The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1938, Page 5

aM > arate ets MAs ves =H 4 THURSDAY, SYNOPSIS: Our unexpressed | love for a young English girl has kept my uncle, James Clyde, and myself (Payl Thorne) in tropi- cal Balingong through a Dyak revolt and Malay defeat. Chris- tine Forrester, visioning @ great empire here, has made Clyde rajah. Famine strikes, and war threatens with the predatory Malays. The last outrage means an open break with Rentongen, the sultan’s representative. Chapter 39 Rentongen’s Revenge SAID at last, “I suppose I'd bet- ter go bring in those Malays.” _ “Yes,” he said; “yes, of course.” Y turned away. tightening my belt and getting ready to go out! #2inte the roar of falling water, but | ne. “Wait! It’s no good, at.” if we let this thing pass, we'll never regain the face we'll lose.” “I know that,” he agreed. “But the root is somewhere else, I'm go- ing to end this, Paul, one way or the other. Go bring in Renton- gen.” I got Rentongen. It was hard to bring him alone; he was almost never separated from five to six ugly - faced krismen, whom he Iikea to have dog his every step. But I took him a little aside, and advised him that he perhaps would not like to have anyone else with us to hear what the Rajah Clyde had to say. He gave me the most evil stage I:have ever seen, but he came, -gnd-he,eame alone. 1 was-surpri at what James! Clyde did then, For a long time the Malays had learned to depend upon the fact that in the white man’s<tode of justice an accusa- tion must.always be supported by water-tight .proof, else nothing can be done. And they had readily learned to take advantage of that, by intimidation of witnesses and other sg wal fates eg me possible to get. I suppose that myself had become accustomed to think of the necessity of proof as an obstacle which coulc not be overborne. But this time all that was brushed aside. Clyde did not even tell Rentongen what he was angry about, though of course Renton- gen knew. “Shah Bandar Rentopgen,” Clyde said, “I have had enough m this moment you are no longer Shah Bandar. I hereby ban- ish you from Balingong forever: and all your property is confiscat- ed in the name of the Raj. Go back and tell your sultan ‘you’ ‘have failed.” At this unbelievable audacity. le Without raisin, wi ot and all your hi : SS wilt ‘out of here before sufidown. You will take with you'in your praus your krises and the clothes you wear. Nothing more.” s “And if I do not go?”= > ~ “I have given you a @hanice to leave with dignity,” said. “If you do not care for i, go to your Imam and prepare to die fighting; because F ly hunt you down.” Rentongen stood with his hands on his hips, staring at Clyde; and there was such a savage blaze of in his eyes that I was certain ig would leap upon my uncle. ic ind me eight of the 12 Ten- yalang | still had in Balingong were seated cross-legged in a row Without any sound these now stood up. Their rifles were in the crooks of their elbows, muzzies high, as they had been taught: and the muzzles of those rifles were quivering like the shimmer of heat. Yet 1 do not think that they were afraid: eager, rather, their | animal eyes upon the Shah Ban- | dar’s blue-turbaned head. The Worst Spot | RENTONGEN did not glance at} them,’ it aridoubtedly very aware that they were there. If hand had dropped to the hilt Of his kris he would cer- tainly wn, shot the Ciyde and the 2 each other many minutes in this way. Rentongen turned at last and left us without tous" | believed then would surely fight. perha ing an attack against us which we| ‘would hardly be able to with- this did not oceur. An hour sundow.. Rentcngen's took to the river silently and well within his allotted ‘ime he was on When, Res 1 entongen was gone immediately prepared for what we knew was ahead. Not for one/ moment did we fal] into the fal-/ lacy of thinking that Rentongen might return to Saremb<, empty: | bended ani humiliated, to bis sul- that he Some of them I did not dare recall. To the villages with the best rice piantions I sent word that the ‘enyalang were to stay where they were, preparing ves We moved fast; yet not a dozen of the Tenyalang I had sent for had come in when Rentongen’s first blow was struck Moving swiftly along the coast, Renton- gen had entered the dark river Tomarrup, and the wild tribes of that river over whom we did not even pretend control, had risen at @ word. The Shah Bandar had with him perhaps 50 Malays: and these were the cold cutting edge of his attack as he now led the Tomarrups over the divide and into the Palowit. He knew so much about us th&t he was able to strike unerringly at the point where we could be worst hurt, In a little fertile val- ley tributary of the Palowit lived a village of friendly Dyaks, cap- tained by Tenyalang; they had jven me every assistance in my jowit campaign, and nowhere in the raj did James Clyde have more complete and obedient =: port. This village was one of the few that had carried out com- pletely Clyde's orders to double the rice planting. In this valley, at least, there should be a madel prosperity in another year. This was the village that Ren- tongen destroyed. A few strag- glers who escaped brought us re- ports which made plain exactly what he had done. My Magic Powers | pow’ of al a party of Malays— their numbers. apes! greatly exagger: im the report —had filtered .j village on pret identified and singled out the Tenyalang. Upon some signal the Malays set upon those marked men with the kris. A few Malays were killed, but at close guarters the single-shot rifles were no defense. One Malay with a bullet his body still bounded on and killed the rifile- man who had put it there—that’s the kind of fighters those Malay krismen are. Of the 14 Tenyalang in that village, scattered and un- warned. 