White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-06

plCIOuSs NlTCuclSS, WIZ SpOh0 Gu6tASh
better than did, continued:
1--WE are Americans of Dutch birth.
A few months ago we made bet at
the Holland club in San Francisco
that we would sail from Honolulu In
and open boat via the Cook islands to
Tahiti and back to Honolulu. The
wager is for twenty-five thousand dol.
lars. Would you, my dear sir. kindly
give me a certificate that we have
been here In accordance with the
terms of our bet? Also. we should
like to lay in supply of fresh water.
canned goods, and fresh fruit"
The resident yowned. looked US over
with watery eye and replied
"Well, man must be hell of a
fool to go in for that kind of sport"
"Sure." Kircheiss said politely, but,
just the same, we should like to have
the certificate. Won't you give 1t to
us or tell US who Wilt"
ooh, to hell with you. don't bother
me. I've just had dinner and want to
take my nap"
Even his British mistrust, with
which he first regarded us, subsidized
into the indescribable something that
comes over white man who yields
to the soft excavation of the tropics.
He now looked at us merely as mad
fellows who wanted him to do some
thing too crazy to merit his consider
alton.
"Any news from the bloody war;"
he asked. "Why are they SO stupid
as to carry on with this fighting bust.
ness? In the end, 1t will only help
these yellow races"
He continued like this and spoke
highly of the Germans. Naturally,
we did not express any prof. German
sentiments.
"We simply must get this old bird
to give us that certificate" l said to
my comrade in Low German, pretend
ing that 1t was Dutch.
"Yes," he replied In the same dia-
lect, ut may come in mighty useful
later on"
| The resident, as he told US, had
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have known better, but he took oul
Plattdeutsch for the language of Hol
land.
Presently he scribbled a note say.
ing that we had called on him In the
| course of our sporting cruise.
"Any ships expected in port soon?'
| Kircheiss asked quite casually.
slow in hell do known" the resi-
dent responded YEARLY. Everything
goes to the bloody war, and we don't
see anything around here but these
Kanakas." He continued in this strain
and cursed his boredom on the island
The resident was still rambling or
In his lazy monotone when along came
a man who wore cassock and had
beard down to his waist. He was {
French missionary priest who wal
overjoyed when we saluted him with ,
few words of French. The residen
and an English trader we're the Onl.
two white men on the island beside
himself, and neither talked an,
French.
Gallons, allons," he shouted, "b.
Joe, boys, you must pay me VISIT"
And straightway he seized our ARM
and took US over to his mission house
There he poured out glasses of ex
cellent wine.
"You are Americans" he cried, "yo,
fight for la France? You are Holland
ers? All, 1t Is too bad that your cOun
try is not in the war with France
But l can see that you love la bell
France"
what will be your next ,stopl
asked the jovial missionary in parting
II think we will put in at Aitutaki.
replied That was the nearest islam
and the next field of action In on
hunt for ship.
Fine" exclaimed the priest cordia
~. 81 have friend there. You mus
call on him. just mention my nam,
He will be delighted to see you. 81
is a Hollander. too"
A Holunder, too? And our know
edge of the Dutch language was s
strongly snlted with German al
cent? In that case, when we got
Aitutaki we certainly would be an!
thing but Hollanders, probably MOI
wegians.
ITO BE CON'rINUED.)