The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-10
CEDARVILLE SKETCHES.
(WRrrrES FOR THE BuLLErISD

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mill house Saturday evening.
Five years had elapsed since as
lazy jim" he had discovered the
quicksilver lode on Hepworth Hill.
and the sudden change of forum"
changed the man.
With the self-resppct that his new
and important position in life gave
him he once more walked erect with
his rcgaincd inch of stature, and be-
came "a scrupulously neat in his
dress and as particular concerning
his personal habits and cleanliness
as he had formerly been careless
aud Indifferent.
He no longer drank and. as is
often the case with reformed inc.
briatrs. went TO the opposite OK.
trcme and became n rail her bigOted
advocate OF tprtOtalism.
He was at this time tiftv-two years
old yet not gray hair could be seen
among his black locks to mark the
half century of his life, and his
black eyes were bright and clear
sighted.
Until his forty-scventh year he
had followed the nomadic, precarious
life of a hunter aud trapprr. aud al
though hr had endured many hard.
ships aud privations incident to
those callings, bis life a. Who'll"
had not been very laburious one.
and the long Intervals Of r"stful
idle ,rss that he ruiuyrd during III"
summer months acted IL rcjuvc
mating rlirir.
Up to that time hc never real
either book or paper, 80 TIA" mental
and physical vast" Lal been about
on a par and so small that il might
almost no said that he had only
lived out half the years that had
lifted past him.
, When. therefore, with native
shrrwdnrss he had mate advan.
tagCuus terms for himself with the
syndicate that opened ID" mine. and
was finally installed n prr.id"u, aud
manager OF th" stock company upur
ating IT. all this reserve force and
latent intellectual visur cam" into
play and the nhn Of fifty united the
wisdom aud caution vi age with the
ar,!ur and energy Of youth.
A. when in spring the earth. re-
leased from its winter f"rturs. glow-
aud pu.al"s with all II. long dor
uiant power awakened. aud bring
forth flower md fruit in brNiilrrlug
rapidly. So Burton. from h,s newly.
found aggressive and commanding
qualities, BEGAN" the originator OF
many daring aud difficult enterprises
and often from sheer force uf char.
artor compelled duuhting capitalists
to iuv".l ia sprrulatiuus that would
have resulted IN financial disaster
with Il less bold aud determined on
tcrprIsrr
A. his fame ~ a successful iiuan.
Ci"r spread il often happened that
shaky corporations whose rounda
tions were crunbling ~ n result al
inefficient management sent for hin
To devise plans To bolster up thcil
fallru fortunes.
Tn"u Burton was in his natura
element. l,r.0lu,o aud strong il
tn" consciousness. Of his own power
II" took huld Of nearly bankrupt cnu
Germs, W"",,"d out ia" druucs and ia
= cOmpct"nts. r"urgnuiZcd the eutir
system Of management and upon TIA
lettering fuuuda'iOus erected
, sup"rstrIcturr Oi solid aud cudurin!
:, prosperity.
With his zeal for business d"sir
for more iutimar" knowledge q
;, ia" arts aud Sci"nc"s kept pace, IN,
the strange sprrtacl" was prrs"ntc,
Of mau who's" life had been sp"u
among tn" woods, vet wholly ignoI
=, aut Of natures scientific secrets, com
u, mrnrIng at his Gftirth year To stud
: nntural history, botany aud grolog
among the scenes wherein ho ha
rONrd for years,
With most men, who, like Burton
h attempt IN middle life Ia acquire
d liberal education TIA" results aIiaiu~
i are u"ag"r and usually Uf the mos
r superficial character, not alwaS
Z from lack Of ability or aprliratio
ON the part OF the student bat lrul
IN" d!strarting influences that tn"
surround hin.
y But Barton labnr"d under n0n" ,
>, these Disadvantages aud 50 pl0dd"
" SLOWLY got thoroughly, upward. {
" social life and its many on"rvajin
= srducI ions h." was happily Iguuran
- II" knew nothing uf til" allurrm"u,
, Of the bathroom and still less If Il
49, vupid, mind sappiug chatter OF Il
=, sna,l"w-pa'"d, p"rium"i and pow
=. drrrd ddru"- on ia" upper crust"
society, Who pose Tor INSPECT ,uu