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| TWO GENTi 0 ?== 0 By SEWARD !-?-4 *? Prtvvrn'B ivuryngur. uv i.u?r.ui CHAPTER III. CONTINUED. "Leprosy?an incurable curse, that fs increasing, and a queen utterly debased?utterly lacking in the attributes of nobility, utterly unfitted for rule.'' "It is not good policy to say these tilings outside, is it?" J asked. "No. Keep your tongues well under control. Before long we may see changes here that will be of great benefit to us all." After this chat we took fresh horses and retraced our steps to the town. We were passing through the suburbs of Honolulu, and had just turned into Bei'etania street, when a great outcry arose and shrieks of dismay came from people standing about. Ahead of us and coming toward us, was the roy-d carriage, the four fiery horses leaping and plunging, uncontrolled by rein or whip. They hac evidently been frightened at something, aud had hurled driver and foot man to tho ground, and were no? tearing madly out toward the mountains. In the carriage sat the Queen, apparently stunned with fear, simply waiting to be dashed to pieces. I don't know how Gordon ever did it. My own thoughts refused to act. I sat like a big tomfool on iuv horse, looking, but doing nothing. Not so Gordon. He urged bis norsp. a powerful animal, forward and grasping the bridle of one of the leaders of the Queen's team, succeeded, after running some distance with tliem, in briugiug them to a standstill. There was a crowd at once. Men, women and children, whites, natives, Chinese and every other nationality had a representation in the e.vcit.nl throng. The Americans, if they disliked the queen, showed no less appreciation of Gordon's brave act than did the others. He was the center of attraction, tho hero of the ltonr. Laughing and beckoning to me, he rode aaay without waiting to be thanked or praised for his daring. When we told our friend Seacamp r.f ftfir-nrivncp. he fairlv shouted ia bis joj. "Bully!" be exclaimed. "Hoorat for Gordon! I don't take much stock in old Lil myself, but if ber horse? would run away, aud if she bad to be rut ^lad it was an American tbat did it! That's one more evidence for tbese foreign jokers that every American is a bero, if yoil only give bim a chance. It's in them! I tell you, it's in them! The inheritance of heroism.left by George Washington is as strong to day as it ever was. I congratulate yon, boy; and uow we'll pull tho cork out of a bottle of California wine?American, you know?and drink to the old flag again!" Recovering Malliauki, I star ed foi The Corals, pondering upon the mutability of human progress and earthly events. I might easily become i liero-worsbiper. I was stirred hi Gordon's dashing valor, and when J had rehearsed the scene to Uncle Tore and Winifred, Gordon had three friends at The Corals who would have set him upon apedestal and proclaimed Lis heroism to an admiring world. CHAPTER IV. A day or two after the adventure refated in the p.-eeeding chapter, t mounted my horse and, accompanied by Malliauki, started out for a gallop iuto town. It was a tine day. All days seemed line in Oalm. Tuis was feiinply one of many. .1 had not gone far when I saw two horsemen coming toward me. One was a native, aud evidently the military attendant of the other. Aud the other! He was somethiug gorgeous to behold. Uefore I could see his face distinctly, I saw the sheen of an abundance of gold lace. A white plume waved above his head. Huge boots, shiny and duly spurred encased his legs. And there was something familiar about the ease and erectuesa - --1- rVvKmlv T WAIQ WUICU iiC iuuc;. v/va , ? never saw a more niaguiticent sight than this wondrously arrayed officer upon coal-black prancing charger. A tine sword dangled by his side. But with uumilitary disregard of coaveu lion he was smoking a cigar. "Hollo, there, "Warriugford, don'l you know me?" shouted this officer, us he drew near, and I failed to makt signs of recognition. 