Jackson County journal., 1919-12-19
CHAPTER VI-Continued.

1t IS as the Kanaka said" Gung
e aodded. "Sahib, question: How d.
d you know of those Cinnamon an,
J. Drink-House Sam2"
one OF them told me as he wa
!. dying" Wallen replied, because.
suppose, J had nursed him as best
could through the night"
Les Gunga nodded his head again
But l will end first the Kanaka,s
'aie SO that the sahib will understand
all else the better The Kanaka had
oeen long time a member of the
ere"' long before the ship came to
Honolulu.
1t was In Honolulu that for much
money he was hired by one of Ram
uulaD Slngh's agents to kill the mas
Ter.
IF he failed in that he was +o
stir up the crew to dream Of tho +roos
are-hunt, sahib, which, with so strange
voyage as was theirs, would readily
We Deheved, so that it might come
ABOUT that the crew and officers von,d
take things into their own hands and
mouiu take the ship to the place Ram
uulao Singh had set down upon tho
paper, and where Ram GuIab Sinob
wouiu lie IN wait to work his will upon
the master and upon them all. sahib
lor dead men tell no tales. Rut for
tnat paper, sahib, it so fell out he had
no need until you, by Alah's will. came
also TO the ship, as have related All
tnls, sahib, learned tonight while
lay hidden"
"Go on!' urged Wallen tensa,v ct
Oegin TO sea little. My father. Gun
sa-and this Ram Gulab Singh?"
Ihe young sahib is twenty-four"
saio Gunga. 1T began two years be- |
lore you were born. The master was
great merchant here, owning schoon.
ers Dy means of which he traded with
the natives. Ram Gulab Singh was
the native governor over q gronn of
these islands,
he was very powerful, and his
wealth was beyond reckoning.
ALSO, Sahib, he was a murderer and
thle1, whereby he had his wealth:
ana ne MD his face behind the British
government, whom he deceived Your
la.ner lost one schooner and then an
otner and many goods; and knowing
IN MS heart that it was Ram Gulah
oinsn' ne complained to the govern
nent. But because he could prove
uotnlng' nothing was done, sahib: only
tnat 1t came to the ears of Ram Gnlah
singh, and he Knocked your father INV
master, by messengers in private
Sahib, my master was a brave man
anu OF great cunning. He loaded
schooner with such richness of goods
mat II was common talk; but also. in
'ecret, ne placed abundance of arms :
apon tne vessel; and at night. as sha
salled, he himself came aboard in tho
with many men 70 ioin tho !
rev. and of these 1 was one, sahib.
IL came about as the master bad
oreseen. '-''0 Z
he sailed to the islands where Ram z
auiaD olngh was; and Ram Gulah .
,insh' knowing that it was your fe. !.
ner schooner, and thinking it nrizo
i great value, fell into the snare <
'ahlb, he came upon us with fo,,r
roas' and our men lay hidden below
he oecks, that they might not be seen :
ntli I. the pirates, led by Ram Gulah :
lhgn himself, boarded us from tho
rOas 80 'ne !.
l. was light, sahib, that wou1d
Aiiah might see again before T die
u my arm is still strong and INV
1000 is the blood of youth. and the
ears count not. They fought as rem ~
les nght who must either fight or die
Ut haII escaped, and those by swim. -,
ing 10 the prOas which. in their frc+ ~
asiaught, after all had come on hoard ~
, U.s. we had cut adrift from the &C.
'hooners sides. '''e mi
Many times in the melee INV a sa
.fieu TO single out Ram Gulah
ngn, that they might meet face to a. a.,
ee' put II was only at the last tho ~ ~
aster came upon the other as Ram ~ ..
aiao singh was climbing over the rail ~, ~,
escape, and his hand was on tho Nv
~ out Defore he had dropped into ,.a -.a
Z water the masters cutlass had COW, "o
Gu three fingers from the hand of
I'm Gulab Singh-such. sahih is ~ VI VI
auins VI the paper with the one-fn. oe
red hand. OF
oahlo' this time the government ~
"a heed' for we had prisoners who IA :,
4 but against these Ram :.
.,aD Singh sent many to take tho -. tllo
u u tnat ne had been elsewhere at the ns y
,e ana SO again there was not the ~. ~
: measure OF proof, but my master taa 49,
7sseo the matter and asked that an 'oo :,
neu force be sent against Ram On.
ollgn. Sahib, if that had been ,1,a' rn''
ne' all would have been well. moi
Instead the government deemed IL ~, ~
Sc TO bring only great dishonor nnon ,"oi "oi
u Ia Gulab Singh, and they strinned ,' pec
10 Gulab Singh of all rank and ~ "ot
rlty, and for several years patrolled San san
waters of the island o1o.o, >, iedt