The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 14, 1938, Page 4

KEMPIRE FOR ALA SYNOPSIS: Chance and a young English girl have contrived to-make the trader and gun-run- ner, James Clyde, rajah of Balin- gong. Christine Forrester, com- pleting a plan of her dead father, was behind the Dyak revolt which caused Malay surrender. This desperate enterprise may bring power and wealth, or defeat and death. It mean; lifelong jungle exile for Clyde and myself (Paul his nephew). But Chris- ds our help, and we are both in love with her. Chapter 30 The New Government } ‘HAT audience with the Tenya- lang riflemen and the Dyak chiefs was the beginning of a series lasting many days. Upon that first night Clyde returned to his ship, leaving me in charge; but in a day or two he moved his personal things to the Balingong compound, and set about his job with all the energy he possessed. Though Robert Forrester was often too ill to leave the Avon, Christine, in spite of Clyde’s vio- lent objection, came to Balingong every day. But I saw her only in a series of glimpses. Once, I re- member, she received a delegation of wives of the native chiefs; and there was a tea ceremonial with a eat deal of excited arm-waving stranze little women dressed in ‘inese silks of every conceivable color. Queer eneatutes, half-craay with God-knows-what tribal lore fapes, These wets Neartitgs, Halt} witch logis end. halt regia |CSeree ‘Afid yet in*thtse same-days she found time to get some new shirts made for Clyde—and showed our Chinese cook how to make a sort of bitter-sweet relish that was a God-send after the monotonous pickle-and-soy flavoring that sea- soned most of our dishes. Together with Christine, Clyde now thrashed out plans for the first things that he must do, and | "#7 the first policies that he must at- tempt. Anthony Forrester would have been proud of his daughter then..I wondered if he ever knew how much Christine had benefited ,» by the knowledge which had cost Bieeior himself so many drudg- oe Bo get ut of their long arguments presently began to appear definite ins. The all-day audiences with | severa] hundred tribal pan- | i irans began to take shape and @ notion that the S/N fa icharred pilings of Mantusen’s burnt palace. The logs we chained together and made into permanent movable booms, moored in such a way that the river could quickly be closed above and below. The tem- porary palace of the rajah, consist- ing of the Dyak longhouse to which Mantusen had fallen back, was be- ing greatly enlarged. It was to be 100 feet square, with walls and floors of ae which must be laboriously by Dyak labor. I rebuilt and heightened both inner and outer stockades, and strengthened them with buttresses |so placed that our rifle fire could take an attack under enfilade. And I brought some of our ship’s guns | up “the Siderong, and mounted them to command the river. Balingong, too, ~ re gaa ona new appearance. Ye population which had taken to the jungle at the outbreak of war now sifted back, until, at the end of two weeks, the town was once more infested by its usual swarming numbers. And the Chinese cam- pongs were once more over- ctowded. I have no idea where those Chinese had been hiding out, but now the little white and red prayer-streamers began to flutter ain from the stilt-legged Chinese shacks. When not laying out fortifica- tions I patrolled the town and the camps. I was trying to learn the basic Dyak tongue that I nesded. It seemed a hopeless task, because f gh their words were few, way they are made up is very ifficult for the white man’s ear. ‘hristine found time to help me, in ents nS: °° * Sittihg Un'The Lia MQAY ‘pig, in Palowit.” “Poo.” _. “The way you say it, it means “Poo. “Poo. “It’s still an egg.” (Despair- ) \y- didn’t want a pig anyway. I could even do without an egg. What I needed was a-drink. Still, I was making a little progress; I could issue a few simple orders to the Tenyala: ind be understood and express jproval in terms which were livelier than I then knew, During the heavy flurry of activ- ity, and_in spite of the perpetual round of that marked our first days at Balingong, I found time to amputate Grogan’s leg. By the third week the greater de wong raj, very vague tusen, could be claimed to le all the drainage basins of the Siderong and Palowit rivers— @ handy natural bounding, domi- nating more than 100 miles. of coast, withean inland sthat to their very keelsons. They down their arms and actua) work! They must to plant a greater quan- tice than they haa ever before. The rice pre- Bysis A April abundant supply * food mod 4 cargoes of surplus fist Batingcng had ever known, Thete was psoy question, of as to how ‘even @ Ss@fisible reason: - theywhated ‘to valued heads so high were the only thing did not take ren from them. Clyde was trying them that they would no longer be forced to sell anything they did fot wish to sell, and each man gould make his own price; but we not tel] if any of them be-| US. By the middle of the second | week there had been four or five} head murders under cover | the dark. There were likely to be | more. Since they were no longer at ‘war with a stubborn enemy, the tribes might at any moment turn upon each