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MAY 15, 1953 if

Exit Tony

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h, sydney Parkman CHAPTER XIV

Continued '

At first he was inclined to evadei-

:i-nuble by discontinuing his re- iPAl'f'.i1eH. It was no real business it his. he told himself. But after i while he came to the reluctant mncluglon that he could not. al- 'nrd to take up such an imperson- il attitude. True. he was occum" ng his present position by the' iiierest. whim of fate, but however accidentally it might have been forced upon him, the fact remain- pd that. while he occupied it he would he held responsible for all may, went on on the island.

" .i..,,, this rPHilZBHOn which in- micw-i him to make a. closer study of the reports, and to discover what he could about the actual mice of affairs by personal Ob- servation and inquiry: End U10 further his researches went. the more obvious it became that s glaring discrepancy existed be- Cuecn the official account: of the slaiid's niiairs and its actuality.

In point ni tact, direct iiiqiiiry pirirfd tn he an extremely diffi- mu matter: for he immediately in-ind himself faced with a blank wall of inconiprehension -- a real -r assuiiicd - on all sides. He be- pm with the house-boys, and let- er tried questioning odd villagers with whom he came into contact, nit in neither case could lie ob- win any satisfactory inform.'ition. rlivr all spoke a iiriniitivo l"'CilP-

NP-IHFT Eiiglisli which was sui- (irimv. for ordinary purposes. but iv seemed that they either could

not or would not understand the iimplest questions relating to their conditions of life. and every- uliere he met with a rurious. dis- irustful reticonce which brought rum to a. dead stop. . .

The uiore he siiw. liowever, the uiure Pl'id0ill it becnnie that. there ii.is sniiictliing very wrong, iii- icrd. with the condition of the na- tires Their demeanour alone was pron! of it. for they displayed a sullen uneasiness in his presence- which was utterly foreign to the Kanaka nature as he had known H. and it seemed to him that their attitude of mingled fear and fur-I tive resentment had its roots in. wine 'iundamental misuse of au-l ihoriti:

it was obviously impossible to sppmnch Strong upon the subject till he hart more definite. iniornia- zinu at his disposal. for he had a itrong suspicion that the trader was at the bottom of it: and this

suspicion deepened into certain- ty in the course of the next. few dsrs. when he began to talk to

Vl:irF:iiii upon the subject.

This girl had been something of 1 mystery to him from the begin- ning. when he had first seen her on the night of their arrival at tlir island, he had imagined her to he one of the trader's domes- tirs -- though even then he had wn struck by her nsaiired "inn- ner. which was in marked con- trast. to the somewhat cowed bear- in; of the house-boys. In the fol- lowing days. however. he had dis- mrcrod that she occupied a spec- ial position in the household which he found it impossible to define.

She spoke very fair Eiiglisli. wliich ai-izund long association sith the trader or the late Resi- lniit. and in the course of several 'lli'iV conversatioiis with her. rhurlriw found that her outlook was the oddest mixture of child- lsliness and sophistication. As with Slrnniz. she appeared to regard 'iim ns an equal and addressed uzni simply by his surname - which by some peculiarity of mi- tive pronunciation she rendered ”'l'liirlo."

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she was a curious, reserved girl. srlriom spcrikiiig unless directly addressed. but she had apparently taken a liking to him in her queer

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to sit quietly watching him as be poured over the dusty files, he answered readily enough, however. doctor had found reason raised no objection to I ence. Indeed. he rather liked her silent companionship in a

ythough he failed to see what

the conversation to Strarg. ShElbeilCl'OiPrll.

her pres- and after a wliiie his questions mend. An autocmcy it became more open as he saw that tainiy been. but there she was inaking no ciiort to con-yremarkabiy little

ceai niiythiniz from him. about it: 10" While many

WHY, en-

autocracy which

had beenl lieiicvoleiicei

H" The h0t'1a5'C”C1”HO" 9! this su5”x:”Chrisl: The Lord is Risen To-iclosori tl'-.- wars)-up perlud, to -om- resort will be more careful this day" was gung. had cer-iyear L: selecting candidates for Riing from Mark is was read b.V;ihe minutes of last meeting, mi. prayer and the cheap-rate lloiid v scheme for aged M”, people. Last year many "hard-iip” fljllovvpd by a prayer. of the pensioners nrrived in autnmbilea.

Carman

iparagraplis on grace, service and lure.

. . . . VALLEYFIELD VY. Ill. 5. v - " . i lib k d wayidfor whren mkmoved into theiiloymerlit she could hat-3 extracted Vsghat glicthtold liim moge ulqagirigulallonsllillpgsed don Kan. y y;- i)etlio(v;xrsatiPi.p' llV:'):I;eU;:adi)Ogi; llyfveearrn frogiux.-sJm(I!aoneclemirgiglmgd ash Rea ency a e a pay ng mm. mm ier visits. con irme e suspicions ie ia a as were iars an ar ii.., - nomhlv E H I of the b o 'H, 108 , I U Iona d. Th: ouerm W" occasional visits there - turning It was when he had drawiiybeen entertaining. It took vhimiaa in the destruction of the drums.Va”eyne.:1 W. Mtxgvewgs held 1nl;Y;m:W:1S' by imnwn, ;:'al:r;l:i""zz' rxelved "Yd: H" "gnu", gave p up unexpectedly and uiiani:cunc- blank iii otlicrdirectioiis that -110 seine little time to grasp the sitiia-,-H others were no less distinctly Hm Echo". ,,,,,,-,1 or the r-hurcli onlquosiion and anRll'l;r forum and very encouraging report. It was ed. and dc;1:.:'.' :3 just as casually. hit upon the idea of qiit-stioniiig tion-nsva whole, hut when he did commercial in clirirncter IWMHMAM, Honing. Mm Mmp MUM” rm missmmries M ywnrkydecided M uudy H" 5 qua"-mm i H15 W” h”u5e'b05'5 seem-fd w.hm' "Prin. W numils M the mkmd.Sn'i In gmc aI,)p.Alhnzl,y iippiiri, To be mmmued ffinn Mnrllml-'IlIl M lP7Idfr- T11" iii f'aii-ida, rm-i-uiting new work-yin chapter one in the hook "Means ltake her very much for granted. -- excicising rniisidvriihle F.'luli0ll.Pllt the in 1'.mPllllll".llr '1 "H c ' Mr" ;i,,.,,,,, ”yj"l15gmpnL'. Min ,,,., and ,.h,,,,h ,,M,,nsi,,n M sevnof Grace” for M,” mewnx, M",

. . t . . land as she appeared to be content to begin with. in case she icpeatediislaiid liarl been niiythiiig iiiit the; I-MSTBOURMZ, England. lCPi rm! to worship. m.,"ny,mI nwmbnsv The hmedicnonlpnur W" .ppo1Med I. Ind”

and Mrs. Roy Glllis to have study The business period opened with book. Mrs. W. R. Bruce led in Lord's Prayer This was lowed by roll call answered by 12 closed the meeting. A dainty iiIlPilPSlliiZ1mPi1lb(”Ti with a- verse nf scrip- lunch was served by the commit- A letter on teniperanceiteo and a social time enjoyed.

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