The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02

at Ugi.
"What name you walk about this
placer" he demanded.
At the same time be stole a glance
seaward to where the Flibberty Gibbet
reflected herself in the CLASSY calm of
the sea. Not a soul was visible under
her awnings. and he saw the whale
boat was missing from alongside. The
Tahitians had evidently gone shooting
fish up the Balesuna. He was all alone
In his high place above, this trouble,
while his world slumbered peacefully
under the breathless tropic noon.
Nobody replied, and he repeated his
demand, more of mastery in his voice
this time and hint Of growing anger.
The blacks moved uneasily like herd
Of cattle. at the sound of his voice.
But not one spoke. Directly beneath
him he caught sight Of the muzzle
of rifle. barely projecting between
two black bodies. that was slowly ele-
waiting toward him. 1t was held at the
hip by man in the second row.
"What name your Sheldon suddenly
shouted. pointing directly at the man
who held the gun.
Sheldon still held the whip hand. and
he intended to keep It.
Clear out, all you fella boys" he or
dered "Clear out and walk along salt
water. Savvee!'
"Me talk" spoke up fat and filthy
savage. whose hairy chest was caked
with the unwashed dirt of years.
"Oh, is that you, Telepasse?' the
white man queried genially. You tell
IN boys clear out. and you stop and
talk along me-"
Him good fella boy" was the reply.
Him stop along"
well, what do you want?" Sheldon
asked, striving to hide under assumed
carelessness the weakness Of conces-
sion.
THAT fella boy belong along me-"
The old chief pointed out Gogoomy.
whom Sheldon recognized.
"White Mary belong you too much
no good" Telepasse went on. Bang
IN head belong Gogoomy. Gogoomy.
all the same chief. Bime by me finish.
Gogoomy big fella chief. White Mary
bang m head. No good. You pay me
plenty tobacco plenty powder, plenty
| calico"
you old scoundrel." was Sheldon's
comment. An hour before he had been
chuckling over Joan's recital Of the
episode, and here. an hour later, was
Telepasse himself come tc collect dam
ages.
"Gogoomy," Sheldon ordered. "what
name you walk about here? You get
along quarters plenty quick"
"Me stop" was the defiant answer.
"White Mary belong you bang m
head" old Telepasse began again. my
word, plenty big fella trouble you no
pay"
"You talk along boys" Sheldon said.
with increasing irritation. "You tell IN
get to b. along beach. Then l talk
with you"
Sheldon felt a slight vibration Of the
veranda and knew that Joan had come
out and was standing by his side. But
he did not dare glance at her. There
We're too many rifles down below there,
and rifles had a way of going Off from
the hip.
Again the veranda vibrated with
her moving weight, and he knew that
Joan had gone into the house. A
minute later she was back beside him.
He had never seen her smoke. and ii
struck him as peculiar that she should
be smoking now. Then he guessed
the reason. With a quick glance be
noted the hand at her side and in II
the familiar paper wrapped dynamite
He noted also the end Of fuse. split
properly, into which had been in
serted the head of a wax match.
Telepasse. you old reprobate, tell
m boys clear out along beach. My
word. I no CANNON along you"
me no CANNON" said the chief
me want IN pay white Mary bang
m head belong Gogoomy"
"I'n come down there and bang m
head belong you." Sheldon replied
leaning toward the railing as II abou,
to leap over.
An angry murmur arose, and thu
blacks surged restlessly. The muz
zles of many guns were rising from
the hips. Joan was pressing the
lighted end of the cigarette to the
fuse. A Snider went off with the roar
of bomb gun, and Sheldon heard a
pane of window glass crash behind
him. At the same moment Joan flung
the dynamite, the fuse Kissing and