Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-12-05

The bullet emitted sharp shrek as
1t ricochetted into space. The metal
block ratified back and forth. Again
and again she fred. till the clip was
emptied of Its eight cartridges. SIX
of them were hits. The block still
swayed at the gafr end. but it was
battered out of all usefulness. Shel.
don was astOnished. 1t was better
than he or even Hughie Drummond
could have done.
"That's really good shooting-for
woman" he said. "You only missed
1t twice. and 1t WIS strange weap-
Un."
But l can't make out the two
misses" she complained. "The gun
worked beautifully too. Give me an
other clip and Ill hit 1t eight times
for anything you wish"
81 don't doubt 1t. Now III have to
get new block. Viaburi. Here. you
fella, catch one feila block along store
ROOM"
"ru wager you can't do 1t eight out
Of eight-anything you wish." she
challenged.
NO fear of my taking 1t on" was
his answer. "Who taught you to
shoot!'
"Oh. my father at drst and then
Won and Ills cowbuys. he was
shot-dud. | mean. though Won was
splendid too"
Sheldon wondered secretly who Won
was. and he specuated rs to whether
1t was Won who two years previously
had led her 10 believe that nothing re-
mained for her but matrimony
What part of the United States Is
vour home" he aSked-"Chicago or
Wyoming or somewhere out thereT
NO: Hawaii | was born there. IL
Is n beautiful land. My. I'm almost
homesick for 1t already. Not that !
haven't been away. was In New
York when the crash came. But
do think 1t IL the sweetest spot on
earth Hawaii. ! mean.
Il might as we'll begin at the begin;
ming" She lifted her head with q
proud mir of diSmisSiug sadness after
the munnpr ut Il woman qualitied TO
wear a Baden Powell and long bar
relied Colts. 81 was born at Hiio.
That's on the island OF Hawaii. the dig
cest and best In the group. can't re-
member when | first got on horse
nor when learned to swim. That
came before my A Il Cs. Dad owned
cattie ranches on Hawaii and Maui.
bic ones for the Islands. Hokuna mao
100000 ucres alone. 1t extended I'D
between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
and II was there l learned to snoot
goats and wild cattle.
"von had been in the army. and dad
was an old seadog. and they were both
stern disciplinarians-only Von's girls
had no mothe and neither had !. and
they we're two men. after ali. They
spoiled us terribly. You see. they
didn't have any wives. and they made
chums out of us-when our tasks were
done. We had to learn to do every
thug about the house twice as well as
the native servants did it-that was SO
that we should know how to manage
some day.
"AInrp ,hnn once one or the 9th
er of ,,s Ind our rifles taken away
for week Just because Of tiny
sperk of rust. We had to know how
TO build Hrrs In the driving rain. too.
out of wet wood when we camped out.
.whith was the hardest thing OF all
cxrert grammar. I do believe. We
learned more from dad and Won than
from the, goveruesses; dad taught us
French aud Won German. We learned
both languages passably well. and we
learned them wholly In the saddle or
in camp. When l was sixteen we three
girls were all sent up to California to
Mills seminary. which was quite lash
ionabIe and sitting How we used to
long for home. We didn't chum with
the other girls. who called Us little
.cnnnibals. just because we came from
the Sandwich Islands and who made
in vidlous remarks about our ancestors
banquetng on Captain Cook which
was historically untrue, and, besides.