12 were cut down in those first murderous ass-ults. With the Tenyalang down, the wild Tomarrup tribesmen armed the \vage- iy. cutting down all ages and , Cutt ages sexes alike. The longhouses were put to the torch; and when the village had been burned the Malays turned the water buffalo into the ~ Tice paddies, and ture out the neat tittle dikes ty which the paddies Were irrigated and protected. so thatnothing was left of the double Tice crop but trampled wreckage. swirling floods, or drained land. FAS aa tunes Ppedbg ee, yalang. Reprisal must ift and itting, now. And I could not say so, I was vastly re- fieved that Clyde would have most | of the Tenyalang for a possible de- fense of Balingong. Within four hours of that first evil news, my war bankongs were sr inaias down the Siderong, poin' for the open sea. I was glad to go into the Tomar- rup, but the people who were with — pitied with apr — ‘omarrup was a different thing from the Palowit. In the high for- estec hills of the Palowit we had had an even chance: but the black Tomarrup wou.d sluggishly through marshy lowlands, thro: a jungle so thick that we id easily drive into any number of ambushes unw2rned. Every stroke of our way the Tomarrup spear- men and gunners, unseen in the all but impenetrzble tangle. could keep picking us off. I had called for 200 fighting men, and more than 300 had vol- unteered. refusing to be turned back. I was deeply touched. Those men were following me because. since the Palowit, it was believed that I always won. I — vasten, | of them be- ved me to have magic powers. some villages it was said that I was obeyed by the Kamapes those disembodied spirits of he was /| werriors, evil. blood-hungry, and + Tesistless. Some of my. Tenysiang riflemen had seen the walking betweem them as 7 fonght. They shivered horror at this. yet at the samé time were reassured. . When I thought of all those child-like Dyaks. wishing to fight = Leceuse they thought I could not lose, I was hardly able |to look my people in the face. I did not telieve that many of them would ever come out alive. Yet my conscience was clear. If there it misery tinction was ahead of taem slipped back into the grip Malays. The men I had wit! believed in Clyde; th~y were to fignt for the chance that .|them, and apparently ny were I hai very little afraid to die. less of the rainy deluge | refused to lead them, then indeed thedastest f 7 TE Rs aaartene war now, and have . pa “ak couse | pesscccoscceseses never have been forgiver, yy myself or anybody else. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Frank W. Benson of Salem. . Noted painter, born there, %6 years ago. Hobart C_ Chatfield-Taylor of Santa Barbara, Calif. author, born in Chicago, T3 years ago. Thomas E. Dewey of New York v at attorney bern at Mich. 36 years ago. Dr. William M. Lewis, years ago. Karl Arnstein of Akron, O., air- born in ship builder-dcsigner. Czechoslovakia, 51 years ago. AAA official oo 3 presi- dent of Lafayette College, Easton. Pa. born at Howell, Mich. 60 For detailing farm changes under new law. sets 12 cents a bushel as whest psyment. DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Teday As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Neill Scroggins is still ready to carry out the terms of his con- tract he signed with the local water commissioners more than six months ago, he said today. In the city on business not connect- ed with drilling for water or in any way connected with it, Mr. Seroggins said that neither his attitude nor that of his backers had changed by the action of the board and that he was ready and willing to undertake the work on the shortest notice. Colonel Nor- cross, of Comomon-Norcross Com- pany, is in the city today and said Mr. Norcross had told the members of the board the same. Mr. Norcross and Mr. Scroggins both say they are willing to go ahead with the drilling on a no water no pay basis. N. K. McLaren. who will suc- ceed L. G. Pease as local mana- ger of the Texas Company's in- terests, arrived over the highway yesterday. He said that his last position was held with the Texas company in Norfolk, Va.. and this is his first visit to Key West. The trip over the highway was different from any he has ever made. Mr..Pease will leave Wed- nesday for Jacksonville..He was the doomed! hene fon dive years and says that ‘Of trade. These ~ ‘He HateS'tb’ leave-as he has be- come a perfect’¢cofch -and has made many friends.im Key West. The first of a ‘series of elimi- nation waltz contests drew a large crowd to the dance at the K. of C. Hut last night. The win- ners for the evening were: R. H. Givens and Miss Edna Garcia, Joe Fernandez and Miss Claudia Contreras, Evelio Valdez and Miss Violet Acosta. Judges were Jake Rose, of the