Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-23

for the FIRST time, ~ sheldon remark.
ed. the chop at Berandc was white
mans chop with her own hands Joan
prepared the sick mans food. and he.
tween that and the cheer she brought
him he was able after two days TO
tofter fecbly out upon the vernnda.
The situation struck him rs strange.
and stranger still was the fact that II
did NOT seem strange to the girl at all.
She had settled down and taken charge
OF the household as matter Of course.
as II be were her father or brother
or Ms II she were man like himself.
ut Is Just too delightful for any.
thing" she assured him. 1T Il like a
pnCe out OF some romance. Here
come along out of the sea and Ind n
sick man all alone with 200 slaves
Recruits" he corrected. Contract
lahOrers They serve only three years.
and they nre free agents when they
enter upon their contracts"
YES. yes" she hurried on; "a sick
man alone with 200 recruits on can.
nIbal Islnnd-they are cannlbals, aren't
tEpNF Or Is II MI talkE
Talk" he said. with a smile Its
tribe more than that. Most OF my
boys ARE from the bush. and every
huShman Is n cannibal"
But not after they become recruits?
Surely the boys you have here would
not 10 guilty"
They'd eat you II the chance afford.
ed"
Are you just saying so. on theory.
or do you really know" she asked.
u know"
why? What makes you think SO?
Your own men hereT'
Yes. nv own men here. the very
house boys. the cook that nj the present
moment II making such delicious rolls.
thanks TO you. Not more than three
whaleboat and ran for Malaita. Nine
OF them belonged to Mnlaita. Two
were bushmen from san Cristoval.
They were, fools. the two from San
CrtStOvai. | mean: so would any two
Malnifa men be who trusted them.
etlNfS III DOut WIN ulut iTOlu Suu
CriStovaI."
r"Yes?" she asked eagerly. Then
what happeuedT'
THE nine Malaira men ate the two
from San CrislovnI, all except the
heads. which are too valuable for
mere eating. They slowed them away
IN the stern locker until they landed.
And those two heads are now In some
bush village back at l.unga Langa."
She clapped her hands and her eyes
sparkIed
They are really and truly cannibals.
And just think. this IL the twentieth
century. And thought romance and
adventure we're fossllizedw
He looked at her with mild amuse-
mpnt.
What is the matter nowy she
queried.
"Oh. nothing. only I don't fancy be-
Ing eaten by lot OF tlthy niggers Is
the least bit romantic"
No. OF course not" she admitted
But TO be among them. controlling
'I'"s wv VI thsih. uhu
10 escape being enten by them-that,
at least. II It isn't romantic. Is certain.
~ the ouintessence of adventure. And
adventure and romance are allied. you
know"
by the same token. to 20 into a
nigger's stomach should be the quin-
tesSpnce OF adventure" he retorted.
II don't think you have any romance
In you" she exclaimed. You're just
dull and somber and sordid. like the
business men at home. ! don't know
why you're here nt all. You should be
al home pacidly negotiating as bank
erS clerk or-or"-
~ shopkeepers assistant, thank
you"
YES. that-anything. What under
the sun are you doing here on the edge
OF thngsT
Earning my bread and butter. try
ing TO get on In the world"
by the bitter road the youngest sor
must tread ere he win to hearth aud
saddle OF his own. she quoted. why
n that isn't romantic. then nothing Is
romantic. Think OF all the younger
sons out over the world. on a myraid
Of adventures, winning to those same
hearths and saddles. And here you
nre In the thick Of II, doing 1t. and
here am IN the thick Of It, doing It,"
IL beg pardon" he drnwIed,
well, I'm u younger daughter
then" she amended: and have nc
hearth nor saddle haven't anybody
or nnythlng-and I'm Just as far on the
edge of things rs you are"
In your case, then, III admit there
Is II bit OF romance" he confessed.
He could not help but think OF tn,
pr eding nights and OF her sleeping
In the hammock on the veranda under
mosquito curtains, her bodyguard ot