Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1893 — Page 7

UN IDYL OFJHONOLULU. A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for This Paper. « H BY LEON LEWIS.

CHAPTER Vl—Continued. “And now for a serious word with yon," said Bullet, as he drew bin chair close to Alma's. “Has Benning pro- . posed yet?” • “Not yet, father." “Why don’t you fetch him to the point?” “I’m doing all I can." “Well, you must do a little more,” said Bullet, with unwonted gravity. “If this marriage does not soon take place, it will never take place at all. There 4 seems to be a little leak somewhere. There are two or three sailors hanging around Honolulu who have seen the young man here, and who seem to know all about him. At least, they have a great deal to say, especially when they are in their cups, and I begin to fear that the secret may in some way reach Benning's ears, or at least the oars of some one who will comprehend the situation and come here ond claim him. As the case stands, sornethingmust be done immediately. How can we contrive to give him a shock—an impetus in the right direction—an awakener?” “I don’t know, I’m sure,” replied Alma, “unless I pretend to kill myself ” “Hush! What if he should hear you? Try to think of something practical. By the way, can you account for his coldness?" “Certainly. He's bound up in a desire to know who and what he formerly was, who are his relatives, and how he came here, and so on.” Jt The old sailor looked startled. “Things are getting to a very critical pass, I see," he whispered. “Try to think of something over night that will concentrate his thoughts upon you." The “awakener" so ardently desired by Bullet and his daughter came sooner than it was expected. Impelled by his unrest, our hero again rammed off into the hills early in the forenoon subsequent to the conversation we have just recorded, and was absent several hours —so long, in fact that Alma again went to look for him. Following a trail which she supposed to be Ralph’s she advanced into the heart of one of those great solitudes which characterize so much of the interior of the island, when of a twig at her side caused herto start and look up quickly. Keeri was again beside her. The Kanaka was smiling now. but it was a grim sort of smile—-one that rather convulsed than relaxed his features.

“I am glad to see you again," ho said, half mockingly. “1 have just been selecting a snug retreat for you in one of the hills away here to the northward." “For me?” cried Alma. “Yes, for you. And as I know that you will not honor it with a visit of your own accord, I shall take you thither against your wishes.” “Villain! don’t come a step nearer!” “But I will, though!” With this he seized her. We need not relate the details of the struggle that followed. Suffice it to say that her hands being duly secured, and a gag placed in her mouth, the girl waa led away in the direction indicated by her desperate admirer. About an hour thereafter, having come home to dinner, and experienced the double shock of finding both his daughter and Ralph absent, the old sailor conceived a lively suspicion that something was wrong, and at once took down an old musket from a peg and .started for the Creeka place, to learn if any one there knew anything of these unusual absences. To his great surprise he found the premises in question utterly deserted. This third absence was significant in the highest degree, and it was in a perfect whirlwind of apprehension that Bullet began scouring the adjacent hills and forests. He hail not gone far, however, when he beheld a sight that brought him to an abrupt halt—Ralph Kemplin leaning against a tree and engaged in such a profound revery as to be utterly unconscious of everything around him. “Still thinking about his former self, I suppose,” thought Bullet. “Wonder if I can’t startle him into thinking of Alma ?”

The case being at one? stated to the young Chicagoan, he became a* agitated as the old sailor eared to see him. The girl had not only been very kind to him, but had rendered him great services, especially in the matter of his new education —services for which he designed, as he had often assured himsell, to always treat her as a sister. “Yes, that cursed Kanaka has carried her of! to some den in the mountains,'’ was the assurance with which Bullet concluded his harrowing tale, “and all because she has refused his offer of marriage, and because ho suspects her of being engaged to you.” This was certainly putting the case upon a footing that touched our hero cfoselv, and the zeal with which ho joined Bullet in a search for the missing girl-can be imagined. During the remainder of the day, and all the subsequent forenoon, the couple scoured the great solitudes of the interior for some trace of the missing girl and Keeri. but all in vain. It was not till the close of the second afternoon of their search that a clue waa vouchsafed them, but it came at last. Just as the day was closing, and they were about to retreat from a narrow ravine into which they had descended, they saw a man emerge from a cave and look cautiously around. This man was Keeri, and the searchers at oace comprehended the situation. They had traced the Kanaka to his lair, V CHAPTER VII. MAURIAOE HER ONLY PROTECTION. tC At sight of Keeri, so plainly revealed / and so unsuspicious of any hostile pres- * ence, the old sailor smiled grimly, and his wholb frame shook with a convulsion of joy and relief. “Cautious!” was his warning whisper. “At last we have him! We’ve only to finish as clevqrly as we have begun.” “His presence here is a sufficient indication of his business,” returned Ralph. “He's not merely hiding, but is here as Miss Bullet’s jailer.” “Os course—of .course. The minute you set eyes On him you know that Alma is not far distant. I dare eaf vte ar* within a few rods of her person. TaJte care that the infernal Kanaka doos not see or hear us. He'd probably sooner murder the poor child than permit us to take her from him.” By this time the Kanaka had finished his keen survey of his surroundings, without detecting the presence of the two men, and commenced making his way down an abrupt declivity toward a small steam that wound its shining course along the bottom of the narrow valley. A pail he carried in his

