Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-08

ping himself Win nhnuIul w pihCh
berry bushes, he wore Runnion's coat
| to protect his shoulders.
"woof! Dose skeeter bug IL hon
gry." he cried.
"Dis nice battenu." poleon remarked
critically: 81 max II go fns',' ana he
Gan 10 row swiftly. seeking the breeze
OF the open river IN which 10 shake
of the horde OF singing pests that
had risen with the sun. II come wa! }
queeck without tinkin' bout gun OF
| skeetcr net or not'in'. Runnion she'i
len me dis cont, 50 mebbe | don lOUl
80 worse lax do JUS now, ehf"
.How did you leave him? IL h,
badly injured" ....
"No; I bus II up ON de face an d,
rib, but she's feelin' good now. Yes
I'm leave I'm nice place for stop an
walt on de steambont-plnintec spruce
bough for set on"
She began to shudder again. and
sensitive 10 her every motion, h. asked
solicitously II she were sick, Lut she
shook her head.
I-I-was thinking what-supposlng
you hadn't come! oh, Poleon, you
don't know what you saved me from"
She leaned forward and laid tiny, !
grateful hand on the huge brown paw
that rested ON his oar. Il wonder II I
can ever forget!'
She noted that they were running
with the current aud inquired:
where are we golngf'
"Waal. I cant pull dis boat 'gainst
dat current, 50 I guess we pass on till
| fin my shirt, den bimeby we pick It
up some steamboat nm 20 home"
Five miles below his quick eye de.
tected his half submerged "bark"
lodged beneath some Overhnnging frs
which from the waters action hai
fallen forward into the stream. and by
rare good fortune II was still upright.
although awash. He towed II to the
next sand bar, where h. wrung out
and donned his shirt. then tipped the
water from the smaller craft and,
making II fast astern Of the Peterbor.
ough. set out once more. Toward
noon they came IN sight of a little
stern wheeled craft that puffcd and
battered manfully against the sweep
Ing current. hiding behind the points
and bars and following the slackest
water.
ITS the mission boat! cried Necla'
"lts the mission boat! Father Barnum
win be aboard"
She waved her arms madly and min.
gied her voice with POleon's until
, ,,,,n,hons"
.,I,n,nar p,r,,,,r, oh. scro,m.d md
a"ni.,,n,, nnr no s,cnoIod harE
60. ,,,a,. ,,.o,o ,,nn,,s,,o ona n no,r
/, -, S,,,ns,, ~ hnrds l,,,eJ NccI,
. "hoora noro, toIlovIny ofter the
at,,,an 90 ,,,o pn,o,,,nr,,,,h n, hi.
80, H.. ,.,,uo,, 18th ,on,., out az
a 49,. no,,,,,, ,,a, ga ,,I, ,h,r, h,,,,m
~, on ,ha ,orm, "a docI ,hen c,,mhcd
n ,ho norr'.,r I,,,Io ..,rrs ~ ana Nec,a
In ,ho orr,s q, roni ,,,nt white
). haired nr,ost tho Iost / elovod man on
!. ,he y,ron WIN hrorc away from thu
, y,r, IN greet the Trenchmon his kind
= sooa o,,,,,,, VIII, os,,nIshmo,, -.
..yvnot !, MI hi. bo,ry Slowly
4 Dorot s,nw,v, Nv IIttIe ,ir, ia tnIl.
a In, ,,o ,,rious,v .,or those noor old
, wits =, ,o,In,v c,nt understand
. am ,n,zoJ What ia this tn,ey,.
h Toycther tbay told him while his
|, HIN. eyes n,,v on.ned wide with won.
!. Jor max, ,,r,v s,ft with pItv then
y h,,,oJ WITH IndIypu,I,n Whom they
|. had finished he laid his hand upou
q Dor.t's .hon,der
.
. MY son, l thank God foF your go"o
:, body and your elem heart lou saved
- our Necin. and you VIII he rewarded
=, =, As To. this-thls-man kuhhioh' W.
10 must find him, anu he must DE SEM
out OF the country.
~ 1t required some pressure 10 per
' y, suade the trenchmnn, but NJ last III
consented, ana as the AFTERNOON drew
~ to n close the little steamboat cam'
- sluattering ana wheeling up 10 I'M
!! bar where Runnion had bullt his hr'
:. that morning, anu long shrlli D'as
10 summoned him from the point above
~ When he did not appear the priest too'
Poleon and Ills round raced, sileh