The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-04

BY THE THROAT.
sight unnerved him as the row just
over could not possibly have done. He
glanced down at her helplessly, and
moistened his lips.
81 want to thank you." he began.
There isn't a doubt but what you
saved my life, and | must say
She abruptly removed her hands,
showing a wrathful and tear stained
face
you brute! You cowardw she cried.
you have made me shoot a man, and
! never shot a man in my life before"
''Its only a flesh wound, and he
isn't going to die" Sheldon managed
to interpolate.
what of that? l 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 1 hate
you! hate you! oh, won't you go
Rwayr'
Sheldon was white with anger.
"Then why in the name Of common
sense did you shoot?' he demanded.
'Be-be-cause you We're white
man. she sobbed "And dad would
never have left any white man In the
lurch. But 1t was your fault You
had no right TO get yourself in such
position. Besides, IL wasn't neces-
sary.". .tr.,o aon,+ rndsrstoro
ne said, shortly, turning away. "We
will talk it over later on"
Il suppose I've been unforgivably
foolish was her greeting when he re.
turned several hours later from
round of the plantation. I've been ia
the hospital, and the man Is getting
along all right. 1t is not a 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. In 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 had no
experience with the blacks. and | ask
na 10
from your natives. You are used to
Polynesians. These boys are Melane-
slams. They're blacks. They're niggers
look at their kinky hair. And they're
a whole lot lower than the African
niggers Really, you know, there is a
vast difference.
''They possess no gratitude. no SYM
pathy, no kindness. If you are kind
to them they think you are fool. IL
you are gentle with them they think
you are AFRAID. Ana wnen IueJ 1.l4aa
you are afraid, watch out, for they will
get you. Just to show you, let me state
the one inyariable process in a black
mans brain when on his native heath
he encounters stranger His first
thOuSHt 10 OiiC VI ltuls w Ill tue ctIdu-
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 boosted that he 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 to stop to dinner. The soup
was just served when Hughie saw u
niger peering in through the door He1
went out 10 him, for it was violation
of Berande custom. Any niger has to
send in word by the house boys and to
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 nameg said Hughie.
'Yen tell I'M white man close up wei
fella boats crew go along. He mol
come now, we fella boy no wait WEI
GO
And just then Hughie fetched him
clout that knocked him clean down
the stairs and of the veranda."
But it was needlessly cruel" joan
objected. You wouldn't treat a white
man that way"
And that's just the point He wasn't
II white man. He was low black
Niger, and he was deliberately insult.
ing. not alone his own white master,
but every white master in the Solo
mons. He insulted me. He insulted
Huehle. lie insnlted Berande"
"Of course. according TO your lights.
70 your forinuIa OF The rule OF the
strong
Yes" sheldon interrupted. but 4
was according 20 the formula 81 the
rule ~ The weak that Packard tned.
aud what was tie rcsnifs aia sin
alive. Packard IS dead Ire was I'm
sweryingiy kind and gentle 10 his boys.
and bis boys waited tn one day be was
down with fever. HIS heed