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TWO GENTLEMEN
OF HAWAII.
By SEWARD W. HOPKINS.
ICopyrltfit, by Rodxrt Bonner's Sons.)
CHAPTER XXVII.
CONTINUED.
“Now, Mr. Warringford,” said
Lawyer Berkton, in his slow style,
looking at Dole as if for encourage¬
ment, “there is a secret connected
with your uncle’s life of which you
know nothing. The only two who are
now living, perhaps, who do know it
•ro President Dole and myself. We
were boon companions of your uneld
in younger days, and understand the
full circumstances of the case. I say
perhaps we arc the only ones Jiving.
There were others, but we have lost all
trace of hem. Now, that you may
fully understand what is before you,
you will please read this communica¬
tion which your uncle placed in my
keeping the very day that you were
brought homo ill, and, of course, as
you have learned, the day upon which
be died. You had better read this be¬
fore any of the others, as it stands
largely in tho light of a will and exacts
certain conditions coincident with
those existing in tho will. The will,
however, was made out a short time
after your sister disappeared. And
this document was written on the day
your uncle gave it to me. I need say
nothing further. The document makes
everything clear.
“I would request, Mr. Berkton," I
replied, “that if the document is a
long one, you will ho kind enough to
allow Gordon to read it aloud. As
iny nearest friend, I would naturally
turn to him for advice, if any were
needed, and there seems no necessity
for a double reading. I um not equal
quite to reading at length aloud; so,
if you and Mr. Dolo agree, Gordon
will read it.”
“It makes no difference,” said Berk¬
ton, handing the paper to Gordon.
Gordon cleared his throat, and,
spreading tho paper on a table before
him, read as follows:
“At the Cobai.3, on the Island of Oaiio
“To executor (Date.) Thomas
Warringford, mv or my neplie.v,
If ho should recover from
Ids alarming Illness, ami I, in tho mean¬
time, should die:
"It Is with tho failing vision nnd the
trembling of an old man who feels his end
npprouohiug that I write this last letter, til
which I make a disclosure to my nephew,
should he survive, nnd in which I leave di¬
rections for the reparation in some manner,
it not too lute, of a wrong which has boon
done a child, first by direct abduction b$
others nud since by neglect by myself.
“Assuming that my dear nephew s shnl!
recover, I shall write this ns a Ircut com
munlcntiou to him, ns in easel survive him,
I shall bo able to replace this with docu¬
ments better fitting the needs of tho ease,
“To begin, then, dear Tom, although J
nave boon known as a bachelor to you and
your dear parents, 1 was married twenty
years ago.
“In the town of Wailuku, on tho Island
of Maui, thoro resided, twenty years ago,
a family of French settlers, composed oi
.Toan Chicot, his wife Mario and their
daughter Annette. Annette was about
twenty-five years of ago, very fascinating
nml of a wildly romantic nature. Tills was
no doubt duo to her father’s disposition,
which was fanciful and given to vagaries
of a most striking nature.
"At this time I held possessions In Maul
near Wailuku, and spent n considerable
portion of my time on a plantation called,
‘Sugar Head.’ Joan Chicot worked for me
and assisted me in tho clerical work, act¬
ing ns an overseer and sort of paymaster;
for with all his vagaries nnd whims he was,
ekf'lltl.'ViE
thing about her-.that repelled me—some
thing of a serpeut-llke element in her na.
tore. But I met Annette and fell in love
With her. Of course, the Ohieots wort
more thau willing that their dnughtei
should marry a wealthy planter, and An
nette became my wife. We lived at ‘Sugai
Jean Chicot began to assert an evil infiuonut
over his daughter (my wife), and tho tlrsl
® 9 t 5S, n Koinu i lt I'lnce.
