The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1938, Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY SYNOPSIS: Carrying « gun- cargo for Rajah Morntusen, we find Sumantang island seething with @ revolt of savage Dyak tribes against the Malays. Chris- tine Fortester, a young English girl, ts suppiying the Dyak guns, but Mantusen accuses my uncle, James Clyde. While Clyde is held as hostage, | (Paul Thorne) am to bring our fortified trading vessel, the Linkang, up-tiver to aid the Malays. Then Christine telis me her father started this war, the Dyaks are sharpshoot- ers, and not even the Lii can live an hour in the river. Chapter 15 Worship, Of The Gun .& sows there through the heat waves, the whole coast was ising with the excitement of ak drums and agongs. “Please éxplain to me now that there’s a war on shore,” 1 said. Christine ignored this. “If you don’t believe me, you and your men will be cut to pieces befote you = got into the Siderong river a mile. “You may as well remember this,” 1 told her. “James Clyée doesn't live by luck. His life is n -ver dependent upon the kindness the natives sometimes show to ‘n- nocent old fussbudgets. The tribes probably thought your father was a coconut head, and no doubt it saved his life. But if you're going to tell me how Clyde ought to Sight a river you're wasting your time. and mine too.” Some color came into ‘her face then. “You are very glib, for an ignorant man. But you're going to have to furget that you thought my father was a fool. What I'm trying to tell you is that the rifles we've . into the jungles are in of sharpshooters, and t! are sharpshooters that my fat! made.” 1 remembered a bullet that had come a good 400 yard: to miss Grogan by a whisper; but I could not believe her. In the dark rcaches of the Siderong I had felt that Something strange was going and that this girl aa what it was. But here in bright soon on my own deck I was simply impatien: and angrily worried. Seen in broad sunlight, Christiue Forresier seemed more near! ordinary human—a girl in and a ilk shirt slapped against her body by the heat and the slug- wind. Daylight was kird to er, in spite of her fatigue. had dark eyes and a wide, impa- tient mouth. and there were freck- | haps a. ad nose, through t! leep-ivory tan comes from water-reflected sun- light. I liked all this, but none of it ade her erious.. T Was going on .n did seemed nonsense. She said, “You don’t understand this because you don’t know Su- mantang—you don't bother to know it” A flare of spirit came into her voice, offsetting her fa- tigue. “An African from bia and a Dyak from the Tomarrup are the same thing to you. You sa} that we don’t know our business. tell you that you don’t know or even in to. You don't the least of your working tials. How many island do you speak, Mr. Thorne? She turned on me. “Let me you say ‘elephant’ in Malay,” commanded. a et pe. eel ‘ou see? You ta rupted word out of India haraly. known even there. I will say ‘ele- Spah in Kenoyen eutdah in _Kanoyan, in marrup, chidan in Palowit. Want some more?” “God forbid!” The drawing down of her mouth matched the contemrt in her voice. “You've made it your sole business = a eee ———. at once was that the gun would only work for him. When the: saw that he could also make it work for them, they were his.” might thought about the i fe- volt. Uneertainly, I said, it's true that Forrester—your father — could teach a bunch of fizzle- topped Dyaks to shoot” “What I'm ‘ing to explain to you is that my father found a way to teach Dyaks to shoot.” “But—” And then I remembered again the unaceountable accuracy of two or three random rifles spitting death at Balingong. 1 still thought the whole notion was fantastic, but 1 was listening now. «that gun. Phey came to worship gun. came to worship oe an unattainable thing. And then—he gave it to then. Forrester had si un which was hii Agha ne them. jut he gave it y with many ceremonial conditions. If they did not carry out those conditions, the gun would not work for them which of course was true in actual , Dyak being What it is. She told me what some of the conditions were, hurryin, her words as if fearful I woul listening before she backed her story up. When ‘he was Festa it always ia ~se ‘wrapped in silk, at d.n it be rubbed in man- highest honor in the messenger ‘al buil ‘OMEWHERE forward a pound- began und, where