Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-11

lnefp was no pane III lHe spuHu. nv
runway now became deeply worn
path. rising so steeply that several
times the party paused for breath.
"One man with n rifle could hold II
against thousand" Sheldon whisper.
ed 10 Joan. "And twenty men could
hold It with spears and arrows"
They came out on the village. sit
uatcd on small, upland plateau, grass
covered and with only occasional trees
There was a wild chorus of warning
cries from the women. and spears and
arrows began to fall among the In.
vndcrs At ShedOn's command tho
Tahitians and pOonga pOonga men got
into action with their rifles. The spears
aud arrows ceased, the last bushmen
disappeared, and the fight was over al.
most us soon as It had begun. On their
own side no one had been. hurt, while
half Il dozen bushmen had been killed.
Poor br,ItCs." Joan said They act
only according TO their natures. TO
eat their kind and take heads Is good
morality for them"
But they should be taught not to
take white mems heads" Sheldon ar.
gued.
She nodded approval and said: III
we lind one head Wen burn the. vii.
lagc. Hey. you Charley! What fella
place head he stopY'
"SpOse he stop along devil-devil
house." was the answer. That big
fella house. he devil-devil."
II was the largest house in the vii.
age. Into II they went CroEhed be.
fore slow smoking fire, In the Uttered
ashes of Il thousand fires. was an old
man who bIinked alphabetically at the
invaders. His task. 1t seemed. was to
tend the fire. and. hung in the smoke.
they found the object OF their search.
Joan turned and stumbled out hastily,
deathly sick. Keeling into the sunshine
and clutchng at the air for support
See II all are there" she called back
family and tottercd almlessly on for n
few steps. breathing the air in great
drafts and trying TO forget the sight
she had seen.
Upon sheldon fell the unpleasant
task OF tallying the heads. They were
all there, nine Of them, white mems
heads, the faces Of which he had been
familiar with when their owners had
camped In Berandc compound and set
up the poiug boats. Bnu Charley.
hugely interested. lent hand turn.
ing the heads around for Identification.
noting the Ratchet strokes and remark.
Ing the distorted expressions.
Other heads. thoroughly sun dried
and smoke cured. were found In abun.
dance, but. with two exceptions, they
were the heads of blacks
"Me savvee black Mary. me savvee
white Mary" quoth Binu Charley
"Me no savvee that fella Mary. What
name belong him."
sheldon looked. Ancient and with
cred. blnckencd by many years OF thu
smoke OF the devil-devil house. never
theless the shrunken. mummylike fac,
was Enthusiastically Chinese. How 4
/ had come there was the mystery. II
was n wOman's head. and he had never
heard Of II Chinese woman In the bis
y. Wv W. Wv "',
."S wv 'n." 'o"H .'' ne ''u ~
n,,.,,a1 - u't ,s ,'' -. ..t '',," MI, ,
md dirt md from rndcr his anrar,
oppeored tho nolIshnd groom ~ inda
tho sbeon oS neorl and tho warm rod
OF oriental gold The otbor beod
equally ancient. WINS n white mans
and Sheldon wondered what forgotten
beche-der.mcr fisherman or sandalwoot
trader had gone TO furnish that ghast
" trophy.
Telling Rinu Charley to remove III,
earrings and directing the Poongn
poOnCa men 10 cnrry out the old Or,
tender sheldon cleared the devil.devl
house and set FIRE TO II. Soon ever.
house was blazing merrily. while tn
ancient fire tender sat upright In tn
sunshine. blinking Mt the destruction
OF his village. Every member Of Tu
doris expedition was accounted fol
and 1t was long. dark way ont OF tn
head hunters country. Releasing thei
Two prisoners who ienper away lik
startled deer theS plunged down IN
steep pain INFO 'he Streaming lnhHI"
Ihat nlGht found them back N cam
WIN Iuuor' ana III high noon OF III
| third day. travelling with the curren