Native Tahitian
Cirpard by th National Omirraphle
Society, WxhlnKlon. D. C )
EVEN g short visit to Papeete,
capital of the Island of Tahiti,
while the steamer pauses, la In
teresting; but to really under
stand something of life In this gem of
th South Seas one must Journey In
land The usual method of travel Is
ly carriage but more -enjoyable to
many Is a leisurely walk with a guide,
pausing at native villages.
Any guide one choose Is likely
to curry among his meager belong
ings some sort of musical Instrument,
for oil Tahltluns love music They de
light In singing, and from ancient days
have drawn sounds from crude bam
boo and wooden Instruments. The fa
vorite Instruments now are the ac
cordion, harmonica, and Jews'-harp.
One sec the Bret In all part of the
Island. In Papeete group of young
person of both aexea will be aeen
squatting on lawn or treet, wreathed
with flowers and accompanying an ac
cordion with voice or limb.
The way out of Papeete lies be
tween coconut grove and banana
fields; beside coral-littered beach: In
the shade of the flowering purao (wild
hibiscus), and past the lowly sensitive
plant.
In alarm at one's tread, hundreds of
land crabs run In ungainly fashion to
their holes, some raising militant
clans, other bending all their ener
gies toward flight I'nder foot tiny
ants forage; In the shallow of the
oa the blue otuu fishes for It break
fast; farther out brown fishermen
poise pronged spear from reef or
boat; to the right and to the left the
leisurely Inmates of thatched home
prepare their breakfasts or saunter
about with an nlr of Insurious ease,
lloth young and old among them sa
lute parsers by with the national
"lortina ! and the curious stare with
questioning eyes.
8 ghts Along th Way.
As one walks there Is much to see.
One moment It Is tie curling surf
thundering on the reef, or an Inspiring
view of tin' toothed Island of Moorea ;
again it Is (hitter nnl tree the pan
damn, the medicinal nilro. or the dye
producing eufn. Mi every hand the
breadfruit shares yard and roadside
with the prollllc mango; over wave
wa!ud shore and high on breezy hill
lean the nut -borne palm; and alar, on
mountain slope, branch the glossy fel
(a typo of plantain).
Afier sundown one may experience
on of the greatest pleasures of (he
tropics travel by moonlight. When
the clement of the nlr nre In a placid
mood, an evening stroll Is a delight.
Waving palms und gently sighing
wind, roar of surf on distant reef, ant
ceaseless wash of tide, combined with
pictures of contentment and hospitable
greetings of young nnd old from road
fide and dooryard, produce sensation
foreign to the most radiant day.
Travelers must put up for the night
In pntlve homes. If the house of a
reasi nahly well-to-do family Is chosen
It will probably be a one-story, un
painted wooden structure. The floor
nnd walls will be bare, and the root
will be of galvanized Iron sheeting,
the common covering for wooden
buildings In the South Pacific.
All Tahitian villages have only one
atreet, und along the seashore that Is
part of the Island's main highway,
on each side of this Is an Irregular
row of houses, the best one belonging
to the district chief.
Chines Ar Storekeeper.
In trump In Tahiti It Is dilllcull to
know when one has crossed what
might t,roierly be culled the line be
tween village and plantation. Hut
practically every village center I
marked by a group of iwo or three
Kiimkv looking Chinese store. Wher
ever they aland, there I the vlllirge
.tiate. where the gosslper gather;
mid. In (he harvesting season, the per
fume of viinllln bean drying on cun
Man and Woman.
vns spread before the open door,
makes the place fragrant.
There the native exchange his co
conuts and scented poda for bread and
brown sugar and American canned sal
mon or New Zealand canned butter
and beef, and there the traveler Is
refreshed by coffee or tea. figure-eight
doughnuts, und twisted roll.
In Polynesia hospitality exhibit It
self In many novel ways. In Tahiti,
for example, the host sometime
spreads a new tablecloth at every
menl. When a. housewife wanta to
grace the family board, she goes Into
the yard and gather for that purpose
a banana brunch or a few hibiscus
leave.
Kor breakfast one may have orange
ten and coconut milk. The first Is
brewed from the leave of the wild
orange tree, and make a pleasant
drink, l.lke coffee. It I prepared In
pulra tiiatched kitchen without wall
and I served In a bowl.
Most Tahlllans are very fond of cof
fee and always have It for breakfast
With It they eat unbuttered bread.
