The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-01-26


to waste. The black, the brown and
the yellow will have to do the work,
managed by the white men. The
black labor is too wasteful. however,
and in time Chinese or Indian coolies
will be imported"
"Then the blacks will die OFF,
Sheldon shrugged his shoulders and
retorted:
Eyes, like the North American In
dian. who was a far nobler type than
the Melanesian. The world is only so
large. you know, and it is filling up
"And the unfit must perish?"
Precisely so. The unfit must per-
ish.''
In the morning Joan was reused by
a great row and hullabaloo. Captain
Young had landed Satan at the mo-
ment when the bridge building gang
had started along the beach. Satan
was big and black, short haired and
muscular and weighed fully seventy
pounds. He did not love the blacks.
Tommy Jones had trained him we'll,
tying him up daily for several hours
and telling off one or two black boys
at a time to tease him. So Satan
had it in for the whole black race.
and the second after he landed on the
beach the bridge building gang was
stampeding over the compound fence
and swarming up the cocoanut palms.
Good morning. Sheldon called
from the veranda. land what do you
think of The Niger chaser?'
On thinking we have q task before
us to train him into the house boys"
she called back.
And to your Tahitians. too. Look
out. Noah! Run for it,
Satan having satisfied himself that
the tree perches We're unassaiahle. was
charging straight for the big Tnhitian.
But Noah stood his ground. though
somewhat irresolutely, and Satan, to
every ones surprise. danced and
frisked about him with laughing eyes
and wagging tail.
'Now that is what I might call a
proper dog" was Joan's comment. He
is at least wiser than you, Mr.. Shell
don. He didn't require any teaching
to recognize the difference between
Tahitian and black boy. What do
you think. Noah? Why don't he bite
you? He savvee you Tahitian. eh?"
Noa Noah shook his head and
grinned.
"He no savvee me Tahitian," he ex-
planned. HE sayvee me wear pants
tho coyoo xr1,;to ,,,o,,
You'll have to give him a course in
'Sartor Resartus.'" Sheldon laughed as
he came down and began to make
friends with Satan.
1t CHANGED, fust then, that Adamu
Adam and Matauare. two of Joan's
sailors, entered the compound from the
far side gate. They had been down to
the Balesuna, making an alligator
trap, and, instead of trousers, were
clad in lava-lavas that tapped grace
fully about their stalwart limbs. Satan
saw them and advertised his find by
breaking away from Sheldon's hands
and charging.
mo got pants" Noah announced,
with grin that broadened as Adamu
Adam took to flight.
He climbed up the platform that
supported the galvanized iron tanks
which held the water collected from
the roof. Fooled here, Satan turned
aud charged back on Matauare.
run. Matauare! Rum" Joan called.
But he held his ground and waited
the dog.
"He is The Fearless One-that is
what his name MEANS" Joan ex-
planned to Sheldon.
The Tahitian watched Satan coolly
and when that sanguine mouthed
creature lifted into the air in the final
leap the mans hand shot out. 1t was
a fair grip on the lower jaw, and
Satan described half circle and was
flung to the rear. turning over in the
air and falling heavily on his back.
Three times he leaped and three times
that grip on his jaw flung him to de-
feat. Then he contented himself with
trotting at Matauare's heels, eying him
and shifting him suspiciously.
'It's all right. Satan; it's all right"
Sheldon assured him. THAT good
fella belong along me-"
Then Satan turned his attention to
the three house boys, cOrnering Ornfiri
in the kitchen and rushing him
against the hot stove, stripping the
lava-lava from Lalaperu when that
excited youth climbed a veranda post
and following Viaburi on top the bill
lard table where the battle ragged until
Joan managed a rescue.