The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-05-12
Romance.

\ youthful pilgrim called FL conde wandering
through the world in quest OF happiness and
that which is equivalent to happiness-a true
and ardently devoted lady love-coUld find 10
soul as bright and pure Gs his Imagination had
conceived So still he sought new lands aud
traversed distant seas ever seeking, vet ever
failing, 70 find the ideal image of his heart.
Through Europe, from the Pillars of Hercules
t. the trh Mountains, from the Hel espont and
the classic shades OF Greece to the Highlands Of
Scotland and tine shores of s%orrowing Ireland,
IL coide had searched for beauty and con-
staGcy sTuoOdled III q passionate refinement OF
expression waicA the daughters Of earth rarely
inherit rr cquire, bat vhi,.I poets have
described III tae incarnGta psra5onS OF angels
who live aid love and aias perchance, expire
IN the divine conceptions of lofty yet chimerical
imagination. Among the humble voyagers Of
life, among the dwellers in sequestered noun
tain recesSes, and among the inhabitants OF the
western prairies of America the youthful adVen-
turer had vainly travelled, led by the inspiring
but apparently futile hope that there he might
discover and win some virgin flower that else
would live and die unseen and waste its fra
GRANGE on the desert air." But although re-
peatedly bafied FL condo was never discour-
aged and still persevering he crossed the con-
tinent of America and finally came to the
Island Kingdom of Hawaii. He landed in
Honolulu only a short time ago and secured
a cosy cottage on the beach. There he remained
in a sort Of semi-seclusion. Now and then
he visited church of an evening and some
times he invited a youthful new-formed friend
to meet him at his abode. Those who were
thus privileged to examine his apartments, or
converse with him from time to time found that
he was luxuriant in his tastes. and that he pos
sessed 4 wide knowledge of the world, an en-
thusiastic soul aud a tender affectionate heart.
He apparently, too, enjoyed a large income, for
he spent considerable money from time to time.
For whole weeks he amused himself about the
outskirts of the city, or in visiting the Pail.
During the period of a month he hired q car
riage every day and paid the cabmen SO hand
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great and immensely wealthy youth, by those
carriage drivers, who were fortunate enough to
to be employed by him. On the occasion of
these extended drives, he was always digniied
aud reticent. He noticed no one; he spoke to
no one unless first addressed, exc pit to give di-
rections to the cabman, or to offer him some OF
the rare lunch which FL conde was accustomed
to carry in q small japanese case. But anon
this strange half secluded and yet perhaps not
unhappy mode of living was suddenly changed.
The stranger was no more to be seen s%trolline
about the outskirts of the city or visiting the
Pail. Several young men who had made his
acquaintance casually, he now disdained to
notice either on the street or elsewhere. He
now seldom hired a cab, but when he did it was
only to go a short distance aud usually to visit
one particular residence on -- street,
which seemed to have q magic attraction for
him. One evening, q few weeks ago, FL condo
was met by a former acquaintance on the street
in a comparatively unfrequented part of the
city. This young man accosted him with a
careless 'aloha and I'll condo replied rather
warmly in the same language, "alOha nui oe.'
1t was pretty evident that he had been learning
the native tongue from the ease with which
these words came from his lips, and as he SEEM
ed in a talkative mood. his acquaintance pro-
ceeded to ask him what he was about and what he
had found III Honolulu to absorb him SO
entirely.
Ell conde was a little embarrassed at first and
answered evasively, but he finally confessed
that he had found the happiness for which he
had so long and Vainly sought through all the
world before. And ere many weeks more shall
have passed by there will be a quiet wedding.
The bride will be a beautiful and accomplished
brunette with just a particle of native blood
the bridegroom will be none other than the wan
derer, Ell condo, the only son of a banker of
Tours in France, where he intends to take his
Young wife to live.