Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-03

king, VINO by nature is as stern
ana arDItrary as men are apt to be
wnen they acquire SUDDEN riches. In
addition TO his gold, he possessed a
rare treasure in the person Of his
daughter Bessie, as sweet a l7-year-
old maiden as ever lived.
Pretty Bessie aid not lack for low.
ers, and quite as naturally the favored
one was the very one tnat her father
objected to.
clyde Brown was frank spoken, with
an honest, manly face, true, loving
nearU and little else.
"Why, Elizabeth her father al.
ways called her that when displeased
how can you forget that we are
descended from the RandOlis of Nir-
GINA? Just little longer, daughter
"a year or two at the most-anG &c
will 20 East and live as other people
do. Then my jewel may ind worthy
setting"
81 want no one but Clyde, papa -
protested Bessie learully.
But tears made no impression on
the nard neaTI UI George nandOlf.
However, he cOndesCended to give
conditional consent TO tneir union
suCn an absurd condition mat people
laughed ana shook their heads, and
Bessie merry race grew grave.
"Wnen you can snow the possession
of one hundred thousand dollars you
can nave nCr, he SAID grimly, in an.
swer TO Clyue Brown manly petition.
Until then I'll near no more about
IL
You can never do it," sObbed Bes.
sic when they stood alone in the moon
light by the road few moments later,
while her lather watched ungrily from
the window. Fortunes are wonder.
FULLY made in these mines sometimes,
but none wall tall TO u.s.
Don't be discouraged, my precious
Queen Bess," Clyde returned, with all
lovers unreasoning tondness. only
uust in me through all and walt Tor
me. no matter what may happen. Will
you promise me that.
Indeed | will. dearest! You knew
that | would before you asked she
murmured. But do not try me too
much, Tor father is as hard as rock.
Il must go away Tor a while, my dar'
ling. Somewhere in yonder endless
chain OF mountains a fortune Is wait
ing Tor me. leel i'll know II as well
as ii 1t were already in my grasp" he
answered in solemn earnestness.
God grant that 1t may be so, she
added.
And then she walked slowly to the
house, to her fathers great relief.
the next morning clyde left the
town fully equipped for prospecting
tour, and quite alone excepting the
three large dogs which followed Sc
dately at his heels.
For some time the prize which he
sought eluded him, but it came to him
a. last in a strange manner.
One day, aIter following the course
oil a noisy, shallow stream into a mar.
row valley hemmed in by lofty noun
tains, he Camped at the foot of a gi'
gantic tree near the water.
The dogs whined uneasily and sniff
ed at hole among the roots OF the
tree. but he called them away and
went on building a fire to cook supper
from the loose wood and branches
around.
Now that the fire is ready" he
unused aloud, Il wonder ir / II md any
game hereabouts."
AS ii in answer half grown deer
came down to the stream on the op.
PCsite bank not many rods away.
1t stopped, with one loot appraised,
and looked at the dogs with startled
eyes. The next instant the report OF
Clyde's rifle rang out, the deer leapcd
into the air, sprang forward and IeIl
INTO the stream, from which IL was
soon dragged by the dogs.
But the echoes made by the report
had not died out among the hills he.
lCre another sound aroused them
again.
II was the scream of an angry pan.
ther from the mountain behinu him,
md 1t was instantly answered by an.
other on the right and yet another far
down the valley to the left.
Clyde heaped the dry limbs upon the
fire, and the dogs, usually as brave az
lions, whined pteously as they skulk
ed close to his feet.
He waited In breathless anxiety for
several minutes, but could hear moth.
ing except the cracking of the fire,
| which now threw wide circle of
light, and the night wind among the
! trees.
Soon. following a magnetism which
lie could not account Tor, he fixed his
gaze upon tall tree near lie base OF
the mountain and encountered the
glare of two fierce yellow eyes.
a panther was crouching mere upon
a long limb, every nerve oil his body
In motion as he prepared Tor the fatai
spring.
TO aim and fire at him was the i'm.
pulse Of a second, and the tawny brute
sprang outward, with a snarl of rage
and pain, and fell squarely into the
fire
There was an unearthly shrek, a
smell of burning hair, a shower OF
Goals aud lighted wood; then the
brute stood, wounded and blinded.
near the tree.
At him, boys; at him." cried
Clyde
And the dogs closed In on him; but,
wounded as he was, he was more than
a match for them.
He killed one and sent the others
bowling to safe distance before their
master could surely aim the second
bullet, which quieted him.
lie was not an instant too soon, how.
ever, for there came another terrific
| scream, this time from the tree direct,
ly over his head.
u am ready for you now. he cried,
Coolly sighting another panther direct.
ly between the scintillating eyes.
He fired and sprang aside, while the
animal fell. struck the ground with
a heavy thud, clawed the earth ana
dir convulsiyely for. a few seconds
and then lay quite still.
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