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but poor opinion Of 'lazy hulk av
a girl" who could not lift a wash-tub
without painting.
Idyl had tried hard TO be strong and
10 please her foster-mother, but there
was somehow, in her life at the Mag
wires, something that made her eyes grow
larger and her little wrists more weak
and slender.
She envied the Magwire twins-with
all their prickly heat and their calico
blue eyes-when their mother pressed
them lovingly to her bosom. She even
envied the black babies when their great
black mammies crooned them to sleep.
What does II matter, black or white
or red, If one is loved?
An embroidered Darling" upon an Old
crib blanket, and a daguerreotyped-a
slender youth beside 4 pale. girlish wo-
man, who clasped a big-eyed babe were
her only tokens of past affection.
There was something within her that
responded 10 the daintiness OF the low
Ing stitches in the old blanket-and TO
something in the refined faces n the
picture. And they mad called their wee
daughter Idyi. little poem.
Yet she. not understanding, hated this
name because OF Mrs. Magwire, whose
most merciless taunt was: sure yere
well named, We luic Niii'fI'4i-i'
Mrs Magwire. a well-meaning woman
withal. measured her material kindness
es 10 the hungry-hearted orphan beneath
her roof in generous bowls Of mix ana
hunks OF corn bread.
Idyi's dreams OF propitating Ter were
all OF distractions, self-sacrihce, patience,
gratitude.
And she was az unconscious as was
her benefactress that she was an IDEAL
list. and why the combination resulted in
inharmony.
This evening, as she stood alone upon
the levee. listening to ,he cannon, q sud
den sense OF utter desolation and lonel-
ness came 10 her. She only OF al the
plantation was unloved-forgotten, in this
hour OF danger
A desperate longing seized her SIS she
turned and looked back upon the nest OF
cabins. II she could only save tie Plan
tation! For love. no sacrifice would be
too great.
With the thought, came an Aspiration.
There was reason in the women's fees rs.
Should the Riff Rats fire upon he feet,
surely guns would answer. else. what
was war?
She glanced at her full pail. and then
nj the row OF cannon beside her.
n she could pour water into theml II
was too iigh, yet but Tonight
All during the evening. while Mrs.
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one would carry bail. Certainly OF the
remaining seven. one was or wood an
ancient gunsmith's sign and another
gtlded papier mache affair OF former
Mystick I<rewe.
Stn these answered for drills, and
would be replaced by genuine guns when
possible They were quite as good Tor
everything excepting a battle. ana IN
that case, Of course, II would be simple
thing 10 sieze the enemys guns ana
use them.
When the Riff Rats had paraded UP
and down the river road. no one mad
smiled, and If anybody realized that
their. captain wore the gorgeous ponpon
Of drum-major general, its fitness was
not questioned
II was becoming TO him. 1t correspond
ed to his lordly strut, and was In Keeping
with the stentorian tones that shouted
HALT" or "Avance."
Captain Doc appealed TO Americans and
Creoles alike, and the Riff kaffs marched
quite as often TO the stirring measures or
la Marseillaise," as 10 the "Bonny Blue
Flag"
Ever since first guns at the forts. Cap
tain Doc had been disporting himself in
full feather. He was ready for the
enemy"
His was a pleasing figure, and even in
spring as a picturesque embodiment OF
patriotic zeal. but when this afternoon
the Riff Rats had planted their artillery
along the levee front, while the little
captain rallied them to prepare to Ole
by their guns" it was different matter
The company, loyal to man, mad re-
sponded with shout. the blacksmith
to whose deaf ears his anvil had been
silent for twenty years, throwing up
his hat with the rest While the epl-
leptic who manned the PAPER mache
gun was observed 10 scream the loudest,
Suddenly a woman. catching the FERN
Of the situation, shrieked:
"They are going to fire on the gun
boats! We shall all be killed!
Another caught the cry ana ano'nei.
A mad panic ensued; women with papIes
an their arms gathered about captain
nor entreating him with tears anu
cries, TO desist
Rut for once the little captain. whose
old boast had been that a wonans
tears tore his heart open' was ue"i
to all entreaty. ,..,.oa
the RiY Rats represented an injured
faction who had not been asked to en-
list with the Coast Defenders -S'lhce
gone into active service-and they seem
ed intoxicated by the present opporluhi'y
to SHOW the stuff they we're MADE Oh
At nearly nightfall, the women. de-
spairing and wailing, had gone nome
Amid all the excitement only the niue
girl Idyl had stood apart Silent NO
one had noticed her. nor that. when al
the others had gone home, she still In
gered.
Even Mrs Magwire, the overseer's
wife. with whom she lived, had Forgotten
10 hurry or to scold her. what emo
lions were surging in her young bosom no
one could know.
There was something in the cannon
roar that charmed her ear-something
suggestive OF strength and courage. WIN
| in her memory she had known only weak
ness and fear.
After the yellow scourge Of '53. when
she was but four years old, she nad
known only that strange people with
loud voices and red faces had come 10
be to her in the place Of father ard
| mother-that Magwire babies were heavy
| to carry and that their mother had
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as the voice had reached, came ferVeh.
responses. Amen" and Amen.
Late in the morning the Rin Ran ar
iiiiery. all but It's largest gun, was, ny
the captain's command. dumped into
The river.
This reserved gun they planted, mouth
upward. by the roadside on the site oil tne
tragedy-a fitting memorial OF the ch'ia
martyr.
1t was Mrs. Magwire who, remembering
how Idyl had often stolen out ana huis
lantern at this dark turn OF the Denu-
road" began thrus,lng a pine loren INTO
the lannon's mouth on dark nights.
But Captain Doc had soon maze the
light his own especial care, ana unui
his death. ten years later. the old man
