The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1938, Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY i7, 1938. SYNOPSIS: Pursued by Dyak war canoes, we are desperately rowing our whaleboat up the tropical Siderong river. to Balin- gong, and refuge. My uncle, James Clyde, owner of the gun- running Linkang, is trying to reach his client, the besieged Rajah Mantusen. We would be on the open sea but for Christine Forrester. This young English girt and her brother refuse to take their defenseless yaw! to less dan- geous waters, and Clyde won't sail without them. I'm sure there is more to this fantastic situation than we know. Lundok and James Clyde shook hands. We had tried to teach the Malays that the white man ac- corded them an honor when he did this, but I do not know what Lun- dok thought. “Come out of gun range, Tuan.” Lundok said. “The rajah will talk to you very soon.” He led us to one of the places where the Malays were grouped, evidently sheltered from the tiflery. Here he left us. James Clyde produced a cigar, and began to smoke. I noticed how he stood a little out from the protected area, so that the Malays watched him narrowly. It was one of those Swaggering things we do to make natives think we have no fear, however frightened we may be. Chapter Nine Balingong i's id baw oarsmen laid a last violence Feces the moeag wah oe the 3 ing swee; it with every pull. We aeons between those eps charcoal pilings, and drove gees the steep beach be- yon “Ship your oars,” my uncle said. From 100 yards up the hill be- hind the beach three or four of the brass Mal-y lantakas now spoke| once more; their round shot went overhead with that heavy sibilant noise they make, something like the cough of a horse. But they were not firing at us; they were driving off those now faint-hearted Dyak praus. “Well,” Clyde said, “there’s our customers, Paul.” Half the Dyak fighting men of all Sumantang were concentrated here—yet 100 Malays still stood} ba os gular crackle of gunfire e irre; cra of gunfire} had died away as we came on, and| as our keel ran grating onto the beach, the Siderong shore was alto- gether still. No Malays came forward to meet us. I saw why. Their half naked, turl grouped. They bunched squattin; on their heels, close in the Shadow of the stockade pilings, or in pecu- liarly shaped lines in the shelter of the buildings, like men seeking shade though shade was now everywhere. It was the first yas that I had fear enemies with a charge of their own, however much they a outnumbered. This works we because the Dyak has no stomach for the cold kris, while so far as I have seen, the Malay ap- Pears to have no fear of steel. line of the outer stockade! _ ‘was 50 feet beyond that of the in- ner, which was very compact; and Beyond the outer stockade the| ground was cleared for a distance 200 yards. The whole a e- it was ideal for standing off the aks, for the primitive weapons | could do no damage until the at- tackers had come into the open. Clyde looked about him, with- out any appearance of hurry, while he wasted no time. “Drag the high,” he said as he stepped | “out of reach of’ the tide. | > exposed here; we'll walk on/ As he spoke, splinters jum; | from the gun’le of the boat, is mediately followed by the crack of a single rifle from the far side of | + the Siderong. Naturally, luck be-| ing what it is, it was Grogan thas) the shot alrsost got. What am: | me was that the well-aimed shot must have come a good 300 yards. Your average Dyak closes both and fires in a general direc- So that the ‘pipe guns most traders were palming off on them| Served as well as any. But now} some new element seemed to have | entered this ht, forcing the} Malays to take shelter from Dyak pre gad perhaps the first time in} Memory; and I could not how to account for it. de no more than raised his jabandon the Somehow, I was not sure this method was working for us just then. After along time, while the tropic twilight quickly darkened, Lundok came back and told us, with a restraint I did not like, that the Rajah Mantusen would see us now. Then he said, “I must ask for your weapons. The rajah will talk . to you unarmed. “1 am not accustomed to this,” Clyde said coolly. “I am sorry, Tuan.” Lundok was grave. “We are in deep trouble here. The rajah has made a law.” After brief consideration, Clyde conceded. Already we were in too deep