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

BY the time We had padded we'll out
into the current We had drlfted SO far
downstream that we were in full view
OF the Fire Peoples abiding place. SO
occupied were We with our padding,
UIIr eyes fixed upon the other bank,
that We knew nothing until aroused by
yell from the shore We looked
around There were tht. Fire People.
many of them looking at Us aud point
ing al us, and more were crawling ont
Of the caves. We sat up to watch and
forgot all about padding. There MAS
a great hhiLa 3alOD Oh the shore. Some
of tht. fire men dischaIg ed their lows
at lls. and a few Of the arrows fell
near us, but the range was too great
II was a great day for l.op Far and
myself. TO the east the contiagratiOR
We had started was filling half the Sky
with, smoke. And here We We're, per
fectly safe in thu middle of the river.
close TO tlN Fire Peoples stronghold.
we sat and laughed at them AS We
padded by, swinging south. AID south
ward 10 east. and even to northeast
ard then east again, southeast and
south, on around TO the west. Il great
Wl0e curve %nele lie river ntdEll
tied knot in itself
Then we swept on 10 the west, the
Fire People far behind, 4 familiar
scene opened our eyes. II was thu
drinking place, where we had wander
ed once or twice to watched the ami
mails when they came down 10 drink.
Beyond it, we knew, was the carrot
patch and beyond that the caves anC
the abiding place Of the horde. We
began to paddle for the bank that slid
swiftly past, and before We knew i
we were down upon the drinking
places used by the horde. There were
the women and children, the watef
carriers, q number OF them, filling
their gourds. At sight OF us they
stampeled madly up the runways
leaving behind them trail of gourdE
they had dropped.
We landed, aud OF course we neg
lected to tie up the catamaran, which
flOated off down the river. Right eau
tiously we crept up a runway. The
folk had all disappeared into theil
holes, though here and there we coulC
see face peering out at us. There
was UO sigh vi hSu Eye. VIC "SlN
home again. And that night we slept
in our own little cave high UP on the
cliff, though first we had to evict I
couple of pugnacious youngsters WHIT
had taken possession.
The months came and went. The
drama and tragedy of the future were
yet to come upon the stage, and in the
meantime we pounded nuts and lived
II was q good year, remember, fol
nuts We used to fill gourds with
nuts and carry them to the pounding
places. We placed them In, depres
sionS in the rock, and, with piece o.
rock in our hands, We cracked them
and ate them as we cracked. .
II was the fall of the year When LoL
Ear and Seturned from our long al
venture journey, and the winter tina.
followed was mild. made frequen
trips to the neighborhood of my ole
home tree, and frequently searched
the whole territory that lay between
the BURBERRY swamp and the moutl
of the slough where Lop Ear and J
had learned navigation. but no cleN
could get of the Swift One. She hat
disappeared And ! wanted her. J
was impelled by that hunger which !
have mentioned and which was akil
to physical hunger, albeit it came
often upon me when my stomach wa.
full But all my search was vain.