Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-20

still more plignant suffering than this
physieul one? Each morning said e
myself: To-day. If she Is better. viii
tell her OF Grace Sheraton. She must
know But each time | saw her face
could not tell her.
Each day she placed a clean white
pebble In little Pile a, her side. Pres
emily there were seven
John CowIes- she Sid tn me that
morning. bring ME our writing. and
bring ne my pen. Today | must sign
/ anoilirr letter. Aud. smiling. she did
50. leaking up Into my face with love
showing on her own Had the char
coal been living fame and had she
written on my bare heart she could not
/ have hut me- More.
On The fifth week she called once
more for her charcoal pen and signed
the lasI letter OF her Christian name.
'See. there, Size said: III Is all my
girl name E-ll+n." ! looked nj H..
her hand i'm mine
Ellen | mHrmured III In sig
nature enough. l,ecanse YOU are tiie
only Ellen In the world But she put
away my hand gently and said. Wait
She asked me now 10 get h E some
ort Of cut hranrlr for u rrutch. say
Jag size was roie.. to walk And WALL
lie did. thoH,ll resting her fnnt very
title or The ground After that daily
re went farther and further watched
Pms cntld'e' far ,rupt IN he r.reain
ii9ed ME Gs ! picked berries In the
ihirke;s. helped me with the deer I
brought into ramp.
'.Yolr are rery good to me. she said.
land you hunt we'll Yop work You
are = iuan. John Cowles. love you
Bnt hearing words 10 sweet as these
to me. still ! did not tell her what
secret WAS IN my soul. Each day that
other world seemed wagner aud farther
away.
Each day. too. 1t seemed less worth
while to speak. Now could not EN-
dure the thought of lnsiHg her
One day we wandered In dense
berry thicker. out OF which rose here
anu tirtC cuOht-Nuttt9 ttCcS. uHu VIC
began to gather some of these sour
fruits for use In the pemmicau which
we planned 10 manufacture
All ut once our dog begun to growl
and erect his hair. smiling not at the
foot scent. but looking directly into the
thicket just ahead. He began then to
bark. and as he did SO there rose. with
a sulIen sort of grunt and champing
Of jaws like a great hog. vast yellow
gray object, whose head topped the
bushes that grew densely all about.
The girl at my side uttered a cry of
terror and turned to run as best she
might. but she fell and Tay there cow
ering.
The grizzly stood looking at me vim
dictively with little eyes. its ears back.
its jaws working. its paws swinging
loosely at Its side. the claws white at
the lower end. as though newly shar-
pened for Strengthening. / saw then
that It was angered by the sight OF the
dog and would not leave rs. Each mo
ment | expected to hear 1t crash
through the bush In Its charge. Once
down In the brush, there would be
small chance OF delivering a. fatal shot.
whereas now, as it swung its broad
head slightly to one side. the best pos
sible opportunity for killing It present.
ed itself Immediately. without Kesita-5
ton swung up the heavy barrel and
drew the small silver bead directly on
the base of the ear where the side
bones of a bears head are iatter and
thinner, directly alongside the brain.
The vicious crack of the rife sounded
loud there in the thicket. but there
came no answer in response to 1t save
a crashing and slipping and breaking
down Of the bushes as the vast carcass
fell at full length. The little ball had
done its work and found the brain.
We were two savages. successful now
In the chase successful indeed, In win
ming the capital prize of all sayages. for
few indians will attack the grizzly II
1t can. be avoided. She laid her hand
wonderingly upon the barrel Of the
rife, looking at 1t curiously. that 1t
had been so deadly as to STAY crea-
ture so vast as this. Then she leaned
contentedIy against my side, and so we
sat there for a time John Cowles,n
she said ..you are very much man.
I am not afraid when you are with
me- put my arm about her. The
world seemed wild and fair and sweet
to me. Life. savage. stern. swept
through all my veins. We were very
busily engaged in cutting up the
slaughtered grizzly. when all at once
we stopped and looked at each other
In silence. We had heard a sound. To
me it sounded like rife shot. We
listened.
1t came again. with many others.
There was a volley Of several shots,
sounds certain beyond any manner Of
question. Her eyes were large and
startled. caught her bloody hand in
my bloody one. and for an instant /
believed We both meditated fight deep
er into the wilderness.
1T may not be any one we KNOW
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