The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1892-10-05

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making Li@ .e-.ro uisl AIs hold upon
tie knife. wJirh uow fei over the
pai 70 the bouldsrs below VIII
sn ouioou=. ihGl. dud-so 70 speak.
The tussle for supremacy was low
r5d0Qbled IN earDestDess, a. the
waning strength OF either combgtgat
warned bin that the Issue could not
be long delayed The Intensity of
the struggle di=engaged the roots CT
the L plant Ito which Ro3rigues ~as
SILL clIpging) from the scanty BOIL IN
which It grew, and, With the momen-
t1m acquired from that cause, both
men sid to the bluffs EXTREMIST
verge 4 slightly projecting rock
here, f1rs al instant, stayed their
course. bsit LLeir struggle loosened
and g,ezf th8t last obstacle over and
.iowE the pal;, as pilot to their own
searealy later tumble. Ob! what
slriek was theYa, my countrymen,
when Saa Tai Lung and Rodrigues
fell down-whlle bloody scalps and
instant death impended over them.
The rest Of the incident is brief
and marvellous. Contrary to the ex
pectations OF ali who, shuddaring
with fear, watched this climax to the
struggle on the pah, neither man was
killed. Their fall was broken, first,
by their tumbling, still locked IN each
others arms, into the midst of q huge
birds nest fern, located las all
visitors TO matchless lao viii re
member from the number and luxuri
ance OF those ferns theseaboutai. In
the crutch OF a kukui tree which
grew about half way up the side Of
the bluff The falling mass had by
this time gained great momentum;
the impact with the obstruction
wrested from the trunk of the tree
the large and stalwgrt limb at whose
base the capacious fern nestled, and
generally wrecked the tree beyond
recognition, while the inhabitants of
the entire valley were startled by
the thunderous report ensuing.
Stayed IN their fall by the obstruc
tion mentioned, the men still hugging
each other for dear life tumbled to
the ground at the foot Of the tree,
whence they rolled and tumbled by
somewhat more moderate degrees to
the foot Of the valley, where they
were picked up more dead than alive
by other members Of the chain gang.
A couple Of hastily constructed lit
/ ters of fern leaves suficed upon
which TO carry them to Wailuku,
/ mile and half distant, where they
were placed in the Malulani Hos
pital and taken in charge by the
competent medical attendant of that
/ institution, DR. Herbert.
Here 1t was discovered that no seri-
GUS results are to be apprehended
from the terrible experiences of the
injured parties. The Chinaman, bav-
ing fallen chiefly upon his cheek,
/ sustained but superficial injury to
that locality, but happy accident of
the fall cut one OF the optic nerves
pertaining to his right eye, from
which it is hoped his previously dis
torted vision may be so far corrected
as to enable him hereafter to know
another mans horse when he sees it.
As to the son Of the Azores, his in
jurieg were at first pronounced slight
and ineonsequential, but later ex
animation reveals displacement ard
somewhat serious abrasion Of the
pneumogastric nerve, at the points of
It's junction with the pharynx, larynx
and esophagus, the healing and con
Meeting of which viii require cessa-
ton from active labor for some
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