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plsgue-stricken and deserted by all his
tr1besmen. he had saved his life and earned
an Indian friendship.
II know this Uncanoola." I said. MY
father befriended him in the plague Of 90.
and was never sorry for *. as I believe"
Then l would ask IL these had
ranged themselves on the patriot side. a
question which led the young militia Cap
tain TO give me the news at large while his
borderers were breaking camp and making
their hasty preparations Tor the days
march.
IT'S liberty or death with US now: we've
burnt our bridges behind US" he said.
when he had confirmed the tidingS ! had
had the day before from Father Matthieu.
And since here i'm Carolina we have to fight
each man against his neighbor. It's Ike 10
go hard with Us, lacking help from the
North"
Measured by This mornings work. Cap
tain Forney. these irregulars Of yours seem
well able to give a good account OF them
selves" I ventured.
He shook his head doubtfulIy. he was
but q boy in years, but war il a shrewd
schoolmaster. and this youth. like many
another on the fighting frontier. had
matriculated early.
You've seen US at our best" he amend
ed. can ambush like the Indians, fire
a volIey. yell. charge-and run away"
What's that ye're saying. youngster?''
Inc EflLlleu uuNNeE uA1 IIlSlcu rel0a1lnE
his rife. and. lourging In earshot with an
the fTescom of the border. would take the
captain up sharply On this last
You heard me. Eph Yeates." replied my
young Captain. CURLY.
The old man leaned his rife against a
tree. spat on his hands. cut a clumsy caper
In air. and gave tongue In n yell that should
have been heard by TarletOn's men At Ap-
pieby.
BY the eternal 'coonskinsi I can Eouge
the eye out Of airy man that says Eph
Yeates carn't stand up fai- and square and
whop his weight in wildcats; and I can do
IL now. IL not so0nerI' he shrilIed- Come
on. you psp-eatins, apron-stringed. French
daddied-'
Where the blast OF yituperativs Insult
would have spsat itself in natural course
we were rot TO know. for in the midst an
other OF the borderers. 4 why little man
in greasy deeFskin. came up behind the
capering ancient. whipped an arm around
his neck, and in a trice the two went down,
kicking. scratching. bufeting and srlIng
as Ike to a pair Of battling bobcats as vas
ever seen.
For a moment I thought my younzster
would let them have il out TO the anish.
but he did not. At his order some Of the
other pulled the twain apart, reluctantly. I
fancled; and when the thing was done the
old man caught up his rife and strobe
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for the time. It vas an offering OF icol-
meats upOn the altar Of my dear lads
friendship. What would he think Of me2
How could 1 go about TO make It plain that
I had robbed him for his own honors sake?
That 1t was not /. but fate that was to
blame2
These questions came UP answerlsss. like
deep-sea pIummets. where no bottom l.. I
saw the way 10 farther on than thiS-that
1 must go straightway TO Jennifer and tell
him all. Beyond that point the darkness
wa Egyptian. and l could only hope that
tricky fate would turn again and blot me
out. and make ii plain 20 Richard and 10
my dear lady. that love. and not base
t~reachery. had set me on to do a. / had
done.
In some such dismal ~grindings OF the
mill OF thought the hours OF vaiting were
outworn at length; and when the sun was
dipping TO the mountains in the west 1
rose and washed me In the brook. and after
wards constrained myself TO eat what
Tomas had prepared for me.
The sunset glow was fading in the upper
air. and underneath the canopy Of leaves
the wood was darkening on to twilight.
when I made ready TO be gone. Because l
thought I might have need Of IL before the
night was done, / buckled on the heirloom
sword; and telling Tomas and the other
blacks for their own safety 10 keep an
alarm guard waking through the night, l
SMILED forth upon my errand.
I've wished a thousand times, as / sit
here before the fire and Jot these memories
down IN Grabbed black on white, that I
could conjure up for you some speaking
pictures OF this scene primeval in which the
story moves.
