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mand to surrender with volley of
musketry the scoundrels scattered like
chaff before the wind. But, quickly
rallying, they returned to the charge
and opened regular siege. A great
deal of gunpowder was burnt, and,
though little impression was made on
the chateau, we were kept continually
on the alert and forced to expend our
ammunition at a rate that rendered our
defeat a mere question of time, and a
very short time. And we had nothing
to hope from the authorities; they were
against us: and the number of our as
sailants increased every hour.
SAT the close of the third day we
had burnt our last cartridge, save a few
which we reserved for the final strug
gle, and had to consider what we
should do next-whether to await as
sault and die fighting, or make 4 sortie
and try to escape.
Eve decided for sortie, and took
our measures accordingly.
1.-The Jacobins kept an Indifferent
watch, and at dead Of night, when most
of them were sleeping, we stole upper
ceived from the house. and but for one
of those accidents which so often mar
the best-laid plans we should have got
safely through the investing lines. AS
we passed the last bivouac fires a bark
ing dog reused the sleepers, and we had
to run for our lives. My father was
shot dead by my side, and of the thir-
teen who formed our party only three
succeeded in getting away. All the
others were either slain in the fight or
killed in cold blood on the following
morning.
''Once in the mountains, we three
were safe from pursuit, and eventually
reached Geneva and joined my mother
and sister.
From Geneva. where las it was be-
coming a hot-bed of sedition) we did
not consider ourselves safe, we travelled
to London by way of Germany and Hol-
land
And then began another struggle for
life. Our resources-my mothers jew
elry and the rest-were soon exhausted,
and we had to keep the wolf from the
door as best we could. I gave lessons
in French, my sister in painting, my
mother made lace; but, as we knew
little English and had neither influence
nor friends, pupils and customers were
hard to find. More than once we were
end, as have already mentioned, re-
solved to return to Gex and try to re-
cover the hidden treasure.
"A compatr1ot lent me money for the
journey, which accomplished by way
of Switzerland. / found the chateau
unoccupied and dismantled; and IL IN
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Yes ] will zee Mime. Ronaparte.
She is Creole of Martinique; nv
mother is Creole Of Martinique They
knew each other when they were girls
l was in London on short leave just be-
fore the Sylph was commissioned: and
my mother was talking of her old friend
Josephine de La Pa2erie, and the strange
fortune which made her the wife of one
general who died on the scaffold and of
another who was marching from VIC
tory to victory. will write to Nine.
Bonaparte, tell her who ! am, and ask
for an intervie,v-which she is sure to
grant-and when she receives me / will
ask her to get me exchanged and you
reprieved."
MA fol. you also mean to march
from victory to victory, think Still,
it is possible; though / doubt whether
even Bonaparte has the power to revoke
regular sentence. And there is a
serious preliminary difficulty How
will you forward your letter to Nine
Bonaparte? If in the ordinary way
and openly, it may be detained by the
director of prisons, and, as likely as
not, never reach it's destination. You
will also have an agent of police here,
and perhaps be Intercepted; for these
gentlemen of the directory are terribly
jealous of Bonaparte."
''And time is of the utmost impor-
tance. How would it do to give one of
the warders a five-franc piece and ask
him to put the letter in the post?''
''He will take the money and keep the
letter, or get credit for himself by
handing it to the governor"
''Well, it must be arranged somehow.
My letter must reach Nine. Bonaparte
this very day, or, at latest, tomorrow
morning. Stay. have another idea.
You know Mile. Carmine?'
1.-THE governors daughter
Eyes. I breakfasted with her this
morning. She is good-looking, and,
better still, has kindly ways and SYM
pathetic eyes. think could persuade
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CHAPTER u--CoHrINUED.
81 must tell you that at the outbreak
of the revolution the regiment to
which belonged joined the rebels. As
could not turn my sword against the
king, / left the army, and, escaping
from Paris by the skin of my teeth,
went to my ancestral home-the cha
teau de Gex, in the romantic Jura coun-
try. which the food Of sedition and
treason had not yet reached. My father
had always dwelt among his people. and
SO confident was he in their loyalty
that. although the peasants in other
parts OF the. province were burning
down the chateaux and numbering the
seigneurs, he felt sure that no harm
would befall him or his. did not agree
with him; / knew that sooner or later
our place would be attacked like the
others; and / prevailed on him to send
my mother and my sister to Geneva,
where, as thought, they would be safe.
But my father refused to bulge. He was
resolved o stay at Gex and defend his
property to the last; and, albeit the re-
suit was disastrous, I think he was
right. If French gentlemen, instead of
deserving their posts at the first alarm,
had stayed at home and done their duty,
the revolution, though it might not have
been averted, would have been shorn of
half its terrors. The canaille were left
to themselves, and the republic they set
up has become one of the vilest tyran-
MES upon earth.