right hand indicated clearly enough that he was seeking a supply of water for himself or for his captive. “We have him!” breathed Bullet in Ralph’s ear, as his grim smile gave place to a look of the sternest resolve. “You see the point for which ho is making? From our present position wo can almost drop ourselves upon him at the instant he is Alling his pail. Do not hurt him any more than is necessary. He's almost crazy, you know, with his love for Alma—and it’s little to bo wondered at, for she’s a girl of a million.” The sternness of the old sailor's countenance showed that this suggestion was more designed to influence Ralph than to spare the Kanaka. “Do just as you see me do, my dear Benning,” added Bullet, when Keeri had nearly reached the brook, “and we shall have him safe and snug in less than a minute." The event proved the justness pf the old man's calculations. At the very instant Keeri stooped beside the stream to fill his pail, the two men hurled themselves upon him. The contest that followed, however, was as desperate as it was short. The supple Kanaka exerted himself so violently that Ralph and Bullet had to set themselves earnestly to work before he was overpowered and bound securely. “So you’ve gone to keeping house in the hills, have you?” sneered Bullet, when at last the Kanaka lay panting and helpless at his feet. “Where is my daughter?” “Don't you wish you knew, old man?” was the spiteful answer. “We shall have to extract the desired information from him, I think,” suggested Ralph, quietly. “A good sousing in the nearest pool will probably loosen his tongue.” “I dare say. Let’s try it." The two men laid hold of the Kanaka immediately, with an air which showed how earnestly they were inquest of information. “If the water don’t fetch him, we’ll tie him up by the thumbs, sailor fashion,” muttered Bullet, as he and Ralph bore their prisoner toward a considerable pool, which had formed at a bend in the stream. “He must tell us where Alma is or we'll souse the breath out of his body. ” The determination of his captors could hardly have failed to affect the Kanaka. “Hold on!” he suddenly muttered. The two men stopped. “I’ll tell you where the girl is," he said, “since I have been such a fool as to allow you to nab me. She is here with me—living in one of these caves. She is now ray wife, , Mr. Bullet. Partly by scaring her and partly by coaxing I have induced her to marry me.”

