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And not ten years ago, in the Gilberts, the widow must disinter, cleanse, polish, and thenceforth carry about her, by day and night, the head of her dead husband. In all these cases we may suppose the process, whether of cleansing or drying, to have fully exorcised the aitu. But the Paumotuan belief is more obscure. Here the man is duly buried, and he has to be watched.
The Currency Lass was bound for the South Sea Islands, and first of all for Butaritari in the Gilberts, on a register; but it was understood about the harbour that her cruise was more than half a pleasure trip.
Sometimes, indeed, the Williamses come forth under other appellations they appear as Percies and Gilberts; but the distinguishing mark is strong, and a moment's inspection convinces the amateur that the landscape before him, attributed to Mr So-and-so, is the work of 'another of these everlasting Williamses.
"Very well," said the Count, throwing himself in a chair. "I have not killed anyone. This young man's reason restored mine." Vladimir Paulitch turned pale. "So," said he, with a forced smile, "this audacious seducer gets off with a rating." "You haven't common sense, Vladimir Paulitch! What are you saying about seduction? Gilberts are an enigma to you.
And they were kind, quick to help a young and attractive girl, who "would make a good wife for some man." So after her month with Mrs. Kemp, Milly was urged to spend a week at the Gilberts, which easily stretched to two. The Gilberts were young "North Side" people, and much richer than the Kemps.
The Gilberts had awfully good food and a great deal of it, even if they did go in for missions. "Milly, I have you on my mind a great deal these days." "That's so good of you, dear." Milly thought it must be religion once more, and prepared herself. "You ought to settle yourself.... All your friends think you should marry, dear." "Why?" Milly demanded with some asperity.
He had filibustered down to Chili; had acted as ice pilot on an Arctic relief expedition; had captained a crew of Chinamen shark-fishing in Magdalena Bay, and had been nearly murdered by his men; had been a deep-sea diver, and had burst his ear-drums at the business, so that now he could blow tobacco smoke out of his ears; he had been shipwrecked in the Gilberts, fought with the Seris on the lower California Islands, sold champagne made from rock candy, effervescent salts, and Reisling wine to the Coreans, had dreamed of "holding up" a Cunard liner, and had ridden on the Strand in a hansom with William Ewart Gladstone.
But she had set her mind on a lot on the Drive, a block from the Bowman place and two from the Gilberts "the most desirable site in the city, every one says," she explained, "and so near all our friends." Parker tried to make her understand that fifty thousand dollars was altogether too much money to put into an "unproductive investment" like that. "You've got the money?"
"General trading through the Marquesas, the Society Islands, and the Gilberts." "Happen to be goin' to Aranuka, in the Gilberts?" "You bet. Got a trading station there." "How are you off for a good mate?" "Got one." "How about a second mate?" "Got a crackerjack." "Well, I'm not particular. I'll make a bully bo'sun, sir." "Very well.
He established its location and took its latitude and longitude, but as minutes and degrees mean nothing to the lay reader, let it be said that the Island of Paa lies just below the equator, some 200 miles west of the Gilberts and 1,600 miles due east from Brisbane, in Australia.
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