''After awhile we heard that band
of miscreants from Lyons were march
Sy1rp t,t,y .Y.,l ho 30
to instruction and numbering and
plundering in the name of liberty.
Still my father did not believe that they
would trouble us, and it was only when
they were in the next commune that he
allowed me to prepare for the worst. l
did all 1 could-furbished up our arms,
got in supplies of food and ammunition,
barricaded doors and windows, and
organized a small garrison, consisting
of the gamekeepers and three or four
old servants, whose loyalty was beyond
doubt.
1.-THE old chateau, though strongly
built, was, OF course, quite incapable of
withstanding artillery, but to force
armed only with muskets and pitch
forks it could offer stout resistance.
my father WIS not rich in money,
but he possessed an exceptionally rich
collection of gold and silver plate, old
cbins and antique gems, which he had
been gathering the greater part of his
life, and several almost priceless paint
ings These he and placed at dead of
night in hiding place the whereabouts
of which was known only to him and
me.
1.-THE next day we were beset by the
Lyons mob, reinforced by several hum
dred peasants, among whom were many
of our neighbors and tenants.
THE last thing they expected was
resistance. All the other seigneurs had
either left their houses to take care of
themselves, or yielded at the first sum-
lions; and when we answered their de-
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Whist Thanksgiving meanA Iane19
Tommie sid ho only expeoted - hav4'
. little mush and some potatoes Tor hioI
dinner. and here were III Shess bsaaI
tiful dishes.
How Miss Hettis would halp their.
plates and urge them again and agAiAs
to eat more.
When the feast was ever and Polly.
had helped s'Miss Hettie" TO wash the
dishes and arrange the room again,
then their hostess told Tommie-and
they all listened-the story of our
Puritan fathers. and this beautiful GUS
tom they have given to US. of each year
holding ono day in thankful acknowl-
edgment of Gods goodness.
And Hettie Brown thanked God that
night, in her prayer, for giving her
these means to make others thankful,
Adele K. johnson, in n. Y. Observer.
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| dreary, drizzling November rain.
Hettie was the village dressmaker
| aud lived in a neat little cottage grown
brown with age, near the end of Lilac
lane.
While she tidied up the little sitting
room and finished her morning work
before she sat down to sew (fol
she was maid as well as seams.
tress and lived alone with only her old
cat, Toby" for company. she was
thinking over her past life.
Even after her few simple tasks
were completed, and she began to fin
ish Miss Dale's new dress, her dark
mood still chung to her.
Hettie was usually very cheerful and
contented, plodding along in her even,
methodical life. But this morning she
was girl again, though her hair was
fast turning white and the color had
faded from her cheeks, living over
again the old days at home.
Her father had owned large. pros
porous farm. What happy Thanksgiv-
ing days they had then, when all the
older brothers and sisters would come
home to the old farmhouse, and they
were again, On this one day, united
family.
Then John, the eldest son, went west.
Her father died suddenly, and after
q few years they were obliged to sell
the old farm. And then Hetty and her
mother had come to this little house.
1t was as neat and fresh and COM
Portable as Hettie could make it. And
here they had lived for nearly ten
years.
Hettie meantime carried on her trade
of dressmaking. The mother had died
the last winter, and this year, at
Thanksgiving time, Hettie would be
alone for the first time in her life.
AS she sat busily sewing this morn
ing at her pleasant little window. she
would look up at Squire Banks !"
large, hospitable farmhouse on the hill,
and imagine all the Thanksgiving
preparations that were going on with
in the old kitchen.
Presently there came a knock at the
door, and Miss Dale came in to inquire
concerning her dress. It was nearly
finished. So she said she would wait
while Hettie gave it the last few
touches. AS she buttoned her wrap
she asked Hettie if she had heard the
sad news about Squire Banks daugh-
ter.
Lily Banks has consumption, and
the city physicians say she can live
only few weeks Such lovely girl
and the only child. too. Her mother
is almost beartbroken over it. just at
Thanksgiving time, when every one
should be happy.
I'VE all have our troubles, Miss Het-
tie" she added, and with her bright
smile she left Hettie to her thoughts
again, not sad ones now, but repentant
ones, over her folly of thinking her life
SO very hard.
What was money now. or the posi-
ton of ''Esquire's" wife to poor Mrs
Banks, while her only child was hope
lessly ill?
''Why, Hettie Brown" she said to
herself, 81 am heartily ashamed of
you.
Here You are we'll and strong, able
TO sew and with plenty to do.
And if your cottage is small, it is
neat and comfortable, and belongs to
you. And you have enough to eat and
to wear. What more do you need?
You ungrateful woman. you have
plenty to be thankful for"
. And with . prayer for forgiveness
and guidance. Hettis was oncs more
her bright, chesry ss14
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Mrs. Husswife-'.why does the ba-
ker's young man hurry away in that
absurd fashion, Sarah? He hardly
gives himself time to deliver the bread"
Exceptionally Plain Handmaiden-'No.
mum. You see, its leap year, num-
Funny Folks.
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Why, Of Course.

