The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-31
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pinned him to he wall Of a COM
pound with their spears, and ne
hung there for four hours before
his comrades came and took him
away. That night the people were
very restless
Clyde feared riots which would
speedily have turned into a mas
sacre. Lundok. griml faithful 10
Clyde TO the very last, walked
about the campongs trying 70
smooth things down He never
came back; not even his body Wa
ever found But it was known
that he was dead, and his kris,
with blood on the hilt but not on
the blade, was thrown into Clyde's
compound sometime during the
night
The next day, while Balingong
still seethed, The trading Malays
began dribbling back, and this
went on for some days. II was as II
some prearranged signal had re-
called them And while this was
going on the Chinese left.
One day they were there, and
the next day they were gone-all
OF them-and the Chinese cam
pong stood empty Of its ehattering
Sing-song voices its shril argu-
ments. its continuously Tapping
doors There was a shill in the re-
port of that, even after all this
| time; il was so much like the way
rats leave a vessel that is burning
somewhere in her cargo, when you
can't even find the smoke.
A young Dyak runner. a novice
OF the Tenyalang, stumbled ex-
hausted into Balingons from a
village in the upper Palowit This
was uncertain territory, part
friendly and part hostile. This boy
brought word that Rentongen had
passed through his village, moving
rapidly overland. He had with
him nearly 20 Malays, and follow
ing him came a whole horde OF
Dyaks whom he had raised against
Clyde - wild hill tr-besmen
mostly.
Three Nights
THE boy had no count Of these,
l. but Clyde judged from what he
said that there were some hum
dreds. By some miracle Of looting,
Rentongen had been bile t. ration
these, and they were hell-bent
for war, in spite Of the torrential
rains. Many of the village had
joined the hostile advance, In spite
Of everything the Tenyalang could
do. and the Tenyalang had been
forced to take TO the bush &c avoid
open fracas with their own people.
For the next few days after that
other reports came L very fast.
sometimes many IN single day.
Clyde begged Christine TO re-
treat TO the -inkang at the first
disturbance. but she didn't want
TO. and there were stormy argu-
merits. She dreaded the long sus-
penSeS aboard ship more than she
dreaded anything that could hap
pen at Balingong. But one day the
Chinese boy who was serving their
dinner pitched upon his face IN .
crash Of broken croekery. He had
made the mistake OF eating out Of
turn. and had drunk some OF their
soup.
Il was his last mistake. There
was no doubt in the world that
an all but successful attempt had
been made to poison the white
raiah-
After that Clyde would listen 70
Christmas protests no more, and
swore that she would 60 aboard
the Linkang, and stay there, even
il she had to be carried there in
irons. She went, partly persuaded
by the fact that Clyde was very
strongly of q mind to send the
Avon back 90 Singapore, and her
with il, and she was afraid Of what
he might do.
Since then she had necessarily
lost touch with great deal that
must have happened at Balineone.
Clyde came down the river TO see
her every day. but he was bag
gard and preoccupied and she
knew that he concealed from her
great many things. Then-Ren-
tongen crashed down on Balm
gong: and she had not seen Clyde
again
Clyde had put 80 TenvaIanR
aboard the Linkang; she did not
know how many that left him for
his own defense. Besides large
and Schweicamp. ne had also given
her Blair: but after RentonRen had
taken the old Dyak stockade ct
/ the narrowS. and closed the river.
she had sent Blair TO Clyde with
four OF her diversified Singapore
Malays from the Avon. Any one OF
them was worth 10 ordinary
Dyaks, so that they were a sub
stantial gift
After the river was closed she
only got such news as Clyde wrote
TO her; for a while he had sent her
hastily scrawled noe BY Dysk
messengers who crept out Of his
stockade and Worme1 their way
through the Jungle 10 the BAY. At
first she had heard from him
every night; but later many q
night passed without any word
Every day there was a broken rat
tie Of gunkre from Baling0ng. 50
that she knew they were fghting,
and fighting hard.
For three night now there had
been no word a al. The thunder
Of Clyde's sw1velS vas silent-she
did not know Rftp Today ever the
rife ere had died ava IN the
/ middle otthe morning ehe scarce
I " dared believe thaf C1yde's de-
Tense SUI stood
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