Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-09

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pened. There was no warning. 4
great body smashed Down upon the
four of rs locked together. We were
driven Violently apart and rolled over.
and in he suafenncss OF surprise we
released our holds On ere another.
AT the moment Of the shock Big Face
screamed terribly. | did not know
what had happered. Though I sInelled
tiger and caEeht GLIMPSE Of striped
fur as / snrang for a tree.
Ii was cid Saber Tooth Aroused in
,,ie laid by the noise We bad made he
Lad cTapt upon VS. unnetieed. Tn"
Swift One gained the next tree 70
minc and immediately Joined her
pvt my arms around her and held her
close 10 re while she whimpeTed and
cried ssftIy From the ground came
a snarljug ard cruuehing OF bones. II
vas Sahcr Tooth making his supper
off what had heen Big Face. From be
vcnh with inflamed rims and eyes
Ped Eve poered down Here was a
monster u1iehtier than 10. The Swift
ore and turned and went away
rnietly through the trees toward tho
cave. while the fnlS gatheted ever.
head and showered down ahEse and
twigs ARD branches upon their ancient
enerry. He dashed his tail and snarled
hI,+ went on eating
Ard in such fashion were We saved.
II wing mere accident, the sheerest
aorideut Else would have died
there in Red Eyes clutch. and here
--crld have been no hridging Ct time
n thu tune If thousand centuries
down to a progeny that reads news
NJ ers and rides on electric cars
ay, and that writes narratives of by
gene happenings even as this is writ
ten.
II WAS in the early fall Of the fol-
lowing wear that it happened. After
his failure to get the Swift One, Rcd
Eve had taken another wife, and,
strange to relate, she was still alive.
Stranger still. they had baby sew
eral months old-Red Eyes first
child His previous wives had never
lived long enough to bear him chill
dren. The year had gone we'll for
all of us. The weather had been
exceptionally mild and food plentiful.
/ remember especially the turnips of
that year. The nut ocrop was also
very heavy, and the Wild plums were
large and sweeter than usual.
In short. it was asgolden year. And
tl.en itshapDened. IL was N. the early
morning, and we Wafs .sIIplised in
our caves In tn. emil cray light
we awoke from sleep. .rlost OF US. to
encounter death. The Swift One and
i were aroused by a pandemoniur1
CT sereeching and gibberfng Our
cave was the highest OF all on the
cliff, and we creDt sto the mouth and
peered down The open space YVES
filled with the Fire People, Their
cries and yells were added to the
clamor. but they had order ard plan,
while we folk had none. Zach enc
of us fought and acted for himself,
and no one of us knew the extent OF
the calamity that was Detailing us.
BY the time we got to stone throw
ing the Fire People had massed thick
at the base of the cliff. Our first vol
ley must have mashed some heads,
for when they sweryed back from
the cliff three of their number were
left upon the ground. These were
struggling and floundering, and one
was trying to crawl away. But wo
fixed them BY this time we males
were roaring with rage. and we rained
rocks upon the three men that were
down. Several of the fire men re-
turned to drag them into safety. but
our rocks drove the rescuers back.
The Fire People became enraged.
Also they became cautions. In spite
of their angry yells they kept at a
distance and sent Tights <of arrows
against us. This put an end TO the
rock throwing By the time half a
dozen of us had been killed and
score injured the rest of us retreated
inside our caves. / was not out of
range in my lofty cave, but the dis
lance was great enough to spell effec.
tive shooting, and the Fire People did
not waste many arrows on me. Fur
thermore, / was curious. wanted
to see. While the Swift One remained
we'll inside the cave, trembling with
fear and making low wailing sounds
because | would not come in, I
crouched at the entrance and
watched.
The fighting had now become inter.
mittent. 1t was a sort Of deadlock
We were in the caves, and the ques.
tion with the Fire People was how
to get us out. They did not dare come
in after MS, and in general We would
not expose ourselves to their arrows
Occasionally. when one of them drew.
in close to the base of the cliff, enc
or another of the folk would smash 2
rock down. In turn he would be trans.
fixed by hall a dozen arrows. This
ruse worked Well for some time, but
finally the folk no longer were in
weighed into showing. themselves. The !