No one in the village knew his name or really knew which island he came from. His appearance in Sans Souci was mysterious if one took the time to examine it. But no one examined it, nor took the time and even is he did he was afraid to speak of it. For he would seem to be disrespectful to the stranger. And the people of the village prided themselves on being the most friendly people on the island of Carriacou.
The man was about the middle forties, tall and lean and walked with a very noticeable limp. His dark brown face heavily lined seemed knotted in constant pain. He rarely laughed, and on the few occasion that he did it was more a grin which advertised his two rows of gleamimg false teeth. He looked like a man of mystery.
When the stranger appeared in the village, he asked for Mr Pompey whom he claimed was a relative of his. This Pompey, a Vincentian had arrived in the village a few years earlier. He had been a sailor on "the Dove" a schooner, whose owner Bolan resided in Sans Souci. Pompey had befriended a young lady of Sans Souci and after his second visit, he had resigned his post on the schooner, rented a house for he and Vera and took up fishing. He was a very friendly fellow and he was popular with the people. Therefore any friends or relative of his was afforded warm welcome by the people.
Pompey took his relative to all the homes in Sans Souci introducing him as Jones, his first cousin. He said that they had been very close when they were boys and that Jones had gone away "to make himself a man" and had done quite well. He was now settled in British Guyana where he had an East Indian wife and four children, and owned three houses. At this point in the introduction Pompey would call on Jones to show the photograph of the British Guyanese wife and children. Jones would hesitantly hand over to Pompey an envelope with a few glossy photographs.
The man was about the middle forties, tall and lean and walked with a very noticeable limp. His dark brown face heavily lined seemed knotted in constant pain. He rarely laughed, and on the few occasion that he did it was more a grin which advertised his two rows of gleamimg false teeth. He looked like a man of mystery.
When the stranger appeared in the village, he asked for Mr Pompey whom he claimed was a relative of his. This Pompey, a Vincentian had arrived in the village a few years earlier. He had been a sailor on "the Dove" a schooner, whose owner Bolan resided in Sans Souci. Pompey had befriended a young lady of Sans Souci and after his second visit, he had resigned his post on the schooner, rented a house for he and Vera and took up fishing. He was a very friendly fellow and he was popular with the people. Therefore any friends or relative of his was afforded warm welcome by the people.
Pompey took his relative to all the homes in Sans Souci introducing him as Jones, his first cousin. He said that they had been very close when they were boys and that Jones had gone away "to make himself a man" and had done quite well. He was now settled in British Guyana where he had an East Indian wife and four children, and owned three houses. At this point in the introduction Pompey would call on Jones to show the photograph of the British Guyanese wife and children. Jones would hesitantly hand over to Pompey an envelope with a few glossy photographs.
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