Podsnap-This newspaper says that
Pope Leo own a fine farm. Mrs p.
Now, who should q pope want a farm?
Mrs P.-Why, I suppose, Podsnap. he
has to pasture his bulls somewhere
Truth.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.

A Holiday for All, hut Dearest to the
Old Folks.
Our chief holidays are, as they should
be, festal occasions for all, but each
has also its special appeal to some par
ticular age or class.
Fourth Of July, for instance, might
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Ambiguous.

Miss Sweetly-I think your writings
resemble some works of the greatest
writer's.
Young Scribbler (delighted)-In what
manner?
Miss Sweetly-You will not live to
see them appreciated-Jury.
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[ is only a week
to Tina n k S Civ
ing" said Hettie
Brown to he r
self one morn
i n &, a S S h e
looked out of
her little white
curtained w in
d ow at t h e
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cid servant to whom made myself
known had not betrayed me I should
have succeeded.
81 need not go into details. was ar
rested. sent to Paris. and ten days ago
sentenced to death as a returned emil
grant.
''You see now why require trust
worthy friend. My sister and mother
are eating the bitter bread of exile
when they can get it-yet there is prop
erty at Gex, rightly ours, small por-
ton of which would render them indie
pendent for life. But / cannot help
them; my days, my very hours, are num-
bered. VIII you undertake the enter
prise in which have failed-the saving
of the treasurer"
You forget that am prisoner like
yourself. Moreover"
"A prisoner of war, sure sooner or
later to be exchanged. But hear my
proposal. / do not ask you to do this
merely for the sake of two women that
you never saw ard for whom you can
not care. The collection at Gex is
worth, at the very least, fifty thousand
pounds sterling. and would find ready
purchasers in London. Half this sum
will make my mother and sister more
than happy. The other half l offer to
you as compensation for your risk
and trouble; and if you succeed you
will richly deserve it. 1t may also
weigh somewhat with you that by
agreeing to my proposal you will lift a
heavy load from the mind of doomed
man, and confer a great favor on two
forlorn women, who, 1 can promise you,
will not be ungrateful.''
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Waitin' for the time to strike
When her pa an mad a'journ n
Leave us thar to speak our yearnln'.
Seem'd afore that hour'd como,
Doomsday'd amble in. 1 YUM!
But it lit at last, an see
Cider. hick'ry nuts an We
Sittin' thar in sorfer thrall
just sayin' nothiD' tall,
Me a-crackin' nuts, an Sary
Posin' thar JUS like fairy.
So an hour moped away
'Peared to me more like day
Sary now an then'd peek
At me cross her temptin' cheek
While KEEP the crackin rut-
Fust finger, then nut
But I couldn't crack a hole in
That ar fright that held my soul In
Might a-kep' on that way
Mebbe till the Judgment day
Only for what Sary done:
She yanked out ''pulley-bone"
From her pocket; jed" says she,
''Take holt an pull with me:
One that gifts the shortest splinter
Marries fuSt. by rule O GinIer."
WAL. sorter musterd pluck
An a-holt Of it I tuck,
Drawed my breath an peep'd turn
At them heavenly eyes O her'n,
Then hollered: LET 'er co.
An we snapped the thing, an 10.
When we matched 'm--no deceiyin'-
Oern'd eff they warn't zactly even.
"Sary," says I, with a wink.
''That thar Ginter rule. think,
Sartffies our weddin' day
Purity nigh together, eh:
What's yer notion bout the thing"
Jinks. Eff you'd a-seen her fling
Her proportions on my weskit
You'd a-said she's glad to resk it.
Then got so full o. thanks
Seem'd they sorter come il hanks;
And espeshually sence
I've ben thankin' Proverdence
That when turkeys war designed.
An the parts together fined,
Thar wuZ time to give attention
To that pulley bone invention.
Wade Whipple, in Once Week.
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fCopyrisht. 1891. By J. B. Lippincott Company. and
Published by Special Arrangement
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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-23

