"Last time _Huahine_ sail ?" Tudor gripped the Tahitian's hand a second time and shook it with genuine heartiness.
"There was only one kanaka who came out of the _Huahine_ that last voyage, and that kanaka was Joe.

The deuce take it, man, I'm glad to see you, though I never heard your new name before." "Yes, everybody speak me Joe along the _Huahine_.

Utami my name all the time, just the same." "But what are you doing here ?" Tudor asked, releasing the sailor's hand and leaning eagerly forward.
"Me sail along Missie Lackalanna her schooner _Miele_.

We go Tahiti, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora-Bora, Manua, Tutuila, Apia, Savaii, and Fiji Islands--plenty Fiji Islands.

Me stop along Missie Lackalanna in Solomons.