The Islanders were taught to eat
bread by the Chinese, and so wherever
It Is possible for a baker' cart to go,
coffee and roll form the morning'
refreshment At other meal fel,
yanis, and taro replace the loat
When the long-absent prodigal or
favorite son reaches hi home again,
the fatted pig I slain for him a a
uuirk of esteem. To this Island the
porker Is what potatoes are to Ireland
and the oaten cake to Scotland. With
out It Tahiti would he disconsolate
and would quickly become a discon
tented lam which only spare-ribs and
bacon could restore to bliss. Almost
everywhere along Its coasts can be
heard the squeal of this Indispensable
nnlmal, as, tethered by a leg to a
banana plant or coconut tree, It fret
fully seeks to break Its fetter. In
t'ie wild, unpeopled bills It enjoyed a
loving freedom, but even there wai
pursued by vengeful foes, armed with
formidable spears, who cut It Inte
snuill pieces and carried these to thell
homes In bamboo rods.
lions are usually served with yam,
fel. coconut sauce, and milk. The na
tives eat with ttielr lingers, but whit
guests are supplied with a knife ant'
fork.
Prefer Finger to Forks.
Taliitians still have an aversion foi
nrlill'lal aids In eating, for they he
!ieve that nothing surpasses their own
digits us food conveyors. When Will
lis visited the Island a native who hal
been facetiously named Joniitlmf
thought otherwise after he had put o(
Kuropean clothes, anil he resolved M
elevate himself In society by feeding
with a fork, lie made a heroic at'
tempt, but every time he strove lo es
tablish a connection between the In
strument and his mouth his hand en
countered his lips, leaving the foo
poised ill his ear.
Front the village the native go In
to the mountains un hunts for fel,
The fel Is a species of plantain, ami
It Is the island's most valuable article
of food. It grows In the mountain
and Is available at all times of tin
year. It closely resembles the banana,
but Its leaves are darker. The frill;
Is from un Inch nnd a half to tut
Inches in diameter nnd Is borne up
rightly on the stalk In bunches (ha
frequMilly have from to l.K) plan
tains. When Hpp, these are a llghl
red or yellow. There are many va
rletles.
The fruit Is boiled or baked for eat
ing, and alter It Is cooked It Is cusi
tommy to heat It with a stick to loo
en Its skin and Improve It quality.
The fel grows far up motintall
slopes, where It run be seen mllei
away, lo gel (Ids staple, (ho wood
man must worm his way up almost Itn
passable steeps, and then down nnr
row. slippery paths be must descend
weighted with swaying burdens oi
froiu t ' Ml to Kill pounds.
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THE LEAD DOG
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SYNOPSIS
t'p the wild waters of the un
known Yellow-l.c, on h winter's
hunt. Journey llrock Met. "sin a ,id
tlaspard Lecrolx, his Krein-h-Orre
rotm-sUe, with Flash, Hroek'e
puppy and their do tvsin Itroek'a
fatlivr had warned him of the
danger of hie trip. After several
bnttlea with the elurmy waters
they arrive at a fork In the Yellow-Leg-,
tlrock la severely In
jured In making a portaxe anil
r'l.th leaila liuapard to the un
conscioue youth. The trnppere
race desperately to reach iheir
destination before winter eels In.
Flash engagea In a desperate
tight wltb a wolf and kills him.
CHAPTER IV Continued
8
liefort dawn, ltrock left the disap
pointed Hash at the camp, fastened
to a tree by a log for his wounded
neck would hour no collar, while he
started to look for caribou. As the
eastern sky grayed then turned to a
hlt'or blue, llrock, wltb his hood over
his face, shivered In a clump of scrub
spiiicc on the edge of a muskeg that
reached away Into the shadow. Here,
at dawn, the cnrltou. If there were
any In the vicinity, would come to dig
the snow with their round toed hoofs
from the white reindeer moss w'llcb
gro- on the barrens of th.t north.
Starting slowly trotn the forest at
his right, llrock eye swept the bar
ren. In the dim light he could x
hut a few hundred yards Into the
snowy plain, but carlhou have poor
eyes and If they were there, he knew
he com i boldly atalk them ,ip wind,
while later, after sunrise. It would be
more dllncuit.
llrock waited until the sun lifted
to turn the expanse of snow before
him Into a shimmering plain of tire.
It waa no use; there were no deer
within sight After breakfast he would
make a wide circle and follow the
freshest tracks he could find, for he
had resolved not to leave Flash and
go bark to the main camp for grub.
When he had heated and skinned
out the fur which he hod brought Id
the night before, he talked to his dog
In a useless attempt to oothe him In
hi disappointment at being lied up
In camp when P.rock took the trail.
He spent another day on the trull
of the caribou, but although he saw a
band crossing the barren at a great
distance and followed numerous fresh
trails, he never came up wltb them.
He waa approaching his camp and
wondering if Flash had broken loose
by gnawin, his wire leash, when he
waa surprised by a chorus of yelps.
"Hello, there I Got worried, did
your be called to his partner.
The dog of the team, wired to sen
arate trees, joined Clash In a vocifer
ous welcome.
