The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-22

for my employment. Here xa.
child, and / sought. in the view ~ q sct
ents, 10 remove the medicine bo, PsA
was the priest of religion, and "a h,..Lel
mllllonalre) was eorrupting hin
crIlege. Here was a greedy mar ~ -
twain betwixt greed and conscien,,ssorn d
sat by and relished. and lustfnllr- r- ana
his torments. Ave. Casarl SmossNeq
in a corner, dormant but not ds.a
have all the one touch of nature
FAINT passion for the sand ~
blood of the arena. So brouebtu y. an4
my first and last experiences of ~ on eng
OF the millionaire, and departsd !oY
silent awe. Nowhere else can amiq
to stir the depth of human Mains Apeu
offer of Is. Nowhere else. even a. ~ A.
pense of millions, could hone To snN En-
evils of riches stand so legfbiv er,o sae
Or ali the by-standers none bur the 1851
sister retained any memory of the o-.sl
and danger OF the thing in hand. Ths;..
eyes giowed, the glri beat her breass -
senselesS animal excitement. No,s;iA
was offered them. They stood ns;tbans
gain nor TO lose. At the mere nsn,a g
wind of these great sums Satan noss. aans
them.
From this singular interview 7
straight to the palace; found the s;ssnt
confessed what l had been doing. 10y
him, in my name, 10 compliment Tarss.ssSSS
on his virtue, and to- have simils, hs
made for me against the return ~ ~ ~!
schooner Tembinok', Rubam and s. 80
the Daily Papers-him we used - - ~ z!
''the Facetie Column"-labored e. az
while ut some idea, which was q. last 4.
teIligibly delivered. They feared | thor.hhs
the bow would cure me, whereas v;,hs..s
the wizard, it was useless, and wbes 49,
threatened with another cold shonls -
better TO rely on Pain Killer. Iexnls;n.y
| merely wished to keep ii in nv ioasrhs
as thing made in Apemama, and thss.
honest men were much relieved.
Late the same evening my wife. cros.;,.
the isle to windward. was aware of sinvs
ing in the bush. Nothing is more con-
mon in that hour and place than the inh;i.
ant carol of the teddy cutter. swing;n,
high overhead, beholding below him fbe
narrow ribbon of the isle, the continent
field of ocean and the fires of the sunset
But this was OF graver character ana
seemed to proceed from the ground leval
Advancing a little in the thicket. Mrs
Stevenson saw a clear space. a fine mad
spread in the midst and on the mat :
wreath of white flowers and one OF ths
devil-work boxes. A woman, whom wa
guess to have been Mrs: Temtak, sat
in front, now dropping over thu
box like mother over a cradle
now lifting her face and diectinS
her song to heaven. A passing todd3
cutter told my wife that she was praying
Probably she did not so much pray as az
precate; and perhaps even the ceremony
was one of disenchantment. For the boz
was already doomed: it was to pass from
its green medicine tree. reverend precinst
and devout attendants, to be handled By
the profane. to cross three seas, to GOMEZ
lar nd ha xfN Ha tn&
domesticated within hail of Lillybrida
there to be busted by the British hon
maid, and TO take, perhaps, the war
London for the voice of the outer sea alono
the reef. Before even we had finished din
ner. cheench had begun his journey, and
one of the newspapers had already PLACED
the box upon my table as gift of lem
binok'.
/ made haste to the palace, thanked the
king, but offered to restore the box, for
could not bear that the sick of the island
should be made to suffer. | was amazed
by his reply. Temtak, it appeared, had
still three or four in reserve against an
accident, and his reluctance and the dread
painted at first on every face, was not II
the least occasioned by the prospect of
medical restitution, but by the immediate
divinity of cheench. How much mor
did / respect the kings command, which
had been able to extort in a moment
and for nothing a sarcilegious favor
that had in vain solicited with miIlionsl
But now | had difficult task
in front of me; it was not in my view that
Temtak should suffer by his virtue; and I
must persuade the king to share my opin-
ion, to let me enrich one of his subiects
and (what was yet more delicate) to pay
for my present. Nothing shows the king
in more becoming light than the faos
that | succeeded. He demurred at the
principle; he exclaimed, when he heard Is,
at the sum. PLENTY money!" cried he,
with contemptuous displeasure. But his
resistance was never serious; and when he
had blown off his ill humor-"A' right, =
said he. "You give him. Mo- beta.
Armed with this permission, l made