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1、JerryoftheIslandsJerryoftheIslands1JerryoftheIslandsFOREWORDItisamisfortunetosomefiction-writersthatfictionandunveracityintheaverageperson'smindmeanoneandthesamething.SeveralyearsagoIpublishedaSouthSeanovel.TheactionwasplacedintheSolomonIslands.Theactionwaspraisedbythecriticsandreviewersasahig
2、hlycreditableeffortoftheimagination.Asregardsreality--theysaidtherewasn'tany.Ofcourse,aseveryoneknew,kinky-hairedcannibalsnolongerobtainedontheearth'ssurface,muchlessranaroundwithnothingon,choppingoffoneanother'sheads,and,onoccasion,awhiteman'sheadaswell.Nowlisten.IamwritingtheselinesinHonolul
3、u,Hawaii.Yesterday,onthebeachatWaikiki,astrangerspoketome.Hementionedamutualfriend,CaptainKellar.WhenIwaswreckedintheSolomonsontheblackbirder,theMinota,itwasCaptainKellar,masteroftheblackbirder,theEugenie,whorescuedme.TheblackshadtakenCaptainKellar'shead,thestrangertoldme.Heknew.Hehadrepresent
4、edCaptainKellar'smotherinsettlinguptheestate.Listen.IreceivedalettertheotherdayfromMr.C.M.Woodford,ResidentCommissioneroftheBritishSolomons.Hewasbackathispost,afteralongfurloughtoEngland,wherehehadenteredhissonintoOxford.Asearchoftheshelvesofalmostanypubliclibrarywillbringtolightabookentitled,
5、"ANaturalistAmongtheHeadHunters."Mr.C.M.Woodfordisthenaturalist.Hewrotethebook.Toreturntohisletter.Inthecourseoftheday'sworkhecasuallyandbrieflymentionedaparticularjobhehadjustgotoffhishands.HisabsenceinEnglandhadbeenthecauseofdelay.Thejobhadbeentomakeapunitiveexpeditiontoaneighbouringisland,a
6、nd,incidentally,torecovertheheadsofsomemutualfriendsofours--awhite-trader,hiswhitewifeandchildren,andhiswhiteclerk.Theexpeditionwassuccessful,andMr.Woodfordconcludedhisaccountoftheepisodewithastatement2JerryoftheIslandstotheeffect:"Whatespeciallystruckmewastheabsenceofpainandterrorintheirfaces
7、,whichseemedtoexpress,rather,serenityandrepose"--this,mindyou,ofmenandwomenofhisownracewhomheknewwellandwhohadsatatdinnerwithhiminhisownhouse.Otherfriends,withwhomIhavesatatdinnerinthebrave,rollickingdaysintheSolomonshavesincepassedout-