1 nearly fell of ivy horse. It was Gordon. "By all that's great!" I exclaimed "What evolution is this?" "Allow ine to introduce myself Arthur Gordon, captain iu the Queen'! Guards. How does that strike you th?" "Crackyi But how did you get it?' "Didn't get it. It got me. It i: fimply the reward for pulliug the oh lady's horses to a standstill the othei day. I was calmly and ouietly sittiu; -EMEN f OF HAWAII. ? 0; W. HOPKINS. fQ; , on the porch of the .Nuuauu yesterday I afternoon, smoking some of our friend : Seacamp's best, when a mighty lhmkey ! or something bore down upon me and bade me appear before the queen, i Well, I appeared. I have been appearing off and on ever since. And as I get a good salary for appearing, clad in this gorgeous rig, I shall continue j to appear, ltidiculous, though, isn't i it:" I had never heard Gordon say so | j much at one time before. He laughed as he finished, and lounged easiiv in the saddle. "1 was on my way to The Corals," he continued, "to tell you about it. ; Seriously, wouldn't you have accepted? j I saw no chance of doing anything ! else for some time at least. My money i wouldn't hold out forever. And this ; is about as easy and lazy a life as one ! could wish. Just about right for a | lazy man. I am not exactly a lazyj bones. I would, of course, prefer a ! career that promises something besides * ' ? i i 7 I goiu lace ami uu^o cjm>ut^. took it, and here I am." ! "Why you are simply magnificent," I said. "You look fit to be in command of an armv. Accept? Of course you did right in accepting. You saved the queen's life, now let her give you a living. It seems odd for an Ameri, ran to be serving a queen, though, j doesn't it?" "That's just it. It is against all my principles." J "Well, I wouldn't lie awake nights over the injury to your principles. You have evidently got a soft thing with the queen, aud I'd keep it. But you were going to The Corals. I will go back with you. I must be there when Uncle Tom and Win see this magnificence." We started back through the valley. , and had a gay vide to the plantation. i Cordon was now a different perron ; than Cordon before. He grew in brilj liance, in unison with the brilliance oJ I his gold lace trappings, and I bad mai y a good laugh over his account? : of the tip-toe dignity preserved in the j palace. "Why, do you know," he said, i glancing around to make sure that his attendant and suffie were out of hearing, "that when the steward, or Coin : inissiouer of Grnb, or whatever he i; I called, goes and asks her the royal wishes for dinner, our queen'receives "irtDrtn?great state, and after a great to-do over nothing informs him thai her page will convey the important information later. Then she consuls i \vith the prinew% and her private secretary writes ont the menu. The page then takes it to the kitchen, nin; eventually her royal highness gels hei dinner." * * AI v! What it is to be a queen," 1 said, laughing. "But the princes^ jeems of different type." "She is part English." "So Uncle Tom tells me. That of course accounts for the tenderness the English here have for the royal honse." "Yes. T have a fellow-officcr wlic is au Englishman. I have already taken a dislike to the fellow. Hii name is Jobbs?Pericles Jobbs." "His name almost condemns him." "And his appearance justifies this verdict. He is a cad." i So we talked until we reached The | Corals. The entire household seemed j io know that somebody out of the orI tlinary was coining, for out of every j window came a head. Uncle Tom and I Winnie came out on the porch, and stood gazing in astonishment and i wonder at our approach. When we ! were near enough for Gordon to be j recognized, Winnie threw up her I hands and laughed gleefully. Uncle | To:n looked a little stern, 1 thought, I for the occasion. "Captain Gordon, good folks," I j Said. "Why, Captain Gordon, how grain; j you look!" exclaimed Win, still laughing. "1 had no idea von were a soldier." "Nor was I until yesterday," he re plied, removing his plumed cap, ant resting easily against the pillars of tlu ' oorch. Winnie eyed him from head | to foot mischievously, and he laughingly posed for the inspection, lit could stand it well, lie was very handsome. "I am not sure that I can honestly t congratulate you," said my uncle, half smiling; "we have long found fault ' with the extravagances of the court, j. and I do not like to have a friend iu the conscienceless crowd. Still, yoi ore of a strong nature, and coming, as *' 1* 1 ? ? ?