Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-09-22

began to feel delicious drowsi-
ness coming over me. l closed my
eyes and seemed to be dropping into
o sweet slumber. Even then, as il the
voice came from a great distance,
heard Doctor Tilling say:
"He is going to sleep. That is the
best thing that could occur. 1t will
be the first natural sleep that he has
had, and will do more TO restore his
strength than all my medicine. Let
him alone until he"
Consciousness ended there. l was
of.
do not know how long / slept, but
awoke with a start. l thought l
heard some hateful voices chanting
weird, wild song to Pele. When 1
awoke, the awful scenes l had been
through at Lanai came over me in
food Of terrible recollections. The
high-priests, the cruel, hateful priest
ess who pretended to believe me and
love me, and yet who had consigned
my sister to horrible death.
was alone in my chamber.
Turning my head on my pillow I
noticed small table standing near
me, and upon the table a small call
bell, evidently placed there for my
use in the event of my waking when
no attendant was near-as really oc-
CURED.
The bell seemed to be within easy
reach. l lifted myself upon one arm
and the effort was very great and
reached out the other to ring for some
ono to come. The attempt was too
much for me. reached the bell and
gave it one feeble blow; then Ilurched
forward and fell from the bed onto the
floor, knocking over the table and
sending the bell Gathering across the
room.
Instantly Gordon came rushing in.
''MyI" he exclaimed. "What did you
do?"
7 looked up at him from the floor,
and essayed TO smile.
Gordon looked disheveled. He was
in his stocking-feet. He looked thin
aud worn. II was as if he had spent
himself watching over my sick-bed,
and while was in my sound sleep he
had thrown himself down partly
dressed to get little rest.
He stopped down and picked me up
in his arms. 1 had never realized
how powerful he was. was but
babe in his hands. He replaced me
on the bed.
''There, old fellow" he said, with
half-glad smile on his face, ''you inst
lie there and keep still. No more nc.
robatic feats and bell-ringing athletics.
You'll not be left alone again"
whats the matter with me, any.
how?" I asked, my voice still little
better than whisper.
"You have had brain-fever," he re-
piled, as he picked up the table and
placed ii in another portion of the
room and put the bell also out of my
reach.
"Gordon, come herel'' 1 said.
He came close to me.
'sWhere is she?" 1 asked.
A white, panied look came into his
face.
I'VE have never found her. We do
not know where she is, Tom. All we
know is what you raved about when
you were i'll"
II know--I know" said feebly.
"Winnie is dead. 1 saw her killed
myself. 1t was the last thing 1 saw.
That was what sent me of. But the
other. That aecursed priestess.
Where is she? Did they kill heri
How did 1 come here9 Who found
me2 And, Gordon, you went away
suddenly. Where were you when ]
looked for you?"
Here, herel" he said, in misera-
BILE attempt to be playful for my bene-
fit. "You are talking too much, and
you remember too much. If TiIling
catches me letting you gabble like
that he will order me shot. Now lie
still, Tom, old man, and get strong.
Then we can talk"
"Where is Uncle Tom?' 1 asked.
"Why does he not come to see me?'
''There, now, please be quiet" he
pleaded. "Uncle Tom-is-sleeping.
You try and sleep some more. 1t is
what you need most"
II know-but that horrible sight,
Gordon. Is she anywhere? Did any
one see her? Who found me, Gordon?
Tell me, or can't sleep any more"
~ found you," he said. Never
mind how. That will keep. Get
strong first and wise afterward."
"But the priestess--Kaumai?"
A puzzled look came in Gordon's
face.
'fYou spoke of q priestess, you
called Kaumai, but l didn't sec any. /
think you were dreaming it ALL"
''Dreamingl If you saw it you
wssldn't say dreamed it. That Kau-
mai is too horribly real. am going
to kill her, Gordon"
eyes, yes, / know" said Gordon,
now looking worried. / think he was
afraid I was losing my senses again.
''Now go to sleep and keep quiet'till
Tilling comes. He will be here soon.
1t is time for your medicine now.
will give it to you" !"
He gave me spoonful of stuf and
fixed the pillow under my head.
"But, Gordon, how did you End meg
I asked.
"Never mind. I found you. Now
go to sleep" he scolded. 81 am goine
to leave you alone so you cannot talk.
/ lay there in solitude, pnzzling my
weakened brain over the mysteries o.
my temperance at The Corals. How
did / get away from the volcano? How
did l leave the island of Lanai? Die
the priests escape as well as Kaumai
the murderess of my sister? Where
was Uncle Tom2 What did his strang'
absence from my sick-room mean? Al
these things were hard for me to un
derstand, and l was pondering owe
them when Doctor Tilling entered.
"Ah, better, eh?" he said cheerily
"Gordon is a good nurse. But h'
says you insist on talking and falling