Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-04

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white men In search of gold the first
rolling foothills. the man traps Of
spear stakcd pits in the jungle trails
the first meeting with the bushmcn
who had never seen tobacco and knew
not the virtues of smoking. their friend.
liness, the deeper penetration Of the
interior around the TANKS of the Lions
Head, the bush sores and the fevers OF
the white men. and their madness in
trusting the bushmcn. One morning
Binu Charley noticed that the women
and children had disappeared. Tudor,
at the time, was lying In stupOr with
fever In late camp five miles away,
the main camp having moved on those
FIVE miles In order TO prospect an out.
crop Of likely quartz. Binu Charley
was midway between the two camps
when the absence Of the women and
children struck him as suspicious.
my word" he said, me savvce too
much trouble close up. Me run. My
word, me run"
Tudor, quite unconscious. was slung
across his shoulder and carried a mile
down the trail. Here. hiding new trail.
Blnu Charley had carried him for
quarter of mile into the heart OF the
deepest jungle and hidden him in n big
banyan tree. Here and from the dlrcc.
ton OF the main camp, he had heard
two rife shots. And that was all. He
had never seen the white men again.
There is only one thing to do" Shell
don said to Joan. "l'll start the first
thing in the morning"
We'll start" she corrected. II can
get twice as much out of my Tahitans
as you can. and. besides. one white
should never be alone under such cir.
cumstnnces."
Sheldon sent for gang boss and
told him TO bring ten of the biggest.
best and strongest Poonga. Poonga
men.
mot salt water boys" sheldon eau.
toned. but bush boys--lcg belong him
strong fcln leg. BOY no snvvcc mus.
ket, no good. You bring IN shoot
muskct strong fella."
They were ten picked men that filed
up on the veranda and stood In the
glare of the lanterns. Their heavy
muscular legs advertised that they
were bushmen. Killing was their nat
Iral vocation, not weed cutting: and
while they would not have venturcd
the Guadalcanar bush alone. with a
white mau like Sheldon behind them,
and white Mary such us they knew
Joan to be, they could expect safe
and delightful time. Resides. the great
master had told them that the eight
gigantic Tahtians were going along.
PLENTY strong fella fight" Sheldon
warned them in conclusion.
They grinned and shifted delighted.
iy.
"S'posc bushmen kai.kai along you?"
he quericd.
mo fear" answered their spokes.
man. one KOogoo, u strapplng, thick.
Tipped Ethiopian looking man. "S'pose
Poonga.Poonga boy kai-kai bush boyP"
Sheldon shook his head. laughing
and dismissed them and went to over
haul the dunnage room for a small
Sucltcr tent lOr JOunTS use.
1t was quite formidable expedl.
ton that departed from Berande at
break Of day next morning in fleet
OF canoes and dlngcys. There were
Joan and sheldon. with Blnu Charley
and I.alaperu. the eight Tahltlans and
the ten poonga- p0onga men, each
proud in the possession Of bright and
shining modern rifle.
Bnu Charley led the way onward
into the rolling foothills. following the
weeks before. That night they camp
cd well into the hills aud deep In the
,roplc jungle, The third day found
them on the runways OF the bushmen
harrow paths that compelled single
lie aud that turned and twisted with
endless couyoIuions through the dense
underground.
Here. In the mldmorninG. the first
-auIulty occurred. Binu Charley had
dropped behind for TIME and KoogOO.
he ruonga vunnga man who had
toasted that he would eat the bush
gicn, was IN the lead. Joan and Shel.
lou heard the twunGing thrum and
mw KoOGno throw out his arms, at
he same ti.lc dropping his rifle. stun.
Die forward and sink down ON his
lands and knees. Between his naked
shoulders. low down aud to the left.
appeared the bone barbcd head Of nm
arrow. lie had been shot through and
through. Cooked rifles swept the bush
with nervous apprehension, but there
was 10 rustic. no movement: nothing
but the humid. oppressive silence.
"lnshmen lie no stop" Binu Char
ley called out. the sound OF his voice
Startling more than one Of them.
my word! Look IN that fella." he
continued. brushing aside the leafy
wall of the runway, and exposing IA
bow so massive that no one bushmun
could have bent 1t.
The Binu man traced out the me-
chanlcs OF the trap and exposed the
hidden fiber in the tangled under
growth that at contact with KoOgOO's
foot had released the taut bow.
They were deep in the primcvai for
est. Binu Charley took the lead as
tnghnI nj ttsnt