to stand hard on any point. Clyde and I were the only ones who wore pistol belts, and these we ave to Lundok, after Clyde had irst told him that he was to be personally responsible for their return. We did not look back—at least Clyde and I did not; but we knew that behind us quick figures ran, silently, to gather the arms we had left in the boat. The house in which Mantusen received us was set 100 yards back from the river upon a rise of Y | ground, and it was easy to see at a glance that this house had never been built by Malays. A Dyak longhouse was what it was, better than 100 feet long, and set high upon pilings of cocoanut trunk. The Dyaks build these for a num- ber of families to live in together. fA oe a big one, gt and ly compared to what the ra- ahs palace had been. Evidently it had been built by and for slaves from the inland tril cal in the Malays’ perpetual raiding. Rajah Mantusen j VRES slaves had lived here the iV effect of the whole thing must have been crude and mean; but since the Malays had moved in, this was changed a good deal. Darkness had now closed down with tropic abruptness, but the ruai was partly lighted by a num- ber of lacquered Chinese lamps, each flame about as strong as a candle; and by these small golden lights it could be seen that the house had been turned into a house of treasure. Evidently the Malays, forced to palace before the Dyak onslaught, had been able to bring here most of the things they valued. The mats which thickly covered the uneven split-bamboo floor were of a soft, weave, Suitable for use in a fine hat. Stacked deep on top of the mats lay rugs which must have come from Arabia; where the lamp- gleam struck them they gave off the soft rich glow of jewels. And the wall behind the ruai was hung with a great array of that embroi- dery which seems s. effete in the hands of these men of the kris, and yet is so characteristic Its patterns, heavy with gold and silver thread, suggested that much of it had come from looted Chinese junks, and some of it was set with seed pearls and little stones. But these things were only the background for a great collection jof the most beautiful weapons I have ever seen. There is no finer ~y 7 blade of a rajah k: scabbards, hilts. and trappi those blades. Mantusen sat midway ws as he turned and walked | ly up the si beach. the rest | of us following with something of | the deliberate step of men who no/ longer have any control over their! circumstances. They were half; Schweicamp, and Grogan! with the aid of an oar. | We Surrender Arms Now « Single figure walked for- ward, slowly, but with a roll- Malay swagger. Until 1 found dil ity in recognizing this man’s face, 1 had not realized how fast ing. Now I jet. For the man was Lundoh—perhaps the only Malay in Bali ex for Mantusen himself, w! poke with any fluency. Lundok was «so perhaps the only Malay in Balingong upon whose word James seemed io have learned, slong with ave English, that certain men can sometimes make themselves a rep- utation for doing what they say they will; and that this reputation valuable tool. came out into the open, then on = earryin; hobbi t waiting, his prep — him at the _ ards away wit! en Slat coratonens that the guns did not cut him down. of j Tuai upon a stack of mats, with ‘$400,000 for those blind who need- about a dozen of his Malay — along the wall on either an ‘At first glance, to the eyes of an American seaman, he looked some- thing like a uet. He wore long | loose trousers of a featherweight lavender silk, bound at the waist |siso. strapped. close ‘his ornate a strap} close his ornately | hilted kris. His short Malay jacket | was of black satin, heavily crusted | with gold thread. It was not sup- | posed to close in front, so that it exposed a chest entirely hairless, but cleanly roped with the wing muscles of the expert krisman. Then, as we walked forward, the | Rajah Mantusen stood up. ‘ oat Eee the awful feeling ger, entrapment, that was conveyed to me as Man- | tusen did this. For you must know that for the rajah to stand as his | visitors approached was not an onor, but a thing apart from cus- m. It meant that the audience | Was to be short; that we were not expected to sit; that there was no jfriendliness here, nor even the form of friendliness. (Coberiakt. 