The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-05
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IT SEEMED to me that Christine
! was vastly relieved to find me
working out a set Of problems that
were my own. not hers. It had been
an establishment to me, though
none to her. that James Clyde had
written new will, this one with
out my help.
Time and tide had changed a lot
OF things; Mantusen was broken,
and Heatongen was exalted, and
z James Clyde was no longer gum
runner; and as / read his will |
learned that | was Rajah Thorne
OF Balingong. / was trying to esti-
mate what this meant.
Once l would have been sorry to
learn that it meant anything at
all; but now, as ! thought of my
Dyaks who had fought for me in
the Totnarrup, this was not so. For
they had changed me in that black
river. In some part, their successes
would always be my successes,
ard their failures my failures; |
would never be able &c think OF
them as monkeys again How they
had Fought Like Malays, blind to
the odds or fear of death. / could
never forget what had happened,
on a day when had been too
fever-blind to see it, when a hand
full Of fanatic, deluded parangmen
had carried their White Tuan to
an unbelievable victory.
wanted to talk to Christine
about this, to tell her that / could
no longer say to hell with the
brown men; but she slept and
slept. Only once, for little while.
she awoke to talk for a short in
tervaL. aa
She said, "If only ] could forget
I'll All Of it. All of it except some
things that were eery fine in you.
and in James Clyde But the ter
rible destroying of lives-and all
wasted! All wasted. every one !"
mot one. Not single one!" ]
was not just seeking a way to ease
her mind, this time; | believed it.
every word. From now on the
whole struggle will be different
than we thought. Well have to
fight warily, and for a long time.
with weapons we don't even know
about yet. But I'm not going to
quit my Dyalls."
'YoiIT Dyaks?"
"Just by pure accident, without
any planning or credit, happen
to be one of the weapons. There's
myth now about a Tuan Darah.
It's a nam they made themselves,
and it symbolizes nothing except
what they themselves did. With.
out intelligent direction, or even
any direction, for / was in fever
dream about tin fever dream.
But they will answer that name,
and rise to it; and they rise know
ink Kamangs follow that name. so
that they fight crafty. without
fear. We can raise Summarizing
with that namel | know that as
well as ii ii were truly my own.
Paul" Christine said. Il think
they have given you a great gift,
in that"
Tied To Balingong
I FELT thick tongued, incoherent.
4 1t came to me that had seemed
to be Boosting, when Anew | had
not. | said, y can't think of this
as a gift. | think ii still belongs 10
them. It's only that I'm respon-
sible TO them now"
She looked at me for long time.
And then at last she smiled--and
went to sleep again.
! went on with what | was try
ing to do. We lost sight of the Lin
kang. far ahead. We sighted her
again, far behind. She passed us.
And the days ran on.
AS owner of all that had been
Clyde's. had to find out what his
many debtors were good for.
Among them might be some of in
iiuence. who would help me In
what | must do. ! had to find out.
had TO find out who had sympa-
thized with and aided Anthony
FORESTER: II any OF them were
strong and secure, | must try TO
get their help. / had to organize
the possibilities of Balingong as
saw them, in form which could
present to such men as van der
Donggen.
And most certainly | had to 60
to Saremha. Where was Man
tusen? ! doubted that he was still
alive. How official. as representing
Saremba. was Rentongen? There