“You had better tell that to the marines,” said Bullet, coldly. “I know Alma too well to credit your impudent lies. Your coaxing and threats have been equally useless.” “You forget, old man, that Alma has been betrothed to me for years," said the unscrupulous wooer, as he turned his malignant glances upon Ralph. “She has always thought everything of me, and has long been deceiving you and the young American——” “Shut up, or I’ll throw you into the brook,” interrupted Bullet, alarmed lest these falsehoods should have the effect intended: that of making trouble between Ralph and Alma. “AU you have to do is to show us tvhore the girl is, and we’ll hear what she has to say about these matters. And the sooner you tell us where she is the better it will be for you. ” Keeri bit his lips vengefully, but soon mastered his rage and mortification. “She's up there,” he muttered, jerking his head toward the spot where the two men had first seen him.x “If you'll set me free I’ll show you the way to our hiding-place." Ralph and Bullet exchanged glances. “I see no objections to setting him upon his pins,” said the latter, “so long as we keep a sharp look-out upon him. ” The feet of Keeri were accordingly free, and he was assisted to an upright position. “This way," he enjoined. “If you leave me in this fix, however, you’ll have to help me. ” “Oh, we’ll help you fast enough,” returned Bullet. “Take hold of him, my dear Benning. Between us we shall be able to manage him.” The trio began the ascent of the declivity Keeri had so lately traversed, and were soon in a most difficult and dangerous spot—a narrow ledge upon the face of a precipice that towered fifty or sixty feet above the bottom of the valley wo have mentioned. And then it was that the Kanaka suddenly precipitated himself against his captors with all his might, in an attempt to tumble them from this elevation into the rocky depths below. It was only by the watchfulness and vigorous dexterity of Ralph that this attempt was thwarted. ‘“The treacherous snake!” muttered Bullet, when he had recovered his foot. “If he does that again, tumble him down the rocks without any ceremony. ” Keeri saw by the manner of Bullet that further violence would rOact upon himself, and that not the least credit would be given to any further falsehoods ho might utter. He accordingly choked down his wrath, and assumed as resigned an air as possible. “I’ve played and lost,” he muttered. “But I dare say, old man, you won't kill me for thinking too much of Alma?” “That depends upofl how you have treated her,” returned Bullet sternly. “Lead on to the cave. ” The trio speedily reached the spot where the Kanaka had been discovered, and from this point a long and narrow opening into the rocky ledge became visible. “This is the place,” cried Bullet, after a single look around him. His voice was followed by a scream that camo, faint and echoing, from the depths of the rocky passage in question. “It’s Alma,” added the old sailor, flushing with joy and relief. “We’ve found her.” Torches were hastily lighted, and the two men plunged into the rocky passage, which was visibly the entrance of a cavern, dragging their prisoner after them. Ere long they came to a stout door, locked and barred, which hadbeen fitted into a casing of heavy timbers at the narrowest point of the entrance. “Are you here, Alma?” demanded Bullet. Ah inarticulate cry of joy was the first response to this query, but the words speedily followed: “Yes, I am here." *.

“Safe and well?" “Yes, safe and well." The old sailor drew a long sigh of relief, as did Halph. It occupied only a few moments to find the kov of the door in Keeri's pocket and to use it, thus bringing the captive and her rescuers face to face. The scene that followed was sufficiently emotional, the girl not only clinging sobbingly to her fathers breast, but also throwing herself 1mJralsively into the arms of Ralph, with oyous cries and tears. And It was not without an answering emotion that he received these grateful effusions for his share in the rescue. As he had long been oblivious of even Maida Steppe existence, no former memory preserved him from the full effect of Alma’s exaggerated gratitude. He did not love the wily girl, but ho was gratful to her for all tne interested kindnesses she had shown him, and he was neither so stony nor so wooden as to receive her demonstrations unmoved. To the contrary. as he found her arms thrown tightly around his nock, at that moment of joyous excitement, he became conscious of a deeper interest in her than he had eicr before experienced. Even Keeri perceived that ho had lost, more by his violence than he had gained. “How has the Kanaka treated you?” asked Bullet, as soon as Alma, with well-acted confusion, had withdrawn from the arms of the young Chicagoan. “Oh, very well,” replied Alma. “He has kept me a close prisoner and has tried to coax and scare me into marrying him, but he has not been particularly intrusive or dangerous." “What shall bo his punishment?" “I think he'll be punished enough if you take good care that he does not get hold of me' again,” ' returned the scheming girl, with a stealthy glance at Ralph. , “I’ll take good care for that —with Mr. Banning's aid,” said Bullet. “But what a curious place the rascal fitted up for you here,” he added, waving his torch around him and marking the extent and contents of the cavern. “Everything indicates that he has taken time to prepare for your long residence in this hiding-place.” “Certainly. He has been engaged for weeks in fitting up the place, and he has declared again and again that I should never leave it, Tinless under a solemn promise to marry him. But all his threats did not trouble me greatly, fori felt sure that Mr. Benning and you would find me.” “Touching faith!” muttered Bullet, as he drew the back of his hand across his eyes. “But in this case it was not fallacious. Mr. Benning and I have indeed found you, never again to lose sight of you* in such away as this, if human foresight can prevent it.” Leaving Keeri in the cave, so secured in well-knotted ropes that several hours would be consumed by him in setting himself free, the rescuers and Alma took their way homeward, Bullet leading the way, and the girl leaning heavily upon the arm of Ralph. That she had suffered from her captivity was apparent at a glance, her features being much thinner and paler than usual, but the fresh air, coupled with the excitement of the hour, soon brought the color to her cheeks. An, easy walk of a couple of hours brought the trio to Bullet's dwelling, where they proceeded to rest and recuperate from their fatigues and trials. |TO BE CONTINUED. | The Deadly Lockjaw.

