The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-05-25
through whom he came at last to
punishment for m~anslaughter.

through WHOM he came at last "
punishment for ~manslaughter.
"Yet, without you, who can tell what
he might have been? He might have
fallen so low that not the wealth of
ten thousand treasure-bOXes could give
him eve the appearance Of honesty.
And now he offers you what you can
not accept-can never accept-a love
as deep as the life from which he
came; a love that would throttle the
world for YOU, that would force the
doors of hell to bring you what you
want
beauty and of heat. / see the sheep
I'm hundreds on the far hills of pas
turage-sheep with short hair, small
and sweet as any that eve came from
the South Downs. | see the natives
in their madras handkerchiefs. l see
upon the road some planter in his
ketureen-a sort of sedan chair; l see
a negro funeral, with its strange cere-
mony and its gumbies of African
drums. | see 'yam-fed Planters on
their horses, making for the burning,
sandy streets of the capital. l see
the Scots grass growing five and six
feet high, food unsurpassed for horses
all the foliage, too-beautiful trOp-
ical trees and shrubs, and here and
there a huge breeding farm. Yet l
know that out beyond my sight there
is the region known as Trelawney and
T%relawney town, the headquarters Of
the Maroons, the free negroes-they
who fled after the Spanish had been
conquered and the British came, and
who were later freed and secured by
the Trelawney treaty. l know that
now they are ready to rise, that they
are working among the slaves; and if
they rise the danger is great to the
white population of the island, who
are outnumbered ten to one.
"The governor has been warned, but
he gives no heed, or treats it all light
ly, pointing out how few the Maroons
are. He fOrgets that q few determined
men can demoralize a whole state, can
fight and murder and fly to dark CO.
verts in the tropical woods, where
they cannot be tracked down and de-
strOyed; and, if they have made sup
porters of the slaves, what conse-
quenceS may not follow!
zone thing is clear to me-Only by
hounds can these people be defeated.
SO sure am l upon this point, that l
have sent to Cuba for sixty hounds,
with which, when the trouble comes
and it is not far Olive shall be able
to hunt the Maroons with the only
weapon they really fear-the dogs
sharp tooth. 1t may be the governor
may intervene on the arrival of the
dogs; but | have made friends with
the provost marshal general and some
members of the Jamaica legislature;
also l have q friend In the deputy Of
the provost marshal general In my par
iSh of Clarendon here, and l will make
a good bet that the dogs will be let
come into the island, governor or no
governor.
"When one sets ones self against
the crown one must be sure Of ones
ground, and fear no foe, however great
and high. Well, l have won so far,
and l shall win in the end. Mallow
should have some respect for one that
beat him at Phoenix park with the
sword that beat him when he would
have m imprisoned here; that beat
him in the matter Of the ship for Haiti,
and that will beat him on every hazard
he sets, unless he stoops to underhand
acts, which he will not do. That much
must be said for him.
But what is this I see? Michael
Clones-in his white jean waistcoat,
white neckclOth and trousers and blue
COATS coming up the drive in hot
haste, bearing a letter. He rides too
hard. He has never carried himself
easily In this climate. He treats 1t as
If it was Ireland. He will not protect
himself and, If penalty followed folly,
should now be in his grave. / like
you, Michael. You are a boon, but"