The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-01


siknailed her neiehbor with Stone: the rattle
| Of fAliinR pebbles passed and died awayi and
he wHrdsrs Of Tembinok eruuehed In their
places silent - befora
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Five persons wsre detailed 10 walt upon us.
| Uncle Parker. VINO brought us toddy and gtesn
nuts was an elderly. almost an old man. with
| the spirits. the industry. and the morale Of .
boy Of 10. His faoe was ancient. droll. and dia-
boiical the skin stretched over taut sinews
like sail on che guide rcpes; and he smiled
with every muscle OF his head. His nuts must
be counted every day or no would deceive us in
the tale: they must be daily examined or some
would prove 70 DO unhusked: nothing but the
Kins's name, and scarcely that would hold
him TO his duty. After his tolls were over he
received pipe. matches and tobacco. and
sst on the door In the moniap to smoke. He
would not seem to move from his position.
and vt every day. whom the things failed
to bs returned. the plug had disappeared; no
had found the means TO conceal IL In the roof.
whence no would radiantly produce Il on the
morrow. Although this pisoe Of le0erdemain
Wa performed regularly before three or four
pairs Of eysA We could never catch him In the
cot: although we searched after he was gone.
70 could never and the tohscoo Such we're
The diversions OF Uncle Parker. . man nearing
sixty. But hs was punished unto his deeds.
Ma Stevenson took fancy 10 paint him. and
The sufSSrings OF the sitter were beyond do.
scriptdon.
Three lassss came from tho palace to do our
washing and racket with All Foo. They wore
Of tho lowest class. hansers.on kept for the
convenience Of merchant skipperA probably
low born. perhaps out-islAnders. with little ro-
nnemsnt Whsthsr Of manner or appearance.
butlikely and Jolly enough wsnches In their
way. We called ono 0uttersnipe. for you may
nnd her image In the slums Of any city: the
same lean. dArk-syed. eager. vulgar face. the
same sudden. hoArse outlaws. che Same for
ward and yet anxious manner. as with tail
Of an eye on tn policeman: only the policeman
hero was . live King and his trunoheon ride,
] doubt II you could ind anywhere out OF the
tslend. or often there. the parallel OF FATTY.
mountain Of . girl who must have weighed
nsar 40 many stones as she counted summers.
could have given good account Of . life
guardsman. had the face Of baby. and applied
her vast mechanical forces almost exclusively
to play. But thoy were all three Of the same
merry spirit Our washing was conducted In
. game Of romps: and they fed and pursued.
and splsshed and pelted. and rolled each other
~ WV oenAOs OuN AO0S w . VSAtbnO0uC hVAo0 "a
cries sna laughter like holiday children. In.
deed and however strange their own function
In that sustere establishment were they not
escaped for the day from the largest and
gtrictsst ladies' school In tho South Seas2
Our nth attendant was no less person than
the royal cook. have much to tell OF this
high of1cer. Aud shall follow him TO his death.
He WAS striklngly handsome both In face and
body. lazy - slave. and tnsolent ~ BUTCH
ers boz. He slept and smoked on our pre-
mises In various gr aoeful attitudes: but 90 far
from helping All Foo. he was not at the pains
10 watoh him. It may be said Of him that he
came to learn. and remained to tesoh: and his
lessons were at times difficult to stomach.
For example. he was sent to MI bucket from
che we'll About half way he found my wife
Watering her onions, changed buckets with
her. and leaving her the empty. returned to
the kitchen with the full On another occa-
sion he was given dish Of dumplinos for the
King. WAS told they must be eaten hot. and
that he should carry them Is fast a. possible
The wretch set OF ct the rate ofabout b milo
In the hour. head In air. toes turned out. A
month Of patience failed me at the sight Ipur-
sued. caught him By his two big shoulders.
and. thrusting him before me. ran with him
down the hill over the sands and through the
applaudins village TO tho speak-house. whore
the King was then holding pow-wow. He
had the impotence to pretend he was inter-
serious spprehensions for his life.
All this We endured. for the ways Of Tomb
nok are summary. and was not yet ripe to
take hand in the mans death. But in the
mean while. hero was my unfortunate China
boy shaving for the pair. and presently he fell
sick Twas now in the position Of Clmourdain
Lantenac, and. indeed, all the characters In