The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07


any miller with the dust of Moll's dane.
ing.
1T might be as well, says Don San.
chez in his solemn, deliberate manner,
"if Mistress Mol We're advised to prac-
tice her steps in our rear. +"
Aye, senor," replied Dawson, 1--WE
been of the same mind these last ten
minutes, But with your consent, Don
Sanchez, I'll put her to more serious
exercise. "
The don consenting with bow,
Jack continues;
"You may have observed that
haven't opened my lips since we left
the town, and the reason thereof is that
I've been turning over in my mind
whether, having come this far, it would
not be advisable to let my Moll know
of our project Because if she should
refuse the sooner we consider some 9th
er plan the better, seeing that now she
is in good case and as careless as the
bird on the bough, and she is less trac
table to our purposes than when she felt
the pinch of hunger and cold and would
have jumped at anything for bit Of
comfort.
does she not know Of our design"
asks the don, lifting his eyebrows
mo more than the man in the moon,
senor," answers Jack For, though
Kit and l may have discoursed of it at
odd times, we have been mighty care
full to shut our mouths or talk of fine
day at her approach.
"Very good" says Don Sanchez
"You are her father.
"And she shall know it, says Jack.
with resolution, and taking a stride or
two III advance he calls to her to give
over dancing and come to him.
Have You forgot your breeding" he
asks as she turns and waits for him,
that you have no more respect for your
elders than to choke 'em with dust
along Of your shuifling?"
"What n thoughtless thing am II"
cries she in voice of contrition. "Why,
you're Toured ms white as shade.
Then, taking up corner Of her waist
shawl, she gently rubs away the dust
from the tip of his nose, so that it stands
out glowing red from his face like Il
cherry through hole in a pie crust, at
which she claps her hands and rings out
q peal of laughter.
Il counted to make lady of you,
Moll, " says Jack in sorrow, "but see
plainly you will ever be fool, and SO
'tis to no purpose to speak seriously"
"Surely, father, l have ever been
| what you wish me to be, " answers she
demurely, curious now TO know what he
would be telling her.
'Then do you put them plaguy clap
pers away and listen to me patiently, "
says he
Moll puts her hands behind her, and
drawing long lip and casting round
eyes at us over her shoulder walks
along very slowly by her fathers side,
while he breaches the matter to her.
And this he did with some difficulty, foI
'tis no easy thing to make q roguisl
plot look innocent, as we could see by
his shifting his bundle from one shoul'
der to the other now and again, scratch
ing his ear and the like, but what he
said we, walking pace or two behind,
could not catch, he dropping to a very
low tone, as if ashamed to hear his OWL
/ voice. To all he has to tell she listens
very attentively, but in the end she says
something which causes him to stoI
dead short and turn upon her, gaping
like pig.
"What!' he cries as we came up
"You knew all this two months ago?"
eyes, father" answers she primly
"quite two months.
"And pray who told you?" he asks.
"No one, father, since You forbad,
me to ask questions. But though may
be dumb to oblige you can't be deaf
Kit and you are forever talking of it. ;
Maybe, child, says Dawson, might
lily nettled, "maybe you know why w
left Alicante this morning"
81 should be dull indeed if l didn't,
answers she. 'And IL you hadn't sal
. when we saw the ships that we migh
meet more Englishmen In the tow
than we might care to know hereafte
why-well, maybe we should have bee
in Alicante now"
"By denying yourself that satisfac
J tion," says Don Sanchez, 1--WE may con
clude that the future we are making fo
you is not unacceptable.
Moll stops and says. with some pal
sion:
"I would turn back now and GO ov,
those mountains the way we came
ride through France in my fine gov
like lady.
"Bravol Bravor' says the don in
low voice as she steps ON in front Of II
holding her head high with the reco
lection of her former state.
"She was ever like that" whispe
Dawson, with pride. 1--WE could new,
get her TO play mean part willingly
could we, Kit? She was forever wan
ing the part Of II queen writ for her. F"
The next day about sundown, comii
to little eminence, Don Sanchez poin
ont dark patch Of forest lying betwi
us and the mountains and says;
> "That is Elche the place where v
are to stay some months
We could make out no houses at a
!, but he told us the town lay in the mi
/ die Of the forest and added some curio
= particulars as how, lying on fiat groui
n and within easy access of the sea,
could not exist at all but for the sufft
ance of the Spaniards ON one side Al
Z Of the Barbary pirates On the oths
how both for their own convenience I
spected it rs neutral ground on whi
each could exchange his merchandi
without let or hindrance from the 9th,
how the sort of sanctuary thus provid
J was never violated either by Algeri
or Spaniard, but each was free to col
and go as he pleased, etc, and this d
somewhat reassure us, though we h
all been more content to see our destiI
tion ON the crest of high hill
From this point we came in less tn
v half an hour TO Abade, a small yillal
but very bustlins, for here the cart ro
from Alicante ends, all transport
commodities betwixt this and Elche
Is. Continued on 9TH Page.