The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-21
Chapter IL
ClYde,s Plan

Chapter IL
Clyde's Plan
NOTHING could convince the
u rafah that we were not in
league with the FCrreSters, and had
nothing to d, with the war DIf
ficuit, to see, of course, why Clyde
shOIld have walked into Man.
tusen's stOckade If Mahtusen was
correct. This feature seemed to be
accepted by Mantusen as an eTraf c
but favorable miracle; he appeared
wiling to receive i as such. IN
credulously. but with enthusiasm
II was Just another one of those au-
dacItIes of the white man. always
Inexplicable to the Malay mind
With every approach to our main
defense blocked of. Clyde went IN
to attempt other ways. / do not
know fully what was in his mind;
but dosnot set how "A couid have
been c9lored bv much hope He
described 10 Mantusen the arms-
ment which the Linkang had
brought. making the most of IL
Then he attempted 10 point out
that the only thing left TO be done
was 70 get his armament up the
river, some way or other, and then
join forces 10 dIsperse the Dyaks
%They are eas3 10 rouse" Man
tusen said. "as you have found
Neither you nor anyone else can
call them of. They d. not respond
well &c their own chiefs I think
they viii not listen TO you"
They viii listen to nly guns.
Clyde said.
Another of those long. deadly
silences then fhe yellow light of
the lamps highlighted the hea Is
and shoulders of that passive row
Of .Ia.ays, and though these were
good looking men. as Maiays go. 1
already had enough o. that row
oE stNl faces The uncertain light
showed the Oriental eyes and
strong nostrIls accented wit
deaths head hollows very IN
PLEASANT in effect
Il have listened TO your guns all
day. Mantuse1 said. His fingers
adjusted the cloth which covered
the head of his b 1tber in the
basket Z have no stomach. to lis
ten to an even greater number Of
the same
Clyde In his turn was silent for
a time.
Even if | believed you" said
Mantusen. ~even If ! believed you
were now going To fight the Dyaks.
tell yot tia. they can no longer
be sent away They are too strong.
and they have tasted blood. They
have burned my palace. Your lit eI
handful canrot push away thou
sands of jungle men.
Clyde tried new tack, and sug-
gested that If this wa the case
.Mantusen himself had very small
chance OF getting out
Right there. / recognized the
white mans backache talking out
loud For Il was obvious at once
that Clyde nad made . mistake
Nothing IS more foolish than TO
suggest to Malay that he IS any.
thing less than self = sufficient.
whatever jam he may be IN
Mantusen's silence was so long
that the taut air seemed to ring
like back-siay
And then Clyde made his
second mistake IN quick succession
Even II you get out. he said
you're going 10 look good. aren't
your There viii be nothing for you
bat 70 nun hack to Sarenba empty
handed What IS your relative n
Saremba going 10 say and do
when you explain 70 him that some
Dyaks hafa burned you down and
chased you out?"
He referred to Massin Ali Of
Saremha. Sultan Of Summarizing.
whom some thought 70 De Man
tusenss cousin. and others under
stood 4 be his nephew In any case.
MantlSen was only a tributary
governor to the Sultan MasSin Ali
Il was perfectly true that nothing
but humiliation anC poverty was
ahead OF Mantusen II r s went back
TO Saremba. having lost his prov
ince-
The last Card
q HAVE no intention Of going
] back. ManiuSen said Il hsve
no intention Of going out Of this
place. You have built trap, Tuan,
and the tr , IS sprung II makes me
happy that ny some miracle Of God
you are caught too.
Clyde had been working toward
q plan which had a bare possibility
Of success. and he went ahead dog
gedly. Il was bis idea that the river
could BE forced by night rush If
the Malay pTaus, 50 that the
greater part Of the hun6Sed odd
followers rsEAiHHa-WithF Afan-I
ttsea would sssk = itSte N,sef bse sfl
Balingong. He offered that our
whslebOat wQlAdlead the way past
the stockadeS. undertaking % cut