never failed TO supply this beacon TO
belated travellers on moonless nights
After a time large square lantern
took the place OF the torch OF pine, and
wanderers along shore. by rein or oar.
guided and steered by the glimmer OF
st. 1dyfs Light.
Last year the caving bank carried the
rusty gun into the water II is we'll that
time, and its sweet symbol, the peace
loving river. should bury forever from
sight all record OF family feud half
forgotten.
And yet. is II not meet that when the
tale OF Farragut's victory is told, the
simple story of little saint Idyl should
sometimes follow-as the tender benedic-
ton follows the triumphant chant?
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-, would never have guessed that her
.sr,o was Idyl--the slender. Angular ~
=. elrl Of thirteen years, who s'oou III
- f,ded gown OF checkered homespuh
.no brow OF the Mississippi river
"a fancy n saint balancing bucket OF
o,ter upon her head.
vof as she puts the pail down pesloe
~ the evening sun cleaning 'hroush
So fair hair transforms 1t into halo,
as some one speaks her name SAINT
liy,.' o,,, s,o
s.,n8s. are crimson disks and the out
lines OF her upper arms dimiy seen
.trough the fiimsy sleeves. are meagre
&c are the ankles above her slim feet.
The appenation, saint Idyl." given
4rst In playful derision. might have been
long ago forgotten. but for the incident
which this story records.
IL was three years ago when the plan
tstlon children. colored and white to-
eether. had been saying. as is fashion
With them, what they would like TO be:
one had chosen a "blue-eyed lady VIA
founces and pink fam" another hhe
white oman. wild long. black eurls' an
earrings" third would have been
hoop-skrted lady, Wild tall hat
II was then that Idyl. the only white
child OF the group-the adopted orphan
OF the overseer's family-had said;
I'D choose to be n saint, like the one
in the glass winder in the church, with
light shinin' from my head. I'd walk all
night UP and down the bend road' SO
travellers could see the way and wagons
wouldn't get stabbed"
The children had shuddered and felt
half afraid at this.
But you'd git stabbed yo'se'f IN dat
black mud
AN de runaways IN de canebrake'd
ketch YER
An de paterole'd shoot YER
AN eve'ybody'd think you was plat
q an run away rom yer"
50 the protests had come in, though
ne cleaning eyes Of the little negroes
rad shown their delight in the fantastic
idea
But Ia walk on a cloud. like the saint
r. the picture" Idyl had insisted
and my feet wouldn't touch the mud.
and when the runaways looked into my
face. they'd try TO be good and go back
- their masters. Nobody would hurt
me. Tired horses would be glad 10 see
my light. and everybody would love me-"
So. first laughingly. and then as q mat
ter of habit. she had come 10 be known
as saint Idyl."
As she stands quite still with face up
lifted. out on the levee this evening, enc
Sc reminded. in looking at her, Of the
Maid OF DomremI 10 the
voices
Idyl was in truth listening to voices
voices new. strange. and solemn-voices
Of heavy distant cannon.
II was the 23d Of April. 1862. few
miles below Biiou plantation Farrasuts
feet was storming the blockade at Fort
Jackson All along the lower Mississippi
IL was time Of dread and terror.
The negroes. for the most part awed
and terror-stricken. muttered prayers as
they went about and all night long sang
mOurnfully and shouted and prayed in
the churches or in groups in their cabins,
or even IN the road.
The war had come at last. It's glare
was upon the sky at night and all day
long reiterated its persistent staccato
menace:
Boom-m-m! Gloom-m-m! Tomb-m-m!
Doom mini
The air had never seemed to lose the
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ylbratOry trenor "M-m-m!" since the
FIRST gun. nearly six days ago.
10 was as if the lips of the land were
trembling And the lips Of the black
mothers. as they pressed their babes
% their bosoms. echoed the wordless elo-
Quence Of dread.
Death was In the air Had they doubted
g. In field near by a shell had fallen,
blrying itself in the earth. and explod-
ING. had sent two men into the air, kill
lag one and returning the other unhurt.
Now the survivor, saved as by a mira
de was preaching the Wrath TO Come"
TO quote from himself, he had been
'lp 20 Heaven long enough to git 1igion.
He had gone up lost sinner and come
down a saved soul, bless Cord"
REGARDING his life as charmed, the
blacks followed him in crowds. while
De d.scanted upon the text: Then two
shall be in the field. One shall be taken
ana the other left"
a great revival was in progress.
But this afternoon the levee at Bijou
had been the scene OF a new panic.
kgmor said that the blockade chain
DAD been cut. Farragut's war monsters
m.ght any moment come snorting up the
r}er Nor was this all. The only local
r'trtce mere was a volunteer artillery
company OF "Exempts." Old Captain
DOC. their leader. also local druggist and
leimaster doctor and minister only in
emergency was an unique and pictur-
esque figure. Full Of bombast, as OF
Ultimate kindness OF feeling, he was
equally happy in all Of his four Offices.
The Rev. Capt Doc. NJ. d." as he
was won't on occasion TO call himself
Why drag In a personal name among
titles In themselves sufficiently disun-
guishing?-was by common consent the
leading man with certain under
population along the coast. And when.
three months before he had harangued
Them as 20 the patriots duty Of home
defence. there was not worthy incapa-
Die present but enthusiastically enlist
81
The tension OF the times forbade per-
cepuon Of the ludicrous For three months
The RIG Rafis"-so they proudly called
hemselyes-rheumatic deaf. palsied halt,
lame, and one or two nearly blind, had
represented the cause" the standing
army" 'le grand militaire." 10 the
lnhammable imagfnations OF this handful
simple rural people OF the lower
coast
on the nine odds and ends Of old
cannon" which Captain Doc had been
a1is 20 collect 1t was said that but
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paie and hassard, Joined the crowd upon

