Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-18
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CHAPTER AKIN.

the FAINT report OF a dis.
tHnt rife aud knew II was
the signal OF Tudor. giving notice
that he had reached the BenI nde.
turned about. and was coming back.
Sheldon bred bis rife into the air 10
answer. and 10 turn proceeded 10 ad.
vance. He moved IA IN n dream. alb
sent mindedy keeping TO the open
beach The thing was so prppOs,pruus
that he had to struggle to realize II.
and he reviewed in his mind the con.
vorsation with Tudor. trying to mud
some Clew to the common sense q:
what he was dong He did not wan,
10 Kill Tudor. Because that man had
Numbered In his love making wns no
reason that be. Sheldon. should take
his life. Then what was II all abOuti
True. the fellow had insuted Joan by
his subsequent remarks and been
knocked down for It. but because he
had knocked him down was no rca.
son that he should now try to Kill him.
In this fashion he covered a quarter
Of the distance between the two riv.
ers. when II dawned upon him that
Tudor was not on the beach ut all. OF
course not. He was advancing, &C.
cording To the terms of the agreement,
IN the shelter OF the cocoanut trees.
Sheldon promptly swerved TO the left
o. seek similar shelter. when the faint
crack OF rifle came to his ears, and
almost immediately the bullet, strik.
Ing the hard sand a hundred feet be-
yund him, riCoChetted aud whined on.
ward in second flight. convincing
him that prepOstorous and unreal as
II was, II was. nevertheless. sober
fact II had been intended for him.
Yet even then It was hard to believe.
Keeping now 10 the shelter OF the
trees, he went forward another quar-
Ter Of mile. II Tudor had advanced
with equal speed they should have
come together at that point. and She!.
con concluded that the other was cir
cling. The difficulty was to locate
him. The rows OF trees. running at
right angles. enabled him to see along
only one narrow avenue NJ n time. His
enrmy might be coming along the next
might he hundred feet AWAY or half
mile. Sheldon ploddcd on and de.
cidcd that the old Stereotypcd duel was
far simpler and easier than this pro-
tractcd hide and seek affair. lie. too.
tried cIrcIlnG. In the hope OF cutting the
others circle: but, without catching a
glimpse OF him. he finally emerged
n oil, II -
trees, waist high. afforded little shell.
Ter and less hiding. Just as be emerged,
stepping out a pace. rife cracked to
his right. and. though be did not hear
The bullet In passing. the thud OF II
came TO his ears wien II struck palm
trunk farther on.
II" sprnng back into the protection Of
the larger trees. Twice he had ex-
posed himself and been tircd at. while
he had failed TO catch single glimpse
OF his antagonist. slow anger be-
gan TO burn in him. II was deucedly
unpleasant. he decided. this being pep
ppred Mt and. nonsenSical as II really
was, II was none the less deadly seri.
GUS. There was no avoiding the Is
sue. no firing in the air and getting
over with II. as IN the old fashioned
duel. This mutual man hunt must
Keep up until ont got the other. And
II one neglected chance to get the
other that increased the others chance
IN get him. There could be no false
sentiment about IT, Tudor had been
cunning devil when he proposed this
sort Of duel. Sheldon concluded. as he
began TO work along cautiously In the
direction OF the last shot.
When he arrived at the spot Tudor
wns gone. and only his footprints re-
maincd. pointing OUT the course he had
taken into the depths OF the pIanta.
ton Once. ten minutes later. he
caught glimpse OF Tudor. hundred
yards away, crossing the same avenue
ns himself, but going In the opposite
direction. His rife hnlf leaped to his
shoulder, bat the other was gone.
More In within than in hope OF result,
Erinning TO himself as he did so, Shell
don raised his automatic pistol and
In two seconds sent eight shots scat.
tering through the trees In the direc.
tlon In which Tudor had disappeared.
Wishing he had shotgun. Sheldon
dropped to the ground behind a tree.
shipped fresh clip up the hollow butt
Of the pistol. threw cartridge into
the chamber, showed the safety catch
into place and reloaded the empty clip.
II was but short time after that
that Tudor tried the same trick ON
him, the bullets pnttering about him
like spiteful rain. thudding into the
palm trunks or CHANGING OF in whining
ricOchets. The last bullet OF all, max.
Ing double ricochet from two diff.
ferrnt trees and losing most OF ITS mo
mcntum struck Sheldon sharp blow
, on the forehead and Dropped AT his
feet lie was partly stunned for the
moment, hut on investigation found no
greater harm than nasty lump that
soon rose to the size OF a pigeons egg
firing OF the endless circIInG. Shell
don tried once more 70 G6Ennce direct