Evening star., 1924-06-08

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sengers. the Thorndyke Martins,
whom they knew. The four Of them
had come all the way around from
Naples together.
The Honorable Sylvia expressed a
mild curiosity to know what the
Thorndyke- Martins were like.
IT'S fortunate for us you don't
know them" said the woman. YOU'D
never take us for substitutes if you
did. She's lovely. Very simple, for
all her clothes, and lots of fun
1T would have been d treat to get
look at her." Sylvia admitted I'VE
order our clothes by mail from Lon
don. They never get here, and when
they do. - She stopped there
rather abruptly and added: II sup
them as she does"
"She likes to buy them" the other
woman explained. but after that. she
loses interest. She bought some
things in Paris that have been fol-
lowing her ever since and haven't
caught up yet-or hadn't at Singa-
pore, and she didn't seem to care.
But, of course. where anything is
smart just because you've got it on,
you don't need to worry
CYLvIA met her husbands eye
- and interpreted the affectionate,
quickly suppressed smile. 1t said, she
knew, That's true of you, too, you
wonder. you delight
Carew wasn't articulate enough to
have said a thing like that, but he
could mean it and look it.
The American, evidently under the
impression that the topic of clothes
would keep the women amused for a
while. turned to the resident, and
asked a question about head hunt
ing But his wife wanted to hear
about the head hunters, too.
Over her husbands shoulder. out
there in the middle of the moon
silyered lawn, Sylvia deliberately
fixed here eyes on that grim-looking
gray stone That other woman out
there-if Sylvia could tell her the
story. now. she'd understand.
There's one thing you've got to
get firmly in mind" Carew said, and
that is that. from the Dyaks' point
of view, head hunting, If it's crime
at all, is a crime against property
man has a property interest in hit
own head, Of course, and equally in
any other head he can collect If he
can show fifty of them-fifty human
heads. hanging by their hair on poles
outside his hut. he's a man of con-
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course, in a country like this, where
peoples physical wants are very few,
property is practically all trophies"
You mean, then" asked the Amer
fcan. that when a man cuts off some
body's head, it's simply a question of
adding to the mans possessions"
Carew nodded.
Here's an illustration" he went on.
"One of the villages back here in
the jungle broke loose some time ago,
raided another village twenty miles
away, and took nine heads"
Fresh heads?' asked the American.
'They took them from the shoulders
of the villagers and pot from the poles
in front of their houses if that's
what you mean" said Carew. We'll,
the people of the second village, in
stead of attempting a direct reprisal,
came down and complained to me.
which is what 1 always try to get
them to do. 1 went up to the first
village, made them give up their nine
heads, and then took them back to
the village they had been taken from.
That averted a feud between the two
villages that might have gone on for
years"
DO you mean." asked the woman
that you beheaded nine people in
the first village?"
mo, no. said Carew. Il took the
same nine heads, put them in bag
and carried them back to the rela-