The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-11

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army was being formed To depose her.
the Queen, with few white men and
many native alherents about her, was
discussing, IN her own private apart
ments, the purpose of the white mems
meeting.
Two Royalists converse:
But, in the name of all that Is rea-
sonable. how could they get them in
| Honolulu without my knowledge
have ordered all the stores that sell
arms and ammunition To- be closed"
/ And they were closed, a fact that
made II easier for the Americans to get
all the pistols and ammunition they
needed 10y the back doors. Then. men
have been going on board the Boston IN
gangs of late, and il is believed they
have brought away rifles under their
long coats. Our consul is certain that.
at a signal to be given by the Americans
ON shore. the captain of the boston will
at once land his sailors and marines,
seize the Palace supplant the Hawaiian
/ Nag with that of the States, and depose
/ Her Majest, ~ that act"
And think YOU that the English cap
tain and the English consul will look
idly on while that is being done 2 asked
| Porter.
They cannot help themselves. They
dare not precipltate IA war with the
States
Then what would you advise 2
That you precipitate the inc vitable.
In what way
Show your hand and your force.
There are five thousand men ready to
oppose the Americans. and they will do
1t it Kohala can he induced to lead
them
Which would mean that within
twenty four hours Kohala would be
proclaimed King of Hawaii
1ietter than an American proter-
torate. You know better than can /. II
you that the days of the Queen, as a
ruler, are numbered. You and all her
friends, even Her Majesty, will reap the
advantage of the course | suggest. said
i FeathersUone, with unusual energy of
manner.
HAPPIER XIII puts Colonel Loring and
his fellow conspirators in the steeple of
Central Union church. where they are
waiting for Il signal fire to blaze upon
the crest of Punchbowl Conversation
was going on in low tones. "Another
man was about To sIeak, but checked
himself, for suddenly light flashed ont
from the dome of the palace aud it lit
up the standard of Hawaii This was
unusual, for it had been the custom to
lower the flag with the sunset gun. 1t
showed hat the Queens adherents were
alert"
They've lit the beacon cried one.
From the head of the Punchbowl a
fountain of flame leape'l into the sky,
Transforming the picturesque hill into a
/ volcano aS IL had baap Of old
Make ready the rockets. Phipps, said
the colonel, his voice as calm as if there
was no crisis at hand.
/ All ready. sir was the response
Higher and higher rose the flame s
from the crest of the Punchbowl, and
again the shrill cheer came up from the
direction of the palace.
It's gone again. cried a number of
men, unable to suppress their excite
ment, for the fountain of flame died out
as suddenly as it had appeared
Have the matches ready, Phipps.'
Ready they are. sir
a few seconds of intense darkness
over the Punchbowl, then, like a pencil
OF light drawn swiftly against the black
background of the night. a rocket rose
up toward the lowering clouds. curved
gracefully downward, then exploded,
and was followed by a shower of globes.
red. white and blue.
Two more rockets followed in quick
succession. Then Phipps. under the
colonels orders, struck match, and
three rockets. with scarcely an interval
OF time between their appe arance. shot
up from the belfry and exploded directly
over the palace.
The bell, Phippsr
The bell began To clang az once. A
deep, hoarse cheer rang up from the
streets. From tower and steeple other
bells changed out the alarm, aud down
by the shore there was seen flash. fol-
lowed by the ominous booming of a
gun.
''Now for the arsenal! Keep close
to me, kohala J! said the colonel as.
with lantern held high above his head.
for there was no longer need for dis
guise, he led the way to the pround
while the bell kept up its Changing as if
it had gone mad or was being rung by
mailman.
keep the horses here: we shall not
need them Mt present" said the colonel.
to the men waiting below.
There was no excitement in his voice
and no sign of nervousness i'm his man
ner, yet Kohala, who kept close to his
side as he ran for the arsenal. could see
by the light of the lamps past which
they dashed that there was an awful
an unconquerable earnestness in the
young soldiers face.
There was not policeman to be seen.
At the sight of the rockets from the
steeple and the first Changing of the
bells the bravest of them had vanished.
bugie calls and hoane commands
down the side streets where the yolun-
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quick tramp, as of trained soldiers. the
galloping of orderlies and the frightened
cries Of women and children i'm the
houses, told that the revolution. SO long
dreaded by the people of Honolulu had
come.
Colonel Loring took IA position near
the arsenal, but kohala noticed that,
since leaving the steeple, he had not
issued AN order, nor was there any
occasion for his doing so. His orders
We're given in advance, and SO perfect
were all the details that his subor linates
promptly marched their men to the
places that had been assigned them, and
there halted till they should hear the
bugles sound for the assault on the
arsenal.
Although the Queens adherents had
long been expecting this very thing it
came upon them with all the force of
surprise, for their work was checked in
its very inception by Colonel Loring's
signal corps
Had the beacon been permitted to
burn on the hill for twenty minutes, as
its designers intended, the native force
and the foreigners who took the side of
the Queen would have rallied at the
Palace and marched at once to the
arsenal.
With his drawn sword grasped firmly
in his right hand. Colonel Loring, now
reasonably well assumed that he was
master of the situation, advanced to the
main door of the arsenal and knocked
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