The only thing that saved him was the number on top of him, which enabled me to reach the spot in time.
"Then began the rule of the strong hand.

It was either that or quit, and we had sunk about all our money into the venture, and we could not quit.
And besides, our pride was involved.

We had started out to do something, and we were so made that we just had to go on with it.

It has been a hard fight, for we were, and are to this day, considered the worst plantation in the Solomons from the standpoint of labour.

Do you know, we have been unable to get white men in.