The Hawaiians Page #4

They finished it last week.

A good job.

On whose time, mine?

No, sir. And they paid for every

penny's worth of materials used.

If i was you,

I wouldn't put up a stink.

Bathing is a kind of religion

with these Japanese.

Is hotter than Port Said

in the summer today.

Give me a hand with these.

Am i supposed to give him money?

He makes the soap, or his wife does.

I reckon you'll be on the house.

You speakie pidgin?

No?

No fellow speakie pidgin?

My name's Fumiko.

I speak.

Fumiko, you don't

need to speak.

In Japan,

I worked in a custom house.

I can speak many languages.

Why are you working

here as a field hand?

He wrote me a marriage proposal

and i came.

He's not a respectable man.

He's very bad.

You see...

Hawaii's not what i thought.

No work for a respectable

Japanese girl, except field hand.

I think maybe you can help.

Help you do what?

Find someone to marry you?

I don't think thas much

of an idea.

You've got a wife already?

My wife doesn't live with me.

Men like you have plenty

of women.

That not true.

Men like you don't need Fumiko.

You don't know anything

about a man like me.

Wu Chow's Auntie.

But, they said you weren't

allowed to leave Molokai.

Captain Hoxworth,

got me out.

You, Asia?

No, Africa.

Africa.

Europe?

That right.

America, Australia.

Where's Asia?

Asia is at his restaurant.

Restaurant?

That good.

What her name?

Mei Li. The name

given her by Foo Sen.

Are you a leper?

No, no.

Do you think you can climb

the ladder to your house?

My house?

I'll help you.

Have you got Mai Pake?

No. But every night i look.

Now, you and me got secret,

understand?

Africa is smart. Much study.

Better he be lawyer.

But he can't be.

They don't want any Chinese lawyers.

Five sons. Why did

Kee Mun Ki have five sons?

So, the house of Kee

would be big and strong.

In China, big, strong family

always has a lawyer.

But they won't teach me here.

I'd have to go to America.

You go to America.

But having to send money to mother

in China, we could never afford it.

So, we'll make more money.

Restaurant too little,

make it bigger.

Garden too little,

make it bigger.

But, we haven't any more land.

We get more land.

I'm sorry, is impossible.

Impossible come back

from Molokai.

Micah, what do you think

of our new Queen?

She's a proud, strong woman.

Some think she's got herself confused

with the Queen of England.

Can you handle her? Or should we push

someone else for Secretary of State?

I doubt you'll succeed. She knows

I've served three monarchs loyally.

My loyalty is to my pocketbook.

I hope you can protect it.

Maybe this monarchy is becoming

a luxury the islands can't afford.

Can i give you a lift?

No, thank you.

I prefer to walk.

To the Kee farm.

I don't care if you buy it.

I'll even lend you the money.

The Queen won't stand for it.

It belongs to a Hawaiian family.

She won't let them sell their land.

To white man?

To anyone,

except Hawaiians.

Do you know

this Hawaiian family?

It won't do you a bit of good.

I still would like to meet

this Hawaiian family.

Frankly, as Prime Minister

you aren't worth spit in a

windstorm.

What were you doing when the Queen

tore up our Constitution?

Praying?

She's given herself the power

to confiscate all the land and

money.

I couldn't stop her. I believe is

a gesture to prove her independence.

Gesture! She wants every

white man out of Hawaii.

She's trying to drive the islands

back to the 16th Century.

She's trying to protect

herself and her people.

Can you deny that for years

you've financed...

a campaign to promote

the American annexation of Hawaii?

Why should i deny it?

I'll tell you something else...

for the past six months

a group of us, in the family...

have been buying up

every firearm in Hawaii.

Including some from

the Queen's arsenal.

For amateur revolutionaries

we've done pretty well.

Whip...

you must wait.

What for? Until we

lose everything.

I'll not participate

in this ungodly scheme.

Do you want your relatives

shot for treason?

No, you've got to be

our white knight.

I tell you, i'll not be paety

to a revolution.

I'll supply the revolution,

you be the father of your country.

Never! And i don't intend to let you

drag the family down either.

There's only one thing worse

than a successful revolution...

that an unsuccessful one.

Sit tight, Brother Micah...

and await your call

to greatness.

Is coming, believe me.

Tired?

Tired? Hell, no.

More?

I never know if you do that

because you love me...

because is the custom, or just

to keep the furniture clean.

No one ever comes here.

You better see who it is.

I'm Lieutenant Keholo.

I know Mr Hoxworth is here.

You're under arrest, sir.

Am I?

Whas the charge?

Violation of the Defence

of the Realm Act. Treason.

You're taking me to jail?

Yes, sir.

Fumiko...

you go to the American Minister...

give him this.

He'll know what to do.

Anytime you're ready, Lieutenant.

After you, sir.

Hey, hold it...

what are you doing here?

Captain Hoxworth,

you're in trouble.

You'd better go

or you'll be in trouble.

You need money,

maybe?

No, thanks.

I don't need money, maybe.

Captain Hoxworth is

an American citizen.

For too long the whites have claimed

any citizenship that suited them.

Is particularly convenient

when there happens to be...

two American warships

in the harbour.

Apparently, you suspect

some sort of conspiracy.

Let me ask

a hypothetical question.

Suppose an uprising

did occur and failed?

The rebels would be beheaded.

What? I'm sorry, i put it poorly.

I meant a bloodless uprising.

Is a custom of the islands...

he who acts against

the throne is beheaded.

But if Americans are involved,

prominent Americans.

You've travelled all over, you are

familiar with civilised custom.

Mr Houghton, what you call

civilised custom...

has been more cruel to these islands

than beheading greedy men.

If you have any influence over them,

I suggest you use it.

This is all hypothetical,

of course.

I'm sure you intend to release

Hoxworth, soon.

I intend to execute him.

You can't be serious!

I'm sure Hoxworth is serious.

Why shouldn't I be?

He must have a trial. This is

a government founded upon law.

This is a government

fighting for its life.

Are you with it

or against it, Mr Hale?

Good evening, ma'am.

We're dealing with men

who hope to buy a revolution.

Will they be so eager when they see

it will cost them their lives?

This uprising must stop.

You must call it off.

I'm sorry, there's nothing i can do.

They've started the ball rolling.

Ma'am...

I still think is all talk.

Let me speak to them!

You have great influence

with many people, so much so...

they speak of you as Hawaii's

first President after my fall.

Without my consent.

Your influence could be decisive.

If is crystal clear...

you stand shoulder to shoulder

with me, no matter whom it hurts.

This man is guilty

by his own admission.

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