Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24

cisms Of those whose hearts are not in
oympathy with him"
= t ,sss pitiidl IN that Williams, after al
you had done for his party"
!" / should ny sol But never mind.
lets BE- cheerful, anyway. How are you
making out? Let No help you 70 . ffied
plantain. TAke some moro Of the pupe
Not Try some Il the human beineS
BY George, this fSllew h done 70 . charm.
You'n Ike him. He was Frenchman-
splendid chap young and hale and hearty,
beautiful 70 look upon. Do Jon prefer
white meat OF darkI Let me- help Jon TO
some Of The breaak Alma 1hAve Known
this youneuter fbr thirteen ysaxs--1shod
With him, swan with him, ntled With
him, gave couple Of my sisters and Sour
cunts to him. / loved him. he WAS
always good. Hs \ good now"
Taking up . fragment Of hts late brother
in-law, the King took . bite, and then
gazed long and penively upon the remain
der, TN by-and.by the muscles q n.
mouth began to witch with emotion. ana
presently two q three great team welied
49,
Then, In choking voice, he murmared
"Alas, they have ffied HIM r
I laid down the breast bone Of deceased
and burst into tears also. Suchis the sym
pathetic power Of grief It was nothing
to me whether they fried him or boiled
him il was nothing TO me how this poor
foreigner was cooked was only eating
him out Of vain curiosity, and not be-
cause loved him, not because respected
him, not because wished TO curry favor
with his relativeA Yet wept.
"They have fried him" said the King.
Alas, poor Gaultier. However, let ne
cheer. up, let 10 be content But l will
have my cook for breakfast for this-And I
will fry Aim, and see how he likesit. There
II nothing like sharp example, to teach .
man, my friend. But don't Be idle, sir
take some more Of the fried Freedman. l
ought TO be ashamed to offer you such .
dish, but you zee how am situated. He
ought to have been baked-this fellow
ought. We always bake Frenchman-we
never think offrying him. But wish you
had known this fellow-so kind, 20 gentle,
30 loving, and you see yourself how
tender he IL. But that Williams business
II wish you would straighten that up for
me when you 20 back to America. If your
people could only know the facts in the
case. they would not blame me. 1t IL q
little hard, after have spent all these years
in building up good name, to have 1t all
knocked In the head by this shabby ad-
venturer. Now, what he called Q 'hideOus
revel,' and q feast of DEVILS and all sorts
of vile and wicked names, was nothing in
the world, ! give you my sacred honor,
but . simple barbecue-seventeen old
crippled natives, no account under the
sun, Just an expense to the community,
and fficasseed them to give little treat
to some visiting town chiefi aldermen
you call them fn.your country who were
here for day or two from Wonga Island.
"Feast of devils indeedi Feast of dried
up, skinny old rapscallions that the island
Is . thousand times better of without,
and I am sure it was honorable in ~ to
be hospitable to those strangers. Though
between you and me it was an awful swim
die on them-tough, oh, don't mention 1t !
more cholera morbus and indigestion and
general suffering among those chiefs, you
never saw the Ike In al your life! Now,
Twain, you SEQ how much truth
there was In WilliamS statements-all
that row about nothing. You can set this
thing right in your country-you can do
1t easy-simply Just explain the facts
and anything can do for you, Ill do it
you can depend on No. Send me copy
Of your weekly. ] can't read II, but .
little literature can't hurt man, anyhow,
C@sar's ghost"
"Oh, Heaysni what II the matter,
Your Gracious Majesty"
"Oh, misery, Oh, murder, Oh, despera'
ionr'
"Oh vAas is 1t, Your Imperial Majesty ,
II beseech you'll"
"He had sprung to his feet, and his
fixed eyes were staring wildly at the fried
meat before him.
"Oh my brain reelsi This hair q
mistakei A h0frid suspicion bursts upon
this accursing mark a seraso6srry on ths
1Ct arm !-itis. it ID, my long lost brothsri''
Alas, It was even 90. II was his long.
lost brother-what was LEFT Of him. Poor,
poor fellow, he was only At to be shoveled
into basket and given to the poor now.
The King fell to the hoor insensible. He
grew worse and worse, and the next day
his removal to the country was ordered.
Many sympathizing relatives and friends
followed the palanquin and did what they
could to alleviate the suferings Of their
unhappy sovereign.
II turned out Afterwards that the sweet
heart Of the Frenchman had made sur.
reptitious exchange Of marketing in the
Kings kitchen before daylight on the
fatal day. She had bought the Kings
brother from wandering tribe that b.
longed in the great wilderness ct the
other end Of the Island. She bought him
purposely to make that exchange, though
Of course she did mot know who he was.
The girl and the Freedman escaped from
the island In canoe that very night and
were happily married, or drowned, don't
know which. Iwould have liked 70 taste
that Frenchman.
sNofE-I1is y ~ process really followed IN III
~ South Pacific lslon1a.-Awe Ha0tM.
A Bear Hunt b LAplanl.
Apsaant generally goes out IN search
Of his trail, and, having found Il, moves
In ring some miles in circumference, to
make sure Of having him within Il, he
than gradually CONTRACTS his circle, till he