pale and haggard. Joined the crowd upon
the levee.
AZ he stepped upon It's brow. a woman.
rearing the proyocatlon OF his military
nat, begged him TO remove II.
II might provoke a voiiey.
Raising the hat the captain turned and
soiemnly addressed the crowd:
My countrymen." he began and his
voice trembled. the Riff-Rans are dis
banded. Seei'
He threw the plumed hat far out upon
the water.
II have just seen an angel pass-to
enter-yonder." A sob closed his throat
as he pointed to the sky.
Her pure blood is on my hands-and
by the help Of God. they will shed no
more.
''These old guns are piaythings-we are
broken old men.
Let us pray"
And there out in the glare of the
awful fiery spectacle, grown weird in the
faint white light OF rising sun. arose
the voice OF prayer-prayer. first for for
giveness OF false pride and folly-for the
women and children-for the end Of the
war-and for lasting peace.
II was n scene 10 be remembered. Had
anything been lacking in its awful solem-
nifty. st was supplied with tender po-
tency reaching all hearts. In the know
ledge Of the dead child, who lay In the
little cottage near.
From up and down the levee. as far
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rHE rlMEs-RICnMoND VA: SUNDAY, MAY q 1894

Magwire rocked the babies, moaning ana
weeping. Idyl, wiping her dishes N me
little kitchen, would step to the door s.u
peer out at the levee where the guns
were. Every distant lannon's roar
seemed to challenge her 30 the deeu'
When finally, her work was Done, que
slipped noiselessly out and starteu
ward the levee, pail in hand, put s1' sne
approached II, she saw moving shadoMs'
The Rim Rats were working al the
guns. Seeing her project Impossible sne
sat down In a dark shadow by the ROAD
Substituted the moving shadows-iist-
ened to the guns which came nearer as
the hours passed.
II was long past midnight; accelerated
firing was proclaiming crisis In the
battle, when. suddenly, there came the
rattle Of approaching wheels accompan-
led by a noisy rabble. Then woman
screamed
Captain Doc was coming with wagon
load Of ammunition. The guns were to
be loaded.
The moon. a faint waning crescent,
faded to a filmy line as a pillar OF fire,
rising against the sky northward toward
the city. exceeded the glare OF the LATHE
below.
The darkness was quite lifted row. up
and down the levee. and Idyl, sf"he ins
in the shadow, could see groups or peo-
pie weeping, wringing their fands as
Captain Doc. pompon triumphant ap-
peared galoping down the road
In a second more he would pass the
spot where she stood-stood unSeen-see-
Ing the sorrow Of the people. needing
the challenge Of the guns. The wagon
was at hand
With a faint, childish scream, raising
her thin arms heavenward. she Ilunged
forward and fell headlons in its path.
The victory was hers. The urselled
captain was now tender surgeon, doctor,
friend.
In his own arms he raised The Imp
little form from beneath the wheel. while
the shabby gray coats Of a dozen "E!n-
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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
TO LEASE

