Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-23
The Evening Story
Facing Death
For Love
By ARTHUR W. BREWSTER

in abundance. and ships stop there to
take 1t away and leave its equivalent
in money or in such goods as the ma
tives require. But the islanders will
not consent to any mingling with the
whites and are especially Jealous Of
their women. Death 10 the penalty to
any woman who receives white man
for lover or husband.
One day an American ship named the
Mary Boyle stopped at the island with
cargo Of miscellaneous goods which
she unloaded and took on in its place
such fruits as the place produced. The
crew of the Mary Boyle were permit
ted to remain ashore during tho day.
but at evening they were required to
60 aboard the ship.
The captain Of the Mary Boyle had
warned his sailors to have nothing to
do with the women on the island. tell.
ing them that they would not only en-.
danger their lives. but bring certain
death on any woman to whom they
made love. The warning was not nec-
cssary with regard to the women. as
whole. who were many of them hide
Gus. Even the girls were not gifted
t with what white man would con-
slider beauty. There was. however,
one exception. While the shore force
was unloading on the beach several
girls came down to battle. They went
into the water and sported like dol
phins. One Of them who swan about,
her long black hair trailing behind her.
was as graceful as swan. The sun
glistened on some brass bracelets she
wore on her arm and sparkled on a
stone that was fixed Just above her for
head to ribbon bound around her
| head.
In contrast with this dusky maiden
was one Of the. sailors whose eye she
caught. Jack Coglan by name. with
light hair and blue eyes. He followed
her with his gaze SO 6xedly wher.
ever she swan that the mate in charge
Of the party noticed his attraction. aud
to nip 1t In the bud grufi1y ordered
him to attend to his work.
When the girls we're tired Of swim
ming they went ashore, passing near
the sailors at work, and the dark
beauty. glancing at Jack, saw him
gazing at her rapturously. Love Is
like gunpowder that only a spark is
required to explode. The girl saw not
only what to her was exquisite manly
beauty in the fair young sailor. but
the love light In his eyes. She passed
on with her companions, but the dam
age had been done. One exchange OF
glances brought about that which was
ready to brave death.
A week later, when the Mary Boyle
was about ready to get up her anchor
and sail away: the captain, in order
to make sure that all the crew were
aboard, ordered the boatswain to call
the roll When he came to the name
of Coglan there was no reply. The
captains brow lowered. He shrank
from leaving any Of his men behind
and feared that Jack had in some way
become involved. SO that 1t would be
impossible to extricate him. Night
was coming on when no white man
was permitted to be on the island. II
Jack was found there he would be
killed. Yet the captain dare not vio-
late the custom Of the islanders by
sending a crew ashore to bring him
aboard. The only course to pursue was
to wait till morning.
Dawn was breaking when the watch
reported that a canoe with white
man and a native woman In 1t was
leaving the shore. The captain ran up
on deck, and Selling q glass brought
It to bear on the couple in the boat.
The wind was high and blowing on
shore, giving rise to line of breakers,
but the occupants of the canoe. by
dexterous padding, the woman In the
bow evidently taking the lead. had
managed to ride the foamy crests and
get beyond them into unbroken water.
At the moment the captain took the
glass q number Of natives ran from
the wood above the beach and began
hurting spears and stones at the couple
In the boat
Il was clear to those on board the
Mary Boyle that Love was playing one
i Of his reckless pranks. These two
young fools were Drawing almost GER
tain death that they might possess each
other.
The men ashore, seeing that they
were powerless to reach the fugitves
with their weapons. rushed up the
beach to an inlet where wns moored
canoe large enough to hold half dozen
Of them, and. getting aboard. started In
pursuit Six paddles were far more ef-
fectual than two. especially when one
of the latter was handled by a girl.
But she was both strong and skillful.
Indeed. It was on her. rather than her
lover, who was inexperienced In canoe
ing, that the race depended.
All the world loves lover. and the
crew Of the Mary Boyle. without wait.
ing for the captains order. lowered q
boat and pulled to the rescue. The
fugitives saw them and took heart 1t
was a question whether the sailors or
the islanders would reach them frst
II the islanders, the fate OF the girl
has, ton