Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-20

iprs. Her arms. face. and shoulders were
blistered by the scorching rays until tne
touch Of the salt water was agony. sn'i
she pressed on. Noon came. nearly twen-
ty-four hours since she began that long
fight against death. :,
An hour parsed and still no succor NO
sign OF a steamer Or other vessel. and the
distant mountain seemed ss far on as
ever. For the first time the heroic girl be-
gan TO despair. she felt that she was
growing weaker. Nothing had passed her
Inns since the morning before. when they
had left port. She was geowing faint. and
wondered IL she had not best give up the
hattie: but not yet, and again she pressed
on Her father had not moved for SOME
ti,ae. and she did not know II he stu
lived. but dead or alive. II she reacned
the shore she would bring him with her-
The steamer I.iks-Like left port on that
morning two or three hours later than
usual. owing to delay caused by the gale
the day previous Straight out into the
channel she steamed. About o'clock In
the afternoon the man on watch calico
TO the officer OF the deck that he saw
some strange object little ahead OF the
steamer Asked what II looked Ike, ne
said he thought II some strange animal,
but that IL was surely alive, as ne saw II
move from time TO time.
y IlNlNI
All hands watched for glimpse OF
the object which had been reported, ana
In half an hour thay were near enough
10 see IL from the deck and 10 recognize
ID as a living being. A boat was quickly
lowered and rowed rapidly to the side OF
the object They found a native girl with
an apparently dead man tied fast TO
her body swimming feebly away from
them With "a stroke OF the oars they
overlook her and srasped her to raise
her into the boat. She did not seem 10
know that any one was near her, anu
still strove weakly 20 swim away from
them. but strong hands lifted her up ana
laid her down in the bottom OF the BOAT
At first they thought the man was dead'
but when they reached the steamer
deck he was still family breathing anu
In the hands of skilful physician ne
was brought to his senses.
But more interest was felt in the poor
girl than in him. when she had lett
L.aupahoehoe the morning before she was
n beautiful girl. when lifted to the
steamers deck she was burned and DIS
tered. face. neck, and arms until the raw
flesh looked like nothing human.
Her hair was filled with salt crystals
and matted and knotted so That before
they could do much for her they were
obliged to cut 1t off. But she was alive
and more than that she had saved her
fathers life also. When the steamer
reached Honolulu both were in way TO
recovery. Kalii was the heroine OF the
dav.
From the place where the schooner sank
TO where the steamer picked the casta-
WAYS up was twenty miles In direct
line. OF course the girl had not Kept
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distance than that.
When Kalili recovered her strength her
father was able to be up. and In lew
weeks both were as strong az II they had
never passed through the terrible battle
with the waves.
Kalill still lives. but she has never
been on the sea since that disastrous voy-
age. She has lost her nerve, and now
breads the water worse than person
who never learned to swim. But she IS
stll pointed out to strangers az the girl
who swan twenty miles and carried her
insensible father the greater part OF the
distance.