had increased. His lips were compressed and the sweat was standing
out on his forehead and upper lip. He seemed in some horrible
agony.

"For God's sake, Martin, make those horses go!" he broke out
suddenly. "Lay the whip into them!--do you hear?--lay the whip into
them!"

"They'll break, sir," the driver remonstrated.

"Let them break," Kersdale answered. "I'll pay your fine and square
you with the police. Put it to them. That's right. Faster!
Faster!"

"And I never knew, I never knew," he muttered, sinking back in the
seat and with trembling hands wiping the sweat away.

The carriage was bouncing, swaying and lurching around corners at
such a wild pace as to make conversation impossible. Besides, there
was nothing to say. But I could hear him muttering over and over,
"And I never knew. I never knew."



ALOHA OE



Never are there such departures as from the dock at Honolulu. The
great transport lay with steam up, ready to pull out. A thousand