Rosebuds Stock com- pany, B. Howard, of New York, and C. Ashley of Baltimore. Me. Newcomb Carlton, head of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, will arrive in Key West next week, and will remain until Saturday when he will leave over the F.E.C. R’y. The W. U. head , will be met by G. W. E. Atkins, vice president of the company, who is wintering with his bro- ther, John W. Atkins, local sup- erintendent of cables, W. G.! Peebles and Cuban Consul Jorve Ponce. Dexter Saunders, 14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Saun- ders of Miami, completed a irip from Miami to Key West yester- day on his bicycle. Mrs. Saunde: was formerly miss Esther Moor- of this city. Dexter is a member of Troop 21 of Miami ani is a Scout First Class. Tift’s Ice Cream, branch, parlor opened at 609 Duval street today. The place on Division streer wiil be operated as usual, while th> same service will be available at both stands. Criminal] court will reopen neat | Monday for the purpose of con- . secs POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS IPERS? DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY +-"'TO BEHELD MAY 2. 1938 ; secceccoseseesecececcces For Congress. HENRY H. FILER For Representative State Legislature T. S. CARO For Representative State Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For Representative State Legislature EVERETT w. RUSSELL For Judge of Criminal Court of Record WILLIAM V. ALBURY For Judge of Criminal Court of Record LOUIS A. HARRIS For County Commissioner First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE Cc ge noon agama HARRY L. BEAVER es) on i Even after a Communist is white- he red still shows threugh. looks like Spring is here fer th’ voice of th’ heard in the land. tinuing the term which recessed on March 12. Only a few cases of minor importance remain to b= disposed of, some of which have developed in the meantime A memorial ana thanksgiving service will be held for thy Rev HL. B. Someilian in the eshy terian church next Sunday, at 7 o’clock. Mr. Someilian was clerk of the Presbytery, in Havana for 25 years and has served Havana Cardenas "and Cienfuegos. Closing Interdenom f Bible Class to be held afternoon at-4 o'clock in thé af- ternoon in the Harris School. Rev. A. DeBar-ft will take the chair and Rev... H. Howitt will speak. CEASSIFIED COLUMN BICYCLES BICYCLES FOR RENT, by hour, day, week or month, J. R Stowers Company. nov2-tf FOR SALE CORNER LOT, 50x100 feet. Cor- - ner 5th and Staple Avenue. Apply Box D, The Citizen. nov2-tf MUST SELL 30x11 ft. boat fully equipped for living aboard, 16° hp. Regal motor. Anchored Roosevelt Blvd. (Division St. continuation) one-half ‘mile from White St. Inquire at boat after 5 P. M. or see Clem Price, Realtor. mar17-lwkx FOR SALE—Plymouth °34 Sedan, good condition, mechanically perfect, price and terms rea- sohable. Address Citizen, Box “Pr. mar24:5tx SPECIAL BARGAIN 50,000 FEET 1%-INCH EXTRA HEAVY PIPE with new threads and couplings. In Full Lengths PRICE, 5¢ PER FOOT A. & B. PIPE & METAL CO. 500 N. 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Call write Gardner's Pharmacy. jan¢-tue-thur-fri Lost For County Commissioner, Fifth District CLEVELAND NILES (For Re-Election) LOST — Pocketbook containing Social Security Card and smail amount of cash. Reward if re- turned to Joseph Surez, 223 Baws lane mard4-ltx office seeker is‘ eeccccecccccececesecese>! UNIVERSITY OF FLA. NEWS NOTES TOO SPORTY ! that her husband, who played (By HARRY WEINTRAUB) j basketball three nights a week coeccevencepecceesses and baseball Sundays, was “so_ Sidney Aronovitz, a member of , *ddicted to sports that it amount-' the General College debate team/ed to menta: cruelty", Mrs. At-/ of the University of Florida, re~/tilo Biglieri was granted a divorce | turned home Sunday after a! in this city. j trip through Georgia and South! — Carolina, debating Georgia South-}St. Louis Cardinals, spoke in the western College at Americus, Ga, j University autiitorium en, “What and Furman University, Green-| it is that should qualify a man to ville, S.C. where the team won {be a champion on a major base- 2 ungnimous audience decisien : ball club.” ; over the Furman University team.{ Speaking from many year's ex- j The'question for debate was: “Re-/| perience at the very top of the! solved ‘that the several Southern | profession, Rickey said that the! States. should adopt a system of three traits of character in all! unicameral legislation. j kinds of activity should be: ~(1) ——— whatever a man decides to do, he Numerous favorable comments | should think it worth the while; among the faculty and student} of all his efforts (2) a willingness | body have been heard concerning | to win, and (3) the technique and | the March of Time film featur-/jartistries of his profession, which ing “Brain-Trust Island” or Key jare the real cap-chiefs of all ef-/ West. This film was shown in; fort.” j Gainesville and Tallahassee yes-j —— ; terday. ; Daye Burnside and his CBS The Key West students seeingjorchestra from Charlotte, N. C.j the film were elated at viewing paave been si to play for Gen-‘ the many familiar seenes and | eral College Weekend, Friday and { faces dear to thers. ‘Saturday. 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