The Mena weekly star., 1912-02-15

Manonmiew be called.
Manonmie stood forth and waited
You feIia boy bad rella too much,
Sneidon charged You steal m
plenty Me cross along you too much
pose. you like N. me take IA one
feIia pound along you In big book
pose You no IKE IN me take m one
Fella pound. then me send you fena
along Tnlagi catch m one strong fella
government whipping. Plenty New
Georgia boys. plenty Ysabei boys stop
along jail along Tulagi Them fella
20 like maiaita boys little bit. Ms
word. they give IN you strong teIla
whipping What you sayY'
You take m one feila pound along
me, was the answer.
And Manonmie. patiently relieved
stepped back. while Sheldon entered
he fine In the plantation labor iour
nal
Boy after boy. be called the OF
tenders out ana gave them their choice.
and boy by boy each one elected to
pay the tine imposed.
Gogoomy and his FIVE tribesmen were
lined three pounds each. and at Co
goomy's cultural command they re
fused TO pay.
"s'pose You go along Tulagi." Shel
don warned him; you catch m strong
fella whipping ana you stop along
Jail three feiia year. SAWYER
Gogoomy wavered.
"You take IN three fella pound along
me-" Gogoomy muttered. at the same
time scowliug his hatred at sheldon
aud transferring half the scow a.
Joan and Kwaque. me finish aIonl
you. you catch m big fella trouble
my word. Father belong me big fella
chief along Fort Adams"
That will do" Sheldon warned him
You shut mouth belong you
Me no fright" the son of chiel
reterted, by his insolenee increasing
bis stature In the eyes of his fellows.
Lock him up for tonight" Sheldon
said to Kwaque. "Sun be come up
put m that fella and five fella belong
him along grass cutting. SAWYER
There will be trouble with Gogoomy
yet" Sheldon said TO Joan. as the boss
boys marshalled their gangs and led
them away TO their work. Keep an
eye on him Be careful when you are
riding alone on the plantation. The
loss of those Winchesters and all that
ammunition has hit him harder than
your cutting did. He is dead ripe for
mischief"
Il wonder what has become Of Tu.
dor It's two months since he disap-
peared into the bush. and not word
IL him after be left Binu."
Joan Lakeland was sitting astride
her horse by the bank OF the Balesuna,
where the sweet corn had been plant
ed, and Sheldon was leaning against
her horses shoulder.
Yes. IL is long time for no news
to have trickled down." be answered
watching her keenly from under his
hat brim and wondering as to the
measure of her anxiety for the ad
venturous gold hunter "T3ut Tudor
win come out all right he did thing
az the start that wouldn't have given
nlm or any other man credit for-per-
suaded Binu Charley to go along with
aim I'll wager no other Binu niger
uas ever gone so far into the bush
unless to be kali kai'd-"
Look! Lookr Joan cried in low
voice. pointing across the narrow
stream TO slack eddy. where huge
crocodile drifted like log awash.
Ugh. The tilthy beastst | hate theml
hate themr'
And yet you go diving among
sharks" Sheldon chided. "Just the
same, 1 wish could swim as well as
you. Maybe 1t would beget condolences
such as you have"
DO you know ! think 1t would be
nice to be married to a man such as
you seem to be becoming" she remark
ed with one Of her abrupt changes that
always astounded him. IL should think
! you tOuiu UC tIukiltu tntV q FtiJ 6OV0
husband--you know, not one of the
domineering kind. but one who con.
sidered his wife was Just as much
an individual as himself and just as
much a free agent Really. you know.
think you are improving"
She laughed and rode away. leav-
ing him greatly cast down. II he had
thought there had been one bit OF coy
ness in her words, one feminine futter.
one womanly attempt at deliberate lure
and encouragement he would have
been elated. But be knew absolutely
that It was the boy and not the woman
who had so daringiy spoken.
Joan rode through twenty acres OF
uncleared cane. The grass was waist
high and higher. and as she rode
along she remembered that Gogoomy
was one of gang of boys that had
been detailed to the grass cutting A
little farther on she heard voices and
reined in and listened. 1t was Go
goomy talking.
dog he stop IN along house. night
time he walk about" Gogoomy was
saying. You fella boy catch m one
fella pig, put IN kai-kai. belong him
dog along one big fella fish hook.
S'pose dog he walk about catch m kai-
kai you feiln boy catch IN dog alice
same one shark. Dog he finish close
no. Big fella marster sleep along big
Ffella house White Mary sleep along
plckaninny house. One fella Adamu
he stop along outside pickaninny house
You fella boy finish IN dog. finish IN