Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

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grasp the puport Of Courtenay's
words. lie besought the senior captain
to have patience with him. He had
ESCAPED from living tomb and felt
that he would yield up his life rather
| than return. Therefore when he saw
how few In number and badly armed
were they on board the ship lie thought
II best TO remain silent as to the fate Ut
the boats crew. In the first place. he
fully expected that they had been kill
cd by the Indians. who would be On.
ragged by his own disappearance: sec.
ondly. he alone knew how hopeless any
attempt at O rescue must prove: final.
", he wished TO spare the feelings OF
those who had bcfticndcd him. OF
what avail were useless mind tortur.
lngs regarding the haplcss beings In
the hands Of the savugcs?
i There was n certain plausiblencss IN
this reasoning which curbcd Courtc.
nays wrath. though 1t In no way di.
minished his disgust.
ASK him TO ascertain II the Indians
believe the white men are still living"
he said. A fresh series Of gruuts and
clicks ELECTED the fact that the smoke
column seen the previous day on Guam
nco hill had not been created by the
tribe. Suarcz begged the senior captain
to remember that lie had spoken truly
when he declared that Its meaning was
unknown to him. Probably from what
he now learned the girl who threw In
her lot With the sailors had built fire
there.
Courtenay turned on his heel ard
quilted the cabin. Christobal. well
knowing how the demons Of doubt anu
despair were aflictlng |Courtcnay. fol.
lowed him TO the upper deck. Boyle
was In the chart house. and Tollc.
mache. Each man noted the captain
troubled face.
Courtcnay obtained telescope.
With the tact which never failed him.
even in suchN desperate crisis as this
he handed the doctor his binoculars.
Then both men looked at the summit
Of Guanaco hill. Though II was high
noon and the landscape was Skinner.
ing I'm the heat mist created 10y the nm
usual power and brilllancc OF the sun
they distinctly saw thin pillar OF
smoke rising above the trees. Courte'
nay closed his telescope. lie made ia
approach Boyle. evidently for the pur'
pose Of giving some order. when Chris
tobal said quietly:
"Wait! I have something TO say &c
you. You ought to remain on the ship
Let me gor'
"YouT'
Eyes, I. After all. II Is only matter
OF taking command. One man canno
go alone. lie could not even pull thu
lifeboat so far; hence what you cal
do can do. and have no objection e
dying In that way"
'Why should either OF us dle?"
"You know better than | how littl'
chance there ~ of saving those men
You may deem nc callous II suggcs
that the reasonable thing would be Il
forget the miserable statement 20,
have Just heard. Oh, please hear me &
the end. am not talking FOR your sol
benefit. believe me. Greatly rs ! ant
all OF board are bcholdcn TO you. d
/, not propose slying my life In you
, stead because OF my Astounding adm
: ration for your many virtues. Wei
then. since you are 50 impatient rs I
he almost rude. cor!c straight tn III
point If you take command ~ u boat
crew and cndcavor TO save u" me
imprisoned over there. you wil alnlOS
certainly throw away your life aud III
| Of hn ~, ttu
event lady In whom We nre bot h h
: tcrcsted will suffer grlevousiy. ON III
other hand. II ! were Killed she woul
weep little. because slr has larg
l heart. but you would console her. IN
!, the odd thing In that you and ! nr
fully aware that either you or ! mus
20 or oil this fools cr-nnd. There
: none other to take the vacant plac,
Now, have | made myself cleari"
5 "Whlle | command the Kansas ri
0 responsible FOR the well hcipg nf Il
. ship. her crpw ard her passengers
Z could never forgive myself II lei
Q those inca 10 the mercy of the Indian
: cannot rcr,nit either you or Toll
B mache to take Il risk which | shirl
Boyle aud Walscr must rcman q
o bonrl--lcst fall Now. Christoba
n don't make my duty harder Sha!i
l. hands. ain proud to cnim you MS
9 friend"
= Huh" said Boyle strolliug towar
!. them. What N it--a hct:"
ID EYES, laughed Cnurlcnay. fro'
. whose face nj doubt had vanished.
Q bet Indeed. una yon bold the stake
u Have you seen the smoke signal yo'
= der?" AMI he pointed ACROSS the bay
Yes. Tol.enlaIh" found 1t aga
+ twenty minutes since"
= at means that cpv.n " our me
o are there. expecting ~ Ia save thcl
70 Hoist the ships answering prMnal
e from the main yard SWING out Ia sta
n hoard. Build n small FIRE on the poC
V and throw some oil and lampblacE {
II II. II they don't recognize the pennal
r they viii understand the smokc, q;
D. some fG0d. ana water slowed IN Il
n llfcboat and "!Tcr ~ y head 10 six m'
ii who Will volln'prr Ter n trip asI:G7r.
n ~ gp IN charg', 0f course. sir;" sa
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