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RUMORS OF WAR Commander Tazewell and the midshipmen dined that evening with Mr. Lee and his daughters. “The evidence is all in, commander,” the American consul said as the party sought the cool sea …
HIGH CHIEF KATAAFA Klinger, after leaving Kataafa and his chiefs at Kulinuu, took the trail leading behind the town of Ukula. He desired if possible to keep his movements secret, although he felt su…
SMUGGLED ARMS As the Americans had ridden their ponies through the throngs of natives in the street of the town of Saluafata, the cheery “Talofa, Alii” had been conspicuous by its absence. Instead P…
UKULA ATTACKED The midshipmen hastened to tell Commander Tazewell the thrilling news of the attack. They found him, however, on the porch fully dressed together with the consul and his daughters. “I…
COUNT ROSEN TAKES CHARGE The signal victory won by Kataafa and his warriors and the acknowledgment from the Powers increased many-fold his trust in the two papalangi, who had so ably advised him and…
THE “DE FACTO” GOVERNMENT “ Bring the girl to me,” the count commanded. The angry natives made way for the proud Tapau as she advanced toward the governor. Phil read in their savage glances that thi…
CARL KLINGER Avao appeared at the consulate one morning a few days after the count’s Siva-Siva dance, her black eyes bright with indignation. “See,” she exclaimed as she handed to Alice a sheet of p…
BEN STUMP LISTENS Carl Klinger paced the porch of the count’s home in visible annoyance. Count Rosen surveyed the angry overseer complacently from his easy chair under the shade of the thatched roof…
A “CUTTING OUT” EXPEDITION Four bells was struck on board the “Sitka,” as the steam launch quietly shoved off from the gangway. The launch had been stripped of its bulky canopy and lay lean and low …
A REËNFORCEMENT Rear Admiral Spotts , whose flag was flown at the masthead of the cruiser “Sacramento,” wasted no time in drawing from Phil the complete story of everything that had happened in Kapua…
