The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-05

IN.. N IN .'I.'N away NHMNI. N Dbl 100 ''.f
en- .HH 1-h.r wu 'HuHd tH1. Poo
place h'd Nu'1 m,r1.l I.. camping
r.HIH H. Oh. hu'a aIII Hri oars ,WD
blankets .rl mUu" .n.r '"'nn W'D1
know In hU Harold Do. 0n q. .lud 90 DO
'lo way Inland while l"t OFF .oIm louNus
Violently prepared for hui moot used ns
bed, scrmcd t' prove thu tI' wrty had
designed passing al least enc 1iHhl iurfe
but for SOM, r.u-uu had uU. done -u.
The most ruz7Iug fine however was
ono of tho odd tnu.Lrfs y.irI. with hcnt
i.,,,,,i and tr..i..., .t..0L las. b. ifsslf pcar
~ s..'...l.
'u' I"I'N. 'lL'
ON seeing the disabled al'h my CON.
paniOnS looked extremely e ave. and stoop.
ing down holpn to- oNui inc the sandy
around But this was So f.ar.plcd by in
tracks of wild boasts that no
distinctive foutprluts coul, Doc picked ont
of the jumbo. much less NY idea gained .
"a, 10 what had become of three human .
beings who had so strangely disappeared /
The whole thingN,ns nmy, .ry The float f.
ing hnnt. the dcad mon, r.. the broken |
glu. tine abandoned goods. ne absent hunt .
rrs and the total larl, of blood stains pre-
scented aItogp,n,r AN array of irrccnucila-
ble facts hard To understand
UWhat du you uiDlyror IL. npug'' l pres
.Ncu bpgap the eide, brother. "Tvc
cot my. nyyn milton abp1t b. Inf ia rath
or not-bplIni Ionl, thcrc,-' and the man
dashed off toward n contip,ous gun tree.
pinncd To- the trunk of which and about
six foot nm ~, nu,y untirod a closely fold
rd scrnp If p.par Hastily tearing If down.
Tom handed il tn mo and uppning il
r,,1 aloud.
.Trry II dne day before).
Hippo smashed boat close TO shore. Killed
him afterward. Turned boat adrift to give
alarm. We're preparing to camp hola stand
ing guard; non sprang on nun rom ,. pus ll'
uIuAe .uis' i s,, w.. fiI,,yed
Nav save the man. Wait here. Wen be back,
IL alive II. BEEroN
This tersc note was written, evidently
in great haste, on "A leaf torn from Har-
ulds pocket diary. When | had read it,
Tom said:
Its just as | feared j not killed be
fore now, the men are lost in the bush.
Without a compass they couldn' find their
way back to the river through "a single
half mile no, nor a quarter mile of these
terrible thickcts, unless they blazcd "A tree
here and there as they went along l sup
pose they've got theiraX with them, as it's
not here, but they'd never stop to mark "A
path in their hurry to overhaul the lion. -
Would it be possible for them to do
that or to save their comrade2' | inquired.
.Sucb a thing has been done once tom
knowledge - Tom replied If the black
wasn't killed on the spot--the lions first
blow fell ON the gun barrel, l think-and
if he wasn't dragged off by the head or
neck. they might come up in time to save
what little life was left in him. for they
could make their way through the bush
/ faster maybe than the lion could with
/ his load. That Kola's a big, heavy man,
YOU know"
"What shall we do now?n | asked. feel
ing somewhat checred by Toms remarks.
STAY right here and fire signal shots
| every 10 minutes till we got an answer or
till dark. If an answer does come when
there's. saw. an hour of daylight left. Wen
90 out to meet the party at once. But if
we don't hear a gun till after shutdown we
won't bulge till morning, for it would be
certain death To 90 so rods into this bush
in the dark If any of the men are alive,
they IL protect themselves b. fire and wait
for us to come. I've no IDEA thol no Wlthlh
hearing distance though. SOUND won
travel lar-not more thah lUl RODS any
Way-through these crowded Tree tops.
In addition to our repeating rifles ana
I''o''VIH VIZ "IN "i'"S"C w, 20 %
smoothbore duck gun, ana Whle the Ola
hunters busted themselves N g thcrlng an
immense heap OF dry fuel b Kept LOADING
and firing this Mt the stated 1tcIVals, using
double charges OF powder but no shot.
The great six gauge piece mHde report
like that of little cannon, hut no response
ever came.
d Al SHUTDOWN we hhuled hfe ana pre-
pared meal as we nau 'aiNn HOuhlns
since carry norhlhg'
Ihat terrible hlght sha never forget
sleep was lihpossIole. At.'ac-e u ny 'I'
scent Of the dead hlppop anus Nhul'
nerds Oh JacSal9' hyGhaS ana otl'er uilcleal
beasts gatherGu IN the ouuSl rus OF the ror
est continually parklhg s're' chlhs ahe
ho"llhg IN perfect pahuei ,iohi ulh Oh Iiu
eous ulscoru, "nle' partla-ly snleiucu pl
| the great Dulk OF their prey. the DellOWlnl