Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-28
CHAPTER IX-C0NTINUED.
(From last Saturday,

"Whcrc ship II concerned, n she
can enter on the food she can go on,
on the ebb. How came you to escape
tonight"
Tears stood again in Suarez's eyes
as he replied:
when l heard their plan | imagined
they would be driven OF. provided a
watch were kept. resolved to risk nj,
In the attempt to reach the company
OF civilized men once more. I do not
care what the outcome may be. II I
can help you to overcome them, I nm
rendy to do so; II not. l will die by
your side. Tonight followed In n ca.
noe unseen. When I heard the shoot.
Ing l leaped overheard and swan to
the ship. It was lucky for me some
one seized the canoe which I found
there. The men In her had to swim to
other canoes. and two were wounded,
i heard them say. This caused some
confusion. and had something to
grasp when reached the ship; other.
wise must have been drowned, MS the
water was very cold"
Can you speak the Alaculof Ian.
guagcT
rs that what you call them7 Their
own name for the tribe Is the 'Featb.
cred People, because all their chief
men and heads Of families wenr these
things" and he touched his headdress.
yes, l know nearly oil their words.
They don't use a great many. One
wordNmny have several meanings, nc.
cording TO the pitch Of the voice"
Suddenly his voice failed him.
Though the words came huently, his
long disused vocal chords were I'm.
equal to the strain Of measured speech.
He asked hoarsely for some hot wa.
ter. When Courtenay next came across
him In the salon he was asleep and
changed SO greatly by the removal Of
pigments from his face that 1t was
dihicult to regard him as the same be.
ing.
His story was unquestIonably true.
TollemHche, who Ind fought an Of
shoot tribe Of these same Indians:
Christobal, who vouched for the Ar.
gentine accent. and Elsie, who seemed
to have read such rare books Of travel
as dealt with that little known part Of
the world. bore out the reasona bleness
or his statements. The only Individual
on board who regarded him with sus-
picion was Joey. and even Joey was
satisfied when Suarez had washed him
self.
1t WINS daylight again. a dawn Of
dense mist. without wind or hall, ere
any member Of the ships company
thought OF sleep. Then Elsie went to
her cabin and dreamed Of n river Of
molten gold. down which she was com.
PEELED to sail In a cocklesheil boat,
while fantastic monsters swan around
and eyed her suspiciously.
When ut last she nwoke after a few
hours OF less exciting slumber she
came out on deck to find the sun shin.
Ing on a fnirylnnd Of green and blue
and diamond white, with gaunt gray
rocks and groves Of copper beeches to
frame the picture. There was no pill
lar Of smoke on the lower hills to bear
silent testimony to the presence Of the
Indians. but the canoe lying alongside
told her that the previous nights
events were no part Of her dreams.
and man whom she did not recognize
"A man with closely cropped gray
hair and deeply lined. weather tan
ned face from which a pair Of sunken.
flashing eyes looked kindly at her
said in Spanish:
Good morning. senorita. hope l
did not startle you when came
aboard. And ! said things ! should
not have said In the presence Of II
lady. But, believe me. senorita, I was
drunk with delight"