The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-21

/ pOluLEO Jul, Lllt lew Adidy DIduS
would be surrounded and eaten
alive in the bay of Balingong; be-
cause theses Oyaks. at least. beng
Of little different mettle than the
hill Dyaks. can fight Ike hell once
they are on the water. But the
LiDkang was a floating fort WHAT
Maiays could not be packed
aboard her could stay in the praus.
which would be protected under
the sLinkang guns, TIE Avon
would nave been useless for this,
but HE -ETnK 5Rg was an asset that
| could not be derided
And there we had Clyde's third
mistake in roWl Or MS fourth the
/ first mistake being to have come
here IN the first place The Rajah
Mantusen was beginning to smile.
II was plain that Clyde was merely
/ putting into words plan that was
already IN Mantusen's mind.
Undoubtedly Clyde saw that.
/ too But IL was too late TO do any
thing but to go on After all. per-
hapS il could not do much harm to
put INTO words what Mantusen had
already decided 10 put into action
/ All Clyde could do now was to pre-
/ tend TO think that there was still
chance of a friendly cooperation
of forces: 10 pretend that he still
believed nothing here was ire
trIevably lost
He went on to elaborate how.
armed as nobody on this coast had
ever been. the Linkang could scour
the whole coast. burning the viii
lagos OF the rebels who were
gathered at Ealing ~ retakIng
BalIn5ong al last. and giving the
! Dyaks such a lesson as II would
take centuries for them 10 forget
And when he had finished what
ne had to say. the Rajah Mantusen
told the truth for once. think. He
told US nov that this was exactly
what he meant to do He was going
to force the river. seize the Linkang
and the Avon too and IN all ways
put into action Clyde's plan He
even credited Clyde with one or
two minor suggestions which he
considered valuable and would Sc.
But Clyde and were not in IL.
without me" CLYDE saiu. you
viii never board the Linkang."
But | think | can" Mantusen
said.
There you had il NJ sntusen
thought he could. And that was all,
and the last card was played, so fa-
as could see.
Reluctant Concession
A LESSER man than Clyde would
u have begun 20 babble about
WarshIpS which would come ans
make something very curry chop
out of B-lingong. II would have
been futile squall. foI no one
knew better than MantuSen that.
Clyde himself could never e
sailed .theVe seas If the warships
cared anything about Summarizing
or Clyde either. But Clyde had
made mistakes enough and did not
make this one Further. he cut me
down with a glance every time I
started 10 speak, which was just
as well
That interminable footleSs con-
ference went on. ever more large
ly composed of silence than be-
fore II was hopeless thing. and I
was ready for the end.
And yet Clyde gained something,
finally. He worked his way TO IL
by such slow suggestions and
weary negotiations that l did not
realize { was accomplished until IL
was done. and even when 1t was
done could not believe IL
/ was aware that MantuSen had
been studying me for long while.
and l knew that the raiah believed
me TO be fool He had also seen
the whaleboat crew. and with his
own eyes watched now they had
rowed without question between
the stockadeS and INTO Mantusen's
own teeth. obeying Clyde Fos that
matter. he had watched for years
as Clyde's diSciplined seamen over
and over obeyed him as If they had
no souls OF their own Upon these
things Clyde's plan was B. sed.
The concession Clyde ahiaiRsd
! vas this: He himself was = staF ID
the hands Of the Raiah Mafitusen as
hostage l. with nv whaleboat
Grew. vas to return 10 the Linksng
atla call of. immediately. whatever
Dyaks remained IN CIvde's sup
posed control We were then 70
bring the Linkang into the mouth
OF the Siderong itself. and kedge
her as far as possible I'D the stream.
Clyde claimed that the Linkang
could be brought so far that her
guns could train upon TIE Dyck
stockades az the narroxs. IL this
could be done. the Dyaks could
peThap1 be broken. and the face Of
the rajah saved.
Clyde's orders 20 me were I'm
some detail ! was 10 bring out and
mount the rocket guns from the
hold The rocket guns we're 70 keep
lacins the jungle. whether we saw
anything 70 shoot AZ or not The
boarding nets wert to be rein
forced with copper cable 70 a
height Of SIX feet above the rail,
and 20 on and 50 on. through a lot
Of stuff ! should have known for
ulySeifty now listened IN a state
OF blenk stupefactieu. | thought Of
offering % STAY IN Clvde's place:
but even the Dysk slave girls
wonl3 have laughed sfsthat Per
aarS Z 2vaSP % wQnder thst Man
tuseH took me Tor a. IDIOT and
hypnotized % boot
fc-ss-sstf 1875. ia. EsKsyI