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^ . ; , ""V /0"^ - -V, V?1 A T ) *? " " a v : M GjhPj * a il V v O A x ?. L-. (f~.' ' Dy SEWARD /'" "" v- -v . ^ V-v ...J S-^. O I'. . by I*. > : : r JI.'SNKk'ii Soss.l CUAPTMB IX. co:\tinci:!>. IT.:": T wishe.1, T co;iM have ?lonnp?I ? n:ii'\?rn:, a ul be .mm* sin ollicer, l>ut with r." at iiav.1 J <li<l 21 r>fc caro iot empty military honor. .Moreover, j v.-fiui. 1 all my time to be free, that I might he untrammelod in my now seemingly hopeless investigation into the mysteries of my beautiful sister's disappearance. It was understood, however, that if at any time my services were needed, or the army was tc he increased, a commission should be iuine. I took very little interest in any thiug save the one great object of my existence?to find my sister Winnie. Yet mingling daily, as I did, with met whose minds were full of the revolution, I could not be blind to the needs *\f ln? h.iiir W!i<*n {Jordnn's duties took Lim away from Honolulu I aocompanies hiui, if 1 was not working up a clue that might lead to the discovery of Winnie. Atihetownof Ililo, on the island of llawa'i, Gordon had a fortress built which commanded the situation in the harbor?the only pood one at that island. And at Lahaina, a small settlement on the island of Maui, another fortress was built. There seemed to :ne no need for this, but Gordon pointed out the exee.leuce oi the place as a stragetio poiut in case of invasion. lh!o was not l'ar from the great volcano of Manna Loa, and it seemed probable that if the old mountain kept on voaiitiug lava many years longer as fiercely as it had in times past, the town would be destroyed. As it was located in a beautiful spot, particularly healthful, it was deemed a foolisL carelessness to allow the destruction, if it c^nld be avoided. Gordon made a note of his observations, aud proposed, when we returned to Honolulu, to suggest to the government that something be done to protect the towr from .molten flow, if it everreachec that far. " We also visited the island" of AIolokai, and went to the leper colony. jfihe horrors of this disease had b": before been known to me. 3 knew it was terrible. I knew that words could hardly express its terrors. But when I saw it in all its putrefying, death-dealing reality, I shuddered ,'ad turned sick. The poor creatures who were far on their torturing road to death looked at ns piteonsly. A wail, a prayer, a plea for some kind of help seemed to be in every glance and every gesture. Yet there was no help to give. All they could do was to wait there, growing more hideous iu their infirmity, day by day, until death came to release them from their awful sufferings. I thought of Doctor Wairen and his noble efforts in behalf of these poor accursed wretche.i. But in vain would he work while he lived. There was no help, no cure. Yet Warren hoped and workod and prayed. This was ;ho curso and, now that the rule of evil was over, tiio only blot on the oea'.irv ox Hawaii. Gordon and I visitc l Kauai, another of the larger islands, and instituted a mo^t careful search and inquiry among the people. Now and then our hopes beiug aroused by what wo would think was a cine, only to have them dashed to pieces iu the deepening darkness of the mystery. Then we returned to Honolulu. All this, of course, took some timo. Things had gone well in Oahu during our absence, and every industry of the islaud seemed developing and improving. From time to time friendly messages had been received from the United States, and the future seemed eenre and bright. Then the ncw3 came of a change oi administration. The Republicans, we Jcuew, had been defeated in the election in November. and, of course, we understood that on March 4th the Democratic President would be inaugurated. But we did not look upon this as inimical to our interests. To us in Honolulu, the ward American raeaut everything. Party names meant nothing. A Republican was an American, so was a Democrat. Therefore, the policy ol America in Honolulu having been indorsed by one party of Americans at home would naturally fiud favor with another party of the same sort. What was our chagrin and fear when ve learned that President Cleveland had declared against us. Captain Wiltse, of the Boston, died. Commissioner Blount with letters of power from Cleveland and Secretary Gresharu arrived on the Rush, ai l Admiral S'.tcrrit assumed command of the American forces in Hawaiian waters. Minister Stevens was recalled and censured by Cleveland's administration unwarrantable iu' $ - : '0 % 'MM .EMEN S OF HAWAII. ? j. 5 ^ W. HOPKINS. "v ^ '/ 'vA ". " * $5? S& Wr" vJwv >' '"-.v ?g| and "an abuso or pn-.vor as the rcpro sentativcof tue l-m cod rotates. Commissioner Blount at onco assumed a hostile at.icu lc toward DoL '3 ! government, aiul began collecting evidence in favor of tlio queen. Certsti:: I men, who had been powerful undci ( the es-vueen's rule, and who had ! hoped to gaiu by her ascendancy, j poured their pei.