Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20

trsy And rs tor Won. CnuuIn Young.
you know very well that you just left
Guvutu this morning. that you are
bound for Marian aud that Won said
Yourself that IN two hours you are
getting under way again"
"iiut may not see YOU safely
i"rOssT Tudor asked. pleading note
~ his voice that rnsppd on Sheldon
nerves
"No. no, and again no. she cried.
You've ali got your work to do. and
81 have /. came to the SulumOns to
WORK. not to lr escorted about like Il
dnII For that matter. heres my as.
.Ort. aud there are seven more like
him"
Adamu Adam stood beside her tow.
ering above her, us he lowered above
the three white men.
I'VE start III m hour IN the whale.
bout for Guvu.u. big brother" Joan
said to him. Tell your brothers. all
or them. 50 that they can get ready.
We catch the UpOlu for Sydney.
Leave the guns behind Turn them
over to Mr.. Sheldon. We won't need
them"
III you are really bent upon go.
Ing Sheldon began.
That's settled long ago." she an.
swercd shortly. I'm going to pack
now"
An hour later the three men had
shaken hands with Joan down on the
bench She gave the signal. and tile
boat showed OH. six men mt the oars.
the seventh man fOr'nrd and Adam
Adam al the steering sweep. Jonn
was standing up In the stern sheets
reitrruting her goUdhys. slim figure
OF woman In the tight fitting jacket
she had worn ashore from the wreck.
the long barreled Colts revolver hang
ing from the loose belt around her
waist. her clear cut face like boys
under the StetsOu hat that failed to
conceal the heavy masses of hair be.
meath.
You'd better get into shelter" she
called to them. There's big squat
Of chain out. Captain Young. Goodby!
Goodby. everybody"
Her last words came out OF the dark.
ness, which wrapped itself soHdly
about the boat Yet they continued to
stare into the blaCEness In the direc-
ton In which the boat had disappear
ed. listening to the steady click Of the
oars IN the rowlocks until 1t faded
away aud ceased
'She Is only n girl" Christian Young
said with SLOW sOlemnity. The dlscov.
cry Seemed to have been made on the
spur OF the moment. she ~ only
girl" he repeated with greater solem.
nifty.
"A dashed pretty one aud good
traveller" Tudor laughed she Ger.
tainly has spunk. eh. Sheldon?"
Yes. she is brave" was the reluc-
tant answer. for Sheldon did not feel
disposed 10 talk about her.
They gained the veranda. where
they sat In silence over their whisky.
each man staring straight out to sen.
where the wildly swinging riding light
Of the Minerva could be seen In the
IullS VI tue uTlNlUg ram.
An hour later Christian Young stood
up. knocked our his pipe and prepared
to go aboard and get under way.
shes all right" he said. apropOs of
nothing spoken and yet distinctly rele-
want to whnt was In each of their
minds. shes got good boats crew,
and she's sailor herself with this
fnvoring bit of breeze she has sail on
already, and she'll make Guvutu by
daylight. Good night"
II guess I'll turn in. old man." tn.
dor said. rising and placing his glass
on the table. "i'll start the first thing
In the morning. Ms been dIsgracerul
the way I've been hanging on here.
Good night"
Sheldon, sitting on alone. wondered
II the other man would have decided
10 pull out IN the morning had Jonn
uOt smiled away Well. there was one
bit of consolation In it-.Ioan had Ger.
tainly fingered ut Berande for no man.
not even Tudor. II was not very fat.
tering, but what could any man count
In her eyes when schooner waiting
TO be bought IN Sydney was In the
wind? What creature! What crea-
ture.
Bernnde was lonely place to Shell.
don In the days that followed. In the
morning after Joan's departure he had
seen Tudor's expedition OF on its way
up the Balesuna. In the late afternoon
through his telescope he had seen the
smoke of the Upolu that was bearing
Joan away to Sydney, and In the even.
Ing he found himself standing staring
ut the mali upon which from the first
she had hung her Stetson hat and her
revolver belt.
Why should he care for her2 he de
manded Of himself angrily. Never
had he encountered one who had 30
thoroughly irritntcd him, rasped his
feelings, smashed his conventions and
Violated nearly every attribute OF what
had been his ideal OF woman. hut he
loved her. That was the point OF It
ALL and he did not try TO evade 1t. He
was not sorry that 1t was So He loved
her. That was the overwhelming.
astounding fact.
Once again he discovered n big on.