The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-10

and rad until midnight. forgetting TIE tramp
of the entry and tL- sound VI cne -~.e-E-r- ia
their hammJck= around me. Opening letter
after l-to-r. an d-vlur!n-. piece ty piece the
banquet Of news they contained. rr= ul-- tart
ling - vel - the meet ImpYrt-ut clMlGul-.-
tiYu-WAs the old farm Wa mine IL former
owner had tiei, the property Wa sold and had
ben pureha=eI IN NY name. ! went On --sk-
The Iitxltch had ju=t relieved th- first the
night W. pitch dark. only now ami tl=n = wave
bur-t into = i1-1 q Whit hr-- Blr-- lJ.s-i
Westward oyer tie -tern-rail, / saw tie giant
ak, rising b-lek -gairl-- tl-cEll-lH -lI-t, AMI
ku-T that tl-y were waiting ~ -----4t shall
surely ss them again
Flse months afterwards ! 4Ilrl-c-e- home,
after an absence u nearly -TJ E--E- and q hall
l. Wa Christmas ETe-a clear. sharp winter
night The 1ar- earth was hard frozen
the -un Wa down. . gl-rter--JYn alone over
head. and the KEEN nor west winds H.-~ II NJ
face. I Lad known Id winter fsr tar-- y--r-.
and tie bracins stimulus Il the cold Wa almost
- novel - u was refreshing Presently ! r.
cJEuaz-i rle JJuE1-r.=- Of D-y Pr1F.Ttg-v-- !
actually py---l a portion o.! the eirtl- -G--
fac, After all, ] thought. IJ~s-iyn-4t least
:. f4r - Nature J. cyu5eTu-d-u=-u- simply
Drafsc41H- This moonlight will--u-= J. not
mY-. BEAUTIFUL u M eyes than u was before
but / have The right, secured By legal documents.
q pr---rys IT. 5@4lty. / need not ImIlJr- the
woJ5mau 4 spare tLoss tree= III spare them
myself. This i tie only difference IN ny rea-
4A--'A - --- L-'.[-t- ~ 49, ~ t---+
4 the I~4nd=e4pe. which p.el~s me- = H.t dis
I1-J=i, ] pYs-s= u quite as much = tAis-
During thee reflections. / had reached the
foot " tie ridge. \ giant tllir-tree. the honey
Of whose bl,--lms had many = time piiierec II
b]gyno0i- crowned the sloPe, dropping - long
come. Behind il stood the oaks. side by side.
far along the road. ~ ! reached the first tree.
the wind, which had fallen. gradually swe.led.
~humming through tLe hars branches until a deep
organ bass filled the w-ol. Il was q hoarse. vet
graceful chorus 81 the we!cgMe-inarticUlaTe
Yet Ineligible Z. Welcome. welcome home 80
went booming through the trees. e. welcome. our
master and our Vres-Tver, -. with all the
voice We can catch from the winds. We utter our
JOY For now There i an end u fear and sus-
Tenze NJ who knows - and loves u spreads
over us the shelter of his care. Long shall We
flourish On the hill long shall our grateful
shadows cover his path. We shall hail his COM
ing ;4tir CuE tOImo=t h,U-h- viii spy him
across the valleys. and whi-p-r IL I, the ir.t.r-
ID! woods. W are old ~ never change we
shall never cease . remember and p welcome
our master 80
3 the trees were first % recognize me. Lis
tenInS 4 their deep, resonant voices. (Which |
would not have exchanged for the dry rattle Of a
hundred league-lyng forest Of tropical Valms).
/ was conscious Of a new sensation. which no.
thing but the actual sight Of ny own PROPERTY
could have suggested. / felt like . tired swim
when he first touches crOund-like q rud-
mp NA--4AE - TIE Will % tie ELDTll-
when her b--r bower takes firm Ly!d-iike 4
SOD when, after floating from bush -
Ju=H. and from field 70 field. IL 4rJIs ~ last uvon
handful Of mellow soil and strikes root. Ny
lie had now = point aGPpla. and standing upon
-hese acres Ut real es-ate, IL seemed an easier
thing 70 move the world. \ million in bank
stock OF railroad bonds could not have given me
the same positive, tangible sense Of property.
When | walked over the fields Ges-actually
ny fields the next day, this sensation returned
u an almost ridiculous excess. - You viii If
course cut down that ugly old tree said some
IL impressed me very much o. if I had
told That chapter in your book ! inf
Tor To the OJhers-tear il out OF. Your
title finger i crooked, have il amputated ."
ay, even the sedge-grass and suIlacs-h8g
nina 70 destroy them As for the cedars. the
the priyer, the tangled masses Of
climbing sIniiax-nO. by the bones Of Belshazzlr,
hey shall stand This field Will not be worth
much for grain Well-what If il isn't:
Everything l. wild and n-slected-it wants
hearing, sadly" Everything i grand, heauti-
charming: there l. nothing Ike it - ran
he course Of remark and pun,er-rcmaTk did
lot suffer my e~qUanimity u be disturbed was |
lot sole owner, app=llatOr, and dispOser Jf all?
NOr did the trees APPEAR 70 be sensible Of the
east fear. They leaned their heads against one
mother in a sort Of happy, cOmplacent calm, -
f whispering " It's all right let u enjoy the
unshine; he'll take care Of is"
Yes, one cannot properly be Considered a. q
member Of the brotherhood Of Man, an iuhabi-
ant Of the Earth, until he possesses a portion
# her surface. As the sailors say, he siqyS, lie
ion't actually Ire. The Agrarians, Comnun
SIS. SJcEa!istic Jewelers., and Flats Of all kinds
re replenished from the ranks Of the nOn-Owners
f real estate. Banks break stocks and scriTs
f all kinds % up and down on the financial
ee-saw but a feesimple OF solid earth i Z
HERE You see il, you feel il, you walk over it..
I i yours, and your children's and their pro-
(%unless m~Ortgaged and sold through fore
lOsure) until the millennium.