Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-24

the prisoner. Tue color came into the
grny. reckless mask which the doomed
man wore rs her right hand grasped
his left. just loosed by his captors.
Then she paused Her shy. fawnlike
ewes grew hold and fixed themselves
upon nm. Sne TOOK the chewing gum
from her mouth, wiped her red lips
with the back of her hand, by q sud-
den 1.-THE spring placed her foot on his
stirrup and. bounding to the saddle,
threw her arms about his neck and
pressed kiss upon his lips.
/ They remained thus for a hushed
moment, the man on the threshold Of
death, the young woman In the full.
ness of youth and beauty. linked to-
gether. Then the crowd laughed. In
the audacious effrontery of the girls
act the ultimate fate of the two men
was forgotten. She slipped languIdly
to the ground. She was the focus Of
all eyes. she only. The ringleader saw
It and his opportunity. He shouted,
times up-forwardr' urged his horse
beside the captives, and the next mo-
ment the whole cavalcnde was sweep.
ing over the clearing into the darken-
ing woods.
Their destination was Sawyers
Crossing, the headquarters of the COM
mIttee. where the council was still
sitting and where both culprits were
to expiate the offeuse of which that
council had already found them guilty.
They rode In great and breathless
| Ina lac la, lob OF, s.Ixr
enough, even the captlves seemed to
join. That haste possibly prevented
them from noticing the singular
change which had taken place In the
second captive since the episode Of the
kiss. His high color remained us II 1t
had burned through his mask Of In
difference. His eyes were quick. alert
and keen, his mouth half open. rs II
the girls kiss still fingered there. And
that haste had made them careless,
for the horse Of the man who led him
slipped In gopher hole, rolled over,
unseatcd his rider and even dragged
the bound and helpless second captive
from Judge Boompointer's favorite
mare. In an instant they were all on
their feet again, but In that supreme
moment the second captive had felt
that the cords which bound his arms
haL slipped to his wrists. BY keeping
his elbows to his sides and obliging
the others to help him mount II es.
capped their notice. BY riding clese to
his captors and keeping In the crush
Of tho throng he further concealed the
accident. slowly working his hand.
downward out Of his bonds.
Their way lay through sylvan
wilderness, middle deep In ferns
whose tall fronds brushed their horses
sides In their furious gallop and con
cealed the fiapping Of the captivc's
loosened cords. The peaceful VISTA
more suggestive Of the offerings OF
nymphs and shepherds than of hu.
man sacrifice, was In strange con.
trast to this whirlwind rush Of stern,
armed men. The westering sun pierre
ed the subdued light and the tremor
Of leaves with yellow lances, birds
started into song on blue and dove
like wings. and on either side of the
trail of this vengeful storm could be
heard the murmur Of hidden and tran
gull waters.
In few moments they would be on
the open ridge. whence sloped the com
mon turnpike to Sawyers, n mile AWAY
It was the custom of returning caval
cades to take this hill ut headlonl
speed. with shouts and cries that her
aided their coming. They withheld
the latter that day as Inconsistent with
their dignity. but, emerging from the
wood. swept silently like an avalanche
down the slope. They were well I'm
der way, looking only to their horses
when the second captive slipped hi
right arm from the bonds and succeed
ed In grnsping the reins that lay trail
Ing on the horses neck. A sudden va
quero Jerk. which the well trained ami
NAL understood, threw him on hi