The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-04

LIEU ont, and T
ready TO interfere But before made
catch his arm. Winthrop was | could
| ran after him, and therefossao ne
tel You Just what happened | can
next five minutes on Godfro,. IN the
Just outside the door Jourion ~ Island
ing, short carbine in Jba "as wait
his arm. As Winthrop sme eIook Of
over on my side, he told him '' com. come
fooled long enough with these We I've
rms island IS worth cold m;,f peope.
US both, my dear fellow Co.. ION for
the old chap and l guess the I'll r,a Of
stay with-'' sirl will
suppose Winthrop's suaa.
discompoSed him. for ha a;5s en dash
the earbine up quickly enough and Sll Ia
' S Went Wild Wild Then the phloso a sas
| thought. of course. W;o+br
Use the revolver which he bad would
from Michael, but it WASH ! in In b::alched
to do that. Maybe it didn : oa. mind
him. Instead, he got Jourior 'Ieuf 70
throat, shook him horribly I'm y! the
elInked OUT OF his hand and then-ue
Flora saved Jourjon's Ife-r,.
was left IN his body She stenno, 'has
and called into Winthrop's 3 eptu out
till he heard When he looked ear
said, "1ou've avenged me. Ia az y, soc
CO. Des MN
Winthrop's eyes were blur,o, :.
face enalk pale: He got up, shakn :.
but by big effort he quoted bim..I:
and slipped aside, while l bent - ~
how much of Jourion there w,s = We ss
After a time. old Michael and .si.
aged to get him half conscious aa'
His first choked words in r.,
were TO the effect: "I'n Oh ar
Let me go.' Later he stared nm Ivy :.
lying on his back, and cursed Wintb, ~
by all the gods of the Lower Sens ~
purple lips quivering with fear W.s
ael turned his disguised ewes AWAY aas
told me that there was no mora NV a.u
ger from Jourion. NaA'
"Iou might shoot him full of bo,..
cut him into ribbons, or tie him into
Knot from poison, and d stick "a
his nerve and his work; but he's ma.
up with man who uses his hands A.,
his fists, and nobody in the wbol.
world ever again will have to h.
afraid of this man any more -
An hour later, Winthrop came nm !.
the house and confronted Flora. Hs
face was calm once more. but his ~.
preston was new. els there anvthine
more I can do for yous" he demanded
Flora dropped her eyes and pieked
a hibiscus blossom to pieces. "Did
YOU do that for me?'' she iuou;rsd
presently.
Winthrop smiled, faint. constrained
smile, without mirth in it. 81 SUP
pose T did he answered slowly, q
am ashamed. I lost my temper. Of
course. But I couldn t bear to see Won
insulted and So
$50 you tried to kill him. sbe
whispered. She looked at him with
wet eyes, glanced suddenly over her
shoulder as if to surprise some caves.
dropper. and fed into her room. leav,
ing Winthrop to stand in brown
study under the palms.
"1ou seem to have taste for al.
venture, after ALL" I said.
I'll might have killed him." he
muttered. shaking with horror.
| have seen men before in his plight.
/ tested h,m further.
'You did kill him. I remarked.
Most of us. it is likely, have at one
time or another come near to killing
man. If we haven't finished the act,
let us thank God, for life is different
after murder. whether justified or not
John Seiden Winthrop, aware that be
had tried to kill. shook with nervous
ness. was less than a man. But when
[ told him that he had indeed put
Jourion clean out of his life, when he
knew that in a few minutes, with hs
hands and his fists, he had sent man
whose name he knew to his last &C.
counting, he faced me.
This time his limbs didn't tremble.
and his face was composed In his eyes
lay an expression of understanding of
comprehension of difficulty in our
existence, A look that seemed to say,
81 have solved one problem.
I don't want you to make mlstaks
and misunderstood the fellow when
tell you what he said. His words wen
uttered in all seriousness, without :
trace of lightness or disrespect for tae
laws of God. But. after all, his remark
is not without its moral bearing: Inn
is the real thing!' That was his SOY
saying, the only comment he made upos
the deuouement of his search for az
venture
A few days later the Mariana W.
hauled out into the pass with m!se.
and old Michael on her deck. Micnsa
was waving his hand to Flora. Y.
walked along the little shore Of =.
lagoon abreast of US. ''Tell hlnlhfY
to hurry up.' he cried to her. -.
The philosopher scrambled out OF -
bushes and Ieaped into small boa..
few strokes of an oar and ne
alongside the schooner. 4.
Il m not going he sald cuia.
''Tell them to send my mail down w..
by the Mariana. Buy me some 1ooa''1
too. m not going back.
"Why not?' / demanded IN amsr
ment. "Haven t you had ao'en'D's
enough?' .-,.rn
"Some more of Jourjon's IRENE
might turn up while Mr.. Tunoflas Ill
away and Flora is alone, he -
briefly. >, .hm
But your frieDds-what wiz ''
sav-in Boston?' ! demanded
Winthrop turned and looked oac ssooa
the slender beach where fioia a
waiting for him. His face oe'is' sstou
inward amazement, protoun,o: s nsut