other. Over ake the vei — late | ity getting tri men Gut of there. What with all-day} and sige argu- ing more nagar of the tribes had beer sent home—except for the Tenyalang; and if those interminable days of. counci) had accomplished nothin; more, this still was a handsome” thing. The most dangerous gathet~ ing of Dyak tribes we had sever; seen had been | to_their ernment; and it was only amakeshift—not even a well artic- ulated skeleton of a government— ~ | we thought we had done every- thing we could do. Mantusen was it for the rebels as to our position. Winning the genuine con! But though the tenor of our ac- tivity changed, it brought us none Fs terval of quiet for which As soon as the tail the jacket of the ts opportunity to esta! t-Court of justice; and ition had not gone far mie vast complexity of his Beegan to be plain. mvumbered in thousands, the moprryes of the raj of Balingong ‘was not lar; ‘very sparse in fact, = by size of the territory. jut it was not only split into many separate communities, most of them hostile to each other; so in- dividualistic were these people that every family sometimes had to be dealt with separately. Every day, now, Clyde spent from four to 10 hours in the ruai of his rebuilt “ listening to a vast variety of petitions and com- plaints. It was an all but intoler- able nuisance that some Dyak rep- ‘begin | resentation should always be at him, but in another way it was the Most encouraging sign that we had. The Dyaks do not bring petitions and complaints to Malay of vigorous projects. uprooted from the river the (Cobyright, 193%, Alm LeMay) | When will the id Blew off? Read tomorrow's chapter. ABERDEEN, Scotland—As he BEES BUZZED TOO MUCH PHILADELPHIA—When Pe- ween all her other - ~gone-the -way”of the-bustle and | + men who set ‘the styles for the Men in Clothes Revolt for Washable Weaves MEN FINALLY are demanding in their summer climate clothes the same comfort women have enjoyed so long. Instead of hot- looking, black formal wear, men a MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Men} here are in revolt! They are demanding more com- fortable dress on a platform of “equal ‘rights with women.” |they are unpadded, but which Heavy woo.en underwear, high|have the appearance of heavier material. |summer weaves in gray, blue and green, tweedy-looking sports men to all les and all.tans. among |Then the Florida visitors from same | the old sections started flaunt-| n h jing them as if t % Tsonally, nation in the coming summer. {had made the if fney._ pessonally,| ‘The male of the svecies has | was come to the realization that men, | took too, can get the ~egent of the; with them. sun's warm rays and of fresh salt} _ Now they are accepting Pal breezes, and -yet blend harmoni-| Beach patterns that yet 2 hoop skirt in a campaign men wintering here—the with the patterns scenery that | dominates, but ti i - stylists now dangle before ‘okt ha ee them.!ance of color And in businece charm and fort. 2 aed bart arm and comfort. attii in anything but knickers. their “discovery” backihome | Today the better £1 gtade of slacks, j adaptable to these sports because they are highly porous, as nearly . an- | wrinkle-} ously into the colorful tropical | other new trend. White stil pros| Stteacroen eae ey, can be, and | | RAUOTR Ts one coe Men have swung to washable! suits there are blues and pastels - of | browns in solids and stripes. —— = a Jaca and the gay an nig! Spo’ are ayer Suits that are washable hecause/they have lost the nea ee pearance given them so long by ithe male guests. White dinner jcoats worn with any years to cénvert}black trousers are | with the stuffiness of the formal and_semi-formal gatherings. Tight weight overwhelming- A decade ago no one would on a golf course in shadow plaids, | checks, blue, tan and white, are he wane ‘Bughouse Lab’ Grows _Shelley’s Italian Villa Into Big-Time Museum To Become A Shrine (By Associated Press) (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, N. C., March; LERCI, Italy, March 14.—Shel- 14.—The most interesting — in ley’s last home is to be made a this town is the “Bughouse bb,” chi “ % z a monument to the scientific ae 2 i y i f th - : curiosity and genius of the young The local governments of Leri- er generation. ci and La Spezia have decided to It is a two-story museum with r — 1 highly specialized depattments— dicate the poet's Villa Magni to that purpose. _ They propose di- the outgrowth of a two-sack tent é “ a verting traffic away from the villa 2 tee bays ie DOS EE | hy a-néwr sed, Sede atest house their butterfly and snake " a landing and opening ga public specimens in 1923. g It has added the dignified line P@rk planted M¥ith piries and cy- press trees. “Washington Field Museum” to its title and has a full-time di- |, Restoration y rectors, but it@is stilhrumJiy the more ship than house,” is, plan; youngsters. ned. 3 The two communities also hope They have a contributing mem- - bership plan and are. affiliated ‘© bring the poet's ashes to the villa. At present they are buried with the National Museum asso- ciation. Amateur experts ~ and i® the Protestant cemetery in specialized committees carry on Rome. the work of the departments, which include marine life, geo- logy. zoology, history and many others. Carefully Concealed “That romantic Miss Passeigh says there is a secret connected with her birth” S31: riaaae “That's true—it’s the date.” City Slicker—What does your son do? Farmer—He's a bootblack the city. City Slicker—Oh, I see, you make hay while the son shines. The most disastrous defeat suf- fered by the Italians in the World war was inflicted by the Aus- trians at Caporetto. h Jed—L,beard,ghat the lamyersi.. got mosigf the estate. Did Marie, get any’ the lawyers. Adsnetigy’s house. The first watches with coiled springs came into use in the 17th century. Pecerccesesecocecoes: FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO BE HELD MAY 3. 