True. Its hills and valleys are the same:
the river keeps its course: and IN the west
the mountain skyline IL unchanged. But
here slmIlitude II at an end. You've hacked
the virgin forest into shapes and fringes
where once IL was an ample mantle scanned
only by the rivers. and frayed here
and there at distant intervals by the
settlers Ak
Beneath this mantle lay a world unlike
the world you know. Plunged in its fur
tive depths you felt the spell OF natures
mystery upon you; the mystery OF the
hoaTy wood, age-oid. STEPPED in the ne
penthe Of the eentnries In brightest sum
ner day. which. In these forest a.sles. be-
came a misty green translucence. the 81
lsnce the vastness. the solitude laid each
a finger on you. bidding you go softly all
the way. But IN the twilight hour the real
held still more aloof. and all the shadows
brfstied with dim fantastic shapes to awe
and affrfght the aIfen-born-
I was not aiiec-born- From earliest child
hood I had known and loved these forest
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through the hours OF waiting Twas
a vain hope. There was never 4
wink Of forgetfulness for NE in all the
long watches of the summer day. and 1
must lie wide-eyed and haEgard- thinking
night would never come. and making sure
hat fate had never before walled a man in
such a dungeon OF despair.
There was no loophole % escape with
honor. The heavens were brass. with all
the horizons narrowed TO 4 bounding wall
TO hem me in on every side. There was no
s~ally-port in all this wall save on@-the one
that death had promised 10 open at the
dawn. The promise had been broken. True.
death had thrust the key within the icck.
and ! had heard the grating OF the bolts;
and yet the key had been withdrawn and /
was left a prisoner OF life
There was nc hope OF other outlet. Now
there was space 10 view IT calmly. / saw
how foolish was the thought that Margery
would conuive at any breaking OF the mar
rlage bond. She would bear my name, and
hate rue for the giving OF H.; would go on
hating me. l thought. 10 all eternity; but
she would never take her freedom back
again. save at a dead mans hands.
1t Was thus hat each fresh scanning Of
the prison wall that shut me in this dun
geon OF dishonor fetched me once and again
20 this one salIy-port OF death. And when
1t came TO this, that I had searched in vain
for other outlet. you Will not think Il
strange that 1 sat down in spirit at this
postern to see II I might open It with my
own hands
1t was not love OF life that made me hesi-
tate. Al twO-score years he who has LIVED
at all has lived his best: and II he live be-
yond the turning point OF youthful aruor he
must beg the grace OF younger men TO In
ger yet a little longer On the stage which
once was his ard now IS theirs
No. It was not my love OF life for life's
own sake that held me back Twas rather
that the Ireton blood Is linked up with that
thing we call a conscience. a heritage from
those simpIe-hearted ancestors TO whom the
suicide was a soul accurst-a soul impeni-
tent, whose very outer husk Of flesh and
bones they used to bury at the crossing OF
the ways. with 4 sharpened stake TO PIN
ion H..
Twas this ancestral conscience made me
Tiers s~word-Danus had rescued and re-
stored it 10 its place upon the chimney
b-reast-would set me thinking OF the Is
r~aelitish King, and how. when all was lost.
he fell upon his blade and died. this horror
OF the suicide came to give me pause.
Besides. that way TO right the double
wrong was not so clear as II might seem.
As matters stood. my living for the present
was Nargery's bes safeguard. TIL she
became my widow and my heir-at-law the
mercenary Baronet would play his cards to
win her honorably. I doubted not he'd make
hot love TO her. but while she stayed n
wife. and was not yet a widow, he'd keep
his passion decently in bounds IL only for
the better comprising Of his end.
But from this horn Of the dilemma 1
slipped to fall upon the other. II my living
on Is MarGarey's husband was her safety
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away In. blacklist wrath without a look BE-
hind him.
Captain Forney shrugged and spread his
hands. a his French father might have
done.