-1 wnvonttftl llPTA* ll ui'.i, as a rtswtiru iui ? ism, I doubt if any young man could ' veil refuse. But be careful. Do not !et them corrupt you. Above all, dc ' aot loso your Americanism. There , mav be a time -when you will need il s all." ^ With these words, Uncle Tom regained his jolly nature, and we all sal >n the porch and chaffed Gordon. \'\Yhnt are your duties. Cantain uordonV" asked Winnie, safe behind Uncle Tom's eliair. "I haven't had any as yet. Possi'j!y to fan her royal highness while she sleeps. Or may be to sit 0:1 the aalace porch and tell people to keep off the grass. I am ready for these nierous duties." "But the soldier part," persisted tVinnie. "Are you a great, lierce iwordsinan? Tom did not telfineyuu were an expert at war." "Don't have to be. From what I ;a:i see I know as much about it as .he rest of the queen's guards. They ire drunk most of the time. I haveu'lf icquired that accomplishment yet, bull [ may improve. And I shall practice swordsmanship." ..T-. *> ? "UUf SHUl HlUlllC. .-XI1V4 you are perfect in the art give au exhibition performance. I am snra Uncle Tom will give you a few Chinamen to cut up." Winnie had been practicing riding on a Mexican pony Uncle Tom had given her. "Win, get your riding togs on. We will escort the officer back to town." "Please be so kind," said Gordon. Tt was a gay party that set out?wo three, Winnie on her pony between us and Gordon's attendant riding behind with Mallianki. Uncle Tom had availed himself of my projected visit to town, and when I tirst started T had a few errands to do for liim. When we left with Gordon he called to me hot to forget his messages. We left Gordon at the palace and rode on to tho Legation, where f delivered a message from Uncle Tom to Minister Stevens, A few more places acre visited, and we started back. We had attracted considerable attenlion from the people, and on our way Into town I had noticed several groups of natives watching ns. We rode gayly homeward, everything going well until we wore well Into the Nnnanu Valley. It was by that time quite late and flark. Suddenly a hideous noise arose all iround us. Hoots, yells and the noise of instruments " startled us and frightened our horses. Pandemonium neeined let loose, yet we conld see no one. Whoever it was kept well under ihe cover of the trees. Xiien a great wnue tnmj* icauie oui of the trees. Jt seemed of colossal ?ize. Perhaps it was a mail 011 horseback, covered with a sheet. Bat it seemed like the ghost of a mammoth, [t rushed past as, and our horses bolted. Mine plunged headlong toward home. "Winnie's pony broke and ran the other way. I could do nothing with the beast I rode. He (lew as from a pestilence. When tinally I brought him to a halt, Winnie was nowhere to be seou. And, despite my efforts, I could not make iny fool horse retrace his steps. Bat I was near The Corals, and with a beating heart and stunned with fear and a horrible dread of I knew not what, I rushed in to tell Unclo Thomas what had happened aud to get men to go with me at oaec it* tearch of Winnie. CHAPTER V. My uncle was perfectly frantic with rage when I hoarsely and excitedly told him what had happened. "The accursed fellows!" he shouted. "Will they never cease their hellish nrA.'tioPBV Am I never to bo free from their persecutions? After all these years, attacked again! ?Ieu, get horses and gnus! We'll follow them! I'll tear the Mends limb from limb and throw the pieces before her Satanic majesty. Liliuokalnni!" With a half-dozen mounted men, annul, we went to the spot where Winnie disappeared. We found Malliauki, shivering, by the roadside. When I accosted him, he shuddered and howled aud appeared to be beside himself with fear. He was but a boy, and tho horrible scene had paralyzed liis wits. I could get nothing out of him. and. as his horse was gone, I sent him home. Ho could be of no use to us. We plunged into every possible hiding place, tore aside