. h , mr r t ga'?o k ;frth 1 'to°r t c[;ndi y
nntU wKe t
daughter. When the child was but om
month old, my wife left mo under pressure
of her father's influence-loft me. She ills
appeared from ‘Sugar Head’ oue day while
I was out among my men and took tb«
child with her. 1 have not soon my wife
that my wile died some three or fou^M four years
’> “When Annette left mo so cruelly, with
hlVStar'n l n,?dld noMn back* 1 Anv wsJ
nttompt to find her, or win her For
vears I smarted uuder tho wrongs that old
Jean Chicot lmd done me. I sold ’Sugar
asL’suriTK«aws“« know wlmt they did with lief. They
were
iilY « mysterious lot, nud were capable of any*
8 m tl,olln ? of 0lW ‘D'- I Jo not think
„ wlfe'lmteil . most°heartUy. ‘Th&vv
of my me
elneo had eause to believe that this hatred
and their action was tho result of maohin
the* effeot* 1 was'to"breutTup^ny heartburnings. home 1 anc{
causo mo many I have
never forgiven my wife. Were sho to bq
wl f, h U to
uerstood that nothing , , In tills document!
tends to undo the decree of tho court which
freed mo from tho tie. I obtained a divorce
soon after she left me.
fratta— My^Htth^ehffd *was^eHtlndy°iimooeuV-—o
as much siuneil against as myself,
While I could never brtug myself to trace
her and look upon tho daughter of the
•shlld in tho wav of reparation. As she
In no f/ise to blame for the action of hex
ffiTttnrpunlrtmeVS l nefflMUuriUei
than my death. Therefore, I leave It In¬
cumbent upon you, Tom, my nephew rind
heir, to find my child If she bo now living,
and settle upon her, It she be proven
Worthy of If the she endowment, be unflt one-third handle of my
estate. proven to a
fortune or disinclined to leave her present
associations, if they be bad, then she Is to
be provided only with an Income sufficient
to keep her from want.
“The child’s name was Helene.
“I knew of no mark to assist In the Iden¬
tification of Holeno save a small rod mark,
heart-shaped, should..-. Of which appeared this on her loft
course may have disap¬
peared “I In later love years. daughter
feel no for the whose
destiny I leave to your care. All love was
uosiroyoa when her mother deserted mo foi
reasons known only to herself. Hut a sense
of justico bids me, In my last days, to pro¬
vide for my ilcsli and blood, ns befits her
present capability for an Intelligent use and
appreciation of the Inheritance.
“This Is all, except, that, as a help In
this work that I leave to you, it maybe
well for you to know that Annette took
with her whon she disappeared, our mar*
rlnge certificate, and that tills certificate
had her portrait and mine Intho two upper
corners, a faehlon of those days in Hawaii.
“I sign myself, dear Tom,
“Ifour affectionate uncle,
“Thomas Warhinofobd.”
[Seal.]
When Gordon had finished reading
this remarkable document, I lay back
in my chair entirely exhausted. The
thing seemed to me to bo so prepos¬
terous, bo unlike Undo Topi, that I
scarcely believed what I heard. But
there was no mistaking either the sig¬
nature of my undo or of the witnesses.
“This is a strange matter,” I said,
“and oue that will require careful re¬
search. It demands immediate atten¬
tion.”
“I don’t see what you can do but go
it it as soon as you ure able and bunt
up this mysterious cousin. Still it is
3 good bit of money to lose.”
“Gordon,” I said, “that is unworthy
of you. It is not what you would say
were yon piaced in my circumstances.
You would do just what I am going
to (To **
“That, of course, is what your uncle
demands. Z
“More. Z
“I don't see what more you can do.”
“If Uncle Tom has a daughter liv¬
ing, no matter whether sho bo among
aigh or low associations, she is heir
sss to his entire estate and must have
it.”
“No, oil, no,” said President Dolo.
“There is not the least, need to go
further than your undo’s wishes in
the matter. One-third of his estate is
» largo amount, nnd tho girl, if found,
will no doubt be perfectly satisfied
with that portion.”
“It is not what will satisfy her, bill
me,” I replied. “If there is a living
heir, I do not want a penny of Uncle
Tom’s money.”
“He is right,” said Mr. Berkton
with a sigh. “Much as we may re¬
gret tho necessity, Warringford is quite
right. I do not say he is in duty
bound to do this, but morally. The
Corals nud everything else belong to
Helene Warringford, if slie be alive.”
Dolo shifted uneasily in his chair.
“Well, do as you think is best,” lio
said, “But you will find her, no
doubt, among tho ignorant French,
Portuguese and natives in Wailuku,
wallowing in superstition and idolatry,
if not worse.”
