The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-28

not returned again, 30 that we had bocn
unable 10 tell him 81 the mornings ad
venture But the rost Of US were there.
1T considerably adds 90 the danger Of our
position" Berthe continued.
"Of course It does, his wife said
promptly. But Master Lindstrom here
can best Judge Of that and of what course
Il will he safest 10 take"
1T depends, " our host answered slowly,
upon whether the dead man be discover
cd before night You SEQ, II the body be
not found
"welli" said my lady impatiently as he
paused
Then we must some Of us, go after
dark aud bury him, " he decided. And /
perhaps, though ho will bo missed at the |
next roll call in the city, his death may |
not be proved or traced TO this neighbor-
| hood In that case the storm will blow |
] over and things DO no worse than before"
Il fear there Is no likelihood Of that, |
said, for | am told he had a compan- |
ion. one of the maids noticed them Turk
ing about the end Of the bridge more than
once this morning"
Our hosts face fell.
That IL bad, " he said, looking at me in
evident CONSERVATION. who told your"
Mistress Anne. And one Of the maids
told her IL WINS that which led me to fol
low your daughter"
I Tho old man got up for about the for
ticth time and shook my hand while the
tears stood in his eyes and his lip trem-
blod. d" Heaven bless you, Master Careyw
he said. But for you my girl might not
have escaped"
nc oouiu HO' ".iaii. ms Siii"',U ,, oioAoi
niiii, "iiu "e sn' uomn aBnin, ino eNen'
Oh inc morhing-his daughters danger
anu my Ahhis ID aHerung i.I-hnu touohed
MN as mourning slso couiu nave .ouoheo
MN. met the uucnesh eyes, ana ,hey'
zoo were solo nnu SHINING, wearing an eI-
pressloh Nery uIhercnt iroil .,laD mnl1n
hau sreo'ou mum my 'o'u'n WIN Dsnph'
I'D" ., ,
an wen, the il saie master Lana
stroin resumed wheh ne PAD reghihed MS
oohposure. lhanhs 70 maven anu you.
friend hndalnI Small matter no" II
nouso anu ianus gol
sun let US nope tney WIN NOT Mhs'
yer berue saiu' 10 you thlhk tnese nus
oreants were watching the lslhbu On our
account that some Information nau Deeh
gwen as 10 our presence, anu tnoy were
sent 70 learn what they oouldf
NO mo- the Dntchihhh answered. con,
ndehtiy. ~ was INC sighe Oh tne gifl ana
her eewgaws Yesterday Drought mem
the Vilialnsi Ihero Is mourning saio IRON
them ana nothing sacred TO them. They
saw hef as they passed up IN inc Doa'' you
remember
but, thon, supposihg the "orstto come
10 inc worstf
we must escape across the frontier 70
Mesei, In inc duchy oil CieVes' replied
Llnustroh IN matter OF ihct tono, as ii
he had long considered and settled the
point. Ihe distance Is not great ana IN
"eseI we may nhu snelter' ho any rato ior
tnhe' Even there' II pressure DC Drought
10 Dear upon inc government 10 give US
up would not trust IT, yet ior time u
may 10.
And you would leave all thisT the
duchess said In wonder, her eyes travelling
round the room, so clean and warm and
comfortable and settling at length upon
the great armoire OF plate, which happened
TO be opposite to her. You would leave
all this at a moments noticef
YES, madam, all we could not carry
with us, he answered simply. Honor
and life-these come ilrst. And 1 thank
heaven that l live here within reach OF
foreign soil and not in the Interior, where
escape would be hopeless"
But II the true facts were known,
the duchess urged, would you still be In
dangerf Would not tho magistrates pro-
tect your The schout and schepen, as you
call themE Ihey are Dutchmen.
Against spanish governor anu
spanish earriSoii no iepiIou, WIN ohi
Phasis. aye tnoy wouiu protec. ms as
on1 sheep Pfoypo.s ano.nsr ae"i"sS .n9
Wolves Noi uaro no' risA IL, "oio 4
IN prison. "hat "ouiu oecohe oi Dynph-
mar u,,
Master van Ireef
|
ana MS iather mas innuence' put suGn as
nlhe-a orokon roeu 10 trust 10 neh
Dyinphha Is ,oo hii' ohco IN Prison'
Whatever .he charge .here Woulu Do ques'
tiohihg ABOUT reilgioh perhaps, WIN
iaihI siiiiie' quo''iohihs hpou' my
guests
suppose you know pest, salu inc
uuchess' WIN sign. puC nupe the
"orst VIII hoC Gums 10 .ho WORST
amen W 'ha'' he ahs"ereu qui'e
cheefiuiiy'
Indeed IL was strange that we seemed
TO ieei more sorrow nt inc prospect OF ieaV-
ing TINS haven OF lew weeks than our
most OF quitting inc hoihe Oh iile'ilhe'
but the necessity hau COINS upon US SUI
uehiy' whiie ne hau contemplated IL ior
years 80 much lear ana humiliation had
mingled with MS enJoyihehtoi MS choicest
possessions that this long eApecteu mo-
nent Drought with IL ieeiihg AKIN 10 re-
iiei.
For myself, had present trouble that
outweighed any calamity OF tomorrow.
Perforce, since l alone knew the spot
, where the man lay, l must DO one OF the
Durying party. MY nerves had not re-.
! covered from tine dow which the sight OF
the Spaniard lying dead at my et mao
dealt them SO short time before ana
shrank with natural repulslon from the
task before me. Yet there was no escap'
ing 1t, no chance oil escaping IL, saw.
, None the less, throughout the silent
meal to which we four sat down together
neither the girls nor Van Tree appearing
were my thoughts taken up with the busi-
ness which was TO follow. heard our
most, VINO was 10 go with me- explaining
that there was waterway right up to the
oike, ana That we would go Dy boat, and
heard him with apathy What matter
now we went II sucn were the op]ect "a
our Journey, wondered now inc man
,ace wou'u LOOK wheh we came 10 turn
MN over anu pictured IL III al ghastiiest
Shapes, wondered whether l should ever
forget the strange spasinodic whitening OF
MS reg, the eurBle-haii oath, hali cry
which haa come with tine Diood from MS
thtoat When Lihdstroih SAID the moon
was up anu paue me come Win MN To
the Doat, went mechanically. No one
seemed TO suspect me OF fear. suppose
.hey thought THAT as had not feared to
XII hiih' should not rear MIN DEAD ana
!, IN the general silence ana moodiness es-
= capeu NOVICE
II Is good night for the purpose, .
the DutChlnan said looking about when