The Hawaiians Page #5

Are you prepared

to concur in the sentence?

- Is barberous.

- Not if it saves other lives.

Yes or no?

Time is short.

Yes or no, Mr Hale?

No, your Majesty.

Ma'am, sailors and marines

are in the city...

and already in

the palace grounds.

As God is my witness,

it was none of my doing.

This is a sad day

for both of us...

for only God

will believe you.

Congratulations, Mr President.

How does it feel

to be the father of your country?

Now, we're finally annexed and Micah

is a 10,000 dollar chunk of art.

The Hawaiians think

he was a hell of a fellow.

How many Hawaiians

have forgiven you, father?

Whose side are you on?

Let say i think i understand

your viewpoint.

What was that Hoxworth and Hale

sign i saw coming up from the dock?

Since Micah died,

your Aunt Malama and i...

have gone into things together.

Ignition, spark.

Sounds like i've come back

to a little empire.

Does that scare you?

It might, if i were

committed to it.

You've got a nice touch

with that razor.

Why don't you ask what a

girl like me is doing here?

All right. Whas a girl

like you doing here?

Shaving you.

Is that supposed to stop me?

Yes.

Then how about lunch?

If i can choose the restaurant.

Why not?

Good Lord, Mei Li.

Does the whole family live here?

Of course. All my brothers

are married now.

Why should it surprise you?

I've got to agree

with the Chinese...

white people live

and die alone.

Don't forget...

we're having lunch tomorrow.

I won't.

Pistol, we're going to be seeing

a lot of each other...

let go for a drink.

Why not?

Forgive me, but you forget

how fortunate you've been...

in having five sons.

A daughter is a far different matter.

Matter, no matter. Wong family

wanted too much dowry last year...

and want too much

this year.

Mei Li's not getting any younger.

Time is on the side of the Wongs.

Wongs got only two sons

and one is not smart.

With Mei Li they get five

more sons, all smart.

I say, good bargain.

They're rich. They know the alliance

can be of benefit to you.

Together, you'll be as powerful

as all the old white families.

No family is rich with only

two sons, and one thas not smart.

They ask for ten city lots,

I think they take six.

They refused that last year.

Seven.

Seven...

I will try it.

Quick, he's very sick. Take him away

before the police come.

All right. I'll put out a couple

of cases of rat poison, if you want.

No!

Captain Hoxworth.

Put them on my desk.

I'll check them later.

Three cases of bubonic

plague reported in Chinatown.

I'm not surprised. I never saw

a worse pesthole in China...

and your shacks

are no better than the rest.

You've been seeing the pigsty

the Kee family lives in...

they could afford a palace.

They'd have it if it weren't

for the old lady.

Watch what you say

about that old lady.

While we're on the subject,

stay away from her daughter.

I've seen Mei Li 12 times and

I haven't been alone with her yet.

What are you getting out of it?

I enjoy being with her,

she's whas keeping me here.

What do you mean by that?

I suppose I love her.

All right. Live with her,

but keep quiet about it.

You carried her back from Molokai

when she was six months old.

I plan to marry her.

Have a drink.

No, thanks.

I've never been easy on you...

but there's no point making life

tougher than is got to be.

Have a drink.

There isn't a club

in this town that will let me in.

I can't remember the last time

I was invited into a private house.

I don't give a damn,

I never have.

But, maybe you would.

I like Mei Li, but I don't

like the idea of this marriage.

If they were to marry, they'll be

sorry. You know all the reasons.

I know reasons.

I'm against it too.

I can't stop it,

but maybe you can.

Captain Hoxworth,

doesn't like the marriage either.

But it was Noel

who did the proposing.

No Hoxworth has broken

his word to us yet.

He isn't even asking

for a dowry.

Marry Wong boy,

marry whole family...

Marry Hoxworth,

marry one sailor.

At least he speaks our language.

He speaks Hakka?

Only Punti.

If this plague gets worse,

whall happen to our business?

The city lots the Wongs want

are worth money...

and we may need it.

Now, you hear me...

Captain Hoxworth is my friend,

so his son is my friend...

but they're white.

They don't think like Chinese.

They don't have 5 sons, 1 daughter,

14 grandsons, 10 granddaughters.

They don't think about when they'd

be married to families...

that are the same one family

and they spread and spread forever.

That what Mun Ki and i

talked about on Molokai.

That what makes Mun Ki

live forever.

Hawaiian families understand,

but white families don't.

Wongs want ten lots,

we pay ten lots.

All of your clothes

have to be burned.

They're burning

the house down.

They found a dead man in it,

they say is the plague.

This place belongs

to Hoxworth and Hale.

Go and see Dr Whipple,

he's over there.

You speak their language?

Tell her we need to burn everything.

First, you tell me.

Have you got a permit?

No, but i know plague

when I see it.

Sue me if is your propeety

but talk to her first.

Don't talk to me about poison,

the rats laugh at it.

Our only chance

is to burn the blocks down.

You talk freely about burning

down other people's propeety.

I'm sorry, but he's right.

Do you want a plague thall cover

the island or to save lives?

Very noble, Doctor Whipple...

but not very practical.

Chase the people out of here,

hold them in quarantine and clean up.

And in a little time,

we'll get rid of the rats too.

Is too late for that.

By the time we cleaned up, we'd have

lots more of those on our hands.

Simmons, can you get

fire engines in here?

Some places yes,

most places no.

Then you risk setting

the city on fire.

You start anything like that,

I'll get an injunction to stop you...

and don't think I won't.

Let me have your attention.

Anyone who wishes

to enter the area...

must pass medical inspection.

Repeat...

Anyone wishing to enter

must pass inspection.

First tent, please.

To the second tent, please.

You know the quarantine

hasn't worked.

There are hundreds

hiding in those shacks...

if we wait any longer

they'll all be infected.

You want to burn them up?

We won't burn anybody.

I'm asking you to get

that injunction called off.

Either you get rid of it,

or we'll go to the governor.

What does he know about it?

He's from Chicago.

He never even saw Hawaii

until six months ago.

These islands

have stayed afloat...

long before your great

granddaddy got here.

I guess we can them from

sinking under the Americans.

They've provided a good way

of life for you.

Yes, sir.

First at the expense of

the Hawaiians and now the Chinese.

I'm talking about the plague!

What do you expect

the governor to do?

I'll show you.

Hey...

you're getting a kick out of this,

aren't you?

Oh, yeah. I'm having

the time of my life.

Is a life's work to make

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