“brt »• top. ,«ot ’• «U. Gordon,
119 hope for tho best,
“Of course, you live familiar with
the former A, provisions of vour uncle’s
wl ...mi |‘> -.i j 1, i er ^ ton
’ -
Yes, „ I replied. “I understood
that after a few bequests, the estate
s*;? >' murou * ana myself, if Winifred was
recovered. If her death was proved,
[ was to have tho whole.”
» true. But on the day
your unolo gave mo the paper that
General Gordon has just read, be add
ed a codicil " to the V will nrovidino- P A? * for or
'ho division v , ; of his •, estate into • thirds,
ono for Ins daughter Helene, and
le “'-mg the other two-thirds under the
conditions that formerly governed
“ Vei T wol! >” I said, with a shudder
at m y horrible recollection. “The
fact of my sister's death being pain
fully certain to me, having witnessed
»-i ?*, 1 «*. »t
‘ lou °\ a minor boqucsita, jomt leg
atee with Helene Warringford.*’
“Correct,” said Mr. Berktou.
“ Tllen * lla '' a pow f r *° withdraw
from tho heirship . and the
give two
thirds to her."
“ If 80 eloct >” replied the law
T er -
“I do,” I replied.
“Are you going to read the will?”
D
ihero , . need , now,” I said.
is no
“Beforo anything can be done, Helene
^“»gford ownbohalf. must be found, and must
, “Quite right. Quito right,” said
Lawyer Berkton. “It is the proper
l hen we are done , for , to-day,” , said
the President. “I have a meeting
^.WiUigL and .the. Secretary, of
Foreign Affairs,and-will bid you adieu.
Gordon, pray consider yourself at
liberty to omit all departmental ser¬
vice and assist Warringford in bis
efforts to find his cousin. ”
“Thank you, sir,’’ said Gordon. “J
was about to make that request.”
After Berkton had gone, Gordon
took up the document of Uncle Tom’s
which the lawyer had left and scanned
it again carefully.
“The first thing we’ve go to do is tc
find that beast of a Chicot, if he is
alive or his wife. They must be pretty
old, but if the old adage, ‘The good
die young,’ is to be applied geometri¬
cally, this old animal will live to b«
several hundred years old.”
“I hope he is alive,” I replied. “11
will be so much easier to find the
heiress of The Corals.”
“It will," he said. “It will! Hang
the heiress of The Corals!”
CHAPTER XXVIII.
My eagerness to accomplish the
srrand which had become my solemn
duty by the last testament of Uncle
Tom—to find his dauguter Helene,
and restore to her her proper inherit¬
ance—and the still greater eagerness,
amounting almost to blood-thirstiness,
which consumed me, to reach the
huteful and false priestess Kaumai
nud punish her for my poor sister’s
death, hastened my recovery. My
will asserted itself, and I rapidly im¬
proved, so that before a week longer
had passed*I was lit to undertake the
journey either to Lanai, to find the
priestess, or to Wailuku to hunt up
the wicked Jem Chicot or his de¬
scendants, if he had any living, and
wrest from them the knowledge of my
cousin Helene’s present whereabouts.
Gordon bad so arranged bis official
matters that ho could leave his next
highest officer in command, and devoto
his entire time to my assistance. But
Gordon went into tho search for the
heiress to The Corals with far less
sense of duty than I did. In fact, ho
often said that it would be no more
than right to let the thing go by de
fault, and keep the estate myself. Ho
claimed that tho daughter of Annette
Oi,iool ana lie mkSfcwU
wicked Jean and Ins equally 1 * wicked
Wife, would, lit by this . time, .. have lin- .
bibed their views and grown up in
their ways, winch would render her
an unfit custodian of so vast au
estate. But Gordon’s views were
warped by liis affection for me. I
knew perfectly well that had he been
placed in the same circumstances, he
would not leave n stone unturned until
ho ue had nail lounn found the me rightful rigtlliui owner ownei anu nnd
placed her 111 possession Of everything
thftt belonged to her.
And there was auothor reason for
Gordon’s disinclination to pursue this
pearch—at ‘once, H# had becomo
somewhat stern and forbidding—al¬
most morose—the change dating prin¬
cipally from tho day I proved to him
on tho porch that what he had learned
to fear from my utterances while in
the fever was only too true. He had
felt all the time great sorrow over the
[unfortunate loss-of my sister, but had
plunged into the search for her, and
had carried tho search on months after
month with an energy and hope born
only of love. This hope had bus
!:r R«vrrs z.
of Winnie’s death, and the horrible
manner in which it was brought
about, he was simply mad with the
one idea to find the murderers and
their priestess and bring them all to
punishment. Now that I was well
out of danger, the thought of revenge
was uppermost in ms mind, and
crowded and dwarfed every other
thought.
