New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18

eyes are surcharged with feeling and responsive
ness and by the cheerness and hope which vibra;e
IN his voice. In England. said, everybody was
anxious about him. They had the notion ne WIS
dying of consumption. but his looks ''cre suhicieh'
reply such a miscOncop. IN ~ nc caught inc
drift of my half-exprcssed and too blunt ana
direct thought, culver of pain seemed
10 fit over his face, AMI be answered
in a saddenel voice. "Oh. but nave
been very livery il!' And the memory OF Ills
struggle for life struck chord of melancholy Al
his nature. which made me secretly sorry tha' the
subject hal heen broached
As he stood on the deck there. attirei in brown
velvet coat light karkee trousers ana peaked cap
Mr. stevenson might have been taken ior !Ach'S-
man q trine negligent I'm his dress. but he was
withal natty and jaUnty He had come OF po''"
with Mrs. stevenson. her son. Loyh 'apo"'"''
and her daughter. Mrs. Strong. 10 meet the so'
of the latter on returning from Monterey }" '"'-
fornia where he had been at school picking up
more practical knowledge. LEI Us hope 'nah -
obtainabe I'm a Samoan seminary. Although MI
Stevenson Is only iorty-cght years OF as'' "c.
therefore. stands stcp-grandfather to this boy o,
thirteen. and is stcpfathcI to MIS-. Sromf an,
Llovd Osbournc The latter has cola iort'ei WIN
him i'm some of his recent work. and II tho AZ,
mosphere OF Samoa does not encrvate ms i"ou,siu
gifts. he may yet be heard rom III 80" "rho ,rmr
of his sole creation His father. Samuel 'spou'n'
did not lack intellectual endowment aIino"sn n r'
profession Of shorthand writer saN' mn rim
portunty to exhibit it. As ! r.inei9brr MN, MN "a
member Of the Bohemian club, san frhnG'S'". om M
prOmin, Mt amons t"' 9's.ili, MA,
that founded that artistic and literary orsanlHd-
ton and his pSrtrai. apPeIis c IN 'H eore ron
Newcomb. Dr. Behr. Harry tdwai1s ana obi
lady and in the practical affairs 81 me IS con-.
Elementary to her husband j. to n'r SaE"' LIZ
life Ii VAS she who hit upon the device OF solis
upon a yachting cruise in the schooner tmaC"
H Mr'' Of OAKLAND Dr. Merritt and nticd out for
a cruise. In lacking about the SOUTH seas m,r' ~
.,,i ifrl he
samoa samoa ,h h' ro~Iis ;hai here nc ought TO stay.
Her discernment OF what was needed IN samoa
to elevate life has worked wonders. .,,,. IN fine
Mr. stevenson own. % ini NJ. Stevenson
superntends all pianins opeTaions W"n Ell to
- German forester and orchar..lst. The native Ia
Dor is procured and paid for on sitict uis.ngf, '
clp.es and in time the Stevenson es'alG NiI y, IN
mnerativc II such speculation j. proiabie Al an
q .rman owners OF plantations say theTr - ~
grfs deadcr Yet / should be surprised II ms re-
sourceful lady does not make coinrei C' M, ~" -
OF the Stevenson estate, ana 90 ~
benefit the world with experimental cliuNii non, i''
she p good hoanis ana has hnnnd ~ Nv
ing away from Apa is manifest II j. a very Sf'"n
m~mdlng Germans English and Americans. ana
not a few Eurones ans. who nave samoan bloo1
sants who mostly live on the fruit that drops into
their mouth, ycgetahics ihai grow ircy ann ter
OF fact they viii not b. askei. Most Of the li.oT
is actually imported. Tho true kanaka j. too ais'.
earn money for a few iuxur"s. nclu1.ng riH"' ne
viii 20 10 other Islands "a - FOREIGNER; ana "orh
urJor contract for a term of years Hence much
Of me work on the samoan group j. performed pN
Solomon Islanders. There ar no chinese. except Il
fev cooks and sculi!ous. who have been leit hy
American men-of-war. and there ar" no Japihe~'.
Tho business VI such a community may y. done
in A day or two In q month. bur the forms W bls-
moss are more or Jess attended - every Gay hIt
SUNDAY ana the amount % drinking. gr'siI ne AMI
scandal and occasion for scandal mat lup'hl' :
H. il prodigiuus. Everybody knows the 1utlis 81
out ~ Apia the novelist is beyond tins mac +ti''i'
of degradation he j. able g. b" what D" i"i. rs.
a sovereign on his domain. ana may "'i'' y
his own company Up IN the hills iAc air is cool.
and the sunshine just ne abundant a. lower d,"n'
self among tho hills 40 Berkeley. as fhr il'k" .Ni
from the vcranias For exercise ih,re is Hlhg
an h,rs.hack ami Tor literary work there are cool
hours and a delicious quiet nnohirnied uton hN
sounds. other than tho Agreeable ones ~ Nature.
pcrhaps AZ soothing y those which charmed Beat
-. 40 81 .cnsOns native land