Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-08
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| uais. staring always staring INTO
space. ... E..
Annette struggled to her feet and
! looked wildly about her. Her foot
touched something and she started
! back--looked down. -.
| The object was skull. ---.
Annette shrieked in terror-she
tried TO hide her face but could not.
She saw the fire-she looked nito
/ the eyes of her fellow captiveS Upon
their foreheads sweat stood out in
beads-cold sweat, the sweat OF fear.
She asked question OF them with
I her eyes, but they turned their heads
away. .".. ........
: Then, understanding at last, Annette
swGoned-slumped into heap at the
| feet OF the Brute.
The Brute staring, always staring,
I rose to his feet lie stopped down.
But before he could touch the girl,
the chief interviewed. The chief him
| self lifted her, and held her where the
god man could look upon her He
| mouthed and smaGked his lips.
An the Brute, recognizing Annette,
nodded his head and smiled with that
vacant smile of his. s..
"Eye-yah," yelled the multitude of
sayages, "the god is hungry-he will
eat =. ..........-. Sc ..-...... H..
"All-all will eat" cried the chief in
triumph. This white girl first" =.
He made another sign, and dozen
savages broke away and came back
With huge logs, which they swung into
The dying fire, sending its sparks high
into the air. They seized one of the
| long poles, and tied Annette to it
tied her with green, strong vines.
They waited for moment to let
the fire gain Roadway. -. III f
They clustered round her. danced
about her-touched her. -. ~" J..
Down on the beach, two merry men
leaped out of lifeboat and drew her
we'll upon the shore. -. z.
The gang" began the mate. Then
he stopped. With wild yell he dart
ed up the beach, Neal by his side.
What's happened, stammered
Neal, where are" ~.
He said no more. By this time they
were standing on the blackened EN-.
bers of a scattered f1re-by the rude
hut shattered and broken-and by two
or three red splotches that stained the
white sand and soaked it: =
Neal, his face gone white with ter
ror, clutched the mate by the arm.
Blood" he gasped, 'blood. Whose
blood? You tell me that"
Then the two amen-only two-still
side by side, sped on toward the jun
gle. The footprints led that way. At
the grove of palms they stopped. They
glanced about uncertainty.
Here" cried Neal, darting forward,
"a bit of Annette's dress. Come on. :"
1t was easy now, following this trail.
But ever and anon Neal glanced at his
comrade
Whose blood?" he demanded, tell
me that"
And the two men-only two-went
on.
At last, guided now by shouts and
cries of triumph, they reached the
clearing and peered across it,
my God" cried Neal aloud, look
look"
Two savages-two at first and then
a dozen-had seized the long pole and
had begun to swing it out across the
fire.. Upon it, limp, unconscious, tight
ly bound, lay the form of Annette.
Neal was across the clearing in a
bound.
Like a maniac, Neal charged into
the group of warriors who held one
end of the long pole and stripped them
from it. With the same fearful energy
he charged into the. gang at the other
end and knocked them down. Then,
bestriding the PROSTATE form of An
nette-and he knew not whether she
was alive or dead-he squared himself
and howled defiance.
Come on" he cried, 'the whole
bunch of you. Come on"
Over in hut, crouched and cover
ing, was Inez Castro-watching with
eyes wide with fear.
Hernandez" she shrieked, Herman
dez-here."
Hernandez crept toward her you
are right, Senorita," he said, his breath
coming and going, his heart beating
like a trip hammer with excitement,
you are right. 1t is not in our hands.
Now is our good time. Let us get
away" 49,.
Horrible" cried IneZ. 49, -.
Therefore, away" went on Her
nandez leading her by the hand,
away from here-and to our fortune,
Lost Isle" 49,
Horrible" repeated Inez, holding
her hand across her face ...-
All" said Hernandez, now dragging
her with him, bit roughly, but they
are all accounted for = except the
boat. And the boat is on the sands.
Come-you come with me-" .
Almost lifting her from the ground,
he darted with her across the open
space, unnoticed by any of the savage
crew and safely reached the jungle
trail. Reaching it, he put his hand
upon his lips. -
Careful" he said, I've know not
whom We may meet Careful. Come.
We're safe" -. ....... .~...
Back before the fire, two men fought,
back to back. One was Neal-and one
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