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

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She shiyered terribly / heard her
gasp and Sob All. how I pitied her
that hour!
As the rain Iessened and the cold In.
creased knew that rigors would soon
come upon US. walk OF we dier' !
gasped And so led her at last low
er down the side of the ravine. where
the wind was not so strong.
With all my soul I challenged my
weakness. summoning to my aid that
preserve OF strength had always known
each hour in my life. Strangely felt.
how cannot explain. that she must
be saved. that she was l. Strange
phrases ran through my brain. re
membered only one, "Cleaving only
unto her." and this In my weakened
frame Of body and mind l could not
separate from my stern prayer to my
own strength. once so ready. now 50
strangely departed from me.
/ To the delirious or the perishing man
time has no measuring do not know
how we spent the night or how long
1t was. l knew that Auberry would
before this time have gone back to fol-
low our trail, perhaps starting after US
even before night had approached. but
now the rain had blotted out all man.
ner Of trails, so rescue from that source
was not to be expected. Not even we
ourselves could tell where we had wan
dered. nor could we. using the best OF
our wits. as we than had them. do
more than vaguely guess where our
fellow travellers by that time might be.
Neither did we know distance nor d.
rection of any settlement.
We sat, dragged and weary, bag
gard and worn by the long strain. Her
skin garments, again wet through.
chung tight to her figure uncomfort-
ably. Now and again could see q
tremor running through her body from
the chill Yet as looked at her
could not withhold my homage to her
spirit. She was a splendid creature.
so. my soul swore 10 me. thoroughbred
as any in all the world. Her chin was
high. not drawn down in defeat.
caught sight of her small ear. fat to
the head. pink with cold. but the ear
Of a game creature. Her nose. not
i aquiline. not masculine. still was not
weak. Her chin. as remember l
noted even then. was strong. but lean
and not overladen with flesh. Her
mouths not thin Tipped and cold. yet
not too loose and easy. was now plain
tive. as it was sweet in its full. red
cupid bow. Round and soft and gen
tie, she seemed. vet all the lines Of her
| figure. all the features Of her face be-
Etokened bone and, breeding, The low
cut Indian shirt left her neck bare. = ].
could see the brick red line Of the sum
burn creeping doWn,l but most I noted.
since ever It was my delight to truce
good ineage IN any creature, the splen-
/ did leurFeoef herp peck, not long and
weak. not short and animal but fonnd
aud styenRr-perfect ! was willing to
eail that and every other .7 tnii, iE',s atout
heE's' Coz zqol1 suo sgyfr1r,. ~ -
| glSheggtuEned to- me after q time and
smiiedaWanlE ~ az ar1 by hungry ,. stie
said sksSk II 4gs m <,e,,S,,e s. &.
lpcIlbethonght me of an old cxpedierit
lemy father had once shown me. At
the Iubandolter. across, my shoulder
EsEarHg mgIsbullet pouch and powder
flask. h, the former also some hits Of
TOW along with the cleaning worm. Il
madea loose wad Of the, tow kept thus
dry in the shelter of the pouch and
pushed this down the rife barrel after
I had with some difficulty discharged
the load already there. Then rubbed
little more powder into another
loose wad Of tow and fired the rife
into this. As luck would have It. some
sparks still smoldered in the tow, and
thus was able once more to nurse up
q tiny fame. So now again we ate.
and once more as the hours advanced
we felt strength coming to us. Yet.
in spite Of the food. was obliged to
admit strange aching in my head
and hot fever burning in my bones.
See the poor horse" she said. and
pointed to our single steed. bumped up
in the wind. one hip high. his head low.
all detection.
"He must eat said !. and so started
to loosen his hobble. Thus engaged.
thought to push on toward the top Of
the next ridge to see what might be
beyond What | saw was the worst
thing that could have met my eyes /
sank down almost in despair.
There. on a fat valley nearly mile
away in its slow descent. stood the
peaked tops Of more than a score of
Indian tepees. Horses were scattered
all about. From the tops of the lodges
little dribbles of smoke were coming.
For some moments l lay examining
the camp. seeking to divine the intent
of these people. whom supposed to
be Sioux. heard whisper at my
shoulder. What is it, she asked me,
and then the next moment. gazing as
did over the ridge. she saw. felt her
cover close to me In her instant terror.
MY Godr' she murmured. What
shall we do? They will find us; they
will kill u.s.