Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-01-16

Manonmie stood forth and waited.
You fella boy bad tella too much
Sheldon charged. You steal IN
plenty. Me cross along you too much,
Spose. you like m. me take III one
| feila pound along you In big book
S'pose you no like IN NE take IN one
feIla pound. then me send you fell;,
along Tnlagi catch IN one strong fella
government whipping. Plenty New
Georgia boys. plenty Ysabei boys stop
along Jail along Tulagi. Them fella
no like Malata boys little bit. My
word. they give IN you strong fella
whipping. What you say"
You take III one fella pound along
le." was the answer.
And ManOnmie. patiently relieved.
stepped back. while Sheldon entered
the fine in the plantation labor jour
nal.
Boy after boy. he called the Of
tenders out and gave them their choice,
and boy by boy each one elected to
pay the fine imposed.
! Gogoomy and his five tribesmen were
fined three pounds each. and at Co
goomy's cultural command they re
fused to pay.
"S'pose you go along Tulagi." Shell
don warned him: you catch IN strong
fela whipping and yon stop along
Jail three fela year. Savvee"
Gogoomy wavered.
"You take m three fella pound along
me-" Gogoomy muttered. at the same
time scowling his hatred at Sheldon
and transferring half the scowl 10
Joan and Kwaque. "N1e finish along
you, you catch m big fella trouble,
my word. Father belong me big fella
chief along Fort Adams
THAT will do" Sheldon warned him.
you shut mouth belong YOU
"Me no fright" the son of chief
retorted. by his insolence increasing
his stature in the eyes of his fellows.
"Lock him up for tonight" Sheldon
said to Kwaque. Sun he come up
put m that fella and five fela belong
him along grass cutting Savvee:"
'"There will be trouble with Gogoomy
yet" Sheldon said to Joan, as the boss
boys marshalled their gangs and led
them away to their work. Keep an
eye on him. Be careful when you are
riding alone on the plantation. The
loss of those Winchesters and all that
ammunition has hit him harder than
your cutting did. He is dead ripe for
mischief"
II wonder what has become Of Tu-
dor. It's two months since he disap-
peared into the bush, and not a word
of him after be left Binu."
Joan Lakeland was sitting astride
her horse by the bank Of the Ralesuna.
where the sweet corn had been plant
ed. and Sheldon was leaning against
her horses shoulder.
Eyes, it is long time for no news
to have trickled down." he answered.
watching her keenly from under his
hat brim and wondering as to the
measure of her anxiety for the adj
venturous gold hunter. But Tudor
will come out all right. He did thing
at the start that wouldn't have given
him or any other man credit for-per-
suaded Binu Charley to so along with
him. I'll wager no other Binu niger
has ever gone so far into the bush
unless to be kai kai'd."
LOOK! Look" Joan cried in low
voice, pointing across the narrow
stream to slack eddy, where huge
crocodile drifted like a log awash.
ugh! The filthy beasts. hate them!
I hate them!"
And yet you go diving among
sharks" Sheldon chidcd. Just the
same. | wish could swim as well as
you. Maybe it would beget confidence
such as you have"
DO you know think it would be
nice to be married to a man such as
you seem to be becoming" she remark
ed, with one Of her abrupt changes that
always astounded him. II should think
you could be trained into a very good
husband-you know. not one of the
domineering kind. but one who con
sidered his wife was just as much
an individual as himself and just as
much a free agent. Really, you know.
think you are improving"
She laughed and rode away. leav-
ing him greatly cast down. If he had
thought there had been one bit of coy
ness in her words, one feminine tlutter.
one womanly attempt at deliberate lure
and encouragement he would have
been elated But he knew absolutely
that it was the boy and not the woman
who had so daringly spoken.
Joan rode through twenty acres of
uncleared cane The grass was waist
high and higher. and as she rode
along she remembered that Gogoomy
was one of gang Of boys that had
been detailed to the grass cutting. y
little farther on she heard voices and
reined in and listened. 1t was Go
goomy talking.
DOG he stop m along house. night
time he walk about" Gogoomy was
saying You fella boy catch m one
fella pig. put m kaikai. belong him
dog along one big fella fish hook.
S'pose dog he walk about catch m kai-
kai. you fella boy catch IN dog alice
same one shark. Dog he finish close
up. Big fella marster sleep along big
fella house. White Mary sleep along
pickaninny house. One fella Adamu
he stop along outside pickaninny house.
You fella boy finish 'm dog. finish m
IT. III foil. pSytfN