Now YOU know wherein our eakne
lies, Captain Ireton." he said. There goes
az true a man and as keen n shot as ever
pulled a trigger. Let him fight in his own
way. and he'll take cover and name his
man for every bullet in his pouch. But as
for Welding to decent authority. or stand
ing against trained troops in open Nod
Ne shrugged again and turned TO tighten
his Ss6dle-girth.
Il See" said l. Then I asked him OF his
plans and intendings, and was told that he
and his handful we're a-march to join Cen
eraI Rutherford. who was gone 20 the
Forks OF Yadkin to break mp some Tory
embodiment Whereabouts.
You have your work cut out to dodge
the british Ightihorse. Captain Forney."
said /; Gaping the venture by telling him
what little knew Of TarletOn's dispositions.
and also of the Indian-armins plot l had
overheard.
wen dodge the redcoats. never You
fear: we're at our best in that" he
rejoIred, carelessly. And as TO the
Cherokee upstirrinS. that's an old story.
The Kings men have tried II twice and they
have not yet caught Jack SEWER or Jimmie
Robertson a mapping. Ease your mind on
tnad score. IApNtiH litA'hs a. NedAc 1AOuH
with us II YOU have nothing better TO do
I can promise you hard living. and hard
fighting enough to keep IL in countenance-"
AT this / was brought down to some con-
sIderatiou Of the present and its demands.
As fortunes wheel had twirled. l had my
life. to be sure: but by the having OF IT
was made the basest traitor to my friend
to Jennifer. and no whit less to Margery.
Twas out Of any thought that ! should
take the field against the common enemy.
leaving this tangled web of mystery and
misery behind. In sheerest decency / owed
It first to Jennifer to make a swift and
frank confession of the ill-concluded tale
OF happenings. That done. / owed Il
equally to him and Margery to find some
way to set aside the midnight marriage.
So / fell back upon my wound for an ex-
cuse. telling the Captain that / was not
vet lit to take the feld-which was true
enough. whereupon he and his men set
me well beyond the danger OF immediate
pursuit and we parted company.
When / was left alone l had no plan that
reached beyond the days end. Since TO go
to Jennifer House by daylight would be
10 run my neck afresh into the moose. I saw
nothing for It but to lie in hiding I'LL night
fall. The hiding place that promised best
was the old hunting lodge in the forest.
and th~itherward / turned my face.
II was a wise man who said that he who
goes with heavy heart drags heavy feet as
well: but while ] live l shall remember
how that saying clogged the path for me
that morning. making the shrub-sweet sum-
mer air grow thick aud lifeless as / toileS
along. For sober second thought. and the
unnerving reaction which, comes upon the
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had fought SO stoutly against the Tory
odds al Ramsours Mil. their Captain be-
ing that Abram Forney OF whom you may
read in the histories. and though they made
no military show. they lacked neither
hardihoOd nor courage. OF n certain per
severing sort.
Ever come ally eloster 10 your Amen
than that. Stranger drawled one of them.
4 grizziei borderer. tank. lean and weather
tanned. with a face that might have been
a leaIhern mask for any hint il gave OF
what went on behind st. TN swear that
little whip'-snap' officer cub had the word
Fire sticking in his teeth when I gave
him old Sukey's mouthiul o lead TO chew
Gn."
l said / had come as near my exit = time
or two before. though always in fair tight:
and. thereupon, was wheimed in an ava
1anche OF questions. such as only simple
hearted folk know how 10 ask
When l had sufficiently accounted FOR my
self. Captain Forney-he was the timber
backed young fellow ] had ridden behind
Eripped my ham and gave me a hearty well
come and consratuiatisn.
MY father and yours were handfast
friends. Captain iretcn. More than that.
I've heard my father say he owed yours
somewhat on the score OF good turns. I'm
master glad Tve had a chance TO even up a
little: though as for that. we should both
thank the Indian" At whtch he looked
-ANNAA1 ~ N1N "-S N@AA1 al aA-@NN ~A@
marks a missing man Where is the chief.
