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

u..,.. rutb.,a o.. ebidr 3d.. ly q. and hi.u 7
1890. tH rl i-H rut7iur 40 the uIcu srtc
within i.Ht of t.r lion when ho got lorc, .
,huH..- uuy culuuu boo % luudr.1 that thcy .
hlte .1,gu N0rs liIr always surprising .
hr v1-u.J NIlu. at first or ON the why, /
and a4 ,t.'vu -,Un mo- blood, 7 don't think |
hc was
.Wuyc u.. gu,lcd for some time |
said Jur ..,Js rvst a little and fir a |
few shots o hr sound will travel better /
here
After q long pull at our water TASKS 'yc
fired three shots at ono minute Intervals, |
but heard ~, answer Then Joe climbed
lofty sagu palm 60 get view of the
country uhca. When he came down, there
was now lutk IN his face.
Boys, 90 said this plains about three
miles across nd rcacho, To "a heavy belt Of
timhcr this lc the foothills, and if I'm
not nightly IA ,takcn | saw the smoke
of a fire risiu above the trees II it's sure
enough smOl r.. Imc of the men are alive,
for there are no blacks round these parts.
This was glorious uews-too good to be
/ true Tom b lCE'tt thought. So he shin
/ ned up the tlc imscll, while We anxious
| ~ awaited hi. r'port He had not ascend
/ cd 60 feet, however when he yelled out:
1T is smoke, certain, bearing three
/ points east oil north, and down he came,
looking as if he'd found fortune.
our gloomy thoughts vanished, and we
/ hurried away over the rock strcwn level,
steering stra yht for the indicated point,
Travelling was comparatively easy now.
Getting along at the rate of p or miles
AN hour. We had come to about the mid
die of the plateau and were nearing Il
clump of jungle bush when, heavily wing
.,I hl "a plp pt
vulturCsl
Shuddcring at the thought of what might
lie within, we dashed through the oppos-
ing IhOrns, and there close to the mouth
of a rock inClosCd den, lay not that which
we had SO dreaded to see but the half
picked skeleton of an enormous lionl Near
the head of the beast was "A dark patch Of
dried blood, and scattered around were
several fragments of cotton cloth.
" Hurrah, hurrah!' shouted Tom. THAT
brave boy has killed the lion here, and ko-
la has been saved alive. See how the young
fellows torn his own shirt up to make
bandages!'
How do you know twas Harold and
not Natu who killed the brutey' | asked
willing to have my pride in the youth S
exploit still further grati1ied.
why, don't you see that the head S
bored through and through by an express
bullcty' Tom replied. Z" Besides all crea-
ton couldn't have coaxed the black close
enough to do execution with his old blum
dorl,Iss tu tho lion ,vos dn,d 7 l.nn,p
the brccdl'
II Can't exactly, tell. >, said the Younger
brotbor sbo,v far the smoke is from this
plain, but maybe the men can hear a shot
now, " and he fired in the air.
Three seconds of suspense Then came
',,',,.Ii,, 10, flii,,,',d ,,II,,,,+ iotnr
nv, tbo ann bolIn,y hoom of Notn,s hio
s,1,,,',tII,,r T.' 40 Ina,+ - +La inst ~. e
~, WON oIiyol We sbool, hands all around
tIor GrcJ n con firrnotorv shot oacb and
: ,',,l.,J ,,,,,'.,,l In ,r,,ijod IN, con,rass
Nv ,',,ii II 900, Ill ,,,
,,',+ 500, tt,l' ~ .,,,ol,o SLv,inrsI,
7 iot,,oo,, ne and IL stood a ,,ro,tor or les.
3 80, - ,Io,,s,, ra,,'st
2 r,,,,,l,,I l., o,,,+,,or hole ham
l hut hoforn ot+n,,,r,tinq, to nonotrntc IN ~,
"a ~, i,,,,,,i,i,,, Ii, 6,ioIy as , Goe[
conn.,, tIa me-, j., IIoyoliSs own rin,,ine,
/ Hello, hello! apparently not more thar
300 yards distant!
Cheering Ike MAD, we plunged INTO th'
I wondrous growth OF living woods tearing
creeping scrainhi'ng ana sometimes chop
/ ping our way under, over, around OF
\ through all Instructions, untll, aiter fuli!
y 20 minutes oil fearful toll, we burst OUT OF
. the gravelly hanh OF a now tlny streanl
one Oh thc mountain leeders OF uhe Iu"e
4 go.
@ In a moment the gallant BOY, SOUND ah'
whole, but sopblng with JOY, was IN m;
p arms, WINE IN ana joe nan crazy VIII
2 ueIlSht pun n cohgr"VulaVory mug
chahce onereu'
t. On recovering oar SENSES ana looklni
lie nrouLu we say MAUI aIU'lhR Oh tne srotiil
10 Dy ms couiVI' man. VINO was lying On
n llohsklh' awe ma conscious thoush al'
r p'lchoi! aeriousl' htirt' III RESPONSE 10 GU
d anxious inquiries ne replleu;
l. NE hoI ue"u !eV' dc al rlshI plhe
" by.
z Inc party mao Oeell' we learned 10 hour
4 IN TINS accloChta,'y louhu reiuse-a tree
/ less slope eVlu'htly oEernoWeu IN Illhes
nigh water-ahd mad llVed entirely upol
L olrus kllleu ny MAUI whose olu lhusHe'
10 however coiitcll plioic ior D'tii was a'iihiru
n Oiy adapteu 10 throwing shoI
n ASH cannot do Harold Roaton iust,c
SC NV rnnootin,, bis modest ,orsio,, az tbo 81,
O. nv will Giv, its substance nc Gather,
ID niecemeol fro,, tho two U,o,indns II, -,
ID own words.
a. II seems that having eniovod lots
snort coming mn the river tbov had mn,
T. noselv nrolonped their stov Early ON III
" morning Of fbc tItb tbcv had iust M
rs their boat,s how ashore M the sandy Gov
n when an old urogne,, binnonotamns su,
r. denly rose from the deem iyotcr as+or,
10 NotH fooIisbl,, 6rnd n cbor,,c of sbot NJ ~
{. hoost which "nragod rnsbed on tbor, m
II crushed the bo1t,s storm bot,venn his law
" Then striking bottom no was foIIoyvin
!
w the party ashore when Harold, jumpin
TO one side, in the shadows, killed him
v n single bullat under tho ear
Sc Win some dificnItv tbev stranded -
b. carcass, then took everything out of Il
es hoot and turned IL odrift intendin, 10 r.
h main on the omen hush bounded sandllel
vs. until helm sbonId come Reeton and Mat
aa -. -. -. . - III, =.