1838 . ’ For Representative State Legislature T. S. CARO For Representative State Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For Re tative Stat. Legularare ae EVERETT W. RUSSELL For Judge of Criminal Court of Record WILLIAM V. ALBURY For County Commissioner First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE Out Your KEY WEST visi cd OE yeSl Wic” got tge ~—ibe o Tie to TER AAVAIN A, MONDAY, MARCH 34. sa KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “Impressive as the highway is Ligonier, found dead this morning me as a spectacle, it is much in his bunk while the.wessel was marvelous to me than the enroute from Port Arthur to Pro courage and foresight Monroe vidence, was brought ashore here ity displayed in building it”, on the Porter Dock Company's j Stoneman Dougles, na- tug, the Petrel. An inquest is be- tionally ‘famous magazine writer. ing held this afternoon before here for two Gays with Ruth Bry- Justice Rogelio Gomez, * @mpanneled = jury to ge aboard the ship which is anchored in the harbor. Members of the crew say that Peterson had = fight last night with a mess bey and was struck on the head with 2 skillet and had a finger off. ‘vious occasions, had not been iY ray before. Mrs. ‘ batt Be er. an informal Vit h8fef Spérit’today calling on large numbers of Key Westers. ‘On ‘many of these visits she war though these visits were delight- ful, when they reached the office of The Citizen was when Mrs. Douglas really felt at home, she says. Mrs. Douglas stepped into the news department and said. “This is where I really belong, where I can smell printer’s ink. I was almost_always reared in 2 newspaper office, you know”. Mrs .Douglas said that she was not surprised at the highway as much as she was at the magni- tude of the undertaking when compared to the size of Monroe county. “It is nothing less than marvelous”. Charles J. Ladd, retired foreign agent of the Amercian Railway Express Company, will celebrate his 83rd birthday on Monday March 26. On that day he wil begin a school of religious experi ence at the Stone church, a will continue indefinitely w single exception of Easter week when Rev. Munro will lecture The local Rotary Club w its regular weekly luncheon meet ing at the High School cafeteria tomorrow at 12-15 imstead of at the Parish House as usual. The cafeteria is considered an import- ant adjunct to thé shoo] house. and the officers Wist! ‘to have peo. ple acquainted with the work it is doing: hold The name of fhi¢ ‘mascot of the woodwork classes’ of ‘the “high school has been “¢hanged. Some time ago a black Cat ‘began hang- ing around the shop. It ‘was adapted by the classes and named “Coach”. Yesterday “Coach” turned up with two kit- tens. The name was promptly changed to “Lady”. The kittens have been named, because of their noise-making proclivities. “Manager” and “Cheer Leader”. E: ! Independent Generals One thing we can say for the Japanese military leaders. They pay no more attention te their own Government than they do to ours and John Bull's —Memphis Commercial Appeal. 5-8, Poarapren, son end, Tony Az morning, ur will, start en, Monday morn- ing a lang. apip trip, which, wilh take them as far_as Cleveland. Ohio. They will also visit 2 num- ber of important cities the country. in Four members of the Society of Testing Materials have arrived to make inspection of the speci- mens placed in the water at the naval station more than one year ago. The specitfiens are mostly of metals used in the manufacture of machinery. Editorial comment: It's getting to where a chap can't do the sim- plest thing without abridging somebody's rights. Take the case of that recent ruling about cam- paign cigars, for instance. That seems harmless enough. It'll rob a lot of ‘people of cheap smokes, that is sure, but that would seem to be all. Peter Peterson, steward of Standard Oil Company's Sieciner! | qoaawiaes NAMES in the News wi 3 ry NAMES MAKE HEADLINES. Newspapers, today as always, are made up of what people say, think, propose, dissent from. Governments, institutions, businesses—and all their activities— are only the lengthened shadows of men! What is true on the front pages is true, also, on the advertix- ing pages. Advertisements are simply signed statements of men, banded together to form a business, who seek your patronage. They back their good name against the products they ask you te buy. They say, in cold black type, that theirs is 2 name you can trust. 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