Ephraimz" this to the grts1led hunter who
was methodicaliy reloading his long rife.
He's back yonder, gathering in the hair
crop. l reckon. Meier you mind about him.
CRp'n- He'll turn up when he smells the
meat a-cooking. immejitly. II not soccer"
Here. as / imagine, I looked all the ques-
tons that lacked answers: for Captain For
ney took Il in hand TO at them out with eX-
plicationS.
Ills Encanoola. the Catawba." he said:
"one of the friendlies. He was out a-scOut-
ing last night and came in an hour be-
fore daybreak with the news that Colonel
Tariet0n was set upon hanging a spy Of ours.
From that TO our little ambushmsnt-"
Il see said /, wanting space u turn the
memory leaves. This CataWba; is he I
mar about my age2" Captain Forney
laughed. God he only knows an Indians
age. But Cncanoola has been z man grown
these fifteen years or more: / can re-
call his coming 20 my fathers house when
l was but I little cadger."
At that. 1 emembered. too; remembered a
tail. straight young savage. as handsome as
a figure done in bronze. who used sometimes
10 meet me In the lonelier forest wilds when
/ was out a-hunting: remembered how at
first l was afraid Of him: how once I would
have shot him in q fit OF boyish
race anti2athy and sudden fright had he
not flung away his firelock and stood before
me defenseless.
Also. I recalled a little incident Of the
terrible scourge in 80 when the black pox
bade fair TO blot out this tribe Of the Ca
tawbas; how when my father had found
this young savage lying in the forest.
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CHAPTER Wv.
La which n Hatchet Sings n Man to
Sleep. ~.


In such a coil as this I'd looped about me
there was nothing for 1t, as 1t seemed. but
to draw the steel and die as a soldier
should So 1 broke cover on the forest side
OF the hoIly thicket with a yell as fierce as
theirs. and picked a tree to set ms back
against and ran for it.
1 never reached the tree. In midcareer.
when all the Cherokee wolf pack was burst,
ing through the holly tansle at my heels.
two men. a wEite man and an Indian. ran
in ahead, as I supposed. to cut me OF. Just
then the dry roof OF the hunting lodge
nroared aiame. red1ening the forest far and
near. The light was at my back and on the
faces o. the two who ran TO meet me. A
great sob swelled in my throat and choked
me. but / ran the faster. For these were
my dear lad and the friendly catawba,
charging CALAMITY to cover my retreat. =
II was n ready help in time Of need. They
ran In hrayely. the chief ahead. twiriing his
Iomahawk for the throw. with Dick q pace
TO right and rear. his two great pfs-
all the broadswOrds dangling by q thong att
his wrist
Follow the chiefr' he shouted In paszng;i
and at the word the Catawba stopped short.
sent his Ratchet whistling into the yapping
pack behind me. and swerved to run aside
and point the way for me.
Left To myself. 1 hope I should have lad
the grace to stand With Jennifer. But at
the turning point OF Indecision the quick
witted Indian read my thocSht, and snatch
ing the sword from my hand, gave me no
choice bat to follc~ him
So 1 ran with him: but as I fed ! looked
behind and saw a sight to put the ancient
hero tales to the blush One man against
two-score my brave Dick stood. whi1s
through the underwood the mounted SOL
dIery came to make the odds ssilI greater.
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CHAPTER XIX.
How the Barenet Played Hosge-et-
yoir.

The sun was well above the tree tops. and
the momfn was abroad for all the furred
n festhered voolfolk. when 1 forsook
the Indian pSth TO make a prudent circle
Of reconnaissance around the cabin In the
maple grove
Happily. there was no need for the Eau
tiouary measure. The hunting lodge was
undiscovered as yet by any enemy; and
when I showed myself ms poor black vas
sails ran TO do my bidding. weeping with
childish joy to have me back again.
since old Darius was sull at AppIeby
Hundred. Tomas ranked as ma3or-domo;
n bade him pest the blacks IN a loosely
drawn sentry line about the cabin. this
against the chance that Faiconnet might
stumble on the place in searchinE for me.
