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I (Continued from lrntritr ) Kit made a halting but politely re ceived speech. He said that in ac cepting office he was prompted chiefly by a desire to maintain peace between tiie islands. This foolish warfare, which had no ground in necessity or Justice, must stop. Perhaps in the old days Nairava had been subject to Tengulu; they must forget that. Henceforth the two people would be equals, and friends. Moreover, he not only desired this condition; he had tiie power to bring it about. He was able to open the arsenal; he did not wish to do so, but he would, on the ilrst unprovoked hostility from Ten guiu. I,et them remember this be fore they broke the peace again. The assembly nodded and grunted amicably. Green cocoanuts were passed around. Ongong made a long, eloquent and incredibly dull speech expressive of his desire for peace. If his own tastes counted for anything, there would be a perfect millennium of good will. How these people loved to talk!—and worse than that, they did not seem to mind listening. Kit himself caught the infection and rose to his feet again. It was per haps as well to indicate further the conditions of his kingship, to Nlarava as well as Tenguiu. His office was merely temporary. Sooner or later these islands were going to he re claimed by some foreign power. When that happened, he would resign in their favor and leave. England or the United States, even Japan, would give the natives a far better govern ment and greater prosperity than sver he could, or the, Germans had. Once more the assembly nodded, plainly liking it. More talk ensued, in the course of which Ongong ex pressed a desire to pay his respects to the other white man. Some hoys poked their heads over the circle to say they knew just where he was. They were allowed to summon him. He came in, dragging his feet, rub bing his eyes. The Nairavans, re membering last night, barely sup pressed their smiles; the uakana re garded him with polite interest. ■'What t'hell's this?” he mooed. Kit in a few words told him what had happened. On taking it in, Mas son threw back his head and gave a short rasping laugh, the first Kit had ever heard from him. "Haw. haw! That's a good one. that is!” He looked at Kit. laughed again, shoved his hands into his pockets, uttered two or three synonyms for Divine Providence and stalked out. The Tenguinns embarked, with copi ous expressless of eternal friendship. Inviting the white men to come and pay them a friendly visit. Kit ac r-\ New York --Day by Day V J By o. o. McIntyre New York. Nov. 5.—If a man la filing from a horse and hurt the best he gets a laugh from anyone—in chiding the horse. Not long ago a celebrated New York editor did a "Prinee of Wales" and landed on his collar bone. It cracked under the strain. Newspaper* 'carried a story the next day. Out of hundreds of letters and telegrams there was not one serious inquiry. All expressed regret for the accident and then proceeded to wisecrack. When visitors called they found the editor as pale and listless as the late Camille In her Inst days. They Immediately grew facetious. In desperation he finally went to Atlantic City until he was in shape again just-to get away from jokers. Along the bridle path In Central park men and women are flung from horses every day. Crowds watching them usually laugh. There Is something of the comic strip in seeing a form balloon ing heavenward and landing ker plunk on the soft turf. There is a special ambulance for the bridle path but as a rule those thrown are Just shaken up. The worst hurt is to pride. The same effect of falling off a horse Is achieved by the man who chases a straw hat in a sudden gale. Of course New York horse back riders are fun nier than most riders, when they do fall, on account of their costume. When you see a man In a braided coat, red .vest, butter bean shaped pants and a white derby floating through space It is pretty difficult to suppress the smile. And when he lands in the mud and spots his vest you smile again. They tell of one old fellow who was tossed up in the air and fell under the horse. Another rider galloping by palled out, "What's the matter, did he throw you?” There was s snort of disgust. Then: "No. indeed. I'm Just sitting here to keep out of the sun." Thera ia an astrologlst In Carnegie hall who reada the horoacope for $25. Appointment* aometimea muat be mad* three or four week* in advance. Her clients are usually men of big affairs who aeek advice in money matters. One of her clients tells me she says that men born in October should be very careful in money mat ters this coming year. A Broadway delicatessen dealer advertises: "The most imported sar dine* In the world.” Whispering Slim Rook lias been released from prison and Is now run ninff a pool room on the. lower Kast Side. In his day he was reputed to he one of the, most adroit of the metro politan "leather lifters.” He worked mostly in crowded elevators and It Is said that one day In the old Clarldge pe picked the pockets of 10 passen gers on the way from the ground to the top floor. He was one of the dandles of 10 year* ago and to cam ouflage his operatlona he posed as a business man and had a well equlped office with a secretary In charge. He moved about in the kid glove district and was once Invited to a box party at the theater and it followed that every other man In the crowd had his pockets plucked clean. The Waldorf's famous Oscar under h - »rw contract refuses an executive title. He prefers to he known as "Oscar of the Waldorf.” although he In reality supervises all that pertains to food serving In the establishment. Oscar Is distressed when people refer to him as a "chef.” He has never been s "chef.” When George Boldt opened the hotel he was heasl waiter. He Is a plump, rosy-cheeked fellow with an extremely sunny disposition and the Waldorf would not be the Wal dorf without