Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-27

nor western Sheldon asked. !
AT Lnnpa.Lnnga. Ran no
there as IL was coming on |
and laid there the whole week and
trnded for grub with the niggers.
When we got to Tulagi there she was
whiting for us and scrupping with
Burnett. / tell you. Mr.. Sheldon, she's
a wonder, that girl, perfect won.
der"
Munster retIlIed his GLASS. and while
Sheldon glanced across at Joan's
house. anxious for her coming. Spar.
rovbawk took up the tale.
Certify! She's the grittiest thing,
man or woman, that ever blew into
the solomons. You should have seen
Poongn. Poonga the morning we arriv.
ed-sniders pappinc on the beach and
IN the mangroyes, war drums booming
In the bush and signal smokes raising
EVERYWHERE. It's all up,' says Cap.
tain Munster. Up your granny she
SAYS to him." Sparrowhawk went on.
".Why, we haven't arrived yet, much
less got started. Walt till the an
chors down before you get afraid"
"Tbat's what she said to me- Nun.
ster proclaimed. And of course 1t
made me mad, so that l didn't care
what happened. We tried to send a
bont ashore for powwow. but II was
fired upon. What we want, says
Miss Lakeland. is a hostage. Pm GO
ing ashore tonight to fetch Kina- Kina
himself on board. and I'm not asking
who's game to 20 with me. for I've
got every mans work arranged for
him. I'm taking my sailors with me
and one white man. OF course I'm
TINT white man, | said, for by that
time I WAS mad. OF course you're
not SAYS she. You'll have charge OF
the covering boat. Curtis stands by
the landing boat. Fowler goes with
me. Brahms takes charge of the Flib.
berty and Sparrowhawk Of the Emily.
! And we start at 1 o'clock
my word, It was a tough Job lying
| there in the covering boat. I never
Thought doing nothing could be such
hard work. We stopped about fifty
futho,ns or and watched the other
boat 20 In.
''OI cOuFtfftUttt whN u IOWs IL bhu
to come, and knew It. but It startled
me lust the same. I never heard such
screecbipg and yelling In my life. The
niyyers must have lust dlved for the
bush without looking to see what was
up, while her Tahltians let loose. shoot
Ing In the air and yelling to hurry 'em
on. And then I heard them coming
| al .
strike on a gunwale aud Miss Lack
land laugh. and | knew everything
was all right. We pulled on board
without II shot being fired. And there
was old Eina- Eina himself. being
hoisted over the rail, shivering and
chattering like an ape. The rest was
easy. Klna. Xmas word was law
aud he was scared to death. And We
kept him on board issuing prociama
tons all the time we were In Poongn
Poonga.
ut was good move. too. In othe'
ways. She made kina.kina order Ill
people to return all the gear tney'
stripped from the Martha. she-her'
she comes now
u was with shock OF surprise Una
Sheldon greeted her appearance. In
ready made clothes from sydhey na'
transformed her. a siinp'e sH' an'
sc. on W. ,, m ,n,, .,s naw \
- .,,rn.r.,' ,,.an..d nm, :.
H. -, ,Sa an,n,rnna ana h
ano. oam"h, . a,,mnse "a rho antIe a
! nrowr an.,worr s,oct,nys Some
rna naar nada MANY fine
an. wom,n NV these mere extrapeou
trcnn,ncs |H. 1850.
.,i,,o one,ed nm n new field" an
aid no shs began pourinp the coffe,
.nId Kim K,na will, never forget m,
I'm sure and / can recruit there wber
a,.r w,n, saw Norynn nt t;uyut,
us,s wi,,,ng IN contract for n tbousan
bovs nj 40 sbiiIings per bend. Did
tell Won thnt I'd taken out n recruitin
ucans. for the MartbuY did. and I'll
Martha can sign eighty bows ever
rim" ,. "t|
sba,,,on smt,ed n frife bitterly