The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-28

Bob Evans, as OtllerS nave MI mp
why not? The poor old mans
worth nothing, and cannot help him
self. " With this he fell a-sniveling like
any girl ,
Il vow I'll not quit you, Evans, till
you're hale again
Bring him with thee O. Saturday"
urged Simon Surely my mistress can
never have the heart to refuse you shell
ter at the court, who owes her life to
We. Come and stay there till thy wage be |
paid, friend Evans.
"what! Would We make an honest |
sailor play bum bailff and stick in a
house, willy nilly, till moneys found?
Plague of your dry land Give me a
pitching ship, and rolling sea, and
gale whistling in my shrouds. Oh, my
reins, my reins Give me a paper of to-
bacco, Mr.. Hopkins, and pipe to soothe
this agony, or / shall grow desperate. y
left the room ms if to satisfy this de-
sire, and Simon followed, imploring me
still to come ON Saturday to Chiselhurst,
and at length got rid of him by prom
Using to come as soon as Evans could be
left or induced to accompany me.
persuaded Dawson, very much against
his greed, to delay our going until Mon
day. the better to hoodwink old Simon,
and on that day we set out for Chisel-
hurst, both clad according to our condi-
tion-he in rough frieze, and | in very
proper, seemly sort of cloth-and with
more guineas in our pockets than ever
before we had possessed shillings. And
very merry journey this was, for Daw-
son, finding himself once more at liberty
and hearty as lark after his long CON
finement and under no constraint, was
| like boy let loose from school, carol
ing at the top of his voice, playing mad
pranks with all who passed us on the
road and staying at every inn to drink
| twopenny ale, so that feared he would
| certainly fall i'll drinking, as he had be-
| fore of eating, but the exercise of rid
| ing, the fresh, wholesome air and half
an hours doze in a spinney did settle
| his liquor, and so he reached Hurst Court
quite sober, thanks be to heaven, though
| very CAV. And there we had need of all
our self command to conceal our joy in
finding those gates open to us, which we
lad looked through so fondly when we
were last here, and to spy Mol in a
stately gown on the fine terrace before
this noble house, carrying herself as if
she had lived here all her life, and Don
Sanchez walking very deferential by her
side. Especially Dawson could scarce
bring himself to speak to her in an I'M
couth, surly manner, as betitted his
character, and no sooner were we enter
ed the house but he whips Moll behind
a door and falls a-hugging and kissing
her like any sly young lover.
While he was giving way to these ex-
travagances, which Moll had not the
heart to rebuff-for in her full, warm
heart she was as overioyed to see him
there as he her-Don Sanchez and
paced up and down the spacious hall,
all of a-twitter lest one or other of the
servants might discover the familiarity
of these two (Which must have been q
! fine matter for curious gossip i'll the
household and elsewhere), and the dor
mighty somber and grave Gas foreseeinl
4 an evil outcome of this buSiness), Sc
n that he would make no answer to my
e civilities save by dumb gestures, show
ing he was highly displeased. But truly
q twas enough to set us all crazy, but he
with joy, to be in possession of all thes'
riches and think that we had landed q
Chatham scarce fortnight before with
out decent clothes to our backs, an'
now, but for the success of our design
might be the penniless strolling vaga
bonds we We're when Don Sanchez light
- ed on us.
Presently Moll came out from the sid
:. room with her father, her hair all tum
= bled, and as rosy as q peach, and sh
would have us visit the house from to
W to bottom, showing us the rooms sc
apart for us, her own chamber, the stat
W room, the dining hall, the store closet
X for plate and linen, ETC., all prodigiou
M fine and in most excellent condition, fo
the scrupulous minute care of old 81
,e mon had suffered nothing to fall out c
IL repair, the rooms being kept well aired
the pictures, tapestries and magniticeI
furniture all preserved fresh with line
covers and the like. From the hall sh
took us out on to the terrace to surve
Un6 park anu Vic Bul utlls dDOut lilt lcus'
and here, as within doors, all was i
most admirable keeping, with no viii
| growth or rrlnaweeds anywhere, nor an
sign of neglect. But l observed, as a
indication of the steward s thrifty, III
poetic mind, that the garden beds we
planted with onions and such marke
able produce, in place Of flowers, al
that instead of deer grazing upon Il
green slopes Of the park there was on
such prodigious cattle as sheep, COW
etc. And at the sight of all this abu
y dance of good things, and especially Il
we'll stored buttery, Dawson declare
lu he could live here all his life and new
worry. And with that, all unthinkin
ly,ahe lays his arm about Moll's wais
Then the don, who had followed
up and down stairs, speaking never O
word till this, says, "We may cou
ourselves lucky, Captain Evans, if '
are suffered to stay here another week