For | made no doubt mis- Tory spies would
quickly pass the word That ] was not with
Abram Forney's band. and hence must be
In hiding.
When all was Zone I flung myself upon
the couch Of partnerships. hoping against
hope that sleep might come to help me
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CTo be continued.) =
Copyright. 1874. ty TIE BOwen-Metrm comp.zz.
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PASSENGERS.
Arrived.


Per stmr. Kinau. Jan. oath, from
Hilo and way ports-Marston Camp
bell, F. C. Handy, DR.. Weight, e. j.
Walker, w. X. Castle, d. NJ Collins,
Rev. c. Uhida, w. L. Skinner, Miss
Keliiaa, Mrs. Alapai, Henry Berger, T..
Wilder. p. Peck. c. A. Brown, Mrs G.
A. Brown, Miss ]. b. Brown, Mrs. j.
Kekipi, C. 7. Day, H. H. Perry, Sam
Parker, Jr., Mrs. r. Norrie, Mrs. j.
II. Kunewa, Miss Mary Lindsay, J. II.
Soper, w. ii. Cornwell, Geo. Mayfeld,
". b. Morton, II. German, Father Ii
bert, ]. f. Colburn. F. H. Hayselden, c.
w. Ashford, f. b. Newton, NJ Poepoe
and 30 band boys.
Per stmr. Ke Au Hou. January "a
from Anahola-Col. Spalding, George
Day.
Per stmr. Kauai, January "a, from
Lahaina-C. NJ. Cooke.
Per S. S. Alameda, from San Francis.
co, January IS, arriving January "a
S. +. Berg, d. Dowsett, Col. George
French, Thomas A. Grady, w. l.
Grieve. F. w. Hardin, H. Hoffman, Ell
Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Carl +. Leh.
ners, +. II. Loucks, Major John McClel.
Ian, Miss II. Smith, Il. Thomas, T.. w
Tucker, DR.. w. C. Vile, Mrs. Vile
Miss Alice B. Vile, Captain George II
Whitney, Robert A. Lydecker.
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Shipping Notes.

The schooner II. C. Slade sailed from
Aberdeen on January 10 for Honolulu.
The bark c. ID. Bryant. on a voyage
from the Sound to Honolulu, passed
Neah Bay on January 10.
The barkentine Fullerton left San
Francisco on January IL for Lahaina
with a cargo of fuel oil.
The steamer City Of Picking, from Ho-
nolulu and San Francisco. arrived at
Yokohama on January II.
The barkentine Kohala, which is to
bring cargo of coal from Newcastle to
Honolulu, left Delagoa Bay on January
II for Newcastle.
The steamer j. l.. Luchenbach. of the
new 'round-the-Horn line, which Is to
oppose the American Hawaiian line of
freighters, arrived in San Francisco
January II, after fifty-five days voy-
age from New York. The other steam
ers that are to go on the run are the
Lewis Luchenbach and the Macpherson.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned. VIM. Pfotenhauer
and Hermann Schultze, having been APP
pointed Executors and Trustees of the
will and estate of o. Isenberg, deceased,
late Of Kekaha, Kauai, hereby give no.
tice to all persons having claims against
the Estate Of said Y. Isenberg, deceased,
to present the same to them at the Of
flee of Kinney, McClanahan G. Bigelow,
Honolulu, within six months from the
date of the publication of this notice
or they will be forever barred
WIN. PFOTENHAUER,
HERMANN SCHULTZE,
Executors and Trustees.
Honolulu, January 9Th, 1908.
