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explained�察�a minute or so later�察�and then went under to head off another 

attack。 

     By the time the schooner was thirty feet away I was about done for。 I 

could   scarcely   move。 They  were   heaving   lines   at   us   from  on   board�察 �but 

they continually fell short。 The shark�察�finding that it was receiving no hurt�察�

had become bolder。 Several times it nearly got me�察�but each time Otoo was 

there just the moment before it was too late。 Of course�察�Otoo could have 

saved himself any time。 But he stuck by me。 

     ;Good´by�察�Charley� �I'm finished� ─�I just managed to gasp。 

     I   knew   that   the   end   had   come�察  �and   that   the   next   moment   I   should 

throw up my hands and go down。 

     But Otoo laughed in my face�察�saying�此�

     ;I will show you a new trick。 I will make that shark feel sick� ─�

     He dropped in behind me�察�where the shark was preparing to come at 

me。 

     ;A little more to the left� ─�he next called out。 ;There is a line there on 

the water。 To the left�察�masterto the left� ─�

     I changed my course and struck out blindly。 I was by that time barely 

conscious。 As my hand closed on the line I heard an exclamation from on 

board。 I turned and looked。 There was no sign of Otoo。 The next instant he 

broke   surface。   Both   hands     were   off   at   the  wrist�察  �the   stumps  spouting 

blood。 

     ;Otoo� ─  �he   called   softly。   And   I   could   see   in   his   gaze   the   love   that 

thrilled in his voice。 

     Then�察�and then only�察�at the very last of all our years�察�he called me by 

that name。 

     ;Good´by�察�Otoo� ─�he called。 

     Then he was dragged under�察�and I was hauled aboard�察�where I fainted 

in the captain's arms。 

     And   so   passed   Otoo�察  �who   saved   me   and   made   me   a   man�察  �and   who 

saved me in the end。 We met in the maw of a hurricane�察�and parted in the 

maw of a shark�察�with seventeen intervening years of comradeship�察�the like 

of which I dare to assert has never befallen two men�察�the one brown and 

the other white。 If Jehovah be from His high place watching every sparrow 



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fall�察�not least in His kingdom shall be Otoo�察�the one heathen of Bora Bora。 



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          THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS 



     There is no gainsaying that the   Solomons are a hard´bitten bunch   of 

islands。 On the other hand�察�there are worse places in the world。 But to the 

new chum who has no constitutional understanding of men and life in the 

rough�察�the Solomons may indeed prove terrible。 

     It is true that fever and dysentery are perpetually on the walk´about�察�

that loathsome skin diseases abound�察�that the air is saturated with a poison 

that bites into every pore�察�cut�察�or abrasion and plants malignant ulcers�察�and 

that   many   strong   men   who   escape   dying   there   return   as   wrecks   to   their 

own countries。       It is also true that the natives of the Solomons are a wild 

lot�察�with a hearty appetite for human flesh and a fad for collecting human 

heads。 Their highest instinct of sportsmanship is to catch a man with his 

back turned and to smite him a cunning blow with a tomahawk that severs 

the spinal column at the base of the brain。           It is equally true that on some 

islands�察�such as Malaita�察�the profit and loss account of social intercourse is 

calculated   in   homicides。   Heads   are   a   medium   of   exchange�察  �and   white 

heads are extremely valuable。 Very often a dozen villages make a jack´pot�察�

which   they   fatten   moon   by   moon�察  �against   the   time   when   some   brave 

warrior presents a white man's head�察�fresh and gory�察�and claims the pot。 

     All the foregoing is quite true�察�and yet there are white men who have 

lived in the Solomons a score of years and who feel homesick when they 

go away from them。 A man needs only to be careful and luckyto live a 

long time in the Solomons�察�but he must also be of the right sort。 He must 

have the hallmark of the inevitable white man stamped upon his soul。 He 

must be inevitable。 He must have a certain grand carelessness of odds�察�a 

certain colossal self´satisfaction�察�and a racial egotism that convinces him 

that one white is better than a thousand niggers every day in the week�察�and 

that on Sunday he is able to clean out two thousand niggers。 For such are 

the   things   that   have   made   the   white   man   inevitable。   Oh�察  �and   one   other 

thingthe white man who wishes to be inevitable�察�must not merely despise 

the lesser breeds and think a lot of himself�察�he must also fail to be too long 

on imagination。   He   must   not   understand   too   well   the   instincts�察  �customs�察�

and mental processes of the blacks�察�the yellows�察�and the browns�察�for it is 



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not in such fashion that the white race has tramped its royal road around 

the world。 

     Bertie Arkwright was not inevitable。 He was too sensitive�察�too finely 

strung�察�and he possessed too much imagination。 The world was too much 

with    him。   He   projected     himself   too   quiveringly   into    his  environment。 

Therefore�察�the last place in the world for him to come was the Solomons。 

He   did   not   come�察  �expecting   to   stay。   A   five   weeks'   stop´over   between 

steamers�察    �he   decided�察   �would     satisfy  the   call  of   the  primitive    he   felt 

thrumming the strings of his being。 At least�察�so he told the lady tourists on 

the MAKEMBO�察�though in different terms�察�and they worshipped him as a 

hero�察�for they were lady tourists and they would know only the safety of 

the steamer's deck as she threaded her way through the Solomons。 

     There was another man on board�察�of whom the ladies took no notice。 

He was a little shriveled wisp of a man�察�with a withered skin the color of 

mahogany。 His name on the passenger list does not matter�察�but his other 

name�察�Captain Malu�察�was a name for niggers to conjure with�察�and to scare 

naughty   pickaninnies   to   righteousness   from   New   Hanover   to   the   New 

Hebrides。      He   had   farmed     savages    and   savagery�察   �and    from   fever   and 

hardship�察�the crack of Sniders and the lash of the overseers�察�had wrested 

five millions of money in the form of b �c he´de´mer�察�sandalwood�察�pearl´ 

shell   and   turtle´shell�察  �ivory   nuts   and   copra�察  �grasslands�察  �trading   stations�察�

and plantations。 Captain Malu's little finger�察�which was broken�察�had more 

inevitableness   in   it   than   Bertie Arkwright's   whole   carcass。   But   then�察  �the 

lady
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