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


finite care, groaning and mopping his |
eyes betwixt each four or five pieces
with almost rueful visage, so that il |
seemed he was weeping over this great |
expenditure, and then he goes to prepare !
the court and get servants against Moll's !
arrival Then, by the end Of the week.
being furnished with suitable clothing |
and equipment, Moll and Don Sanchez
leave us, though Dawson was now as
hale and hearty as ever he had been, we
being persuaded to rest at Chatham yet
another week to give countennnce to
Jacks late distompor and also that we
might appear less like gang Of thieves
Before going Don Sanchez warned us
that very likely Simon would pay us
visit suddenly to satisfy any doubts that
might yet crop mp in his suspicious
mind, and so, TO be prepared for him,
got in a good store Of paper and books
such as a merchant might require in
seeking to establish himself in bust
ness, and Dawson held himself in readi-
ness to do his share Of this knavish bust.
ness Sure enough, about three days after
this, the drawer, who had been instruct
ed TO admit no one to my chamber with.
out my consent, comes up to say that
the little old man in leather, with the
weak eyes, would see me- so / bade him
in a nigh voice bid Mr.. Simon step up
and setting myself before my table Of
paper engage in writing letter talreadv
half writ, while Dawson slips out into
the next room. "Take seat, Mr.. Stew.
ard. says / when Simon entered, cap
in hand, and casting a very prying, Gu.
rious look around. 81 must keep you
minute or two. " And so feign to be
mighty busy, and give him scope for
observation.
well, sir, says |, finishing my let
ter with flourish and setting it aside.
"how do you farep"
He raised his hands aud dropped
them like so much lead on his knees,
casting up his eyes and giving doieful
shake Of his head for a reply.
Nothing is amiss at the court, l
pray-your Lady, Mistress Goodwin. is
well?"
~ know not, friend, " says he. "She
hath taken my keys, denied me entrance
to her house, and left me no privilege Of
my office save the use Of the lodge
house. Thus am treated like a faith
less servant, after toiling night and day
all these years, and for her advantage
rather than my own.
"'That has to be proved, Mr. Stew
ard" says l severely, "for you must
admit that up to this present she has
had no reason to love you, seeing that,
had her fate been left in your hands,
she would now I've in Barbary, and like
to end her days there. How, then, can
she think but that you had some selfish,
wicked eud in denying her the service
we, who are strangers, have rendered
her?"
"Thee speakest truth, friend, and yet
thee knowest that I observed only the
righteous prudence of an honest serv-
ant. "
"We will say no more on that head,
but you may rest assured in my prom
Use, knowing as l do the noble, gener-
GUS nature of your mistress-that if she
has done you wrong in suspecting you
of base purpose, she will be the first to
admit her fault and offer you repara-
ton +"
~ seek no reparation, no reward,
nothing in the world but the right to
cherish this estate, cries he in passion.
and upon my looking at him very Curl
ously, as not understanding the motive
of such devotion, he continues: "Thee
canst not believe me, and yet truly am
neither liar nor a madman. What do
others toll for? A wife-children--
friends-the qualification of ambition or
lust. | have no kith or kin, no ambi-
tion, no lust, but this estate is wife,
child, everything, tome. 'Tis like some
work Of vanity-a carved image that
man may give his whole life to making,
and yet die content if he achieves but
some approach to the creation of his
| soul. / have made this estate out of
nothing; it hath grown larger and lar
| ger, richer and more rich, in answer to
my skill; why should l not love it, and
put my whole heart in the accomplish
ment of my design, with the same de-
i votion that you admire in the maker of
craven imagesY"
| Despite his natural infirmities Simon
delivered this astonishing rhapsody with
a certain sort of vehemence that made
| it eloquent, and indeed, strange as his
passion was, l could not deny that it
was as reasonable in its way as any no
bier act of self sacrifice.
begin to understand You, Mr.. Stew
ard, )" says /.
"Then, good friend, as thee wouldst
help the man in peril of being torn from
his child, render me this estate to gov