on this high place look
ing down on unending hordes Of black
trouble that required control. bullying
and cajolery. But while he glanced
carelessly over them he was keenly
taking stock. The new men were all
armed with modern rifles. All. he had
thought so. There were fifteen of
them, undoubtedly the Lunga runa>
ways. In addition dozen old Sniders
were in the hands of the original
crowd These were the very same
men who had killed his trader. Oscar
at Ugh
"What name you walk about this
place. he demanded.
At the same time he stole a glance
seward 10 whore the Flibberty Gibbet
reflected herself In the CLASSY calm of
the sea. Not soul was visible under
her awnings. and he saw the whale
boat was missing from alongside. The
Tahltlans had evidently gone shooting
fish M the Ralesuna. lie was all alone
In his high place above this trouble
while his world s'umhered peacefully
under the hrenthless trnpic noon
N"fodr rr''He,l. pnd be- r,'ea'ad his
temrnd. mnfc 80 '''"s'erv n hS voice
his tiptp mat a hin. AT srrn,,.iu.s .,u.,ar