The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-05-12
Continued from iH PdgsD


dial plate of destiny before we are
born"
But that would he monstruus; to
plot and plan and then in the midst
of some grand or heroic achievement
to be suddenly stopped without
warning"
did you ever read Omar kha-
vans Rubaiyat, she quericd. No!
Well, IL is a strange bit Of epicurean
audacity tn emanate from twelfth
century poet"
&" Strange, is it not that of the myriad-
who
Before us passed the gates Of darkness
through.
Not one returns to- tell lis Of the ruad
Which to discover We must travel too
The moving finger writes. aud. having
writ,
Moves on; nor all your picty nor wit,
Can lure IL back to cancel half q liur,
Nor all your tears wash out word OF IT, 80
"Do YOU believe in God?" he asked
abruptly, as she paused ia her quota.
ton. She slackened the reins and
the horse regulated his gait to "a
slow walk; then, after a short inter
val she answered:
II am afraiu YOU will rot under.
stand me il answer with plain yes
or no. | believe in a universal gov.
erning power. believe in certa
fixed natural laws. ] know not what
that power is Il know not when or
whence those laws originated
IL IL
best an agnostic.' he exclaimed,
shocked at her frank avowal.
She did not reply, "Aud your sic
tiers, do they thiuk as you doc" he
asked after an awkward pause.
"No, they are both Christians;
am the only one of the family who
has got out Of the orthodox groove.
and yet, perhaps, not 80 very far
either; you know Tennyson says,
There lives - ore faith IN honest uubt.
Believe me, than ~ half the rrprd-.
"You are q strange woman; how
ever, discussion is alwa,. fruiilcss
when il comes to matter oi per
soual belief. want to ask you a
favor. unwittingly offended your
sister Eleanor some weeks ago.
Will you ask her to pardon u"!"
81 am sure there Is nothing for her
To forgive Nell never bears malice
You should not have stopped call.
ing because Of any fanr,rd slight.
We are always pleased to SEQ our
friends and we have all missed y0u
Come over To night. Bart Ingram
is home again and will be there. a.
we'll rs u few other friends"
Thank you, will. Aud now il
you will kindly let me Gu, will b.,
obliged. am going over to Black
Ridge through the woods. hav,
enjoyed the ride aud your company
very much Indeed"
She stopped the horse aud as h,
gave her his hand in parting si,
held il FOR a minute ia a friendly
grasp.
Il, too, a,n glad we met. hop,
you will remember what you SAT-
about finding out the value Of III"
] hope j en- sur"--you will max,
the best of it--thcrc il work. earnest
manful work for you to do, aud il
rests with yourself whether you vii
leave the Impress OF Suut indivi
duality upon the world that thus,
who come after may bless you ~
whether you will hc content 10 I'll,
an unknown nUmentity among til,
worlds common millions.
II shall not forget, aud | will t.,
to do such work a. falls 10 my l0
well aud bravely with an aim To- ia,
bctterment of my fellows" he sal,
as they parted.
lie climbed over the ruad.ld,
fence as she drove on aud made hi
way through dense hail ihickc
Ia the open air timber, aud push",
rapidly on till he gained barrrl
tract Of laud on the edge ul thu
forest covered with ju,ting MASSES o
gray rocks from which rose a.
irregular slope dotted with bag
powders aud known ~ the Blar
Ridge.
Among thes. giant masses Bnrtn
clambered for over an hour, dill
, gently using his grologlsl's hammr,
The result seemed TO he sat s,actOrS
for when il lacked but half an hoIr
Of sunset he sat down ON a iagge'
rock aud, taking handful of spec
mems from his capaciuus coat pocket
said:
"I'll have her yet. think il WA
Chesterfield who said he never kmc,
but one woman that he couldn't hu
with gold and she surcumhed I
diamonds. These shall be my gem,
Black diamonds, Millions Of ton
of anthracite coal, aud | can bu
the whole section for about two duI
lars an acre. Ill bo u multi million
aire in less than year. Thero'll h
a thousand men al work here in les
than a month, aud every mau q
them shall know me as Mr.. Burto ~
Never Lazy jim again, and sh
shall he Mrs. Eleanor Burton in le,
than three months. There's six fee
. OF the ledge uncovered and it dir
! south at a sharp angle. Six feet
a bad omen, just the size Of "a gray,
}. and the ridge is black the Who'll
place is in mourning even iii
stunted bracken among the rocks
dark with the hue Of death. WIZ
"a morbid fancies. But never mind. /
y light up the whole ridge with til
v glow Of electric lights before anot h,
= month. Black diamondS--miIlior
). of money aud all for the woman
love" RALPH TURNER