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Let me keep as many of them as I have room for aboard, and I'll pay for them in muskets and powder and bullets." "What do you want with them?" "Sell them to old Abba Dul, the king of the Pelews. I've done business with him before." Charlik called Kanka over to him, and the two spoke in low tones. Then the young ruler of Lele shook his head. "No.
This island is governed by two chiefs; this one here, Charlik, has most people, but the other lot, who live on the lee side of the island, rebelled against his father more'n ten years ago. They've had a good many fights, an' in the last one these Lele people got badly whipped.
Charlik, sitting in a European chair, was watching the wild bustle and excitement around him in the courtyard, when his eye fell on the three messengers, who, with bent head and bended knees, were awaiting his further commands. Beckoning to a young, light-skinned woman, who stood near him, he bade her bring him three of his best pearl-shell bonito hooks.
I came here to get wood, water, and provisions." "Good. You can get all you want. Have you muskets and bullets to sell?" "I can spare you some." "Ah, that is good. I want plenty, plenty. Now come to my house and eat and drink; then we can talk." It was well on towards sunset before Charlik and Cayse had finished their talk.
There pulled inside the reef, and went to the right towards Môut; three went to the left. They Letya and the Leassé people made a trap for Charlik's men in the forest. Charlik himself was in the boats with the other white men.
When Ledyard comes back in his cutter he will walk into a trap, and be killed as soon as he steps ashore." North struck his hand upon the ground. "And to think that I have sailed with such a villain as Cayse, who " "That's not all. Ledyard has two children. Charlik has given orders for them to be killed, as he says he only wants the woman!
Charlik was in the first boat; he was standing in the bow pointing out the way. When he came very close they all fired together, and Charlik's life was gone. He fell dead into the sea. Then the boats all turned seaward, and pulled hard for the ships. Then before long, we saw the other three boats going back to the ships; in these last were four of Charlik's men who had escaped.
"Before it was daylight some of our men set out along the beach to look for the boats. They did not want to kill any more white men, but they did want to kill Charlik. They were very fortunate, for before they had gone far on their way they saw three of the boats coming along close in to the beach. So they hid behind some rocks.
With scowling eyes Charlik regarded them for a moment or two in silence, then he turned unconcernedly away, as some of his slaves came forward and carried the bodies out of sight. Suddenly he sprang to his feet, as a loud, long cry, first from a single throat, and then echoed and reechoed by a hundred more, came upward from the beach. "A ship! A ship! Another ship! The ship of Késa!"
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