Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-12-12

! never have left any white man In the
lurch Hui II was your fault YOn
had no right to get yourself In such II
position. Besides. 1t wasn't neces
sary.'
T am afraid don't understand"
he said. shortly, turning away. We
will talk IL over later On."
81 suppose I've been uaf"rgivably
foolish. was her greeting when he re-
turned several hours later from q
round of the plantation. i've been to
the hospital. and the man Is getting
along MI right. 1t IS not serious
hurt.
Sheldon felt unart ountably pleased
and happy nj the changed aspect Of her
mood.
~ ou see. you don't understand the
situation. he began. I'm the hrst
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
Ha waiians and rahitians. You say
that they can be handled that way. and
| believe you. l have had no expert.
ence with them. But you have had no
experience with the blacks. and ] ask
you to believe me. They are different
from your natives. You are used to
Polyuesians. These boys are Melane-
slams. They're blacks. They're niggers
look ut their kinky hair. And they're
whole lot lower than the African
niggers. Really. you know. there is
vast difference.
They possess no gratitude. no sym.
pathy. no kindliness. II 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
be encounters stranger. His first
thought Is one of fear. VIII the stran-
ger kill him? His next thought. seeing
that he is not killed is, Can he kill the
stranger? There was Packard. colo
NAL trader. some twelve miles down
the coast. he boasted that be ruled by
kindness and never struck blow. The
result was that he did not rule at all.
He used TO come down In his whale
boat to visit Hughie and me- When his
boats crew decided to 20 home he had
to cut his visit short to accompany
them remember one Sunday after
noon when Packard had accepted our
invitation 10 stop to dinner. The soup
was lust served when Hughie saw Il
nigger peering In through the door. lie
went out to him. for 1t WAS u violation
| of Berande custom. ANY niger has To
send In word 10y the house boys and to
keep outside the compound. rhs man.
who WIS one of l'ackard'S boats crew.
was ON the ver;inda. And he knew bet.
| ter. too. What name! SAID llughie
You tell m white man close up we
fplla boats crew 20 along. He no
come now we felln boy no wait. We
go
And just then Hnghie fetched him
n clout that knocked him clean down
| the Stairs ana Uff the vrranda."
"Rut II WAS nrrdrssly cruel" Joan
objected. ">uu wouldn't treat a white
| man that way.
"And that's just the point. he wasn't
u white nnn He was low black
nigger. and he was deliberately insult.
| ing. NOT alone his own white master.
| but ever, white master In the Solo
mons lie insullpd me He insuIted
| Hughie. fIr insnlted Berande"
"Of course according 10 yOur lights.
| to your formula OF The rule OF the
strong
YES" Sheldon interrupted. but II
was according to the formula OF IN"
| rule NJ the weak that. Packard ruled
And what WAS th. result! ! am SIM
alive. Packard IL dead. He was nm
swervingly kind and gentle to his boys.
and his boys waited till one dny he WAS
down with fever. His head Is over
on Malaita now. They carried away
two whnleboats as well filled with the
loot of the store. Then there was Cap
tain Mackenzie OF the ketch Minoin
He believed In kindness and paraded
around the deck without even re
voIyer on him. He was tomaha wk"d
His head remains In Malaita. II was
suicide. SO was Packard's- finish sii
eide. You must understand one thing
Berande. bar none. is by far the worst
plantation I'm the SOlomons so far as
the labor IL concerned. And bow II
came 10 I've so proves your point. The
previous owners of Berande were not
discreetly kind. They were II pair of
unadulterated brutes. One was down
east Yankee. as I believe they are call
| ed. and the other was a gizzling DER
mum.
They were slave drivers. TO begin
with. they bought their labor from
Johnny BE. blowed. the most nOtoriou-
recrriIter In the Solomons. Ae Is work
Ing out ten years sentence In Ftj
now. for the wanton killing Of black
boy. During bis last days here he
had made himself 80 obnoxious thai
the natives on Mnlaita would have
nothing to do with him. The only way
he could get recruits was by hurryinG
to the spot whenever murder ~
series Of murders occurred. The mur
derers were usually only too willing tf
sign on and get away to escape ven
geance. Down here they call suci
escapes pier head Jumps There u
suddenly q roar from the beach. and
0 ulgges runs down to the water puf
sued by clouds Of spears and arrows
OF course. Johnny Be-blowed's whale
boat Is lying ready to pick him up
In bis last days Johnny got nothing
but pier head jumps.
"And the first owners Of Rerand'
bought his recruits-a hard bitten Rnnl
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