The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-12-23
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''Tou have made me shoot a man. and
| never shot man in my life before
TITS only a flesh wound, and he
isn't going to die" Sheldon managed
to interpolate.
What of that? I shot him just the
same. There was no need for you to
jump down there that way 1t was
brutal and cowardly."
"Oh, now say he began sooth
ingly.
go away. Don't you see I hate
you. hate you! Oh, won't you go
awayr'
Sheldon was white with anger.
Then why in the name OF common
sense did you shoot:" he demanded
BE BET cause You were white
man. she sobbed "And dad would
never have left any white man in the
Iurch. But it was your fault You
had no right to get yourself in such a
position. Besides, 1t wasn't neces.
$ary.'
II am afraid don't understand"
he said. shortly, turning away. I'VE
will talk it over later on"
81 suppose I've been unforgivably
foolish" was her greeting when he re-
turned several hours later from
round Of the plantation. I've been to
the hospital, and the NAV Is getting
along all right. 1t is not serious
hurt"
Sheldon felt unaccountably pleased
and happy at the changed aspect of her
mood.
"You see. you don't understand the
situation" he began. I'm the first
place, the blacks have to be ruled
sternly. Kindness is all very well. but
you can't rule them by kindness only
/ accept all that you say about the
Hawaiians and Tahitians. You say
that they can be handled that way. and
| believe you. l have had no expert
ence with them. But you have bad no
experience with the blacks. and | ask
you to believe me. They are different
from your natives. You are used to
Polynesians. These boys are Melane-
look at their kinky hair. And they're
a whole lot lower than the Africa u
niggers. Really, you know, there is u
vast difference.
They possess no gratitude. no sym.
pathy. no kindness. If you are kind
to them they think you are fool. II
you are gentle with them they think
you are afraid. And when they think
you are afraid, watch out, for they will
get you. Just to show you, let me state
the one invariable process In a black
mans brain when on his native heath
he encounters stranger. His first
thought is one of fear. Will the stran
ger kill him? His next thought. seeing
that he is not killed is, Can he kill the
stranger? There was Packard, a colo
NAL trader. some twelve miles doWT
the coast. He boosted that he ruled BY
| kindness and never struck a blow. Ths
result was that be did not rule at all
! He used to come down in his whale
| boat to visit Hughie and me. When hi!
boats crew decided to go home be hat
| to cut his visit short to accompan,
| them. remember one Sunday after
noon when Packard had accepted ou
| invitation to stop to dinner. The soul
was just served when Hughie saw
niger peering in through the door. H.
went out to him, for it was violatio,
Of Berande custom. Any niger has t
send in word by the house boys and t.
| keep outside the compound. This man
who was one Of Packard's boats crew
was on the veranda. And he knew bet
ter, too. What name?' said Hughie
You tell m white man close up W
| fella boats crew go along. He u
come now, we fella boy no wait "
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And just then Hughie fetched biz
clout that knocked him clean dow
the stairs and off the veranda''
"But 1t was needlessly cruel" Joa
objected. You wouldn't treat a whit
man that way"
And that's just the point. He WASH
white man. He was a low blac
niger. and be was deliberately insul
ing. not alone bis own white maste
but every white master In the Sol,
mons. He insulted me. He insulte
Hughie. He insulted BeraDde"
''Of course. according to your light
to your formula Of the rule of tt
strong
YES" Sheldon interrupted, but
was according to the formula Of tt
rule Of the weak that Packard rule
And what was the result? | am ST.
alive. Packard is dead He was u
| swervingly kind and gentle to his boy
, and his boys waited till one day he W;
/ down with fever. His head is ov,
, on Malaita now. They carried ava
two whaleboats as we'll filed with ii
loot of the store. Then there was Ca
tain Mackenzie of the ketch Minot
He believed in kindness and parade
around the deck without even Il r
yolver On him. He was tomahawke
His head remains In Malaita. 1t ";
suicide. So was Packard's finish 81
eide. You must understand one thin
Berande. bar none. is by far the wor
plantation in the Soiomons SO far
the labor Is concerned. And how
came to be so proves your point. r
previous owners Of Berande were n
discreetly kind. They were pair
| unauthorized brutes One was a doy
! east Yankee. as believe they are ca
ed. and the other was a guzzing Gs
! man.
They were slave drivers. To beg
with they hauUhf their q hHr frf