I was as eager to find the murderers
of Winnie as he was, but I felt that I
owed it to Uncle Tom to attend
to lus affairs first. I was forced
to swallow my sorrow and
look at the question philosoplu
caUy Winme was dead. No matter
what wo did or how much we hur
nea, we could do her no good. Had
it been otherwise. « I would have been
on the tvav to the island of Lanai be
f ore t , vfts ablo to walk ?hat without m^Sor assis
^c e But I kn.w sis
tor’s beautiful form lay imbedded iD
the la lava ’“ somewhere H0IU «''btre on on Kanntoli lvapatou, nnd anil
all ,, my haste would be of no avail in
her behalf. And my reveugo could
wait It would he sweeter when it
cam e. No matter if years elapsed. I
would, whon I found Kaumai, delight
in watching her death struggles.
So Gordon and I argued the ques
tion, but as it was really iny affair
either way, he finally came around so
far as to agree to go to Wailuku first.
tracing tho Chicots >«>'»«««*a and uncle’s
my
daughter, to pursue that errand iirst.
But he stipulated that if we found
difficulties in our way, or tho search
I promised to be a long one, we were
fhat 0 go to Lanai, dispatch the priests
had escaped the volcano, and deal
with Kaumai as she deserved, if she,
too, had escaped the eruption.
So, with twenty soldiers from the
. at . Honolulu, tt , , started ...j. for
garrison we
Wailuku.
There was attached to the war
department a little steamer, pur
chased to convey officers of that de«
partment or others high in authority
to and fro among the islands.
tt 1VU3 a splendili littt, aoa-goinfi
vessel, under an efficient crew, well
officered, and afforded as good ac
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the Aumo, we set out on our journey
and search.
.Tollroy Sencarap had been bo muck
Interested in my affairs that it seemed
perfectly natural for him to be oue of
the party. He sat cn the (leek of the
Aumo and smoked liis blackest cigars,
and cheered us with lus rattling
tongue, which was ready to respond,
no matter what might bo the subject
under discussion.
(To be continued.)
. .... ,
befoie “'t the New York w State
l ^ \- n±, , ?, S °r ft a ^ T* 0 » ^ a , 8 f. a ? 111 e
°h , , be called attention to the large ;
‘“creasing number of blind per
sons !, m08t of ", llom aro dependent up
ft . ^ nZS Tn S
country is 66 000f of which 4398 aro
in thi , state. In order that many of
these may become self-supporting, he
nilvooate3 that they be taught massage
in the state institutions, being trained
ia the anatomy and physiology of the
body be f 0 re they learn the practical
work> He considers that the peculiar
delicaoy of touch which the blind pos-
8ess ma kes them especially fit for thi,
kiud of work .
One of Marshall Field’s thres-dollav
(rash boys asked him for a raise. “I
only got $3 per week at your age,”
said the millionaire. “Well,” iaid tho
boy, quick as a flash, “may ibe you
weren’t worth any more.” He was
promoted. OFfjlCB. t
FIRED FROM BA RUE
Three Kinployea A< dept Money F.oin l m -
misrant* and Ave Froroptly 1)1 *hImdiI.
Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the
treasury department, acting u ion the
recommendation of the New York im¬
migration commissioner, removed
three employes of tho barge ,fliee of
that port for accepting mon from
immigrants removed and their F. P. friend^ The
meu gateman; Thomas are F. McDonald,
and Thomas Burke, clerk,
P. Brennan, au aisistaut
immigrant inspector in charge of the
information bureau at the barge office.
NEARLY A MILLHHTlIOLLiRS.
»
_
Treasurer of Galveston Acknowledge' 11 ..
cetpt of S979,fl95 to October )3.
John Sealy, treasurer of the dalvcs
ton relief fund, acknowledges receipt
of contributions from Octobe? 1st to
12th inclusive amounting to $198,552.
This includes $125,000 received
through Governor Sayers aal $21,.
021.73 received through Mayor Jones.
The umount previously acknovledged
was $781,043 63, making the total to
date $079,595.63.