One of the most violent diseases that we have, lockjaw, has at last been found to be curable, and where 99 per cent, of those who contracted the disease were before sure to die, we now can rely upon nearly as large a percentage of cures. This disease has been a mystery until quite recently. Why one should contract lockjaw by running a small tack, splinter or other substance into his body, and another escape all trouble, no one could understand. It was supposed for a long time that certain people had a predisposition to the disease, and the least wound inflicted this way would cause lockjaw. But now that the bacillus of lockjaw 1 has been discovered we know differently. This bacillus is in the shape of a drum-stick and contains a deadly poison. The bacillus is found everywhere in the surface soil of the streets or fields, and every time we run any foreign substance into the body we run the risk of getting lockjaw. The germs are all around us in the dirt of streets, and this is why 1 nails that are run into the feet when, walking on the roads are apt to givei the person lockjaw. The bacilli have; congregated on the nail in great* numbers, and when introduced into the system they get up a violent poison. A curious powder has now been obtained after a long series of experiments which will instantly kilt the bacilli of lockjaw, and when pa; tients are suffering from the dreaded disease an inoculation of the sub-, stance will generally cure the disease. The discovery of the cure quickly followed the discovery of the bacilli, and its habitation, and meth- - ods of growth. How Do the Newsboys Manage? The names of the Russian newspapers are noted for their brevity! and the ease with which Englishspeaking people may pronounce them.: Here are a few specimens: Wjedomosty Gradonatshalstwa, Olonetzkija Goubernskija, Pskoffsky Gorodskoi Listok, Jekaterinoslawsky Listok, Wastotshuoje Objaaflenij, Estlandsklja Goubernsk .Wjedomosty, The tongue of the newsboy, which is seemingly capable of pronouncing almost everything unintelligible, would certainly require a great deal of twisting to shout the names and latest editions of these papers. Among the various periodicals all over the world there are papeffi devoted to no less than eighty-two separate and distinct trades, while of class papers and those devoted to religious dogmas, creeds and scientific theories, there arc 253 distinct groups. It is an interesting fact, quite worthy of mention, that newspapers of the Unite 1 States are printed in more languages than those of any other country, no less than twenty-one being used at the present time. In Austria-Hungary sixteen languages are used. In India six teen, Russia ten, Germany four. The five principal languages used in the world’s newspapers in the order of their Importance are English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.— Providence Journal. Why Not More ? There are, It seems, about 300 women undertakers in the United States. There are 1.850 cities and towns in this country which have electric lights. THE beet rubies eoruh fi-om Burnish.

DECIDED TO LIVE. Fonnd After Art That Life Wat Not Perfeetly Hopeleaa. “It is always darkest before dawn” is a saying aptly illustrated by an anecdote glvon by Hume Nisbet in “A Colonial Tramp" While in Melbourne Mr. Nisbet one evening stepped under a veranda to avoid a shower. A young woman was there before him, ana from her harassed face and her restless pacing up and down he Judged her to be in trouble. So It proved. Suddenly the woman approached him and said: “Would you mind doing me a favor, •Ir?" “No! That Is, If I can. What Is It?” “1 want some medicine from the chemist over there, but he will not give It to me; perhaps he would let you have it” “Perhaps. What kind of medicine do you want?" “A shillings's worth of laudanum." “I’ll try.” I said, and taking the money from her was about starting off when a thought occurred to me, and I asked: “What do you want it for, miss?” “Toothache. I have it frightfully to-night” “No, you haven't” I said quietly. “It is heartache that ails you, and you want to kill yourself.” “You are right." she said. “Ido want to kill myself. Now I suppose you will lie for giving me up,” “No. I would rather help you to die if you are quite sure that you are done with life. But are you sure?” Then she told me how she had offended her kindred, the Jews, by becoming a Christian, how they had cursed her and discarded her. She was a tailoress, but most of the trade was in the hands of the Jews, and they would not employ her, and she could not get work elsewhere. She had tried every sijop in Melbourne. “Then I’ll get you the laudanum,” said 1; “only I want a favor from you first” “What is it?" “I want you to live until to-mor-row night, and try all round once more If you fail of success meet me here to-morrow at this hour, and I’ll do my best to get you the laudanum.” She agreed to that, and I returned the shilling. Next night I waited in vain for the young woman to appear. Six mopths afterward I was waiting at the postotfice for letters when a pretty, laughing-faced young woman came up the steps, with a young man beside her. As soon as she saw me she darted forward and shook me warmly by the hand. It was the young Jewess who had wanted the laudanum. •4 got a job the next day," she said, “so I did not need to come to you. Better still, I got a husband. 1 say, dear,” she cried to her companion, who had joined us, “this ,is tne young man who made me go the rounds again.” Then turning again to me, she said: “This is my husband; I got a place after all, in a Christian shop, the first I tried, and he was the foreman there. We have been married two months. I’m very happy,” and she laughed in a pleasant manner.