Blair wag outing the “inpod of ; wile work, Pat cl bal becoee uncertain what we were movin; 2 see in this girl's of Anthony Forrester; but I could not. me now I per 1 wooden awning scribbling away forever on a teakwood tablc lit- tered with stacks ig re- shadow of instant death far up a | fever river; of lying sick in the place By. <3 ina cage Soren ered Dya! house that was Festoonea Suh aietttog beste Very difficult to associate the scholarly old gentleman with such doings, even yet. It made an ugly sort. of phantasm; but it was a the sun- beat of t a fever ight them telling me. “It ‘took a long time; but he had them of the religious side. and cut, no idea of a patience er shots in — 10 — They honor a —. that is fz ; every e society lives for the little time pub day — to swindle ignorant isianders -ut of | ta: i liow Me ges empon to chee ! How ou to it them skillful , when you can’t even understand what they say?” < Seeret Society I WAS silent'for the moment ahd she took advantage of this, tun- ning ahead with her Car nervous speech. She said, “I'l: tell you ex- actly how these sharpshooters “Ttecemed tha years that seven her father had lived for six anole with a small tribe of hill Dyaks, up at the headwaters of the Tomar- Tup. Forrester knew Dyaks; he knew things about their religion that their priestesses didn't know Pyar By wi man's semi- Somehow he managed to form a little secret society, admitting 10 chiefs and sons of chiefs — the jicked man of _ perinn g nrought to ir e knew about their religion—all toa — i And the thing he cent his society upon was 3 gun. y — must have seen guns before,” I said brusquely. “They had a few gaspipe guns. But they had never seen a gun lixe this. My father could knock the eye out of a calao at 200 yards With this piece. What the Dvaks learned | society, was only the beginning. In { ener society my father learned more than the Dyaks did He fearned endugi., he proved enough to hit if, so that he was able to 0 on. He went on when he was sick, g the whole rest of for this time which he was never going to see. Today, as you sit here, t are more than 30 of those Secret rifle societies camped on Siderong river.” “With one gun to every 14 men?” “With one gun to every man. That's why the Avon is here—why the Avon had to come, even after BY JOVE FOLLGWING THROUGH HOMESTEAD STUMBLING BLOCK! Homestead High basketball five on Monday night again defeated the sitong Miami Edison five by @ 27 to 24 score. It was the sec- ‘ond time this season the Growers have defeated the Red Raiders. The first time the score read 24 fo 22. As I said in these columns @ few days ago, the Growers are probably the strongest five on the West clashes with them in the District Tournament, March 4, 5 and 6. Tunney-Dempsey Agree— interesting to note that Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey agree on two things. Each be- lieves that Schmeling will whip Joe Louis when they meet again and that Buddy Baer is the most promising of the young heavy- weights. . Class A Basketball Tournament for the seventh dis- trict has been awarded to Hills- with Hillsbor- tersburg are dangerous contend- ets. Others in the tournament are Florida Military Academy, Ft. Myers, Sarasota and Bradenton High. | PENNANT PREDICTIONS MacFayden. veteran Bee pitch- er, says that the Boston Bees will finish in the money this year. He thinks the Cubs will finish first and the Cardinals second. with the Giants third. and that the Bees will end up ahead of the JOE LOUIS DROPS MANN IN THIRD KEEPS. MACHINE-GUN LEFT IN MANN'S FACE THROUGHOUT t Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber who said he would be a fighting ; champion, kept his vicious left | trained on Nathan Mann's face for three sharp rounds and finally dropped the challenger in the early third canto last night at Madison Square Garden in New York. | The heavyweight championship | title was at stake. Louis was the heavy favorite, and the fight was regarded in boxing circles as a tuneup for the Schmeling fracas which will come off in the near future. Sehmeling knocked out Louis in their last encounter, before Louis became champion. Pirates. which gives the latter club fifth place. Cincinnati will give both the Bucs and Bees a fight for fourth place. . Billy Knickerbocker is a first class in- fielder. He can play second, third and short, and will get lots of