-'uie 1 words in: Blount's oar until their opinions assumed, in the mind of the commissioner, tho dimensions of the will y! the majority. So betwe-a Blount anc his advisers. President Cleveland wai ! fun iurrncr raisieu, auu .uuiaosaiani? stock went up. Thau Blouut went home, Ministe: Willis came, and Admiral Irwin as mined command of the Amerieai forces. Disorder came with them. I was sitting on the porch one clay smoking and talking to Uncle Tom having just returned from a fruitless : search after a slight clew erf Winnie's j thereabouts, when Gordon dashec np. Leaving his horse in the care oj au attendant, he joined us. "There's the deuce to pay!" he said. "What's MLQQvr?" I asked. "Why, Willis is running things t< | suit himself. Blouut, it appears, it I his report, made Liliuokalani the t:m; bodiment of all the graces, who had ' been shamefully abused and put down ' by a horde of riotons ruffians who had ' no interest in order. Think of it: When the American League ownmore than three-fifths of the cultivated land. I had a conference with Dole to-day. Ho is terribly worked up. Blount came simply to collect evidence to destroy Dole's government, and yet he came in a friendly guise.'' "What has actually been done?" J asked. "Willis sent a communication demanding the restoration of the queen He demands that the provisiona government step down and out anc Liliuokalani resume control. Mori than that, he has had an interview with the queen and offered to restor* her to the throne and to use the Uniteo ni.i.. / i- j _ za. i) j oiaie? iorces 10 uo u. L4'Incredible! Would they dare?" tliej will do it. Dole wil. not submit. ^^"^ca^Ue trill tight first. We have at leasT^TtWl^rf' ip bodied men tvbo will take up arras. But I hope it will not come to hat. But if it does, you will have a chance to wear a uniform." "I 'do not aspire to military honors, but if it stands between Lilinokalaui spium and misrule on one side, against war on the other, I am in for war. Ii could be no worse if we were beaten.' "No. Nothing could be worse thar to be under the queen, with her ne\i constitution, or, rather, no coustitu tiou." "It does not seem possible," saic my uncle, "that the United Statei Government could stoop to so undig nilied a position. If Willis's propo lition is carried out. as Dole and 1 attempted to tell him yesterday, ii will mean death and ruin to us all. 1 have said little to Tom about it. Pooi fellow! He has enough on his mine now. But the position is very serious. The queen has declared that il she regains her power she will cause the leaders of Liberals to be beheaded and confiscate their property. That, of course, means Dole, Warren, Seldon, Seacamp and myself, not to speak of the ruaqy others. And no doubt Gordon would go first of all, on account of his action when the queen expected the army to stand by Her." l.Io cwro-il \iuiuuii ut' ?" v*-%. "Some of the queen's gang of ruffians bad better take caro, or they will go before I do." "It remains to be seen," continued my ancle, "whether Willis is simplj barking or if ho is really going to bite. He may be bluffing, to scare us. But we shall not be forced out of our position. Dole is tirrn on that point. So am I. If they crowd us to the wall we must Sght." Uncle Tom set his teeth hard and turned away. I asked Gordon, as I asked him every time I saw him, if he had news of Winnie. "No," he said, sadly, yet savagely, "not a word. But it caunot go on like this forever. Surely there is news to be had, if we can only strike the right trail. Sharp, the lieutenant in charge at Maui, reports that he thought ho had a clue, but it came to nothiug. lu Hawaii they are overhauling every mill villonro Tf COIlld OtlW ? "? o-. ? J get some of theso dod-rotfced natives to help us we would learn somf.thing, but they are with the queen, mostly, and if they kuow auythiug, keep their mouths well shut." It, was thus always. I was growing ill under the awful suspense. Yet i could net give up hope. CHAPTER r. The direct result of the advent ol > Willis and the declaration of his pur un** u'4^ the utter demoralization ol riio30 lawless elements fli.it had heretofore been kept in cheek by the power of tho government and a fear of punishment. But now we were confronted by a strange and disturoing condition of affairs. We. the Liberals, holding the reins of government, were at war, ligurativeiy, with the Loyalists on one hand, and the United Stat es?the very power ve depended upon to befriend us?on the other. The Loyalists, seeing their advantage in the presence of a friendly force, became menacing and bold.' Buildings were burned, lirel by miscreants at night, and placards left proclaiming the supremacy of royalty. Whether these outrages were committed by persons of good standing in t'10 noyaiisi ruiiiis, or uy lawless people glad to seize upon any pretext to give tree rein to their