The Right Honorable w. E. Glad
stone, at S3 years of age, is again at
the head of the Government of
Great Britain. This is the fourth
time he has been Prime Minister,
and he was in the Cabinet four times
before he was at the head of one.
His first Ministry came into Office
December 8, 1868, remaining until
February 2l, 1874; second, April %,
1880, remaining until June "a, 1885;
third, February 6, 1886, continuing
only until August of tho same
year. His present Ministry dates
from August 10, 1892, the day he
announced the names of his col
leagues to Queen Victoria. On this
occasion the venerable statesman
comes to power filed with the un-
divided resolution of giving home
rule to Ireland. Whether he will be
able to carry a measure acceptable
to Home Rulers of the original stamp
with the small majority of forty in q
House of from 600 to 700 members
a few weeks will tell. There seems
to be a general expectation that if {
home rule measure does pass the
Commons. it will be rejected by the
House of Lords. Then the supposi
tion has been that there would be
another dissolution for an appeal tC
the country. Late accounts OF utter
ances by Mr.. Gladstone and some o
his party chieftains, however, indi
cate that the Ministry would not ad
wise Her Majesty to dissolve Parlia
ments under such circumstances, bu
would undertake measures to com
pei the Lords to bow to the popula
will as expressed through majorit
of the elective branch of Parlia
ment. There are interesting time
ahead in "the old country"
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EUROPE.
GLADSTONE IN POWER.

The House of Commons divided
at midnight of the llth, on IA motion
OF want of confidence made by AS
quith, The result was $50 ayes and
80 noes, and was received with great
enthusiasm by the opposition. On
motion of Balfour the House ad-
journed for week
In the House of Lords ON the 18th
Lord Salisbury announced that the
Government had rendered its resig-
nation to the Queen and Her Majesty
had accepted it. He then asked the
intentions of the incoming Ministry.
The Earl of Kimberley replied that
he was sorry he was unable to give
Lord Salisbury any information. He
was not yet Minister and could say
nothing until he had consulted his
colleagues.
Gladstone, accompanied by Sir
Algernon Edward West, left on the
10Th for the Isle of Wight TO lay be
fore Her Majesty the names of those
who comprise the new Cabinet, and
to carry out the old custom of kiss
ing the hand of the sovereign. Glad
stone was loudly cheered ON his de
parture and was greeted with enthu-
siasm by crowds at points along the
route.
After Gladstone had eaten lunch
con at the palace the Queen gave
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BY AUTHORITY. .
Homestead Lots in South Kona,
Hawaii.
Notice is hereby given:

