RAJ，governmentwillcollapseandceaselikeanoverlaininfant，withoutashotfired。Theyhavenowbeenmonthshereontheirbigsalaries-andCedarcrantz，whomIspeciallylikeasaman，hasdonenearlynothing，andtheBaron，whoiswell-meaning，hasdoneworse。Theyhavetheselargesalaries，andtheyhaveallthetaxes；theyhavemadescarceafootofroad；theyhavenotgivenasinglenativeaposition-alltowhitemen；theyhavescarcelaidoutapennyonApia，andscarceapennyontheKing；theyhaveforgottheywereinSamoa，orthatsuchathingasSamoansexisted，andhadeyesandsomeintelligence。TheChiefJusticehasrefusedtopayhiscustoms！ThePresidentproposedtohaveanexpensivehousebuiltforhimself，whiletheKing，hismaster，hasnone！Ihadstoodaside，andbeenaloyal，and，aboveall，asilentsubject，uptothen；butnowIsnapmyfingersattheirMALO。Itisdamned，andI’mdamnedgladofit。Andthisisnotall。Last’WAINIU，’whenIsentFannyofftoFiji，IhearthewonderfulnewsthattheChiefJusticeisgoingtoFijiandtheColoniestoimprovehismind。Ishowedmywayofthoughttohisguest，CountWachtmeister，whomIhavesenttoyouwithaletter-hewilltellyouallthenews。Well，theChiefJusticestayed，buttheysaidhewastoleaveyesterday。Ihadintendedtogodown，andseeandwarnhim！ButthePresident’shousehadcomeupinthemeanwhile，andIletthemgototheirdoom，whichIamonlyanxioustoseeswiftlyandifitmaybe
bloodlesslyfall。
ThusIhaveinawaywithdrawnmyunrewardedloyalty。Lloydisdownto-daywithMoorstocallonMataafa；thenewsoftheexcursionmadeaconsiderablerowinApia，andboththeGermanandtheEnglishconsulsbesoughtLloydnottogo。Buthestucktohispurpose，andwithmyapproval。It’sapoorthingifpeoplearetogiveupapleasurepartyforaMALO
thathasneverdoneanythingforusbutdrawtaxes，andisgoingtogopop，andleaveusatthemercyoftheidenticalMataafa，whomIhavenotvisitedformorethanayear，andwhoisprobablyfurious。
Thesenseofmyhelplessnessherehasbeenratherbitter；I