2451-Jan. 6, 10, 20, "a, Feb. 3.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

The undersigned, having been duly
appointed this day Administrators OF the
Estate OF Isaac ii. Kahilina (k), late OF
Waipake, Koolau, Island OF Kauai,
Territory of Hawaii. deceased intestate,
by the Honorable Jacob Hardy, Judge
of the Circuit Court Of the Fifth Judi
cial Circuit. OF the said Territory OF
Hawaii. hereby gives notice to all per-
sons that have any claims against the
said Estate To present the same with
proper vouchers duly authenticated TO
the undersigned at Kappa. said Island
OF Kauai. within six months from date
or they will be forever barred as by
law And those who are indebted to
the said Estate win please make imme-
date payment OF their indebtedness 10
the undersigned.
=. KANEWANUI
Administrator ~ the Estate OF Isaac
II, Kahilina, deceased.
Kappa, Kauai. January 23rd. 1903.
Sbs-Jan, ~, Feb. 8, 10. II, ~ n
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
o. Yoshimura. of Hanapepe, Kauai has
made an assignment Of all of his prop
erty to S. Sheba, Sr., of Lihue, Kauai,
for the benefit Of his creditors.
All parties are notified to present their
claims duly authenticated to the UNDER
signed at his Office at Lihue. Kauai,
within thirty days from date, and all
parties owing the said o. Yoshimura
are notified to pay the same at once
to the undersigned.
Lihue, Kauai, December Goth, 1902.
S. SHEBA, SR.,
Assignee Of o. Yoshimura.
2450-Jan. 6, 13, 20. 81.
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Kaanapali.
DEPARTED FROM HONOLULU.

DEPARTED FROM HONOLULU.
Stmr. ]. A. Cummins, Searle, for Ca
hu ports at 7:15 a. m.
Am. blk. Mauna Ala, Smith for San
Francisco at a. m.
Schr. Kauikeaouli, Kalua, for Hama
kua ports at 9 a. m.
Stmr. Mikahala, Gregory, for Ahu-
KIM at 3 p. m.
Jan. 1S-S. S. Nebraskan. Weldon. for
Honolulu.
Jan. Els. S. Claudine, Parker for
Hama.
Jan. Pas. S. Claudine, Parker. for
Honolulu.
Monday, Jan. &c.
Stmr. Lehua, Naopala. for Molokai
ports. at 8 p. IN.
Stmr. Ke Au Hou. Tullett. for Kappa,
Anahola, Kilauea, Kalihiwai and Ha-
nalei, at 8 p. m.
Stmr. Iwalani. Piltz, for Hanamaulu,
and Ahukini. at s y. m.
Stmr. J. A. Cummins, Searle. for Ca
hu ports.
Schr. Moiwahine, for Paauilo.
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VESSELS IN PORT.
ARMY AND NAVY.
U. S. Tug Iroquois. Rodman.
CABLE STEAMER.
Br. stmr., Morton. San
Francisco, Dec. 26.
MERCHANTMEN.

MERCHANTMEN
(This list does not Include coasters.)
Ardromeda, Nor. bk., Iquique, Sept. 20,
in distress.
Albert. Am. bk.. Turner. San Francisco.
Jan. 2.
G. a. Thayer Am. schr.. Monson, Fair
haven, Jan. 20.
Churchill, Am. schr., Rosendal, New
castle, Jan. 20.
Coronado, Am. blSnt, Porter, San
Francisco. Jan. "a.
Eva Montgomery, Br. sp., Harrison,
London, Jan. IL.
Gerard g. Tobey, Am. blk, Scott, San
Francisco, Jan. %.
Helene, Am. schr.. Christensen, San
Francisco. Dec. 20.
klkilnt cutler, Port Ludlow, Jan. 90.
Mohican, Am. bk., Kelly. San Francis
60, Dec. ~.
okanogan, Am. schr, Roesch, Port
Gamble, Jan, n.
5, O. wilder, Am. bknt., jackson, San
Francisco, Dee. 81.
Willseott, Am. biz. Macloon. Hongkong.
Dec. a.