New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

his; rioht hand who wished to be loyal faithful, obcdi-
en-, subject OF the Great Queen.
Tn shot every hand most grateful at the narrow eS-
cane they had had of being French and then outside
i was again repeated, even the children holding up
tbc;r LITTLE paws. and the flag hostcd temporary to
cncoanut palm amid shouts OF rejoicing led of by Stan
lev, and me and Peter Jones, who had followed along
after us. , c;
;rr I'm \ nropcr house could be built for him; and
he showed he wasn't gentleman to be tried with by
tho short their abbcr, and choosing FonoS 5, when
WAS the finest in the settlement, and ordering HIM 10
clear out bag and baggagc,-wmch fono didn want
and objected very Grossly till Peter ones SnatChed
,,n q rock and ran at him like he meant to pound ms
head in. This pleased Mr.. GLENN 50 much that ne
rigbt off appointed Peter marshal OF his court at
salary Of forty dollars month, and put him IN charge
Of shifting his things into his new quarters.
took the liberty of warning MIR. GLENN against the
F;;;,n but he only threw back his head and told me
most cu,tingly to kindly mind my own business BUT
anv rancor might have felt at this disappeared when
he made me clerk of the court and Stanley tax collector
each At salary Of sixty dollars month, with David
native adviser and official Interpreter at the same
figure.
THIS was the beginning Of the new Government,
with everything old done away with and the first
official sigr Of il was a brand new, whitcpalnted flag
oc with crosstrccs and ratncs in front OF the nc og
horse that was next built for the Commissioner TO I'VE
IN The natives had to do this for nothing, supplying
II,
iron hardware, paint, varnSh and whatnot were
bought Of Stanley and me, and paid for III taxes. II
was a very fine place when done, with broad VcIand''
IN front and an inner court behind, where Mr. Olcnn
used to he in a striped hammock waited on hand ana
foot. 1
But fancy the wicked French couldn't have taxed
,bc Kanakas any harder than Mr.. GLENN dld-Which
was the hest thing in the world for them, considering
how slack they were by nature and not gwen TO dong
ANYTHING they could help. 1t only needed niue atci-
on to double the copra crop OF the island not 10 speak
II shell: that the taxes were blessing III ,SSu''
tie natives being better of than they mao ever poe DC
rrc of course they didn't like II, and put up great
deal oi opposition till Mr. GLENN raised native con
-tabularv Of seven men, commanded by Peter jones'
and al Of them armed any way ne could' nlCIu"''S
Sanlcy's shotgun and my Winchester repeater, IIi
man Fosbv's Enfield, and several rusty Sprln8hcldS
pounccd on here and there as against inc ID" 70 OWL
Thcv were trickcd cut very smart in red lavaIav9s
and white drill coats and being all OF them OF the OBJ
trncru no-good class like Peter, they were soon the
terror Of the island Not that Mr.. GLENN didn Keep
Them tight in hand; but when came to an order {"
court or any backwardncss IN taxes ne never seemed 10
care much whom they pundcrcd and beat. which was
what they rcvclcd in and thirScd for the chance o"
old David was the first to feel the weight Of author
~ IN. and | believe his job Of native adviser was
merely. q plant 10 keep him in good huinor III MI.
CIc,,,o,, ,.ls ready to SQUASH him, which Mr.. GLENN
lid three months lat,r most emphatic. The kalaktS
were forbidden to contribute t. the church, ana 'h'
,Srnr, private laws abolished, and there was u"
NOR. accommodating nor Jail for church members,
nor any curfcw either The natives went wild for JOY
III cvccpf few old sorchcads that are always to be
found i'm every community, and the ohly i"lhS VIII"
were now forced to 60 to church were the native con
rllry who lined up regular 10 keep tab on what inc
,,.r,. r,.chc,l and arrest him for ,cdun IN case
ne let hi, tongue away with nm.
l., ,ri,.,tr however old David made al the trouble
ne dared and tried to hcarcn mp his followers 10y SAYING
Their. would be - day Of reckoning for Mr. GLENN when
,i en-, ,,.r,. vessel arrived on her annual visit at