The Toilet of Birds. The feathered tribes have many peculiar ways and fancies about the details of their toilets. Some birds use water only, some water and dust, while others prefer dust and no water. Birds are not only exceedingly nice in their choice of bath water, but also very particular about the quality ot their “toilet dust” Wild ducks, though feeding by salt water, prefer, to bathe in fresh water pools, and will fly long distances inland to running brooks and ponds, where they preen and dress their feathers in the early hours of the morning. Sparrows bathe often, both in water and in dust. They are not so particular about the quality of the water as about the quality of the dust. They prefer clean water, but 1 have seen them take a dip in shallow pools that were quite muddy. The city sparrow must take a water bath where he can get it—in the streets or on the tops of houses—but he is most careful in his choice of his dust bath. Road dust, the dryest and finest possible, suits him best 1 have noticed the eity sparrow taking his dust bath in the street, and invariably he chooses a place where the dust is like powder. Patridges prefer dry loam. ' They like to scratch out the soil from under the grass and fill their feathers with cool earth. Most birds are fond of burnt ashes. Some early morning take a walk across a field that has been burnt over, and see the number of winged creatures that rise suddenly from the ash heaps. A daiting form, a small cloud of ashes, and the bathers disappear.-—New Y’ork Home History Repeat'* Itself. There is one sequence of events which has repeated itself again and again in the history of the world. Athens threw off the yoke of its tyrants, and established a republic, some of the other Grecian States following her example. After a period of democracy, Greece succumbed to the militry despotism of Alexander the Great. Rome began her great career under kings. The misgovernment of the Tarquins drove the people to found a republic, but the liberties of the Romans were ultimately destroyed under the military despotism of the Caesars. In the seventeenth century, England deposed her King, and created a commonwealth: in a few years the nascent republic perished under the military despotism of Oliver Cromwell. About a century ago the French people rose against tbeir King, and abolished monarchy. But the French democracy in its turn succumbed to a military despot, and Napoleon Bonaparte established the Empire. On a smaller scale, a similar sequence has occurred again and again amongst the States of Central and South America. These coincidences are not accidental; they illustrate laws ot human nature, and would doubtless be repeated did the proper conditions recur. Longevity of NdtoWMeii aiWomtn. Darwin was an invalid all his days, and ao were Young, Keata, Lam b, De Quincy, Burns, Dickens. Herbert Spencer, himself, has long been on the invalid list, suffering with in-1 somnia. While deploring the invalid-' ism and early death of so many prominent men we point with pride