SCHRIEBER’S STEALS
Elizabethport Bank Heavier Loser
Than Officials Thought,
A WOMAN DEVaOPS IN THE CASE
Shelff Slexea Furniture and Fersonat
Effects of Mrs. Hart, an Alleged
* of Schrieber.
Confederate
A New York dispatch soys: Another
discovery was made Friday at the
Elizabethport bank, which increases
the stealings of defaulter Schreiber to
§109,716. Several months ago an envoi*
°P« containing 33,000 in United States
bonds was placed for safekeeping in
the bank bv a resident of Elizabeth.
When he called at the bank Friday for
the deposit it was found the envelope
bad been carefully opened and the
bonds abstracted. Judge Gilhooly,
the bank’s attorney, said the institu¬
tion was responsible and the loss
would be made good,
The furniture and personal effect*
of Mrs. Hart, the woman upon whom.
young Schreiber is said to nave lavish
ed the money of the Elizabethport
hank, have been removed to a storage
warttlouge by order of tho s h e iiff.
Three large furniture wagons were
required to remove all the contents of
the luxuriously furnished apartments.
Mrs. Hart was present and angrily
and tearfully protested against the
removal of what she claimed to be her
own personal property.
What is believed to be a warrant for
the arrest of Schreiber was issued late
Friday afternoon by Police Justice
Mahan, of Elizabethport, after a hur¬
ried and secret conference in Chief
Tenney’s office at police headquarters
with President Heidriter, of tho bank.
Schreiber is believed to be in hiding
in this country.
Eminent lawyers, it is said, agree
thut the bank lias a strong criminal
case against Mrs. Hart. The question
of jurisdiction iu this case is said to
be settled conclusively by section 549
of the penal code, which states that
auy person who has at any place with¬
out the state stolen or received stolen
goods and has brought such property
within the state, may be considered
as having committed the crimes there¬
in. This jurisdiction being settled,
the prosecution will base its charges
against Mrs. Halt on section 29 of the
peoal code. This section states that
any person concerned iu crime shall
be considered a principal in the act.
Startling developments, it is as¬
serted, may come out of all this,
aiding the a- gir^nnn
and Mrs. Hart to keep her property,
and, what is more important, to be
freed of all prosecution. When the
writs were served on Mrs. Hart she
said she could prove that she had
“other friends” who had given her
the rich treasure which the banks
then claimed its defaulting bookkeeper
had given her.
If Mrs. Hart persists in making a
complete statement in court about her
sources of wealth, it is alleged she
will state necessarily the names of
these men.
WHAT HOAR SAYS.
Aged Massachusetts Senator Analyzes tli*
Democratic Platform.
Senator George F. Hoar delivered
an address at the Republican rally in
Concord, Mass., Friday night. Ha
analyzed briefly the Democratic plat¬
form, held Mr. Bryan responsible for
the adoption of the war treaty, and
said the Democratic leader was not
siucere in his. attitude toward imperi¬
alism. He said:
“There arc undoubtedly many per¬
sons in the Republican party who have
been carried away by the dream of
empire. They mean, I have no doubt,
to bold on to the Philippine islauds
ferever. But they do not constitute
the strength of the party. I believe
Aguiualdo and Mabint entitled to self
government. I believe also that
Booker Washington and Robert Small
are entitled to self-government.
“I have little respect for the declar¬
ation of love of liberty of the men who
stand with onebcel on the forehead of
Booker Washington, of Alabama, and
the other on the forehead of Robert
Small, of South Carolina, and wavo
the American flag over Aguinoldo and
Mabini. You are not helping the
cause of auti-imperialism by going
into partnership with Bryan ”
REVET QUITS CHINESE WATERS.
The Headquarter* of Asiatic Station lie
turns to the Philippines.
Admiral Bemey cabled the navy de¬
partment Fiiday of his depart tiro
from Chinese waters. He goes on his
flagship, the Brooklyn, from Takn to
Che Foo, thence to Nagasaki, Japan.
It is the understanding tt the navy de¬
partment that he will next go to Ca¬
vite.
This move will take the headquar¬
ters of the Asiatic station hack to
Manila, leaving the squadron in Chi¬
nese waters without an admiral in
command, unless Admiral Bemey
should determine to have Admiral
Kempff return there.