The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-18

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Tats-s bre4dAx. ard as tie fascinated
missionary watched b. saw thz bausfse 81
tbs bEusdax Eise and falI-comisg darn
sss tsads aud blades as a club.
But IL beeans spTarent 70 Alr- Todd
that IN this furiOsIs ueiee length Of sresg
vas telling: there w@re more re,l-sh5rt@si
men prone uyaa the deck than there were
Of the others Yznk had bs-uine the
center Of an enclosing eIreie Of f0urfshizz
steel. vh5ch be wzs keeping at q proper
radius; and on tie poop deck Captain
Swarrh vas engaged witb Chiuk. and
holding his own. nevertheless Il vas plzia
thar the offenders OF The brig sers wiz
ming. A. the missionary looked. Swarm
slipped and fell; before be recovered hiE-
self Chink bad sunk his blade into his
shoulder and sprung TO the main deck 70
Join his men Then 1t was that the Rev
Mr.. Todd took acton.
Selecting a capstan bar from the rack
near him. be whiried II over his head and
walked br-skly into the fray. his long
clerical coat tails Tapping with his mo-
ton. His eyes spanked IN his sombre
face; his lips were parted and drawn
tightly over his CLEANING teeth: he
zrowIed ineohereutly; BE- was NOT pleas
ant 70 look upon nor was be pleasant 70
meet \ man faced him. and fell-wi1h
q crushed head; then another. and an
other There was no standing before this
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twisted. and f0urishsd that six-foot club
with quicker motion than they could give
their cutIaSses They fell back and le;r
him path. but he turned upon them
The circle around Yank melted away.
and men sprang 70 meet the new enemy
but only 10 fall when they reached him.
Swarrh's crew took heart and fought
harder while Chink. whom Mr.. Todd was
plainly trying to find. called his follow
ers around him at the forward end Of the
cabin and babe them defend it. Then the
pirate entered the cabin and returned
with the canvas ditty bag.
Here" he called as he held ii Up.
Here. you humble follower OF de meek
tt4A 4NN4 LIS " lldA .hOu want. 1dhE II"
an call off your dogs
Throw it TO me-" yelled the frenzied
missionary Throw it to me-"
stop fghtin' and make terms. We're
not beat yet" Ana Mr.. Todd essayed to
oblige him: but the furious men beside
him. with their leader fallen. would not
desist. They pressed harder upon the
little band at the cabin door. Then the
bag was thrown-overboard.
Mr.. Todd became homicidal maniac
He yelled and shrieked. struck and prod
ded killing three of ten men surrounding
Chink before he met the chieftain ia q
to face Then these two fought-the one
with cutlass. the other with that terrible
white-ash capstan bar. There were fifteen
of Swarth's men beside him when that
duel began. and of these five fell before
the last of Chink's followers stretched out
in death. The survivors turned. to end
the single combat raging along the deck
from mainmast 10 foremost: but they
found that in this fghts there was no
room for their short knives Early in TIE
fray Chink'S cutlass had gone in pieces. |
and he had fled to the mainmast there to
arm himself equally. And now. around |
the deck. forward and aft. to starboard
and port, the two men were contesting |
with their ponderous weapons i'm a fight |
which in the nature of things could have |
but one survivor. The giant mulatto. /
silent and impressive. whirled his club |
and retreated; the equally tall. but thin |
ner. wirier and quicker motioned mis- |
Sionary yelling and excaiming insanely. /
pressed him hard-striving to bring the /
six-foot club down on the woolly head |
lodging before him. The red-shrted VIC
tors formed a circle about them. but not
,ne cared to enter within the sweep of |
hose capstan bars. which. when they
net, rebounded with greater force than
IS usually given 4 blackSmths sledge.
The combatants stepped over the
lead and living bodies. and upon them
hey stopped. endeavoring TO lunge: they
,prang in the air. and TO the right
md to the left: they fenced-and their
elage. but of instincts derived from the
Age of Stone. when clubs were the only
and victory the only prize of
at last Chink stumbled on
he outStretched arm of dead man.
md the coincident sweep of his club
ost its initial direction. just enough 70
admit the descending bludgeon of the
TO strike a clancing blow on
his head. He fell. but his head was not
injured; it was his crushed shoulder
which brought On agonized howl from
lis throat. and the fight to an end. He /
lropped his weapon and sat upon the
ieck.
Bind him. hand and foot" ordered
'Ir. Todd. painting hard. but self-con-
aine now. Bind him tight. l made him
/ promise once" The men obeyed him.
Chink's evil face. as they fastened his
wrists and ankles. was composite of all
emotions: Yet he made no
ound until Mr. Todd ordered the main
taysail halyards overhauled TO the deck
nd hangman's moose made in the end
f the fall. Then he protested in loud. {
railing tone.
You won't do dat. Oh Mister Todd. :
GU won't do dat. glib you pearls | 9Th J
GU money TO make up. Don't hang me-" I
Hush" answered the missionary.
ternly. as they slipped the moose around
lis neck and drew ii tight. You marked I
'ourself for the vengeance of God when
-ou tortured and robbed a man who had
Tot harmed youA but had the courage 10
ollow you. warned you. Up with him.
nen." he called Hook the blight in the