to the distinguished women who have reached the «o’s. 70’s, and 80’s. Amelia O; . Miss Edgeworth, Caroline Herschel, Mary Somerville, George Eliot, George Sand r Harriet Martineau, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Tower Cobbe, Charlotte Cushman, Fanny Kemble, Mrs. Emma Willard and her sister, Mrs. Almira Lincoln, both thinkers and writers on many scientific questions, and many others, have enjoyed sound health through long, laborious days. —Eliza beth Cady Stantom Woman ax a Consoler. The original intention in regard to women seems that they should be creatures of orhament and consolation. This has not been wholly carried out; they have had many other things to do beside being pretty and consoling. But for both of these they have had large opportunities. In times like the present, when men are harassed and troubled over their affairs, women can do much that no one else can do. They can refrain from troubling on their own part; they can put aside their own annoyances; they can see that the house is cool and comfortable, that the table is well and not extravagantly served; they can present a cheerful front and soothe or divert as the indications may be read on the page which it should have been the business of their lives to understand at a glance. They may speak or be silent, as the case seems to require. The woman who will do this will do more. She will cheerfully make her expenditures meet the situation. If she has an extravagance she will lop It off; she will look well tos> the ways of her household and take a cheerful interest in practicing wise economies. But there comes a place where men’s and women’s ways may part. A glance over the newspapers shows that when men are troubled in their affairs the mill is shut down, the works are closed, the employe is discharged. The interests of women are not so involved. The wise Woman will not swell the ranks of the unemployed. She will not discharge the faithful nurse, the cock, the waitress; she will turn her dress for a new fall costume and put a nejjjiow on her bonnet; she will gather her household about her and dending low all will in time weather the storm. Power of a Blade of Grass. What may be termed, in the sense of the question, the lifting power of a blade of grass is the force spent in keeping it erect and in recovering from the pressure of the wind. Then, if we take the length of the average blade of grass to be four inches, and’ its weight two grains troy, and rej member that the upper portion of the Wade has to bear the most of the force of the wind, we may take the I lifting power as approximately equal to that which would be required to lift the blade of .grass three inches from the ground every second. This i force, reduced to figures, will be two grain-inches per second, or 7,200 an j hour. As 7,000 grains JLroy equal a ' pound avoirdupois, this, in twentyI four hours, is equal to a force such as would be required to lift twenty-four : and one-eighth pounds one inch from the ground, or one pound twenty-four and one-eighth inches, or a trifle over two feet. Chinese Books of Quotations. A Chinese literary man is notning if he is not allusive. To write either prose or poetry without constant references to historical events or per- ■ sonages is regarded as a sign either of ■ stupidity or of lack of education. As I the only history with whicn Chinamen are acquainted is that of their own country, and as every Chinaman writes, the practice of using historical allusions has become a fine art, and the most obscure characters and circumstances of past ages are necessarily dragged into writings to prevent endless repetitions, and to display the minute acquaintance of authors with the records of their country. In nine cases out of ten this acquaintance is only simulated and to support the deception endless manuals of familiar quotations are published to supply a semblance of the knowledge which is wahting.—The Athenreum. Waiting for Volume 11. The well-known Russian poet, Puschkine, who was always over head and ears in debt, had a voiume of his books splendidly bound and sent to the Czar, with this inscription on the title-page: “The works of Puschkine, dedicated to His Majesty.” The Emperor duly received it, and in his turn sent him a book of blank paces, among which were several bank-notes of 1,000 rubles each, which he had forwarded to the poet with this autograph inscription. On the first page was written: “The Emperor’s works, to the poet Puschkine.” The following day the Emperor met the poet at the Imperial Theater, and said to him: “By the bye, Puschkine, bow did you like my poetry?” “Sire,” replied he, “the first volume filled me with enthusiasm, and I await the second with great impa« tichce!”, Goliath of the Big Basin. In Rig Basin, Santa Cruz County, Cal., there are thousands of giant redwoods that will measure from ten to twenty-three feet in diameter. But the Titan of them all is a giant known far and near as “the Goliath of Big Basin.” This monstrous vegetable growth is twenty-three feet in diameter at the ground and is persolid, a fact noted as a rarety in these colossi of the forest. Goliath is a fraction over 200 feet in height, the lower 100 feet of the trunk being free from branches or unsightly excrescences. Experienced woodman declare that the tree would weigh more than 100,000 tons and that, it would “cut" 1,500,000 feet of clear board measure lumber, besides 100 cords of wood that could be gotton out of the limbs and waste. —St Louis Republic. Female Fruit Raisers in Calitornia. In fruit-raising countries one-third of the ranches are either owned or managed by women. In Fresno County, the great raisin-growing district of California, only one woman has failed in business. In Santa Clara County one-third of the $55,000,000 worth of taxable property is oyvned by women. Nine-tenths of the employes of canning factories are women.—-New York Sun.

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