Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-07

that itfdid not last very long. Neither
he nor was happy during that period
| was lonely / suffered the fneon.
! venience of being cast out of my safe
little cave. and somehow ! did not
make it up with al y other of the
young males | suppose my long con.
tinued cumming with Lop Ear had
become a habit, .<-~ N
| might have married, it is, true. and
| most likely should have married had
il not been for the dearth of females
in the horde This dearth, il is fair to
assume, was caused by the exoTbitance
of Red Eye, and ii illustrates the me-
mace he was TO the existence OF the
horde Then there was the Swift One,
whom | had not forgotten.
40 any rate, during the period of
Lop Ears marriage | knocked about
from pillar to post, in danger every
night that / slept and never comfort
able One of the folk died, and his
widow was taken into the cave of an.
other che of the folk. took posses
sion CT the abandoned cave, but it was
wide mouthed, and after Red Eye near.
ly trapped me in it one day | returned
to sleeping in the passage of the dou-
bic cave During the summer, how
ever, | used to stay away from the
caves fer weeks, sleeping in 4 tree
shelter made near the mouth of the
slough -" ....= 4.
| have said that Lop Ear was not
happy. My sister was the daughter of
the Chatterer, and she made Lop Ears
life miserable for him. In no other
cave was there so much squabhling
and pickering. If Red Eye was Blue
beard Iop Ear was henpecked. and
imagine that Red Eye was too shrewd
ever to covet Lop Ears wife.
Fortunately for Lop Ear, she died.
An unusual thing happened that sum
mer Late, almost at the end of it, a
second crop of the stringy rooted car.
rots spTaDg up. These unexpected sec.
end crop roots were young and juicy
and tender, and for some time the
carrot patch was the favorite feeding
place al the horde. One morning early
several score Of us were there max.
ing cur breakfast On one side of me
was the Hairless One. Beyond hir4
were his father and son, old Marrow
Bone and Long Lip, On the other side
Of me were my sister and Lop Ear,
sh being next to me.
There was no warming: On the sud
den both the Hairless One and mB
sister sprang and screamed. At the
same instant ! heard the thud OF the
arrows that traRsfixed them. The next
instant they were dewn on the ground
fioundering and gasping and the rest
of us were stampeding for the trees.
An arrow drove past me and entered
the ground. it's feathered shaft yibrat-
ing and oscilIating from the impact OF
its arrested fight. | remember clear:
~ how l swerFed as ! ran to go past
it and that gave it a needlessly wide
Lerth. | must have SHE'D at it as 4
horse SHES at an object it fears. ...
Lop Ear took a smashing fall as hasi
ran beside me- An arrow had driven
through the calf Of his leg and trippei
him. He tried to run, but was tripped
and thrown by it a se6nd time. h
sat up, crouching, trembling with fear
and called to me pleadingly:I dashed
back He showed me the arrow. H.
caught hold of it to pull it out, but the
consequent hurt made him seize M
hand and stop re. A flying arrow
passed between us. Another struck a
rock, splintered and fell to the ground. !
This was too much. | pulled suddenly
with all my might. Lop Ear screamed
as the arrow came out and struck at |
me angriiy. But the next moment We
were in full fight again 49,
| looked back. Old Marrow Bone, /
deserted and far behind, was lettering
silently along in his handicapped race
with death. Sometimes he almost FELL
and once he did fall; but no more ar
rows were coming. He scrambled !
weakly TO his feet. Age burdened hiEl
heavily, but he did rot want to die
The three fire men, who We're now Tar /
ming forward from their forest am +
bush, could easily have got him, kut !
they did not try. Perhaps he was to- !
cid and tough. But they did want the /
Hairless One and my sister, for as II
locked back from tine trees could sec
the fire men beating in their heads |
with rocks. One CT the fire men was /
the wiZened old hunter Who fimped.