Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

and the raft into the water. Gimme |
that az" he yelled, and he grabbed
the utensil away from sailor who
was hacking at some boat lashings.
What are you doing. Baldy?" shout.
on the run down into the smoke that
, was now eddying up the main stair.
way.
Coin to cut out the door sos Ella
can get up here" Bragg yelled back
| He was crashing his ak into the wood.
work when Merritt came Gathering
down with two brawny canvasmen.
Let up on that" commanded Mer.
rift. I'VE want to keep those animals
penned right where they are located.
Are you crazy?"
Got to get Ella out" painted Badly,
inspired anew by her hoarse "roomp.
gur.roomp," as she trumpeted in ter.
ror.
Leave those animals alone"
screamed Merritt. Were In danger
enough, as II is. They're spoken for.
We can't do anything for EN-"
But Badly still battered away at the
door.casings, widening the portal.
Take hold of him. men-take hold
of him." Merritt ordered. He's gone
dafTy. He'll let those animals all loose
on u.s."
The tentmen approached behind,
grappled Badly suddenly, and bore
him to the upper deck, struggling.
shouting and frothing madly in his ex.
element and his wrath. The broad
the water, and men were dropping on
Il.
Throw him down there" directed
Merritt; hell come to his senses in Il
little while. If he doesn't, then run
him under water a few times"
Bragg was holsted over the rail. bel.
lowing hoarse protest, and the tent.
men dropped him toward the raft. He
! fell on the Stats on his hands and
= knees like huge cat. The FIVE life.
boats were in the water. and practi.
cally all of the passengers and the
crew were safely off the Red Tar.
Some of the grim wailings below
deck were smothered now. Others
continued more pierclngly still, and
over them swelled Elias appealing
L "roomp.gur.roomp." She was vocifer.
= ously demanding to know the where
1bouts of her faithful Badly. She was
standing on the burning deck whence
: he had fed, and she was bothered
= about II. Badly. croGched on the raft
stuck his fingers IA his ears that he
: might not hear her laments. He had
: Gained down considerably. and realiz
ed how crazy had been his attempt to
= salvage five.ton elephant from a
burning steamer.
Push away-push away before her
oilers bust, men," howled the captain
over the general uproar. But ere the
mw.clriy RATS coulI follow the MIN
, bier lifeboats, an even wilder disturb
ance shook the bowels of the doomed
Red Tar. There was riot. a rumble
and then a series of splintering crash
es. The next moment. with fragments
a of the decreasing hanging about hel
wrinkled neck, her frontal hide scar
. red by the impact of butting through
: Ella came storming up the main stair
way trunk appraised and ears a.peak
:, Behind her dragged by her gigantic
!, strength, came humping along the
emu's cage, the emu with neck stucl
through the bars, sending out ear-split
. ting yawks of fright. Ella plunged t.
= the rail and surveyed the group below
v her on the raft, her little eyes CLEAN
: ing and goggling. In flash OF tim'
the inspection of comradeship directe,
: her gaze on the pallid face of Badly
= Her terrified trumpetings ceased. Sh'
- kneeled and edged herself forward L
y the edge.
Push away-push away! She's go
/, in to jump" yelled the men in fanti
- chorus.
9 Send back your elephant Badly,
some one shrieked. I'VE don't wan
her."
" Cursed by the love of her that pun
sueth to the ends of the earth" chiI
y ruped the clown, safely bestowed II
: a lifeboat. "Oh, Badly, Badly, yo
=, shouldn't be so fascinating"
= The next instant, with a trombon
snort as though she cried, Badly
catch me-" Ella tumbled over the raj
and fioundered down, The emu's Gag
caught and the chain was snapped. j
=, her fall the elephant struck the raft
y edge, and as she ker.splashed out G
w. sight under the boiling water, the raj
~ tipped its scattering burden of human