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shameless   in   the   moonlight       and   dancingthe   girls   upon   whom   I   had 

worked to teach clean living           and right conduct。        And there were three 

girls   there�察  �I   remember�察   �just   graduated   from   the   mission   school。      Of 

course     I  discharged    Joe   Garland。      I   know    it  was   the  same    at  Hilo。 

People said I went out of         my way when I persuaded Mason and Fitch to 

discharge him。       But it    was the missionaries who requested me to do so。 

He was undoing         their work by his reprehensible example。; 

     ;Afterwards�察     �when     he  got   on   the  railroad�察  �your    railroad�察  �he  was 

discharged without cause�察─�Kennedy challenged。 

     ;Not   so�察─  �was   the   quick   answer。   ;I   had   him  into   my   private   office 

and talked with him for half an hour。; 

     ;You discharged him for inefficiency�拭─�

     ;For immoral living�察�if you please。; 

     Dr。 Kennedy laughed with a grating sound。               ;Who the devil gave it to 



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you   to   be   judge   and   jury�拭 �Does   landlordism   give   you   control   of   the 

immortal souls of those that toil for you�拭           �I have been your         physician。 

Am I to expect tomorrow your ukase that I give up Scotch                    and soda or 

your    patronage�拭     �Bah�     �Ford�察   �you   take  life  too   seriously。     Besides�察�

when   Joe   got   into   that   smuggling   scrape   ��he    wasn't   in   your   employ�察�

either���察�and he sent word to you�察�asked you             to pay his fine�察�you left him 

to do his six months' hard labour on           the reef。    Don't forget�察�you left Joe 

Garland in the lurch   that       time。     You   threw  him down�察 �hard�察�and  yet   I 

remember the first day         you came to schoolwe boarded�察�you were only 

a   day   scholaryou     had    to   be   initiated。   Three     times   under    in  the 

swimming tankyou           remember�察�it was the regular dose every new boy 

got。    And you held       back。     You denied that you could swim。           You were 

frightened�察    �hysterical; 

     ;Yes�察  �I   know�察─  �Percival   Ford   said   slowly。  ;I   was   frightened。    And 

it was a lie�察�for I could swim 。 。 。 And I was frightened。; 

     ;And you remember who fought for you�拭�who lied for you harder than 

you could lie�察�and swore he knew you couldn't swim�拭                 �Who jumped into 

the tank and pulled you out after the first under and was nearly                drowned 

for   it  by   the  other   boys�察 �who   had    discovered   by   that   time   that   you 

COULD swim�拭─�

     ;Of   course   I   know�察─  �the   other   rejoined   coldly。 ;But   a   generous   act 

as a boy does not excuse a lifetime of wrong living。; 

     ;He has never done wrong to you��personally and directly�察�I mean�拭─�

     ;No�察─�was Percival Ford's answer。            ;That is what makes my position 

impregnable。       I have no personal spite against him。            He is bad�察�that      is 

all。   His life is bad; 

     ;Which is another way  of saying that he does not   agree with you   in 

the way life should be lived�察─�the doctor interrupted。 

     ;Have it that way。       It is immaterial。     He is an idler; 

     ;With     reason�察─  �was    the  interruption�察    �considering     the  jobs   out  of 

which you have knocked him。; 

     ;He is immoral; 

     ;Oh�察  �hold   on   now�察  �Ford。   Don't   go   harping   on   that。   You   are   pure 

New      England stock。       Joe Garland is half Kanaka。           Your blood is thin。 



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His    is  warm。     Life    is  one   thing   to  you�察  �another    thing   to  him。    He 

laughs   and   sings   and   dances   through   life�察  �genial�察  �unselfish�察    �childlike�察�

everybody's   friend。       You   go   through   life   like   a perambulating   prayer´ 

wheel�察�a friend of nobody but the righteous�察              �and the righteous are those 

who agree with you as to what is right。                 And after all�察�who shall say�拭�

You live like an anchorite。         Joe    Garland lives like a good fellow。           Who 

has    extracted    the  most    from    life�拭   �We     are  paid   to  live�察 �you   know。 

When the wages are too meagre              we throw up the job�察�which is the cause�察�

believe me�察�of all rational         suicide。     Joe Garland would starve to death 

on the wages you get           from life。     You see�察�he is made differently。            So 

would you starve on         his wages�察�which are singing�察�and love; 

     ;Lust�察�if you will pardon me�察─�was the interruption。 

     Dr。 Kennedy smiled。 

     ;Love�察  �to   you�察  �is   a   word   of   four   letters   and   a   definition   which   you 

have     extracted    from    the  dictionary。     But    love�察  �real   love�察  �dewy    and 

palpitant   and   tender�察  �you   do   not   know。   If   God   made   you   and   me�察  �and 

men   and   women�察  �believe   me   He   made   love�察  �too。        But   to   come   back。 

It's about time you quit hounding Joe Garland。               It is not worthy of       you�察�

and it is cowardly。       The thing for you to do is to reach out            and lend him 

a hand。; 

     ;Why I�察�any more than you�拭─�the other demanded。                     ;Why don't you 

reach him a hand�拭─�

     ;I have。     I'm reaching him a hand now。             I'm trying to get you not to 

down   the   Promotion   Committee's   proposition   of   sending   him   away。             I 

got    him   the  job   at  Hilo   with   Mason     and   Fitch。   I've   got   him   half   a 

dozen jobs�察�out of every one of which you drove him。                     But never mind 

that。    Don't forget one thingand a little frankness won't hurt               youit is 

not fair play to saddle another fault on Joe Garland�察�and                  you know that 

you�察�least   of all�察 �are   the man   to do it。     Why�察  �man�察     �it's not   good   taste。 

It's positively indecent。; 

     ;Now I don't follow you�察─�Percival Ford answered。                  ;You're up in the 

air    with    some    obscure     scientific    theory    of   heredity     and   personal 

irresponsibility。        But      how     any     theory     can    hold     Joe    Garland 

irresponsible      for   his   wrongdoings       and    at  the   same     time   hold    me 



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personally     responsible     for  themmore      responsible    than   any   one   else�察�

including Joe Garlandis beyond me。; 

     ;It's   a   matter   of   delicacy�察  �I   suppose�察  �or   of   taste�察  �that   prevents you 

from following me�察─�Dr。 K
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