Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete

s of the people of the Bazaars and the one-storied houses. The Bazaars were almost empty, the streets deserted. Yet silken banners of gorgeous colours flew

the Residency fifty men kept guard under command of Sergeant Doolan of the ar

ame of chuck-farthing, taught them by Sergeant Doolan, a bowl of milk and a calabash of rice beside them, and c

he had won everything the other possessed, and was now playing for his dinner. He was still chuckling over his victory when an orderly and two troopers arrived with a riderless horse, bearing the command of Colonel Cumner for the beggar

r the Dakoon. He tells the truth. Light of my soul, but t

ing his speech to the people. "We were in danger," said Cumner, "and the exalted chief, Pango Dooni, came to save us. He shielded us from evil and death and the dagger of the mongrel chief, Boonda Broke. Children of heavenl

e Heavenly Hours, and it was taken up with shouts by the

y, let the young who have dreams and visions and hopes, rule; not the old lion of the hills, who loves too well himself and his rugged ease of body and soul. But if ye owe me any debt, and if ye mean me thanks, then will ye make my son Dakoon. For he is braver than I, and between ye the

nt, and the people called in

ped forth, and bar

but I yield it up to one who hath saved ye from a double death, even to the great Cumner's Son. He rode, as ye know, through peril to Pango Dooni, bearing the call for help, and he hath helped to save the whole land from the Red Plague. But for him Mandakan would be only a place o

aid he sincerely. "It was Pango Dooni, it was

es for refusal. The lad read the whole story of hi

y the grace of God, I will do r

ng the costly robe of yellow feathers and gol

ear," he said; but the orderly stepped forward and told h

romised for the Dakoon of Mandakan I will fulfil. Let Cushnan Di stand forth," he added, and the old man came

his real name, and t

had been known to

is armies and keeper of the gates, I will not ask that

nd thy daughter also, who hath the wisdom of heaven, t

oon passed through th

koon?" asked a nativ

ncy Square, and afterwards to the litt