 " Piloe " ( Perfected Spelling : " Pilu " , meaning " Melancholia " ) , follows a mother who goes to the port with her child , Mak Jam , to meet her husband Hajji Saleh . Upon arriving , Jam is unable to find him . A crewman later tells the mother that Saleh died three days before reaching Sabang . The story was first published in 1933 , in issue 40 , volume 11 , of Pandji Poestaka . 
