The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
Chapter "A
In NV arms

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In Nv arms
IT WAS hard for me to get any
Il thing like a complete report
from the Tenyalans pangiran in
commar2- The Tenyalang prau
had been sent not by the White
Rajah but by the White Rance.
The White Rance vas aboard the
Linkang. The Tenyalsnk which
had come to the Tomarrup had
been aboard the Linkang too, %
guard the White Ranee-but the
Rance had sent most Of them TO
me. The pangiran thought there
were very few Tenyalang AZ Ba-
lingong town; the White Rajah
had sent word to most Of them to
defend their rice at all costs.
Then me Malays and 1000 hill
tribesmen unfriendly 70 the White
Rajah had attacked. PaIingOng
had fallen-part of it had been
burned
The pangiran thought that the
White Rajah's palace still stood.
The Rajah still held his Stockades
when last they heard Communi-
cation between the Rsjah and the
Rance was very poor; some days
II was cut of altogether. ,Renton.
gen had proclaimed himself Rsia1
Of Balingong. The White Rajah
had replied by promising to-de-
stroy all who supported Renton-
gen.
The friendly tribes did not know
which side TO take; they were scat
tered and diSorganized, and some
Of them were fighting among
themselves. A few Tenyalang had
come to the war against the orders
Of the ghite Rajah; they were
sniDing the enemy from the jungle.
The Siderong had heard what
/ had done in the TOmarrup. There
were remarkable reports Of how
We had DESTROYED whole armies
with only : few men. There were
reports that some of my men, es-
pecially the Tenyai-ng, went on
fighting fter they were dead. At
night headleSs warriors stalked
through the villages. destroying
my enemies
The pangIran admitted that ne
had not believed this; but his eyes
popped when be saw the piles Of
heads, and he said he was now
ready TO believe. In the Siderong.
too. was being called the Tusn
Darah. Rentongen had proclaimed
that the Tuan Darah was dead
Many believed this Almost all be
iieved that be White Rajah. too.
would soon be dead
That was about all the pangiran
had To say that was ineligible
There was a good deal more about
spirits of several kinds that were
infestsng the jungle around Balm
gong: q number Of miracles were
said to have happened of one sort
or another. and | paid nc atten-
tion to this But there were also
two or three incidents which
sounded as il they might have
happened. and which I did not
understand
A great gun, which, {, Judge by
the pangiran's description. could
only have come from my own
mountings in Clyde's stockade. had
beel brought 10 the beach, and for
some hours had fired upon the
Linkang and the Avon. until the
Tenyalang had captured il and
rolled IL into the sea. This was .
peculiar story. because the pangi-
ran should nave known Malay
lantaka when ne saw one. and
could hardly have confused one
with long swivel.
Her Beautiful Face
A MOTHER odd report was about
a a prau that had drifted down
the Siderong containing nothing
but TIE headless body OF a white
man. and a small ivory god sitting
aicne az On a thwart. one hand out
stretched q thought OF the
&Bud2ha that van der Donegen had
81 Clyde.1 They had not Shown
n. things 10 the White Rance
- Rad lei the prau alane oe-
Aeapl ne ivory god u bad made
I III Is kay % the sea-probably. the
raagfau suggested. driven BY IN
sen battles They did not know
&gArSbecre Of IT,
Nothing furthei tina the pangi-
ran said came any nearer telling
me what had 70 know.
/ spread the relatively fresh
Ienyalang paddlers through the
praus. putting the best in my own
fast bankong to set smoky pace;
and We went racing into open sea,
headed for Balingong. In the next
10 hours We covered 10 miles. IL
was with an unspeakable relief
that saw that both the Linkang
and the Avon were Stil ahoat. and
In white hands
Once We were far enough into
the pass 20 open Balingong Bay we
uncorked everything We had
saved. in a final drive 20 reach the
Linkang before We could be cut
of. A few fresh ladders in their
fast bankongs could have made q
nasty mess OF rs. IN spite Of our
TenyalanE.