"Hello, Kona, fellow Eye. Slit Kear.
old sock I How re the pups?" Then
not seeing a Ore In the hole In the
snow and receiving no answer from
tiuspard. be knew that his partner
had arrived early nnd was off on a
hunt of his own. llrock hulit up the
Are and started a g"d supper with
the bean and caribou steak whlcb he
found on fiaspard s sled. As the surly
dusk tilled the spruce with purple
shadow, the sleeping dog waked to
the creak of snow-shoe on the dry
November nnw.
"Well, you old villain !" cried I'.roek.
as Claspnrd appeared, doubled under
the tenderloin and haunches of
yearling caribou. "I hunted for two
days and did i't get a shot, and you go
out and get "tie lb nn hour:"
Cuspnrd timed his heavy lond Into
the snow la'cr to be strung up out ot
the icach of the dogs. "Wal.' he said
with h grin, "w'at you do to pooi
Flash?"
ltrock described the fight with the
wolf.
"So dat pup kill do old wolf, eh? F
Ink good dog lo do dat. W'en you
not come home one sleep hack, I
t'llill von hurt, mebbe."
"I knew you would show up look
ing for me," replied llrock, his eyea
lighl.'ng wl.'h affection for his part
ner, "but Flash wn too sore to trav
el, ami I was afraid of wolves find
lug him here or I would have come
hack for grub."
Killing a hearty supper, the hoy
sat by the hot fire of birch while tius
pard smoked a pipe of company nig
ger head. After a silence, the half
breed blew a cloud of smoke from hi
mouth and said: "I see ver' strange
t'lng one sleep hack. I cross trull of
two Wolf."
"What wu strange In (hut ?" quelled
Brock.
"(me wolf had onlee free toe on
left hind foot."
"faugh, In trap, sometime, but
whose trap?" llrock was Interested.
"Ihil wolf was a dog," announced
the other, quietly
"A dog? What makes you think so.
fJuspardr
'T.ocause my fader hud n dog who
niiik' a track Ink dat-wld her left
hind foo
"Your f,i I her" I'.roek gazed Intent
ly Into the somber feaiuies of 'tis
friend. "You any your father had n
dog sli) a toe? (lee that's strange I
Itiit'how could she he IraveMnu wllh a
wolf? The wolves would kill her, of
wnise," he demurred.
"No, 1 bae bear or audi t'lng."
"You mean she might have muted
with a wolf?"
"Ah-hah "
"And you're sure It wit her track?"
"I would know ct anyw'ero.''
ltrock thrilled to the possibilities of
the situation. A dog of the lost Pierre
l.ecrolv alive In the headwater coun
try I "Then your father must have
'been right hero last winter?" he
said, excitedly
Slowly tint hair-brood roso, and
dropping his mil ton on the thong
which hclil It to (ho neck of his carl-boil-skin
capote, drew his skinning
knife from his sash, Oramatlcally
thrusting the hand gripping the knife
above his head, he spoke, as If tak
ing an oath, while the younger youth
sat wide eyed:
"Kef dese men are ecn dla countree.
before de now fade ecn April, I weel
mak dem tell me how be died."
The tlxed purpose, the bitter hatred,
In the face of his friend, aa the fire
light touched bla knotted features,
filled the youth who watched with
awe. llrock knew that Cnspard l.e
crulx would never start on the trail
home without easing his mind aa to
the fat-1 of bla father. It certainly
looked like an exciting winter If
these people were north of the big
lake. It might be that Oaspard and
ltrock McCain, also, would leave their
bones In the Yellow leg country. In
voluntarily, llrock shivered at the
gloomy thought.
"Itut how are you going to make
them tell?" demanded ltrock.
For a long space Oaspard' halt
sunt eyes stared Into the, tire. Then
be said: "Kef I II nd one alone, on
bees trap line, dere are way to mak'
li.-cin talk" And he again drew his
skinning knife, and suggestively rnn
a culloi'sed thumb along It edge.
A fjw days later, tiaspar' and
I'.roek, leaving their dogs wired to
trees at camp to avoid their yelping,
started on a two days' scout through
the country to the north of the big
lake. ihsessed by the discovery of
the dog tracks In he snow, the mem
ory of hit father gave Oaspard no
rest. And, moreover, for their own
safety It was necessary to learn If the
men who had mailt Hie tracks on the
lake shores were still In the country
Circling the upper end of the lake
tec miles to the west, for they had
no Intention o leaving a trail across
the white level which could be detect
ed from the ridges to the north, Oas
pard and llrock traveled through the
back country. Hut that night as Ihey
dug a tire bole In the heart of j
spruce swamp and roasted their cari
bou steak, they were lo frank die
agreement.
"I don't think there' a soul within
a hundred mile to the north of us.
argued the skeptical ltrock. "We must
have made f'.rty mile today and w
h.ivcn t ai-en a shoe track."
