, 1913-05-01

"New Georgia. a couple of hundred
miles to the westward" Sheldon an
swered. "Bougainville lies just be
yond." snrs
"His own house boys did it." Youns
went on; 'but they were put up to II
BY the Marovo natives. His Santa
Cruz boats crew escaped in the whale
boat to Choiseul. and Mather. in the
Lily. sailed over to Marovo. He burn
ed a village and got Henley's head
back. He found II in one of the houses
where the niggers had II drying. And
that's all the news I've got. except
that there's a lot OF new. Lee Entields
loose on the eastern end Of ISABEL. No.
body knows how the natives got them.
The government ought, to investigate.
Ah-oh, yes-a war vessels In the
group, the Cambrian. She burned three
villages at Bina-on account Of the MI.
nota. you know-and shelled the bush.
Then she, went to, Sio to s~traighten 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.. YoungT'
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. l get along pretty well with
them. OF course. there, is a bit of
trouble once in awhile. but that must
be expected. You must never let them
think you are afraid. I've beer 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. IAN the Norfolk islanders
that have descended from The Bounty
crowd are thai way. But look at
Young. Only three years ago. when
he FIRST, got the Minerva. he was lying
in SUI, on Malaita. There are a lot
OF returned Queenslanders 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 d%ysentery. That
meant that a white mans head was
to Suu-any white a it
didn't matter who. 80 long as they got
the head. And Young was only a lad
and they made sure to get his easily.
They decoyed his whaieboat ashore
with a promise of recruits and killed
all hands. At the same instant the
SUI gang that was Of board the MI
|nerva Jumped Young. He was just
q dynamite stick for fish.
and he lighted it and tossed 1t in
them. One can't get him to
talk about it, but the fuse was short.
the survivors leaped overheard. while
|he slipped his anchor and got away.
They've got 100 fathoms of shell
money on his head now. which Is
worth f10O. Yet he goes into u reg
|ularly. He was there a short time ago.
returning thirty boys from Cape Marsh
that's the Fulcrum brothers planta-
AT any rate. his news tonight has
given me a better insight into the life
down here" Joan said. And 1t is
colorfui life. to say the least. The
solomons ought to lie printed red on
the ~charts-and yellow, too. for the
Diseases"
The Solomons are not always like
this" Sheldon answered. "Of course.
Berande ia the worst plantation and
everything it gets is the worst, All
the old timers shake their heads at 1t.
They say 1t has what you Americans
call a hoodoO on It."
"Berande will succeed" Joan said
stoutly. II like to laugh at supersu'
ton. You'll pull through and come
out the big end of the horn. The ILL
luck ant last forever. l am AFRAID,
though, the SOlomons Is not a white
mans climate
III will be. though. Give us hfty
years, and when all the bush ID
cleared of back to the mountains,
Fever will be stamped out. everything
Will be far healthier. There will be
cities and towns here, for there's an
immense amount of good land going
70 waste. The black, the brown and
Tue yellow will have to do the WORK.
managed by the white mep..y The
black labor is too wasteful. however,
dnd In time Chinese or Indian coolies
Will be imported"
Then the blacks will die OFF,
sheldon shrugged his shoulders and
retOrted:
yes, like the North American In
.tan, who was a far nobler type than
,ue Melanesian. The world is only so
'eige' you know. and 1t is filling up
ana the unit must p%erishT"
ish." $500
~ tue morning Joan was reused by
great row and hullabaioo. Captain
aoung had landed Satan at the mo
ea' when the bridge building gang
started along the beach. Satan
III