Notice is hereby given:
THAT Lots in Kalamakowali, South
Kona, Hawaii, have been set apart for the
purpose of conveying to such persons as
may wish to acquire homcstcads upon
which to live.
maps of these Lots can he examined
at the Land Office, Interior Department.
Honolulu, or ut the Office of J. w. kuai-
mollu, at Pahoehoc, 5. Kona, Hawaii.
81. w. Kuaimoku win point out the
Lots to any person desiring to see them,
for which service he will be entitled to a
fee of 81 from the person applying
persons who may desire Lots shall
apply in writing to the Minister of the
Interior upon blank form, copies OF
which may be obtained free of said j. w.
Kuaimoku
-Noapplication will he considered from
persons who already own land.
6-Every applicant must be of full age.
THE applicant will be allowed ten
years in which to pay for the land, during
which time it will be exempt from taxes.
s-He must within one year build a
dwelling house on the Lot and begin to
occupy the same, and continue to occupy
it for the remainder of the term of ten
years.
9-He must within three years enclose
the Lots with substantial fence.
10-He must pay quarterly in advance
interest upon the unpaid purchase price at
the rate of percent per annum. The
purchaser may pay the whole or any part
of the purchase price at any time which
will stop interest.
1.-THE preliminary agreement is non
assignable, and the land cannot be sold
until all conditions are fulfilled.
12-Failure to comply with any of the
conditions will work forfeiture of the
land.
c. n. SPENCER,
49S-3t Minister of the Interior.
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THE DAILY BULLETIN.
TUESDAY, AUG. %, 1892.

The news from the United States
is of more strikes and attendant
lawlessness, with troops being called
in to restore order. In reality a
state of civil war exists at several
points, and these points only require
to be multiplied to certain extent
when there will be danger of a gen.
eral struggle between capital and
labor, or it maybe between anarchy
and established government.
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Bits of Information.

The largest pyramid in Egypt is
l46 yards high.
A ll0-ton gun can fire two $500
shots minute.
There are 250,0OO words in the
English language.
Three and half millions of peo-
pie are always on the sea.
The number of dwellings, in the
United States in 1891 was 8,955,S12.
A cubic inch of soil contains from
10000 to 2,250,OO0 minute organisms.
A human body, when cremated,
leaves a residuum of about eight
ounces.
OF every hundred baby girls that
are born in China about thirty are
put to death.
Kansas has four cities in which
the vote of the women is larger than
that of the men.
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Tenders for Purchase of Hawaiian
Government Bonds.

Notice is hereby given that under autho-
rty of Chapter 3S, Session Laws of 1885
can Act to give greater security to Depo-
sitors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings
Bank" the Postmaster-General offers for
sale $4,000 of Coupon Bonds of the Hawai-
ian Government such bonds to be issued
in the denomination of One Thousand Dol
lars each, redeemable in not less than five
years nor more than twenty years, with
interest at six per cent. per annum, paya-
BILE semi-annually, principal and interest
payable in u. 5. gold coin, the bonds to
express on their face that they are issued
as security for the Postal Savings Bank
Deposits.
Tenders for the purchase of the whole or
any part of said bonds will be received at
the office of the Registrar of Public Ac-
counts, Finance Department, up to u
O'Clock on TIL HURSDAY, the 1st day of
September, 1892.
The Postmaster-Gener does not bind
himself to accept any tender, or the whole
of any tender.
WALTER HILL,
PostmaSter-G General.
Dated August -, 1892.
Approved:
II. \. WIDEMANN,
Minister of Finance
SAMUEL PARKER
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
C. \. SPENCER,
Minister of Interior.
II. A. WIDEMANN,
Acknowledgement ad interim.
503-9t
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Take Good Care of the Children

If you have children you will be
interested in the experience of Mr..
John Cook, of Pilot, Vermillion Co.,
Ill. He says: 1.-TWO years ago two
of my family, a young man and a
girl, had very severe and dangerous
attacks of bloody flux, The doctor
here was unable, after weeks time,
to check or relieve either case. |
threw the doctor overheard and be-
gan using Chamberlain's Collie, Cho-
lera and Diarrhna Remedy, I'm
provement was seen very soon and
my children arose in a few days
from what / feared would be their
deathbed. 1t is a grand, good medi-
cine" For sale by all dealers. Ben
son, Smith q Co., Agents.