Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-30


villages at Bina-on account OF the MI
nota. you know-and shelled the bush !
Then she went to Sio to straighten out
things there" ......
The conversation became general.
and just before Young left to go on
board Joan asked:
How can you manage all alone.
Mr.. Youngy'
His large, almost girlish eyes rested
on her for a moment before he re-
piled. and then 1t was In the softest
and gentlest Of voices.
"oh. | get along pretty well with
them. or course. there is bit OF
trouble once In awhile. but that must
be expected. You must never let them
think you are afraid. I've been afraid
plenty OF times, but they never knew
It."
you would think he wouldn't strike
a mosquito that was biting him.
Sheldon said when Young had gone
on board. "All the Norfolk islanders
that have descended from the Bounty
crowd are that way. But look ut
Young. Only three years ugo. when
he first got the Minerva. he was lying
In SUI. on Mnlaita. There nre II lot
OF returned Queensanders there-a
rough crowd. They planned to get
his head. The son Of their chief. old
One Eyed Billy. had recruited on
Lunga and died Of dysentery. That
meant that n white mans head was
owing 90 Suu--any white man. II
didn't matter who. so long as they got
the head. And Young was only lad
| and they made sure TO get his easily.
| They decuyed bis whaleboat ashore
with n promise OF recruits aud killed
all hands. At the same instant the
SUI gang that was ON board the Mi
nerva jumped Young lie was Just
preparing n dynamite stick for fish.
and he lighted II and tossed II In
among them. Oue can't get MIN to
talk about It. but the fuse was short
the survivors ieaped overheard. while
he slipped his anchor ana got AWAY.
They've got 100 fatboms OF shell
money OH his head now. which IN
worth fiOO Yet he goes into Sun reg.
ulurly. He was there n short time ago.
returning thirty boys from Cape Marsh
that's the Fulcrum brothers planta.
don"
AT any rate. his news tonight has
given me better insight into the life
down here" Joan said. And II Is
colorful life. to say the least. The
Solomons ought to be printed red on
the charts-and yellow, too. for the
diseases"
'"rhe Solomons are not always like
this" Sheldon answered. "Of course.
Berande IL the worst plantation and
everything II gets u the worst. All
the old timers shake their heads ut Il
They say It has whit you Americans
Gull u hoOdoo on It."
"Berande will succeed" Joan said
stoutiy. - like TO laugh ut supersti
ton. You'il pull through and come
out the big end OF the horn. The III
luck cant last forever. nm afraid.
though. the SOloinons IL not q white
mans cIimnte."
1T will he. though. Give w afty
yenrs. and when all the bush IN
cleared on back to the mountains.
fever will be stamped out. every thing
will liz tar healthier. There will be
cities nud towns here. for there. nm
imm.ns. ,mount of good lauu going
IN wnsr. Th,. black TIM. broyn ana
the yellow win nave TO do the work.
managed by the white men. The
bln.k lnbor IL too wastefui. however,
and I'm time Chinese or Indian coolies
win be importcd"
..Tb.n the blucks will die orr
Sheldon shrugged his shoulders and
: retorted:
"Yes. like the North American In
dian. who wns n far pobIer tyne than
the Meianesian. The world ~ only SC
large. you know. and It is tiliing up
, And the unit must perishT"
, Precisely so. The unit must per
ish."
: In the morning Joan was reused by
, a great row and hullabaloo. Captain
Young had landed Satan ut the mo
, ment when the bridge building gnnl
4 had started along the beach. SutaI