E'Y% Years r"o Cottage Cot " tcsn. 49,
rally looaloii Of iour 81 ~
Rooms with Pantry AMI ut4f u
Kitchen attached liathr' ON, Servant
and Carriags-rooms and stables on the
Premises. The House Is parlly lifted up
for housekeeping, and the lot will he
divided oil from the main yard by fence,
Good responsible tenants are wanted, Ia.
guire at the BULLETS oilce. l2Ji~u
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
Preparing for Christmas

Mrs. Boardman's "Ka Male" stock
is nearly all sold and anticipating a
heavy demand for Christmas goods
she ordered a fine line OF Fancy
Articles, etc, they will arrive on
the next Australia. Her large
and commodious lanai will be fitted
up as a show room. All her old
customers and the Honolulu people
in general are invited to inspect this
magnificent stock OF Christmas
Goods.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
When Others Fail

Hoods Sarsaparilla builds up the
shattered system by giving vigorous
action to the digestive organs, Great
ing an appetite and purifying the
blood. 1t is prepared by modern
methods, possesses the greatest
curative powers, and has the most
wonderful record OF actual cures OF
any medicine in existence. Take
only Hoods.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
WHITE. RITMAN L CO.
KAMEHAMEHA GIRLS SCHOOL

TINE FIRST TERM OF KAMEHA
i NEuA GlRis SCnoOL opns WEDNkS-
DAY, Dec. iitb. Applications tor admir-
Iur may he addressed to MISS forE Ill her
ut kamshan' Ia Msnusi, ., NJ toe Ha.
wanan Kinds rgarisn Room, Queen Emp q
Hall, Saturday mornings fOm % IA "
All 70 So. Will No. pleased tn ~, ct .ppli
cants The IN ton ID Fifty isb0i D,iiars u
year No applicants rraeivsd .ndsr t~.lve
years vi age, ilSi+u
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
Miniature Art.

At Williams Studio are to bs ssen
Portraits on Watch Dials, which he
is making a specially OF, Lantern
Slides Tor lecture by the sal or
dozen.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
Real Estate and Loans

The enlargement II the LOAN Market
50 ~ to cover the wants and necessities Of
the larg. number " h. no'able peoI le who
are not owners Of unincumbered Real
EState was one 81 The most necessary limo
vutions ui recent years. To many II has
meant relief from pressing claims NJ the
very tim. when most essential. when
properly and honornbly conducted this
business IL oi equally great imI"rt,nJe
aud vBluc to the community ~ Building
and Loan Associations have proved them
selves TO be-.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04
TO LET
TO RENT OR LEASE.

THE PREMISES, COR 4 /,ss -.
L mr. Queen and Punch ~
bowl = reefs, formerly Occu- ~ "
pied by Sanders Express.
pO's.sN On given AT unce For terms, APP
ply to JOHN +. COLBURN.
80 Wv
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The Hawaiian IDVeSlmeat Co.

