Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-08
AN IDYL OF HONOLULU,
A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for
This Paper.
EsY LEON LEWIS.

about Ashley, and you also sec that it
was equally incumbent upon me to beat
q retreat.
Exactly" breathed Alma, with q
fercer look Of resolve upon her coun-
tenance than Bullet had ever before
seen upon it. Il see! / see! No time
Is to be lost. Let us be of for Mr..
Hapgood's ut once. BY this movement
We shall beat the kanaka and make a
success OF our project"
In five minutes more the trio were
on their way in the carriage around
Pearl Bay to the little chapel Of Mr..
Hapgood. Not u soul had been seen
approaching from the town, and the
hearts of Bullet and his daughter beat
high with the hope that their conspir-
acy would be crowned with success.
But Keeri was not to be SO readily
beaten.
The carriage had reached a lonely
point Of the road, in one of the valleys
bordering Pearl Bay, when three ruffian-
Unlocking men suddenly bounded from
place OF concealment by the wayside,
and hurled themselves upon Ralph and
the ex-sailor, while the driver Of the
carriage turned like a tiger upon Alma,
thus -howing that he was in Keeri's
service.
That Ralph fought with as much
matter of course, but what could he do
against such odds and at such disad-
vantage? The old sailor fell insensible
at the first onslaught, and q crashing
blow upon our hero's skull soon
stretched him beside Bullet. OF what
further then and there followed he
knew nothing.
At least two or three hours must
have passed. subsequent to this furious
assault before Ralph recovered his
senses, but he finally gathered himself
up into sitting posture, after sundry
preliminaries, and bent keen glance
in every direction around him.
The villains !" he calculated.
They've fed, of course! They've not
only given me the compliments of
Hank Ripple, as they said, but they've
doubtless robbed me"
He felt hastily in his pocket.
Yes, they have taken purse and pa
pers," he added. And Mazda? Ripple,
too? Can it be that he has Struggled
himself aboard the Nor'wester, as
these deserters stated?"
Wiping his bruised head. he arose to
his feet and bent his steps in the direc-
ton of Honolulu.
He had gone scarcely a hundred
rods. however, when he met kulu, that
other kanaka of our acquaintance
the servant OF Bullet-the very man,
it will be remembered. who had first
encountered the young Chicagoan after
the memorable injuries, many weeks
before, which had robbed Ralph of his
memory.
Can be OF any use to you, Mr.. Ben
ning?" asked Kulu, after looking the
wonder he felt at seeing him in such o
plight.
Ralph halted with an inquiring
glance.
Are you speaking to me, sir?" he
asked.
Kulu nodded.
Then l beg to inform you that my
name is not Benning, but Kemplinv
Ralph Kemplin."
ooh, indeed"
The Kanaka was silent a moment,
recoiling in his amazement, and then
he cried:
You are aware, of course, that Mr..
Bullet has been seriously injured
taken home in an insensibfe and dan
gerous condition."
1t was now Ralph's turn to recoil in
establishment, as he replied:
NO, know nothing OF any Mr.. Bull
let. Never heard the name before"
But surely you must know that Miss
Bullet has been carried Off to the hills
again by Keeri?"
Miss Bullet? Keeri?" repeated
Ralph, wonderingly. Never heard the
names before. know nothing of these
parties. What are they to me? Are
you drunk or joking? Or do you take
me for fool?"
Tho kanaka was reasonably brave,
as we have asserted in former page,
but things were now getting too mixed
for his comprehension, and he turned
and fled in silence.
We'll, let him go" muttered Ralph.
He probably finds his FOOLS game
losing one. Let's see--let me think q
little. This business with these three
ruttians has really confused me. All, I
have it all now. Maida-my dear
Maida-has just sailed in the Nor'wester
for the Arctic Ocean. The Yokohama
is to sail for China tomorrow. Feeling
lonely and gloomy came out here to
look at the tish-ponds and other curios-
tiles, and here / have been nearly MUIR
dered, at Hank Ripple's suggestion, by
those three runaways from the Nor
wester! Well, well, he added, with a
glance at the sun, "there are still sew
eral hours at my disposal, and it will
be strange il cannot bring the viii
lains to justice before leave the ISL
and!'
With this resolve uppermost In his
mind, he started anew at brisk pace
for the capital.
"And Mazda? How can I reach her?
How save her from that vile Hank
Ripple?"
AS indicated by his words, the recent
blow upon Ralph's head had counter
acted the injuries he had received
from former one from the same as
sailants. All that had passed since
that memorable day was now in its
turn utterly obliterated from his con-
sciousness, while his old memory had
been restored! He no longer knew
anything about Benning, Alma, or Bull
lett In word, he was himself again!"
CHAPTER Z.