Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-06

we dog,
wet ground beside me as sat. my
head hanging duly remember that
her hands were clasped. recall the
agony on her face. The day grew
warmer as the sun arose. The clouds
hung low and moved rapidly under the
rising airs Now and again heard
faint sounds. muffied,. far on They
are firing. I muItered ..They are
among the buffalo. That IS good. Soon
they Will so away - 8 /.
\ do not wish 10 speak 6f what FOL.
lowed For, me q mercifii Ignorance
csmeiebpt what that grit must have
suffered hour after hour, night after
piRhtsuday after day. alone. without
sh1tteE, ALMOST, Without food. IN such
agenY pf terror, as might have been
NATURAL even had her solitary protector
been, posssssed ,,ot an his fdchIties4-l
saYuI cap6of dwell upon that because
L makes the cold. sweat stand on my
fire even now to think bf IT, s0Iwil
shf only, that one time awoke. she
told me- later that She did mot know
whether Is dFas two or three tiay* We
had been there, thus she fold nue. What
new and then. she left me and crept
to the top Of the ridge to witch the
Indian camp. She saw them come In
from the chase. their horses loaded
With meat. Then. as the sun came out.
they went to drying meat. and the
squaws began to scrape the hides. As
they had abundant food they did not
hunt more than that one day. and no
one rode in our direction. Our horse
she kept concealed and blindfolded I'M
Ill dark. when she allowed him to feed.
This morning she had removed the
blanket from his head. because now.
as. she told me with exultation. the In
dams had broken camp. mounted and
ridden away. all Of them, far OF to-
ward the west. She had cut and dried
the remainder Of our antelope meat.
taking this hint from what we saw the
Indians doing. and so most Of our re-
manning meat had been saved.
| saw that her belt was drawn
tighter about a thinner waist Her
face was much thinner and browner.
her eyes more sunkeh. The white strip
Of her lower neck was now brick red.
dared not ask her how she bad got
through the nights. because she had
used the blanket to blindfoId the
horse. She had followed out 3 place
for my hips to lie more easily and
pulled grasses for my bed. In all ways
thoughtfulness and unselfshness had
been hers. AS realized this put my
hands over my face and groaned aloud.
Then felt her hand on my head.
How did you eaty I asked her.
You have no fire.
"Once I had a fire." she said Il
made 1t with flint and steel. as I saw
you do. See." she added and pointed
to a ring Of ashes, where there were
bits OF twigs and other fuel
Now you must eat" she said. You
are like shadow. See. have made
you broth.
Broth r. said I. How"
"In your hat she said. my father
told me how the Indians boil water
with hot stones. tried 1t In my own
hat first. but 1t is gone. A hot stone
burned it through" Then noticed
that she was bareheaded. lay still
for a time. bordering feebly. as best
could. on the courage and resource Of
this girl, who now no doubt had saved
my life. unworthy as it seemed to me.
At last / looked up to her.
after all, may get well" said
go now to the thicket at the head OF
the ravine and see IL there are any lit
lie cottonwood trees. Auberry told me
that the inner bark Is bitter. 1t may
act like quinine and break the fever"
So presently she came back with my
knife and her hands full OF soft green
bark which she had found. 1T is bit
ter" said she. but II boil it 1t will
spoil your BROTH I drank Of the
crude preparation as best I might and
ate feebly as / might at some Of the
more tender meat thus softened. And