ac- tion in at least two of these posi- tions. Luque Teaches Control— If Luque should retire as coach of the Giants, look for a slump in the Giants’ pitching staff, because Luque is one of the best in the business. He gave those Giant Pitchers control. . Manuel Onis, youthful Tampa catcher, has sign- ed with Fort Worth, in the Texas League. . Jurges, the last of the Cubs to sign, gives Manager Grimm a full team to start spring training. . Jimmy Adamick de- feated Harry Thomas over the ten-round route. It was a de- cision. . Mancuso and Bill Terry cannot agree for Bill @ am not bad) Terry warts Gus to play sec- ond fiddle to Harry Danning and Mancuso refused. . Last Thursday the Giants opened camp at Hot Springs, Ark. . Bob Smith, for- mer major league pitcher, has been named manager of the Jack- sonville Tars. He was recently released by the ‘Boston Bees. . . St. Augustine will be host to four league clubs this year, and on the 24th the players will start coming in. They will be Tren- ton, N. J., Salisbury, N. C., Green- ville, N. C., and the St. Augus- tine club. . Bill Cates, who plays with the Saints, will get a break with a chance on one of the other Class B clubs. FEATURE CONTEST ANSWERS HEREWITH Printed herewith are the cor- rect answers to the “How Well Do You Know Key West?” con- test series appearing in The Citi- zen last Thursday: The most popular cuts of meat at Panama Meat Market are— Palamilla, filete and T-bone steaks. Sawyer’s Paint and Cycle Store recently added—Durol (lacquer) and Sewaloc (enamel) spray paints to their line. There is $10,600 invested in ma- chinery at the Stanley Singleton Machine Shop. Baker’s Restaurant serves 300 cups of coffee in an average day. “El Brazo Fuerte” coffee made at the Triumph Coffee Mills is popular because of its delicious flavor. CLOSED SEASON ON FROGS TUCSON, Ariz—Arizona pro- tects its bullfrogs by a state law establishing a permanent closed season on frogs. my father died. They have not all | been issued their rifles yet. But } every one of them will his gun—trust me. If the Avon stays afloat.” Christine Forrester shivered a | little, there in the warm air. | Whether I believed what she was telling me or not, I could not doubt | her own sincerity any more. | (Coneright, 1938 Alan Lelfes) | __Can Christine complete her father's | Blan? Continsed temerrew. i Seeceeeesedevesevevessovecvesscecens TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Seeeesoccaessessesssessssssesssessesesesseseesese Mary Ellen Chase, novelist, au- thor, Smith College professor of English literature, born at Blue Hill, Maine, 5! years ago. Rudolph Ganz of Chicago, com- poser-pisnist. born in Switzer- land, 61 years ago. Dr, beo Wolman of New York, Moted economist, born in Balti- more, 48 years ago. Preston S. Arkwright, presi- dent of the Georgia Power Co. born at Savannah, 67 years ago. Dr. Herbert S. Dickey of New York, explorer-lecturer, born at Higland Falls, N. Y_. 62 years ago Dr. Roland G. Kent of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. noted phi- lologist, born at Wilmington, Del. 61 years ago. MEET TONIGHT TO FORM NEW BASEBALL LOOP MANAGERS AND PLAYERS TO MEET AT ROY HAMLIN'S HOME 7:30 O'CLOCK: MANY PLAYERS AVAILABLE There will be a meeting at the home of Roy Hamlin, former local baseball manager, at 7:30 o’clock tonight The purpose of this meeting is to organize the Island City Baseball League. There is enough material here to form three good clubs, Hamlin says, and the boys are ready. “There is Griffin, Al Rod- riguez, A. Lopez and possibly Izzy Rodriguez for backstop duty. In the box there is Bethel, Quintan Lopez, Casa, Salinero, Lefty Rod- riguez, Malgrat. H. Gates, M. Griffin, Lefty Albury, Pete White, Wickers and D. Navarro, which gives each club about three good pitchers. For the infield there are Pena, Sterling, Barcelo, Art- man, Al. Acevedo, F. Acevedo, G. Acevedo, Domenech, Kelly, Bak- er, M. Acevedo, M. Lopez, Na- varro brothers, Garcia and others enough to go around. In the gar- dens, Gabriel, Molina, Machin, Lucilo, Rueda, Caraballo, Pie Traynor and others are avail- able”, Hamlin said. TRUCKMEN SAVE FAMILY Denton, Md. — Awakened by two passing truck drivers, the family of Jake Bozon had barely had time to escape from their burning home before the roof crashed in. President names Adolf A. 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