The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-12-19
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her revolver.
Never mind" be said, here's mine
What can you do with it,"
"Shoot the block off your flag hal
yards"
He smiled his unbelief
II don't know the gum" she said
obviously.
tits a light trigger and you don't
have to hold down. Draw fine"
Yes. yes" she spoke fmpatiently.
II know automatics-they jam when
they get hot-only don't know yours. Z"
She looked at 1t a moment. ITS cock
ed. Is there cartridge in the cham
berT'
She fred, and the block remained
intact.
Its a long shot," he said. with the
intention of easing her chagr1n.
But she bit her lip and fired again.
The bullet emitted a sharp shrek as
it ricochetted into space. The metal
block ratified back and forth. Again
and again she fired. till the clip was
emptied of its eight cartridges. Six
of them were hits. The block still
swayed at the gaff end. but it was
battered out of all usefulness. Shell
don was astonished. 1t was better
than he or even Hughie Drummond
could have done.
That's really good shooting-for a
woman" he said You only missed
it twice, and it was a strange weap-
on"
But l can't make out the two
misses" she complained. 1.-The gun
worked beautifully too. Give me an.
other clip and III hit it eight times
for anything you wish"
Il don't doubt it. Now I'll have to
get a new block. Viaburi. Here, you
fella. catch one fella block along store
room"
III wager you can't do it eight out
OF eight-anything you wish.' she
challenged.
No fear of my taking it on" was
his answer. "Who taught you to
shoot?"
"Oh, my father at first and then
Won and his cowboys. He was q
shot-dad, l mean, though Won was
splendid too"
Sheldon wondered secretly who Vor
was, and he speculated as to whether
it was Won who two years previously
had led her to believe that nothing re
NAMED for her but matrimony.
What part of the United States is
your home" he asked-"Chicago OF
Wyoming or somewhere out thereT
mo; Hawaii. l was born there. II
is a beautiful land. My, I'm almost
homesick for it already. Not that
haven't been away. l was in New
York when the crash came. But
do think it is the sweetest spot OIL
earth-Hawaii, mean.
Il might as well begin at the begin
ming" She lifted her head with {
proud air of dismissing sadness afte
the manner of woman qualified tt
wear a Baden-POwell and long bar
relied Colts. Il was born at Hilo
That's on the island of Hawaii, the big
gest and best in the group. l can't re
member when l first got on horse
nor when l learned to swim. Tha
came before my A B C's. Dad owned
cattle ranches on Hawaii and Maui
big ones for the islands. Hokuna ha(
100000 acres alone. 1t extended ii
between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa
and it was there / learned to shoe
goats and wild cattle.
lyon had been in the army, and dat
was an old seadog, and they were boil
stern ciplinarians-only Von's girl
had no mother. and neither had |, ant
they were two men, after ALL The.
spoiled us terribly. You see, the,
didn't have any wives, and they mad
chums out of us-when our tasks wer'
done. We had to learn to do every
thing about the house twice as we'll a
the native servants did it-that was s.
that we should know how to manag
some dav-
More than once one or the 9th
er of US had our rifles taken ava,
for week just because of tin.
speck of rust. We had to know hoy
to build fires in the driving rain. toe
out of wet wood when we camped out
which was the hardest thing Of all
except grammar. l do believe. w
learned more from dad and Won thai
from the governesses; dad taught u
| French and Won German. We iearne'
both languages passably we'll. and W
learned them wholly in the saddle 0
| in camp When l was sixteen we thre
girls were all sent up to California t
| Mills seminary, which was quite fash
| ionable and sitting. How we used {
| long for home. We didn't chum wit
| the other girls. who called us littl
! cannibals, just because we came fror
| the Sandwich Islands and who mad
| invidious remarks about our ancestor
| banqueting on Captain Cook-w
was historically untrue, and. besides
| our ancestors hadn't lived in Hawaii.
| II was three years at Mills sem
| mary. with trips home. Of course, an
| two years in New York. and then da
| went smash in a sugar plantation o.
| Maui. Dad had nothing left, an
| be decided to return to the sea. He''
! always loved it. and l half believe tina
he was glad things had happened a
| they did He was like a boy again
busy with plans and preparations from
morning till night. He used to sit u
half the night talking things owe
with me- That was after had show
| him that l was really resolved to 6
along We were ready to start to Ia
hiti. where a lot of repairs and ref,
ting for the Miele were necessary
when poor dad came down sick an
died"