"Puff on Malietoa.”
And what will they do with Malie* toa in the end? They won’t be so brutal as to kill him, will th.-y ? No, the Germans are not q.dte such savages as that ? They'll only make him so miserable that he’ll be glad to kill himself! What sort of a chap is Mahetoa ? The usual buck nigger type, I suppose 1 Not a bit of it I He s a fair Polynesian, and a splendid looking fellow I '-Quite a romantic figure I Straight features, close shaven all but a small tnoustache, and a lithe, slender figure - With small hands ar.d feet' Is he a good sort ? Yes, very good indeed I He's ont of nature’s gentlemen and he could teach his captors a proper lesson it. manners 1 , , ~ What a beastly shame to hustle him as they are doing Ob, the Germane make themselves beloved wherever they try colonizing ! Dearly beloved! Over the left I
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 52, 11 October 1887, Page 4
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158"Puff on Malietoa.” Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 52, 11 October 1887, Page 4
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