depredatory proclivities, I do not know. Hut it is certain that under the impetus given lawlossnc-ss by the strange attitude assumed by the United States minister, Honolulu was kept iu a horrible condition of unrest. We of the American League did not know what moment the guns of the United States ships would open on us. There was one hitch. President Cleveland had insisted that Oneen Liliuokalani grant general amnesty when she became reseated on her throne. This she refused to do. ~ She stubbornly insisted that Dole ami all other members of the government should be beheaded. Willis stood appalled before this 'menace, and moved neither backward nor forward, And chaos reigned. A soldier was struck down by a stone, thrown by an adherent of the queen. Gordon soon brought tiio culprit to justice. . -i: ? * : IXIltJ lauiun III .nut-ill an lau iiv wore terror-stricken and remained j secluded, as they were continually insulted if they ventured out. The true condition of affairs was so distorted in the minds of the Royalists, that tho more ignorant among them thought they would have tho protection of the United States in any act directed against the provisional government. Captain Jobbs had utteied incendiary words and bad been dismissed jom the service. He bung around Honolulu for a few days and then disappeared. Some person set fire to the Xuuann Hotel, and it was burned to the ground before the laggard fire departI inent got to work. I never saw a I more exasperated man than Seacamp. I L saw him a day or two after the fire, | at the head of a lot of workmen, tearlug away the charred ruins of his once | famous inn. j ' What are you up to?" I asked. "/1 ?ing to rebuild the Nuuanu?" "SQLlfHkLJm almost roared. "I km not going torRjBitt^^^Nuuauu. ihe Nuuanu is gone iore^H*^^^ more ehall a hotel of mine bear thaT neatheu name. But I am going to ouild a hotel, and I am going to call it The American. Yes, sir. The American. We'll see how the blamed niggers like that. And if they burn it down, I'll build another, Let tho eagle scream! Beat the drums? Let the eagle scream? He is muzzled justnow but he'll scream again. Don't you worry about, that." Seacamp's patriotism was earnest and true, but somewhat inflammatory in its nature. A few days after this I met Gordon in town. "E was going to hunt you up," he said. There was a look of eagerness on his face. "Have yon heard anything?" I asked, anxiously. "Not definite. I received word from a scout, just a few minutes ago. that a band of natives were encamped at the extreme end of the valley, and were performing some of their old-tirao deviltries?idols, sacrifices anil all that. There is going to tie a great dance to-night, au<l a sacrifice offered to the goddess Pele, or some other heathen deity, to obtain help in restoring the queen. Wo will take a file of soldiers and witness that affair, and see who is to be sacrificed. Th? daughter of a Portuguese sailor is missing, and a French girl who was a servant in in the family of Mr. Seldom The fanatics must have one of these or Winnie. Whoever it is, we will eave her." With about twenty soldiers we started oft'up the Xuuaun Valley. Wo traveled as rapidly as our horses could carry us. The soldiers were mounted on horses from a livery stable, the popular idea ainoug those who saw us start off being that we were a scouting party looking for hidden enemies. At the end, or rather the beginning of the Nuuanu Valley, it opens out into a wide plain bordered by forests, it was moonlight when we reached the place. Not a living tning, uumau or oeast. could bo seen. "Wo wiu leave our horses here in rharge of four men, and go through the woods to Lake Maliwai," said Gordon. Cautiously we made our way through the trees. Wo wanted to surprise the tamp. "There they are," whispered a soldier, pointing to an opening in the ;hick growth of bushes and trees p nound us. 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These gods, while still holding a mysterious power <j in the minds of the older natives, had ' ! >? )t late oeeu seiuum seeu. iuci? uu?j lave been, perhaps,fifty or a hundred j Df them in Honolulu, but they were closely guarded by their possessors. These horrible extravaganzas in wood j and lava-stone were supposed to be omnipotent. Under the unusual excitement that tied existed so long in Hawaii, all the old superstitions were revived, and ? the natives descended to their former ' level of idolaters and stone-worship- 1 2rs. "Keep quiet," said Gordon to the wldiers. "Let us watch them." There were men, women and a few | j children. But little clothing was worn, j c The fanaticism under which they were ; 1 working had discarded clothes. t The entire crowd were putting their ^ no lic3 through various methodicul co?- [ tortious,all in unison, and they chanted j a weird, solemn dirge that had not j ^ been heard in Oahu for many years j before. 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