The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-12-16
A Detectives story.

1T vas list hefore the var said de-
teetive 10 our reporter. thar queer trick
VS. played me BY Young fellow seeased
Of foryery.
How was IL Let IRE hear the story
Wei l have no objection. bet Sont
irtsrrups ne With Questions.
The reporter promised SSls1es. and the
detective elevated his feet On the table
and thus proceeded;
The Chef called me into the o6see
one morning and toi9 me that check for
$1,000 bad been drawn by the ecoSds0tial
clerk q = selEkcoEa commercial house.
ard had been caShed AZ the hank ~hsre
their fan6s were deposited Il was for
gerry. and the clerk Asd lea As soon Is the
nocey was obts.ned. His uzme Vas Hsa-
r. Harding. be lived in one Of the Interior
parishes. and i vas Supposed he bad gone
there before setting cat elsewhere l
e0Gld Only learn that be was yousg and Of
rather sfsrainaIs appearance This was
al the Description l could ascertain. The
affair bad not been bloEn abroad. and the
Chief directed ass 10 work " the case
Yea kroE that s. and / always work
together, I e1llsl him and we had con-
salra-ioa; be prosecuted researches here
while | sen1 into the country. This ar
ranged, l was sGo1 on NY way. bad
found cat where the lamily Of young Hsr-
ding hved- and hoped % reach the house
before night. bat in this was diSsppoint-
ed. Long before dusk. dark el0cdS began
70 form along the ysrge Of the horizon and
Climb RAPIDLY to the zenith the thunder
aud lightning CAME az intervals. and was
soon assured that one Of those Semi-tropie
stUrms. which are 30 frequent in summer.
would ere long burst upon ne in all its
fury. FASTENED forward. therefore. look
ing eagerly around for some PLACE Of shell
ter bad proceeded Bat little distance
Whsu | saw Just before NE a wooGuan' :
hEt- got lRto this IL soon a. possible.
! bad hardly got comfortably sheltered be-
fore i gentleman and lady dashed Up to the
door and dlsm0gutsd- Like myself. they
were seeking shelter frou the storm- The
uan vas middie-ageG. and exhibited in his
person the strong athletic frame. the open
brow. and genial pleasant face Of the
Southern PLANTER; bat there was now in
h1s eountenanee 4 touch OF sadness,
seemingly sense Of sorrow. strangely oct
Ok keeping with what the man should have
been His companion vas u wong girl Of
exquisite beauty. with dark. soulful eyes,
and hair black as night She looked IN
deed, ! daughter Of the tropics, and the
tai splendid form was regal II its majesty.
She was such Il woman as a uan could
wish 70 i've for. and if need be, die tor
They were both IN traTelI1g costume, and
from their CONVERSATION / judged they were
father and daughter Just settiEg cot On a
Journey aHd eHdeaEurIng 10 reach the river
n time for Al Epeuing steamer. Shortly
sitter their arrival negro boy drove up n
i cart confusing trunks. Gu one Of these
WIS the u2ne Of Miss Hariiug, La You
may realty conceive that my eyes were
wide open GOV. sHd nv ears too there
was sumethiug uust needs observe I
walked out Ok the hut and went aroand to
where the negro was standing. Boy,
where's your young MASTER | asked the
question abruptly, booking the negro in the
eye
-G0IIy, masss. dis chile dnno; haiut seen
him Tor mos a year Ny resolution WIS
taken 90 the instaut-I would follow these
people | was satisfied that they were in
search Of Henry; be could not come to
them and they were guing 10 him The
whole matter WIS clear a. day did fol-
low them to the river. where the-daHghter
embarked % n 1pward-boUud boat. and
the father returned home | took passage
On the same steamer-I would not lose
sight Of the girl; l was satisfied she was
going 70 her brother l iasinaated myself
into her presence and At last got into eou-
yersatigu- WIS half n lore with her
already before We reached st. Louis WIS
wholly 50. learned that she wis going
10 New York for some object which she did
not reveal | thought l knew what the
object WIS, bat 1t had become Of secondary
now, for | was deeply, minis
t1Sably IN love Had her brother stood
before ne and she had asked ne to for-
bear, It * doubtful # | would have arrested
him could not exist out Of her pres
eaes-she had become the zoe o6jeet nee
essary TO ny happiness. Atlast We reach
ed New York | e0Qld contain myself 10
I0ugsri sought Al opportunity and told
her Of ny I0Te-told my name, occupation,
and present Object revealed everything
| only asked to share her Affection She
seemed greatly agitatsd, and asked that l
would leave her Until the next day This
vas the f1rsno0u Of Mouday-Tuesiay
afternoon I called for ny answer. The
servant Ehs answered ny summons inform
81 ne that the yUung Iady had left the
evening previous ca 4 steamer for the
West IndEssf bat she had left note
tare open the letter eagerly 1t contained
these words
SR-F0r your preference l am much
obliged: but the Law hrhbtz gentlemen
each other By the time yoa re-
ceITs this / viii be on beard the West
India steamer Very respectfully,
HENET HAEDISG-'
IL took no more to shaw what 4 trick
had been played 90 me- T0a may believe
-H.4E H. LII III 49,