bushes and grasses, railed Winnie by name; but beard nothing, found nothing. We rode to I he houses of people in the neighborhood and asked for information. No >\ie knew that auything out of the orlinarv had occurred. Furious witli rage and shuddering with fear, wo rode into town and aroused the authorities. Then on to the American legation uud told Minister Stevens of the occurrence. Quick to respond, ho went at once to the palace and called upon the queen to aid in the search. Perhaps she did. Whether she did or did not, the search amounted to nothing. The place was apparently without a per.'on who could give us a clue. We hunted until daylight, wheu Gordon took charge of the searching parties, and, broken and exhausted, my uncle audi went to The Corals for rest. My uncle was terrtbly wrought up. As for myself, I was like au iusano man. Itest, sleep was impossible. And we two heartbroken men sat- as if stunned, looking at each other helplessly. I "What can ho the motive of so dastardly an act'.'" 7 asked. "Ah, what? You may well ask. There are deed done here, the motive for which could emanate only in hell itself. The nueeu's party is at the bottom of it." F-armaS^ IV! Oough Honsy. Kidney > ' Backache CURE, ni AArj Anrl I inAB* DfUUU (1IIU LIVdl Remedy end Nerve Tonic Great Blood Cleansing Remedy for Spring. Headaches, Constipation,"Tired," Nervous. Dyspepsia Cure Golden Relief St. Vitus' Dance -I Ask your druggist for Almanac for 1901 coi Certificates of the most remarkable For Sale by Dr VV. V. BhOO'J J. H. WEDDIN HAKUi 29 E. Trade Street . Wc are leaders in our business, c prepared to supply the requircmc We sell Syracuse Steel Beam 1 ""Ent what good will it do her? How dare she countenance such a thing;" "I don't sny she does. T sny her party. To understand me. you must I bo made fully acquainted with the ; present political situation. I will teil you, in as few words as possible. I ! fear our search for poor Wiunie will be a loug one, and it is better for you to ' know your enemies well." "Yes, go on! Toll me all!" I will not use my uncle's words, broken as they were, owing to bis anr.iety, but what we told me was, iu ! substance, this: . (To Ue continued.) An Inventor'# Wit. C. Latham Sholes, oue of the early editors of Milwaukee, was too whimsi- 1 cal to win success in the newspaper ' tield. He had, however, a decided | talent for mechanics, and v.as the in- j ventor among other things of the i counting apparatus uow attached to j printing presses, of the original type- j writer and of the bell punch used bv j street railway conductors. He never ' derived much profit from auy'of his J inventions; others reaped the harvest' to which his genius directed attention, Mr. Sholes had many drolleries, and 'oved a quiet jo!:s Oue day in win:er while walking along the street witli i clergman he slipped and fell. The minister gravely remarked: "The wicked stand on siippery places, Urothcr Sholes." "Yes," responded the editor from his prostrate position, as he surveyed his ministerial frieml from head to 'cot, "yes, I see they do, but I can't." ?Chicago Tiuica-H^rald. T:mber Rafts on the High Seas. The regions on the west coa.-t of America are badly in need oi the timber that grows so plentifully in the northwestern parts of the United States. The transport by vessel is expensive and the matter of transporting the wood in hulk has been much discussed and some experiments have been tried from tune to time. Recently a system of cigar-shaped rafts, built in a central hulk and secured by chains every twelve feet, has been tried and has worked well. Logs of about 80 feet in length are used to form a raft some 400 feet in length and some thirty feet in diameter and the raft is towed in the open sea. Such a raft contains as much timber as can be carried by a dozen ordinary timber vessels. and twenty or more rafts of the -or: havealreadv arrived safely at San Francisco from the Columbia River. ledicmes. For Coughs, Colds, Grip, or "Cold" in ANY PART of body. Coi.man. Midi.. < 'lit. -it, l'JOO. For a whole year 1 couid d.i no work and walked only by liolding ou to n chair. I doctored with four different physicians but received no relief. The use of two bottles of Dr. Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure gave rue a perfect cure. J. M. McKiNNEY. Geneva, Crawford Co., Pa., .Tuuo Is, 1900. Three years ago 1 had a sever" attack of Erysipelas and blood poison, breaking out ou my head and face. My physician attended rue for several months without result-. I then took 3 bottles of Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver F.emedy and Nerve Tonic and secured a complete cure. Frank Bark man. Middleboko. Ky., Sept. 7.1900. .viy w nenas suucreu 1011s wii.n uyspepsia. I tried all of the pepsin preparations and all of my own prescriptions without avail. 1 finally prescribed Dr. Fenner's Dyspepsia Cure ana the use of it effected a cure. Many other similar cases that have como under my observation have been cured by his I)y.*? pepsi.' (hire. Dr. I'. J. Lebaxcood. Mv Dear Dr. Fcnner. Fredonla. N. V. t have used Dr. Fenner 's Golden Relief for many years for the diseases and accidents for which it is advertised and have found it fully equal to all you claim for it. J. BOYD ESPY, Presiding Elder M. E. Church. Used for Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Old Sores, Sprains, Colds, Grip, Soro Throat, Colic, Dysentery, Bowel Troubles, it is unfailing. ALroo.OUio, Jan. S, 1900. M. FEXNER, Fredonia. N. Y. e have sold many dozen< of your St. Vitus* Dance Hi' and every rue ha I Ucen euiyd by It. It ha* proved. lain? Iier..." ,\I.l f.X-CLAI'.K lU'.CG CO. itaining descriptions of the Remedies and. i cures ever achieved by medicine. KINGTON, Kingutree, S. C. 6TOIM & CO., A/ARE. - Charlotte, N. G. 4 t . < 1 a a md tor tnat reason we are setter tnts of the trade than anyone, Mows. They have no equal. ? i _ _ ??e> LIME AND MALAGA. French lnvestig?tors Say tn^Former Partially Averts the Latter. A Frenchman, Dr. Roche, thinks that le has discovered an interesting tact in vgard to malaria. He declares that the iddition of lime to the soil for purely agricultural purposes win rcuucc uu unoun: of malaria in that vicinity. Adulter medical man. Dr. Urellct, ccit s hat opinion, and asserts thai the di::i. .ition in malaria is proportioned to the juantity of lime u-ed. Neither of ilk -e writers offers any explanation of the illegcd discovery or shows why the inn* should antagonize the maiaria. The old notion that so-called malarial fevers resulted (as the name implies) from bad airs a miasm arising from the soil, and especially from wet places, i* -till entertained by a number of people. I his is a theory which would be reconciled easily with the belief which l)rs. Roche and Grcllct now cherish. It both at these suppositioivs are correct. no loubt the lime checks the development* >f the miasmatic vapor in wet soil. But it has recently been ?u>pected that malaria is caused by a micro-organism which gets into the victim's blood, and not by a gas which is inhaled. It ialso suspected that this microbe gets into the blood through the l ite of an infected nio-quito. Now. it this understanding of the case should prove to be right, then it would not be so easy to see what linte has to do with suppressing malaria. Perhaps it kills mosquitoes ami improves the sanitary conditions of a district in that manner. Or it is remotely possible that the disappearance of malaria which ha-, been noticed in France is confined to a limited region, and is due to .some other cause titan the use of lime as a fertilizer. The two fai-t* mav have he-en simultaneous, but unrelated. At any rate, it will be desirable to know whether anything of the kind has been noticed in other places where malaria once prevailed and where lime has been employed by farmers. Otherwise. I he French cases would appear to be acridcntal and exceptional. MmnagM Through Earth'* Heart. Messages may come through the very center of the globe as well as around it. The earth is never still. Tremors, pulsations, rises, and falls of level are always in progress. After a prolonged investigation of these phenomena in Japan Prof. John Milne has established an observatory at Newport, iu the Isle of Wight.