Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-15
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Annette, numb with fear. lay quiv.
erfng just within the mouth Of the
cave Behind her was the dark-the
unknown She was TOO terror-striek.
en- totmoye But she was quick.wit.
| ted and she saw-and understood
that this terrific fight was helping her
She collected herself-she began TO
plan. Inch by inefI9 she crept farther
into the darkness f. -. .-..>.....
When the fight was at its hottest
the chief lunged far out in the midst
OF il and left the caves mouth tenn
porariIy uncovered like a flash An
ncite wriggled out of the cave and
skunk swiftly toward the underground.
She reached it. when figure blocked
her path,
1t was Neal With wild cry she
flung herself into his arms. But Neal
repulsed her for the instant. and with
forethOught. Almost brutally he
flung her behind him, and unshipped
his navy gun. For action vas at hand
One man and only one had seen An.
nette crawl from the caves mouth and
that man was the pirate chief As
soon as he could disentangle himseiI,
he was away and after her. And here
he came. tearing through the under
growth with savage bounds. -~
Neal fired thrice-hit once-missed
twice-and then the cutthroat was up.
on him. ."..
Ilington from the shore, heard the
shots. He looked upward and saw,
peering down at him from an emin-
ence the face of his arch enemy, Her.
nandez.. ri.
He. shook a massive fist at the face,
and the face disappeared -. .. "
Ilington fastened back to the tenn
porary camp and found that the lieu
tenant and his men were making
ready for run. -
Come on, loot, cried Ilington, leap
ing into the underground, I'm ready
for fight. ! saw a head just now,
and I'm going to hit it hard" ., =:
Neal fought with fury, but his fight
was futile. So, be it said, was the
fight of the pirate chief. For. Meals
shots had brought. the other beasts
swarming like human hornets about
their heads. Annette's temporary es-
cape had been discovered they had
been cheated-vengeance was their
due. They pounced upon Neal and
their chief like harpies -onee more,
pandemenium refgned.s Annette
erouched unseen horror-stricken
Suddenly she shrieked alond--for
Neal had disappeared beneath mass
OF mem. ~
!. She shrieked and ran like wild for
the shore-for succor. There was no
fight in her-she was beaten by fear
That shrek was fortunate for Neal.
His assailants left him and darted at.
ter her-scurrying like wild dogs
through the bush.
j And crack-craek-.l
The bark of dozen navy rifles A
dozen men plunged headlong.
1t was a bad fight--a desperate
fight. Meals men were outnumbered.
Meantime a solitary figure skunk
through the brush and crept past all
the fighters. This was Hernandez.
Ilington, during lull, saw him pass,
but knew not where ne went. Her.
nandez knew. He was still hoping
against hope-he still lusted blindly
after treasure. He reached the edge |
of the artificial crater and crept down !
a ladder and plunged into the treasure |
cave. He plunged his hands-his |
arms, into the living quicksilyer--he |
tossed 1t into the air.
They've never beaten me yet" he |
cried, this is mine-all mine."
He started suddenly. Across the pit /
there was a lull., And then the deadly |
crack-crack -crack of rifles.
"Re-enforcements, he muttered.
He was right. One boatload of ma
rines had reached the shore in another /
launch, had plunged through the thick
ct and had reached the conflict just /
in the nick of time.