him. _ (Copyright, i 1 oepted. He called a meeting of the Council of Nalrava for the following morning, and walked quickly to the residenz. VI. He’ took pencil and paper—fortu nately the Germans had left a fairly plentiful supply of stationery—and prepared his first state document. I, Christopher Newell, of New York City, Ensign, U. S. N„ hav ing, in company with George Mas son, 1st Class Seaman, U. S. N., been cast ashore on the island of Nalrava from the U. S. S. Nashua on June 2, 1818; And having been kindly entreated by the natives of Nalrava (there with and hereinafter as named be ing included the island of Naituvi and all othej- isles and islets per taining to the atoll of Nalrava): And having been asked by said natives, at their unaided instance, to assume the office of King over them, in the absence of the Ger mans. their former rulers, and in default of the representatives of any other foreign government and their claims; I, therefore, hy this set areept this said office of King, and under take with it the following obliga tions: 1. To recognise and uphold the sovereignty of the Nairavan people; 2. To conduct the government, comprising the executive, legislative and judicial functions thereof, to the best of my ability; 3. To strive to maintain peace, but if war arrive, to conduct the force under me in the interest of the Nairavan people; 4. To endeavor to make my rule one of justice and order, and to conduct it by constitutional methods whenever such are feasible; B. To resign my office to the rep resentative of any foreign govern ment whose assumption of rule or protection over Nairava may be acceptable to the people of Nairava and myself. These things I solemnly swear to uphold and perform, according to the best of my ability; so help me God. “Jack would hate this,” he said as he read it over, grinning. He reserved a place for the signa tures of the chiefs comprising the Council. When he came to affix his own signature he hesitated. He had been about to write "Christopher Newell.” but was that quite the thing? Kings had other ways of signing. In most European countries, he was aware, they signed their first names, followed by R (for Rex), also, if ap propriate, I (for Imperator). In Spain, he vaguely rememhered, the sovereign put no name, simply “I, . the King," “Io el Rey." There was a certain grandeur about that It didn’t matter which king. If a king had signed, that was enough; the rest was a mere matter of chirography. O, he wasn't fooling himself, he wasn't thinking of himself as op a par with tha sovereigns of Europe But either he was going to be a king or he wasn’t going to be a king. It would be best to decide which, right now. Nairava was sovereign; that might be thanks only to its obscurity and the lndefference of the great pow ers: hut for the time being it was sov ereign. And its people had unmis takably asked him to be its king. Tha voice of the people was the voice of God . . . He sat back in his chair, rubbing his eyes. Memories of Sophomore English floated into his brain, Incred ibly remote, yet strongely near. Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles, And ride in triumph through Per sepolis? Ho, there would be no riding in trl umph for him. As soon as any one In the outer world knew he was a king he would stop being one and hurry back to the Navy lest he be called a common deserter. To be a king is half to be a god. , . . He threw back his head and laughed. The thing was a joke; there was no point in being ton serious about it. Still laughing, yet with a strange stirring in him, he took up his pencil —there, was no ink on the island— and at the bottom of his document wrote Christopher R. VII. The meeting of the Council—“the old men,” as Kak called them, took place without untoward incident. The body consisted, according to local custom, of the head men of the several vil lages, of which there were four on Niarava and two on Naituvi. Kit was surprised to find the gathering so small, and later Increased it to about twenty by including in it the adult male relatives of the chiefs. His first act was to appoint Kakai wia subchief of the Island under him, to perform various assigned duties and to take his place in case of ah senqe or death. This was quite con stltutlnnal, as it was allowable to ap point as sui>chlef any man of noble birth, and Kak's mother had been a noblewoman. Not even the Naitu vians. thosp Catos of their rare, could plausibly object to the arrangement. Kaklawia himself was moved to tears. With astonishing unanimity, anil unite contrary to Kit's own beliefs, the council persisted in repardinp the Tenguians aa enemies. The old men averred that the uakana would he peaceful only when whipped, and aghin begged Kit to open the arsenal. By doing so he would merely save time, he would have to in the end anyway. Of course Kit did not con sent: time enough when the uakana had shown active hostility. He point ed out the moral strength contained in the policy of giving n man enough rope to hang himself; but the beauty of this was unapp'nrent to the island ers, and Kit wondered if indeed they wore not morally superior to It, VIII. That same afternoon came the in i evitable scene with Masson. “What do X get out of this?" he opened, lum bering into the office while Kit was reading. “What you put into It, I expect," was what Kit wanted to say. hut he forbore. One must be kind. What do you want?” he asked Instead, as amicably as he could. "I want something, that's a cinch." said Maason. slumping into a chair. “You needn't think . . "YVhat needn't I think?'' Masson turned his swollen squint Ing eyes on him. “You said some thing about its each lieing as good as the other as long as we was on ibis Island. Well?" "Masson." said Kit, trying hard not to hate him, "would you Ilk* to he king in my place?" "Sure 1 would.” (To Hr Continued Tomorrow.) 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