Tembinok

Half an hour after he sent us a camphor-wood chest worth only a few dollars -- but then heaven knows what Tembinok 'had paid for it.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

But the impression had been made; periodical fear of him still shakes the islands; rumour depicts him mustering his canoes for a fresh onfall; rumour can name his destination; and Tembinok 'figures in the patriotic war-songs of the Gilberts like Napoleon in those of our grandfathers.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Apemama alone is left upon one side, the tourist dreading to risk himself within the clutch of Tembinok '.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Should any approach in the dark hours, a guarded alert made the circuit of the palisade; each sentry signalled her neighbour with a stone; the rattle of falling pebbles passed and died away; and the wardens of Tembinok 'crouched in their places silent as before.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Tembinok 'would be within, the flaps of the cabin raised, the trade blowing through, hearing their report.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

'How much you want?' inquires Tembinok ', passing and pointing.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

And seemingly Tembinok 'himself had trouble in the beginning.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Three tacks grounded the boat before the palace; the wives were carried ashore on the backs of vassals; Tembinok 'stepped on a railed platform like a steamer's gangway, and was borne shoulder high through the shallows, up the beach, and by an inclined plane, paved with pebbles, to the glaring terrace where he dwells.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Tembinok 'had once an accident; has feared ever since to entrust his person to the rotten chandlery of South Sea traders; and devised in consequence a frame of wood, which is brought on board a ship as soon as she appears, and remains lashed to her side until she leave.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

How if the heir of Tembaitake, like the heir of Tembinok 'himself, were not a son, but an adopted nephew?

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872