The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-13
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)BY FRANK BARRETT.
Copyright 1895, by Macmillan D Co.
Continued.

Barha-y-6urraf RnSns baWson,
thunderstruck by tins discovery MY
Mol i'll BarDayY
"She sailed three days ago, says the
dom laying down his pipe ard rising.
Dawson regards him for moment or
two in kind of stupor, and then. his
ideas taking definite shape, he cries in
fury of passion and clinching his fists
Spanish dog You shall answer this.
And you," turning in fury upon Sidi,
"you-I know your cursed traffic
you've sold her to the Turk ~
"Tell me, senor," says ], "who hath
kidnapped poor Moll?"
Nobody. She went of her free will,
knowing full we'll the risk she ran-the
possible end of her noble adventure
against the discussions and the prayers
| of all her friends here. She stood in the
doorway there and saw you across the
garden when you first came to seek her
saw you, her father, distracted with
grief and fear, and she suffered you to
go away. AS you may know, nothing is
more sacred to Moor than the laws of
hospitality, and by those laws Sid was
bound to respect the wishes of one who
had claimed his protection. He could
not betray her secret, but he and his
family did their utmost to persuade her
from her purpose. While you were yet
in the town they implored her to let
them call you back, and she refused.
Failing in their entreaties, they dis
patched a messenger to me. Alas when
| arrived she was gone. She went with
! IF re fnr l.
giers, and all that her friends here could
do was to provide her with servant
and letters which will insure her safe
conduct to Thadviir. "
"But why has she gone there, senor?"
says 1, having heard him in maze of
wonderment to the end.
Cannot you guess? Surely she must
have given you some hint of her pur-
poses, for twas in her mind, as learn,
when she agreed to leave England and
come hither.
"Nothing-we know nothing" fall
tiers Dawson. " IT'S all mystery and
darkness. Only we did suppose to find
happiness wandering about the coun-
try, dancing and idling, as we did be-
fore. "
"That dream was never hers" an
swers the don. "Sbe never thought to
find happiness IN ldl1ng pleasure lis
the joy Of martyrdom she's gone to
find, seeking redemption in self sacri-
fice
"Be more explicit, sir pray" says !.
"In a word, thCh, she has gone to
offer herself as ransom for the real
j Judith Goodwin. W.
We were overwrought for great as
constituent Indeed my chief surprise
! was that I had not foreseen this event
in Moll's desire to return to Elche or
hit upon the truth in seeking an expla-
nation of her disappearance Twas of a
piece with her natural romantic dispo-
sition and her newly awaked sense of
poetic justice, for here at one stroke she
makes all human atonement for her
, fault and ours-earning her husband s
forgiveness by this proof, dearest love,
and winning back forever an honored
place in his remembrance. And be,
thought me of our Lords saying that
greater love is there none than this
that one shall lay down his life for an
other.
For some time Dawson stood silent,
his arms folded upon his breast and his
head bent in meditation, his lips pressed
together and every muscle in his face
contracted with pain and laboring
thought. Then, raising his head and fix
: ing his eyes on the don, he says:
eff 1 understand Alright, my Mol
hath gone to give herself up for slave
in the place Of her whose name she
took. "
The don assents with grave inclina-
ton of his head and Dawson continues
II ask your pardon for that injustice
did you in my passion, but now that
am cool I cannot hold you blameless for
what has befallen my poor child, and
, call upon you as man Of honor to re-
pair the wrong you've done me-
Again the don bows very gravely and
, then asks what we would have him do
II ask you" says Dawson, "as we
have no means for such an expedition,
to send me across the sea there to my
Moll
II cannot insure your RETURN" says
the don, "and warn you that once in
Barbary you may never leave it.
, 81 do not want to return if she is
there May" adds he, "if may move
them to any mercy, they shall do what
they will with this body of mine, so
that they suffer my child to be free"
, The don turns to Sidi and tells him
what Dawson has offered to do, where
upon the Moor lays his finger across his
lips, then his hand on Dawson's breast
and afterward upon his own, with rev.
erence, to show his respect. And so he
. and the don fall to discussing the FEAST
bility of this project, as / discovered by
picking up word here and there, and,
this ended, the don turns to Dawson
and tells him there is no vessel to con,
vey him at present, wherefore he must
of force wait patiently till one comes in
from Barbary.