1938, Alaw Leltay) Wit they learn why Mantusen ts angry, temerrew? | rrr Today’s Horoscope seteeeseece evccece Today indicates one of intu tive instincts. Today's native will possess occult powers, be recep- tive to psychic impressions and able to construct from them Avoid. however. to broaden the Sphere of life too much and be content to remain in the path of modest industry. Subscribe to The Citizen. And None Would Be Better “Come, come, my man; you've been looking around here a long time without buying. What do pou want?” “I guess I want another floor- walker—I'm the new owner.” TEXACO FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE MARINE SER’ Complete service to yachts in- | > | cluding foreign clearances i ORTS BY JOVE Unbeaten Miami Military Academy To Meet Conchs Preliminary Game Will Bring Together Car- bonell Stars And In- dependents Tomorrow night another strong upstate quintet invades the dreaded lair of the Conch High School Five. Miami Military Academy. un- beaten this season. will tackle the Conchs, who are at present a mighty powerful ball club. The Academy walloped Pom- pano by eleven points, while Key | West was beaten once by a single point and then barely eked out a victory in a return game with the same bunch. The Soldier boys also have beaten Lake Worth and | Redlands. The strength of the outfit lies in the four athletes im- ported from Savannah, Georgia, who were the mainstay of the football team last fall and this) year are carrying the torch in basketball. Coach P. D. Huddleston, of the ,Conchs, fears this powerful aggre- gation, which each year plays but few games, but, when they play, they put up a stirring battle. The coach thinks the game will be a tough one for the Conchs, but be- lieves his boys, who have won some important games this year, | will take it. In a preliminary game, the Car- bonell Stars, leaders of the City ' Basketball League, will tackle the Independents, an all-star aggrega- tion which will include such play- ers as Charlie Yates, James Coop- er and Freddie Carbonell. First contest will be called at 7:15, and it is believed a large crowd will be out to see play in the two classy games. DR. W. NICHOLS COMING TO CITY =: WILL EXAMINE APPLICANTS FOR BLIND ASSIST- ANCE District member State Welfare Board, E. A. Ramsey, has received notification from C. C. Codring- ton, Commission State Welfare | Board, that Dr. W. S. Nichols, pag Ophthalmologist, will be in Key West Sunday to examine 26 Key West applicants for assist- ‘ance under the Aid to the Blind program. : Recently the state appropriated Sunday will determine if the 26 applicants are all eligible and the individual needs of the group. The examination will be given at ten a. m. at the office of Dr. | J. A. Valdes, 623 Duval street. Dr. Nichols will be in town only the single day and it is important that the applicants be present as the Doctor hopes to be able to take the evening plane out the same day. He will arrive aboard the morning plane. Don’t Let It Happen Again “Tm a father!” cried young Jones as he burst into the office late. “So's your old man,” replied the boss. “Get to work.” NO NAME LODGE ———Fishing—— At Its Best Gulf Stream and Bay Fishing Charter Boats—Outboards and Rowboats PHONE—NO NAME NO. 1 NO NAME LODGE GIRLS’ TEAM TO PLAY IN MIAMI A High School Girls’ team, un- will play an independent team from Miami Beach in Miami Sat- urday-night. der the direction of Miss Martin, THE WEATHER FSSSSSOSSSSSSSSSESSSESESS Temperature* Highest S Lowest ____ Normal Mean Rai Yesterday’s Precipitation T-. Ins. Normal Precipitation .05 Ins. ‘This record covers 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises Sun sets Moon rises Moon sets _ 9:19 a. m. Tomorrow’s Tides A.M. High __ _ 0:11 12:13 Low —-— 5:43 6:27 Barometer reading at 8 a. m.: Sea level, 30.18. 