Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-02

| enough, the canoes were Hnuntns oH
toward otter creek. In the marvel.
| ously clear light 1t was easy to see
the threatening arms held out toward
the ship by few men who stood up
right. Even their raucous cries were
| yet audible. COur;enay was glad he
| had not missed this demonstration OF
hatred. II argued the necessity OF con.
tinuci wutchfuiness.
'rhc general attitude Of the crew was
one of real annoyance that the fight
| had not been carried on ut close quar-
! ter,. The Kansas bore tokens In plen
/ ~ Of the battle. Many bullets and ar
rows had struck the ship. the canvas
! was tOrn In several places, n number
/ VI port lights were broken, and the
g, open decks. fore aud aft as well rs
| the spar deck. were Uttered with
stones He picked up some OF these
| missiles, mans earliest aud latest pro
| Jectile. They were round and heavy,
| A few bore the red streaks OF oxidized
iron: some appeared TO be veritable
Jumps Of ore. though the action OF wa.
ter had made them smooth stone out
| Of the brook" lie showed one to rolle
mache. who seemed to possess good
deal OF out Of the way knowledge. and
the latter Instantly pronounced the
specimen to be almost pure copper
yelned with silver.
The captain saw TO the reverent bur.
ial Of poor Pletro Cana. entered full
details Of the fight In the ships log
| and helped Walker to search the sus
pected coal for u further supply of
| dynamite. us the utility Of the surface
mines had been demonstrated beyond
q doubt. lie thought II possible. given
the necessary time. to rig device
which would he practically invisible.
| A fresh set OF dummy poles. which
the Indians would probably avoid In
the event OF second attack. might
defect the canoes into the area OF new
mines laid ut sen level.
| Their utmost diligence brought to
light no further supply OF the explo.
sive. Evidently the prepared Jumps
Of coal, each containing II stick OF dy.
namlte. which were placed In the
bunker ut Valparaiso had been convey.
ed on board by one man. so II was
I more than likely there was not nnoth
err ounce of the stun on the ship except
the three specimens first discovered
These. water soaked and useless. were
locked In drawer In the chart house.
While scrutinizlng the bunker Courte
nay found grimy piece Of paper
crushed into ball and amalgamated
with coal dust by means OF the glue or
other substance which had been used
for making the bombs intended for the
destruction of the furnaces. lie ex.
amined II carefully, believing It had
the appearance and texture OF car
and, while changing his clothes before
Joining the others at supper. came on
II again with certain surprise. He
plunged II into basin of hot water.
and 1t yielded Its secret. II was the
outer wrapper Of a stick Of dynamite
ut bore the circular stamp Of the manu-.
facturers, the Soclcdnd Anonyma de
las Costas del Pacinco. This In itself
meant nothing. The same company
probably supplied hundreds OF mines
with the five pound boxes In which
dynamite Is packed, and II the stamp
were the only ,clcw none could possibly
say when or where 1t had been issued
Tor use.
But miners are apt TO be careless
Men accustomed 10 dynamite will han.
die II with mn astounding disregard for
danger. and here was II case In point
Some Spanish oyerscer. evidently at q
loss for u memorandum tablet, had
scrubbed hleroglyphlcs with an indeli.
BILE pencil on this particular wrapper
1t was clear that the figures and alb
brevlated words referred TO the de.
vclopmcnt Of II cross heading and the
position OF certain lodes. but Courte
nay was quick TO see that the official
who made those notes would recognize
which the package had been stolen or
bought could be identified. Such evil.
dence was of highly circumstantial
value. Courtenay put the wrapper In
the same drawer as the cartridges, en-
tered In the log the time and manner
Of Its discovery and forthwith dismiss
ed 1t from his mind.
II was almost dark when he went on
deck. The wind was keen and chilly.
1t whlstled through the broken win.
dows Of the whcelhouse and seemed to
have In II u promise Of bad weather.
But glance aloft and at the sky be-
You'd the southern headland - Point
Kansas, as 1t was called on board-re-
assured him. The far flung arc over
head was cloudless. The stars Of the
southern hemisphere, vivid and bright,
though less familiar than those OF the
north. were reflected In the black wa
ter. The ship was SO still, the sur
roundings 80 peaceful, save for the
plash Of tiny waves created by the
breeze, that he was almost startled
when a soft voice came from the low
err deck:
Where In the world have you been,
. Captain Courtenay? Joey Is fretting
for you, and have ca lied him oil
, over the ship In vain search"
, His heart jumped with gladness. El'
sic was awaiting him at the foot Of the
companion. Be sure he was by her