"I ley are on de lower Ink' or th
riviere." grunted the etuhhorn Gaa
pard. "We tin' dem tomorrow."
llrock looked hard at til friend.
"You really bellev they are In the
country?"
Oaspard nodded.
Why?"
"From dat high ridge bark dere, to
day. I ace amoke."
"Ob, you mean that bate?" ltrock
McCain's heart beat faster. What he
had laughed away that afternoon aa
the Imagination of bla friend, now, aa
they sut walled In by the (loom of
the spruce, seemed more worthy of
belief as something other than bate.
(if course. It could have been smoke.
hut It looked like haze to me. he com
promised.
The small eyes of Lecroli glittered,
"lot was smoke."
As be wound tils plaited rabbit-skin
robes around lilm under the brush
root Ihey hail built across the sleep
hide to bold the heat of (he (Ire. llrock
wondered what the next day would
bring forth. If Oaspard proved to lie
right and Ihey met ome of these
hunters, what would happen? Would
they attack Hem on slcbt or attempt
lo drive them from the country by
threats? Or would Ihey appear friend
ly. only to track them later to their
camp and deal wllh lliein as they
must have dealt wild the missing
Pierre Lecrolx?
For the Oral time since leaving
Hungry House, I'.roek felt a touch of
home slclitiess a desire to see his fa
ther and mother and the children In
the little fur post at the mouth
of the Starving, two hundred lonely
white miles to the south. And If any
thing should happen to him and Oas
pard. at the post they would never
know until .tune, when the canoe they
waited for failed lo return.
'TO UK CONTINIircn.)
Leave-Taking Customs
Among Various Races
People who live In different coun
tries and speak dllTereiit languages
have dlllerent ways of saying "flood
by." In I bo Philippines, for Instance,
u man rubs hi friend's face Willi his
hand when he bids him farewell.
When you leave a Hindu ho falls
In the dust in your feet, while the
I'.urtucte bend low and say, "Hip, hip."
South Sen Islanders rattle eacft other's
whalebone iiccklace.4.
The Oihalheltol islander will twlsl
the end of the departing guest's rope
mid then solemnly shako his own hand
three time. The Japanese will take
li s sllppei off a you depart, and my
with it smile, "You are going to leave
my ile.iplcahle hnuso In your honor
able Journeying I regard thee."
The Sioux and the lllackfeet will
dig their spear in the earth as a sign
of conlldence, while KIJI lslanilei
cross two red feather.
Grant Among Bells
The great tenor hell III St. Paul's
I'liiiieilrul, London, weighs (U hundred
weight
Not All Groundhogs
Hibernate in Winter
Although Hi tradition still clings,
the belief that thu groundhog emerges
from hi hole promptly on February
2 each year has been long disproved.
And now comes J, M, Nelson, who ba
nimbi a sluity of the Utile rodent, to
tell ii that many of the specie do
not hlbeiiiiiie at all. Here Is his
account of tlii'.Ir habit u published
In the Farm Journal :
"There nre some w hich burrow Into
the soft earth along stream nnd
store their food for the winter tiionih.
These. are never seen throughout the
winter. They are the real lilberna
tor. Hut there nlso nre groundhog
ahlch make their home In cave and
link-boles In which Ihey storo quan
tities of food. They may be seen most
any time during the winter, when the
weather Is fair.
"The groundhogs along rivers often
make winter home In place which
later are covered with water for days
at s time. Sealed tunnels and air
chambers give protection and, while
the water may be running overhead,
tho groundhog will be enjoying his
cache of food which he was wise
enough to store before lie waa abut
off from the world."
"Lucile is the
Happiest Girl
ft
So many mothers
nowaday talk about
giving their children
fruit Juices, a If Ihh
Weru a Hew discov
ery. As matter of
fact, for over fifty
year, mothers have
been accomplishing
result far surpassing anything you
can secure from home prrpnred fruit
Juices, by using pure, wholesome, Cali
fornia l-'lg Syrup, which Is prepared
under (ho most exacting laboratory
upervlslou from ripe Cullfornln Figs,
richest of all fruits lu laxallv slid
nourishing properties.
It's marvelous to see bow bilious.
Weak, feverish, sallow, constipated,
under nourished children respond to
Ita gciitlo Influence; bow their breath
clear up, color flame In their rheeks,
and they become sturdy, playful, en
ergetic again. A Western mother,
Mrs. H. J, Stoll. Valley P. (., No
brnsku, say: ".My little daughter,
Itoma I.uclle, waa constipated from
babyhood, I became worried about
her and decided to give her eome
California Fig Syrup. It stopped her
constipation quick; and the way It
Improved her color and in a do her pick
up made me realize bow run down she
had been. She la so sturdy and well
now, and always In such good humor
that neighbors any she's the happiest
girl In the West
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