6:23 p. m. P.M: WEATHER FORECAST oS etek (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly! cloudy, possibly light showers to- night and Friday; continued mild temperature; moderate to fresh easterly winds. Florida: showers on extreme south coast tonight and Friday, and treme northeast portion tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh mostly easterly winds, and partly overcast weath- er tonight and Friday, possibly a few scattered showers. East Gulf: Moderate to fresh east to southeast winds, and part- ly overcast weather tonight and Friday. in ex- WEATHER CONDITIONS Presgire is moderately low this morning from Texas westward to southern California, and relative- ly low northeastward to the mid-; die Mississippi Valley; while high ; pressure areas, crested over the North Atlantic and northern Rocky Mountain States, over- spread the remainder of the coun- Light to moderate precipitation ' has occurred during the last 24 hours throughout most of the Rocky Mountain States and east- ward over the Mississippi Valley, southern Lake region, and Ten- nessee, and it was raining this morning from northern Texas and the southern Plains States north- eastward to southern Michigan. There has also been light rain in northeastern Florida. Temperatures have risen in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, | Lake region, and North Atlantic States, and have fallen through- out most of the Plains States and northern Texas, witir readings 24 degrees below zero this morning im North Dakota. G. 8. KENNEDY, Official in Charge 6:59 a. m./ 10:29 Pp. ™.\rosT — Red Sweater, Partly cloudy and! continued mild, possibly light; Miss Martin has not announced who she will bring, but it is ex- pected that the girls’ varsity, with , a few additions, will comprise the CLASSIFIED COLUMN LOST AND FOUND finder please return to Frank John- son’s Jewelry Store. feb17-1t LOST—Brown, leather jacket. Return to 1020 South St. Re- ward. feb17-3tx PERSONAL OLD AT 40! GET PEP. New Ostrex Tonic Tab- lets contain raw oyster invig- orators and othet stinmlants. One dose starts new pep. Value $1.00. Special price 89c. Call. write Gardner’s Pharmacy. jan4-tue-thur-fri FOR SALE 75 ROOM GOING HOTEL. Won- * derful future. 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Address Box R, nov22-tf | SSeoeeerecseceeceecesece PEOPLE'S FORUM that “no liquor, wine or beer shall | | be sold within 300 feet of any es- tablished church or school as pro- vided by .said ordinance, within the time of 30 minutes before opening of service or instruction of said established church or school and thirty minutes after the closing thereof”. It-has been pointed out that there is always a difficulty about enforcement when dealing with places where liquor is sold. If every church and school in Key West commenced their serv- ices and church schools at the same hour and closed at the same time, even then enforcement would be next to impossible. We have three Methodist churches, white; three Methodist colored churches; two. Baptist churches, colored, and one white; one Congregational church, white; one Presbyterian church, white, and one colored. You have two Anglican churches, one white and one colored; one Catholic church, white, another colored; Assembly of God, two; B'nai Zion Congre- gation, and others I have not mentioned. The hours of service range from Friday, 8 p. m., Saturday, 7 a. m., Sundays—St. Peter’s, 8 a. m., St. Paul's, 6:45 a. m., colored Metho- dist, 9:30 a. m., First Methodist Church School, 9:45 a. m., Trinity “Church School, 3:30 p. m., Catho- lie church, 7 and 9:30 a.m. These are just a part of the churches and hours of service. Only a glance will suffice how absolutely impossible it would be to enforee such an ordinance, and especially as in some cases gro- ceries and liquor are combined under one roof. school building is the most prac- ticable and workable that can be expected. Possible to enforce and creating no hardship for the great majority of our citizens. As a matter of fact, not many liquor sellers would care to place their saloons right opposite, or. less than 300 feet, from church or school In Section Five of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, page 20, we read: “No license. . . shall be granted to a vendor whose place is or shall be within 2,500 feet of an established school or church. . . .” Incorporated cities and towns have power to make their own ordinance. Ionly quote this section for one purpose, viz, to show that it was the thought that liquor should not be sold too near churches or schools. Our ordin- ance of 300 feet is an expression of that same conviction and I per- sonally hope it will stand. ; In making this request there is no attack on any person, much less the City Council. In fact, we are only defending the ordinance in force and operating today. ALFRED DE BARRITT. P. S—The exact hours of serv- ice should be obtained from Sat- urday’s Citizen. | Key West, Fla., | Feb. 17, 1938. 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