Makes u 'prcialty Of Negotiating AMI Pro-
curing L,ans " lhrrow-rs who are M
able 20 discount their Noes ~ the Banks
alid who do not care Ia obligato them
selves 10 some friend vr acquaintance 10y
asking his endorsements To their Note.
This Company will make Loans upon
Household Furniture, Pianos, Organs,
Houses, Mules, Wagons, Carriages and
Personal Prop ray without removing the
Property from III. borrower posse sion
aud all business will hr conducted ora
STRICTLY CONFIDEh TlAL BASIS.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or grippe
Doc,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-04

Two interpreters and cores
pondent following the Japanese
army have been captured and killed
by the Chinese.
The Mongolian soldiers at Jah Ho
are in rebellion.
Japan has raised another VA loan
Of 56,WO,OW yen, bringing the war
debt up to SOOOo,OOO Of the 100000
COO authorized.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-14
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.

The bank clearings since April, 1893,
for the l. months to and including Feb
ruary, 1894, as compared with the
corresponding IL months Of the year
before. show a decrease or loss
of $12, 900. 900, 900, which represents a
loss of 170 for every one of 10000. 900
of people. This decrease represents the
loss by shrinkage in the buying aud
selling of goods, the shrinkage in
quantity, the shrinkage in values the
loss to labor through the absence of
manufacturing and the handling of
goods; the loss to transportation COM
panies and their employees; the loss of
wages to the employees deprived of work.
During February the decrease was two
billion of dollars, and big as this de-
crease is it does not represent
the total shrinkage and loss during the
Ii months of Cleveland times. 1t docs not
represent the depreciation in real estate
caused by the inability to pay rent and
the shutting down of mills;nor the shrink
age in the value of stocks and other in
vestments: nor the non-payment Of in
terest on mortgages. And any one who
calls attention TO this tremendous
depression is classed as calamity
bowler. Better be calamity howler
than blind endorser of the policy of
business prostration.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-14
QUINCrs PRIVATE SNAP.

The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Tribune throws another side
light on Josiah Quincy's methods of
looting the public service fo- his own
advantage, He says that when Quincy
arrived at Washington he found two
persons occupying clerkships in the
State Department TO which they were
not entitled under the Civil Service law.
Mr.. Quincy was 50 Mortified at this dis
covery that he Immediately reported u
TO Mr.. Roosevelt Of the Civil Service
Commission, and the latter. as the law
required him 10 do, ordered their dis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-14
Republican State Convention.

At the regular meeting of the
Republican State Central Committee.
held at the Narragansett Hotel, in the City OF
Providence on Wednesday the goth day OF Febru-
airy, 1894, the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted;
Resolved, That's State convention OF Republican
delegates be held at Infantry Hall, in the City OF
Providence, on Thursday, the 18th day OF March,
1894 at IL O'Clock, a. m for the purpose of nomi-
mating State officers for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction OF such other business as may
properly come before said convention
Resolved. That the several town and city COM
mitees are hereby requested to call primary meet
ings for the purpose OF eieotng delegates 10 said
convention, double in number to the representa-
ton Of the said towns and cities in the General As
sembly and to elect members of the State Central
Committee for the ensuing year, follows, namely:
Three from the city OF Providence and
one from each OF the other cities
and towns OF the State also 10 elect town and city
committees for the ensuing year, and 10 report the
names of the State committee and the names Of the
town and city committees, together with the names
OF the chairmen and secretaries thereof with their
post Office addresses upon the credentials Of the del
egates 20 the convention and that said meetings be
held before March a. 1894 and that the secretar
les OF said primary meetings be requested to forward
a copy OF the credentials OF delegates Immediately
after their election, to the secretary of the State
committee.
Resolved. That the several town ana city com
mittees be and hereby directed TO call the
primary meetings for the purpose OF nominating
candidates for Senators and Representative to the
next General Assembly not later than March IA,
1884, and that the nomination papers OF the candi-
dates OF said primary meetings be filed forthwith
with the Secretary OF State.
Resolved, That the members OF the town. city or
ward committees calling the primary meetings TO
order under the above call, together with the
chairmen and secretaries OF said meetings, be in
structed to certify upon the credentials OF delegates
that said delegates were elected pursuant 10 reg
ular call OF said town or city committees.
HUNTER @. WHITE, Chairman.
Tr~nr Il n Ann.