Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-27

mere ana with tnat ne rubs his tltlSeI
on the moisture and shows it To us. aud
sure enough it was the sap of the Zee
itself. hut red as blood
IAN the same il do look like blood
says one ON us But now the captain
because. maybe. he would not give in
to no sooperstitions nor yet encourage
them in his men - laughed at their
ideas.
".Why. men. he says, have you new.
er seen, Mt home OF abroad, plants and
trees what have liquid in them like
bloodr WHIT about the schumack Of the
Americas, or the beet Of our own dear
land, to say nothing Of the cochinealY
Go tot These ideas il unworthy of Brit.
ish sailors.
"Iet. all the same. laugh at and ban.
ter MS as be might. there was many Of
that chips crew who did believe most
solemnly that the blood from that tree
was. In some way or other. connected
with the disappearance Of poor Will.
But. mateys all. there was summat
else to do than to stand a-gaping up
into the tree and sperkerlating about It
A search party must be made to 60
around the island to see IL by any
chance he could DO on 1t, though II
wern't no way likely that he wac. and
afterwards they was to take one Of the
boats and row around It to see IL by any
other chance he was floating in the wa.
ter or under the water. into which one
could see deep. for II was as clear 40 q
front stream at home. and also there
was the leak to be found and calked
and the Laying Friend to be somewhat
repaired.
80 to work We all sets, some on %
over the island. where we found naught,
not even 20 much as a foot mark which
might have showed which way Will
had gone; some on us round the island
In a boat, peering down on the sand
through the clear water, and some on
MS working on the ship. And in this
way the day passed and the second
night come on us again.
"But dooring all the day and over our
discussions rs to whatever could have
happened to Will we had been arrang.
ing plans for the coming night, for all
on us had come to the certainty that
that tree was in some way answerable
for his disappearance. How II was 90
Rnswerable we could not say, but We
felt it, and, even IL it We're not answer
able for that, il must at least be 80 for
the deadly fever which had seized on
him. for now we was full certain that
it was not the calenture he suffered
from. Our arrangements for the night
was therefore as follows:
"Fust. of course. a few hands must
man the ship for the watch and to stand
by her as she righted with the night
tide and as she again slowed over to
port as the tide went ont, but naturally
not many was required for this.
''Secondly. the rest Of our crew was
a-going to stay on the island, taking
turn and turn about at sleeping and
watching, but all to be directly beneath
the tree We Enowed, mateys all. that
there were some danger in this. We
knowed that Will Winter had landed
on the island sound man and was q
few hours afterwards a dying one; we
knowed that we had felt strange things
touching us; we knowed that Will had
disappeared; but we knowed not how
it all happened, and how 1t happened
we meant for to find out
1.-THE first watch was the mate-the
captain AS in dooty bound staying by
the ship-and six men, there being me
and six others sleeping. The second
watch was me and them six while the
first watch slept The watches was to
be of five hours. and naturally no dog
watch.
1--WE begun that night with prayer,
the captain coming ashore to say it,
and all on us a-kneeling down. and
when in conclusion he prayed for light
to tighten our darkness, amen was said
most fervent by one and all And then
the first watch was set, each man hav-
ing a musket. loaded with slugs-but
what there was to fire on no one
knowed, though all felt there was dan.
ger in the air-and soon we others was
all asleep
THAT sleep was unbroken. and when
we was awakened to take our turn we
thought as how there was going to be
no return of last nights alarms. But
them good hopes was soon to be disap'
pointed
1.-THE night air had turned cold-as in
them ATTITUDES it often does, sometimes
sinking as much as 80 degrees from the
heat of the day-so cold as we were
glad to walk up and down matter of
some 100 or $50 PAGES to keep ourselves
warm. Even the moon-which was at
her full-looked like ball Of ice as she
sailed in the sky.
"Now. as Job Harris and l, who was
walking together, and with our mus.
kets over our shoulders, looking mere
like two sodgers than two sailors, passed
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