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Updated: June 24, 2025
Then, calling a native to him, Palmer told him to take a conch-shell, go from village to village, and summon all the people to the white man's house quickly. "Tell them to come and see Jinaban die," he said sternly. As soon as the prisoner had been disposed of for the time being, Palmer and Porter went into the dining-room, where Letanë had prepared a hurried breakfast for the half-caste.
His own canoe he had carefully concealed among the scrub, and as he had landed on a very dark night upon a ledge of rocks that stretched from the water's edge to the thicket, and carried the canoe up, he was sure that no trace of his landing would be visible to Jinaban.
"Ten silver dollars to the man who will shoot Jinaban." No one moved, and a low murmur passed from lip to lip among the crowded natives. A minute passed. "Oh, cowards!" said Palmer scornfully. "Twenty dollars!" "Double it," said the half-caste in a low voice; "and be quick. I can see some of Jinaban's people looking ugly."
Pretending to consent for a cartridge had jammed and the rifle would not work Jinaban held out the butt to Raô in token of surrender; then the moment Raô grasped it, he sprang at his throat and bore him to the ground, and, tearing the cutlass from his hand, he plunged it through and through the prostrate man's body.
And as the people sat together in silence, Palmer, with his bearded chin resting on the palm of one hand, gazed steadily before him, seeming oblivious of their presence, for he was thinking deeply, and wondering what had best be done to rid the island of Jinaban.
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