Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-13

dried this almost info fame by burn
ing glass mace out OF watch crys
tai filed with wafer. not In The least :
weak sort OF lens. She ran for fuel
and for water. and now we cooked and
ate. the fresh meat seeming excellent
to me- Once more now we moved our
camp. the girl returning for the horse
and our scanty belongings.
Always now we ate. hagglIng out the
hump ribs. the tongue. the rich back
fat: so almost Immediately we began
10 gain 10 strength. All the next day
we worked as we could at drying fhe
meat and taking the things we needed
! from the carcass We got loose one
horn. drying one side Of the head In
the Ere. saved carefully all the sin
] ews OF ihe back. knowing we might
need them. Then between us we scrap
ed al the two halves OF the hide. dry
! ing II in the sun. 6eshing II with our
little Indian hoe and presently rubbing
| into II brains from the head Of the car.
cass as the hide grew drier In the sun.
We were not yet skilled 10 tanning as
! the Indian women are. but we saw
/ that now we would have a house and
bed apiece and food. food. We broil.
ed the ribs at our Ore. boiled the bro
ken leg bones IN our little kettle. e
made fiIIets Of hide to shaAiseour eyes,
she thus binding beck the long braids
Of her hair. Werrested and were con-.
forfed. E3c1 hour. 1t seemed TO me.
she roupced and becnme more beau
tiful xsuppIe. young. stronF--there ia
Re beginning Of the world We were
rich In these. our belongings. which we
shared
Hitherto. while was weak. ex-
hausted and unable to reason beyord
the vague factors OF anxiety ana
dread. she had cared for me- simply.
as though she were a young boy and
! an older man. The small details Of
our daily Life she had assumed because
she still was the stronger. Without
plot or plan and simply through the
stern command OF necessity. our inter
ests had been identical. our plans COW
cred us both as one. At night for the
sake of warmth we had sslept closely
side by side. both too weary and worn
out to reason regarding that or any
other thing. Once In the night / know
felt her arm across my face. upon
my head her hand. she still sleeping
and millions Of miles away among the.
stars. / would not have walked her.
But now behold the strange story of
mans advance in what he calls civ.
ilization! Behold what property means
In regard to what we call lawsl We
had two pieces Of robe instead Of one
We might be two creatures now. a
man and q woman. n wall between.
instead Of two suffering. perishing ami
mails with but one common need-that
of self preservation. There were two
houses now, two beds. because this
might be and stu allow US to survive
Our table was common. and that was
nlI
During that first night when we silent
apart the wolves came very close TO
our meat heaps and set UP their usual
roaring chorus. The terror Of this she
could not endure. and SO she came
creeping with her hair robe t0 ms side
where ] lay. That was necessary.
Later that night when she awoke un
der the shelter of her half hide she
found me sitting awake near the open
ing. But she would not have me put
over her my portion OF the robe. She
made of our party two individuals.
and that I must understand. l must
understand now that society was be-
ginning again and law and custom.
At night. in front OF her poor shell
ter. sat and thought aud looked out
at the stars. The stars said to me that
life and desire were one. that the
world must 90 on. that all the future
OF the world rested with us two. But
at this ! rebelled .Ah., prurient starsr'
| cried. .'and evil of mind. What mai,
fers II that you suffer or that Isuffer?
Let the world end. yes. let the world
end before this strange new compan
ion. gained in want and poverty and
suffering and now lost by reason Of
comforts ana health shall shed one
tear OF sufferingr
From now. day, by day. night hy
night. against oil my will and wish !
against all my mind and resolution. ]
knew that was loving this new being |
with all my heart and all my soul for
sinking all others. and that this~,would
he until death should US part. knew
that neither here nor elsewhere In the
world was anything which could make |
me whole of this-no principles Of |
duty or honor. no wish nor inclination
nor resolve.
had eaten. ! loved I saw what
life is
saw the great deceit of nature.
saw her plan. her wish. her merciless.
pitiless desire. and. seeing this. smil |
ed slowly in the dark at the mockery
of what we call civilization. its fuss |
and furry. its pretense. its misery In
deed. we are small. but life is not /
small We are small. but love Is very |
large and strong. born as 1t is OF the
great necessity that man shall not for