The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23

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startled If Lhad slapped her face.
%Do You think that?"
"He had to give the Dyaks some
thing to Iaink about besides
swarming over your yawL
There was a silence When she
spoke her voice was low and in
tense. Il heard what you told the
mate. I may not have understood
you But If did, you are thinking
Of something you must not Try.
Not even the Linkang can live an
hour in that river"
Z Have No Choice
IT'LL do it because I've got to do
1 IL Nothing else IS going to get
Clyde out"
But the guns-tte guns
Every gun you've put in their
hands viii be against me. / know
that. suppose you spent last night
landing a lot more.
I could hardly hear her answer.
Eyes,
How many have you un-
iIoaded2"
Two hundred and e."
Its too many" | said. Still
il could be worse. Il would be lot
worse il Dgaks could shoot Thank
God they close both eyes. Well
just have TO keep blasting at EN-
and 60 on. But dear heaven, If you
had only
But" she said, white-faced,
these Dyaks can shoot"
Istarted to say that this was nom
sense, that no Dyak ever learned
20 handle a frearm. But now / re-
membered the sniping from the
jungle which had picked OF q
Malays, and / recalled what Man
tusen had said. Mantusen had
thought at first that Malays or
white men must De handling the
guns.
Every one Of those rifles"
Christine Forester said, as in the
hands Of a mar who can pick OF
an enemy at 500 yards"
This was too much. ! said,
That's absolutely and literally
impossible for q Dyak"
you don't understand" she
kept saying. "Yoa don't under
stand ! still have nearly Loo guns
left in the hold Of the Avon. Idon't
intend to unload them aII-sl least
not now. But came here prepared
TO arm 300 Observation-Disclosures
one Of them a trained shot. And I
have 70 90 ahead and do il. !"
you have 70 what?" ! de-
manded increduIously.
These are not my guns" Her
lips were 5looGless and twisted as
she spoke. These guns already be-
long to the Oyaks, II anything ever
belonged TO anybody Ny father
promised them They were already
IN the hold Of the Avon when he
died have TO COON and carry out
what he started 20 do l tell you, ]
haven't any choicelr
must have shouted At her then.
Are you insane7 Are you going to
keep pouring guns into this boil
ing?
MY father started this revolt
she said.
That stopped me. Isaid vaEt ely,
Your father did what?" :
My father spent years OF his
hfe-his last years. organizing this
and preparing for II These tribes
are raised up by years of patient
work. II this attack breaks. the
tribes that are up viii be bounded
into the fartheSt corners OF the
! Islands. until every last one OF their
leaders is destroyed"
/ let that soak in for a minute.
There are quite a few people
wandering around the islands" I
said at last. with nothing better
TO do than encourage a lot Of un-
rest Your father was known to
be queer character. am not sur
priSed 70 hear that he was also q
nuisance. must say. I can't see
how that fact is going TO help Us
here"
She drew in her breath as II Cor
another Of her quick outpouringz
/ OF words, then she made a hope
less gesture with both hands and
started again. IF I could talk 20
/ you for a week. she said YEARLY,
Il could make you understand
what Is happening here I could
make you believe me could show
you things tnat would force you
/ TO believe me But there isn't any
time for al that I can only tell
you exactly what IS true. as
quickly as can And you have %
believe me. becausI IL you don't
both you and James CLYDE are an
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