The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-25

brutal and ignorant minds, was the
greatest crime of which any man could
be guilty they could not receive with
respect the religious teachings of the
| old man. 1t was known that Het Ma
! goone's hatred was due to the fact that
| Ella Peters had rejected his advances
and that her father insisted that the
ruffian should cease his visits. Despite
the encouragement of these rebuffs the
fellow would have kept on had not
Strong Dick Bradley led him to one
side one day and told him, with much
Of his old time vigor of speech, that il
he did not keep away from Father Pc
ters' house he, Dick Bradley, would
consider it his duty to clay him out, "
preliminary to which he would "broak
his neck like a pipe stem. "
This particular Sunday morning Het
Magoone staggered about like man
who felt himself to be master of the sit
uation and wanted others to acknowl.
edge the fact. He stood in the meeting
house door, and with much profanity
shouted his salutations to the newcom-
ers When the clergyman and his wife
approached, it was thought that Het
Magoone would bar their entrance. This
e certainly was his purpose, as he after
! ward confessed, but the appearance of
the blacksmith on the scene induced
him to postpone action.
Father Peters walked back to the lit
2 tie platform at the farther end of the
meeting house, and here, as was his
custom, he knelt down for silent pray
} er, and a few of the congregation went
through the form of following his ex-
ample.
As but very few of the congregation
could read, hymnbooks were not used.
. The clergyman read out a hymn two
C lines at time, and the singing that
+ followed which Ella Peters and her
a mother tried to lead, was not a very
high order of sacred music. Father Pc
u tiers adjusted his glasses, cleared his
: : throat and was about to announce the
. hymn when Het Magoone stood up neal
!. the door and called out:
"Hold on thar, Father Peters!'
"What is it?'' asked the astonished
d pastor.
y "Afoah yo' uns ken do any NOAH
y preachin in these var hills we uns'd
: like TO- to know jist how yo' stand, "
= and Het Magoone fondled his rifle as a
:, mother fondles her child.
"This is certainly an extraordinary
v proceeding in the house of God, saiC
b, the old man TREMENDOUSLY, but with dig
es nifty.
S 80 hit is" continued Het Magoone
but these bar is mos stormy times, e;
re o,n,,- npa'l1 aIloxr Np1v Eatba, patarc
!, | want you to answer me some ques
n tions. Will yo' do hit?"
N Let me hear them"
TT "Hain't yo' a Yankee?" this with /;
ID wink to his friends.
or 81 was born north of the Ohio. 1
1T that makes me Yankee, " said the OLE
d man with spirit, 81 suppose am one. ;
rs "Waal, yo' couldn't "a denied hi
n without lyin Now, some of we uns he
Of been talkin this ovah, and we allow
- that yo' KEN Gown here ten year or s.
v. ago to play tho spy. "
THAT is false, " said the old man, hi
eyes aglow and his form trembling witt
in excitement. "As God is my judge,
n came here with my wife and little on
% that | might be the humble instrumen
~ of saving the people What, l ask you
p could | spy out that is not known
I'd 1--WE uns know that yer black Re
in publican!" shouted Het Magoone, an,
err he added an oath that shocked even hi
lit associates.
in 81 am not black Republican. 1t
ia perhaps unnecessary for me to say tina
se neither in the last election nor indee
~ in any election within my memory ha
to a Republican vote been cast in Laurt
fs county, KY"
re 1t was the case Of the wolf and tn
tn lamb over again. Het Magoone ha
nd come prepared to worry and humiliat
N, Father Peters, and the fact that he ha
no not the slightest ground for his attac
or did not change him from his purpose.
"Yo'd "a voted the Republican tick
eff yod had chance" shouted Nj
goone. Then, with the manner of ma
I'D about to play card that could not /
is beaten, he asked, "Hain't yo' TO- til
rts Union?'
$50 Without moments hesitation f;
'e ther Peters responded:
81 am citizen of Kentucky, and ;
Kentucky is still in the Union I mu
10 be Union man.
in "But eff SO be Kentucky was to seced
nd would yo' be Union man then?"
est GOD giving me strength, l would,
was the fervent response.
. Thar! Didn't / tell yo' uns he WI
TO- the Union, and man that's TO- Il
: Union is black Republican and alb
| litionist, shouted Het Magoone.
J. "And / say that's id lie!"
That there might be no mistake as
the man who had given expression
this forcible opinion strong Dick Bra
ley got up, and with his right har
thrown back under his coat gestu
which even the children present unde
stood he kunIknd nvnr and stood hasiI