Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-12

er at this period OF the year At any
rate. the gale may not he absolutely
continuous. and Walker is assured that
he can patch up the engines for half
speed. Given a calm day--a day like
this. for instance-we can reach the
strait In few hours"
"And the Indians"
81 leave them out of my reckoning.
What else can ! dor
"Kill EN-" said Tollemache.
Courtcnay glanced sharply at his Eel.
low countryman. lie dlsllked these
references to the Alaculof bogy In
Elsies presence.
I'VE have dynamite aboard" said
Tollemache. "Why not construct a
couple of inferual machines which
could be fred by pulling string and
let them drift toward the canoes when
| he Indians are near enoughT
1T Is worth trying" was Courte-
nays brief comment. though he saw
later that Tollemache's suggestion was
4 very useful one.
Elsic's first task was to prepare
large scale drawing of the southern
part of Hanover island MS set forth In
admirably chart No. 1877 sheet 2.
ratagonla,. which Is the only trust.
worthy record available for shipmas.
tiers using the outer passage between
the gulf of Penas and the strait Of Ma.
gellan. 1t was simple matter to I'LL
In the few contours given. The neigh.
boring small Islands were shown In
reasonable detail. but the whole west.
ern coast of Hanover island itself con.
sisted of dotted line and n solitary
peak, Stokes mountain, the height Of
which could DO estimated and Its po-
sltion triangulated from the sea. Even
| Conception strait on the north. and
| the San Bias channel. on the south.
were marked In those significant dot
ted lines. The coast was practically
unknown to civilized man.
1t was borne In on the girl while she
worked that the chief marvel In her
present condition was the triumph Of
| science over nature In Its most hostile
mood. Tho Kansas boosted all the
comforts and luxuries Of a well equip
ped hotel Seated at the same table
as herself was a skillful sailor. using
logarithms. secants and cosccants. po-
lar distances and hour angles as II he
were In some university class room.
She stole glance at Courtenay. He
was SO keenly engaged on the business
In hand. so bent on achieving accuracy
In his figures, that she chlded herself
IAN hAr 1Nnn GI.n .1nr n1
II he ever gave thought to that prom.
ised wife Of his. who must soon suffer
the agony Of knowing that the Kansas
was overdue.
Elsie was sufficiently well ncquaint.
ed with shipping to realize the sensa-
ton that would be created by the first
cnblegram from Coronel announcing
the strait. The Valparaiso ncwspa-
pers would be full OF surmises as to
the vessels fate. They would publish
full details Of the valuable cargo and
would give list Of the passengers and
officers. All! ventana would learn
then. II he had not heard It earlier.
that she was oil board. And he alone
would understand the true reason Of
her flight from Chile. Her cheeks
flushed, and she applied herself more
closely to the chart she was copying.
She had left good deal unsaid in her
brief statement that morning. How
strange. how utterly unexpected. II
was that Ventanas name should fall
from Courtenay's lips-Courtenay Of
all men living! And what did Isobel
mean during that last dreadful scene
ere she was carried away to the boat
by screaming In her frenzy that Ven
tana had taken "an ample vengeanceT p
Vengeance for what? Had the half
breed dared to make the same pro.
posal to the rich aud highly placed
Isobel Barring that he did not scruple
to put before the needy governess
Surely that was impossible. There
were limits even to his audacity-
"wcll. how Is my chief hydrosra.
pher progressively"
Courtenay's CHEEKY voice banished
the unwelcome specter Of ventana.
Elsie started.
II do believe you were day dream.