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chamber and inquired ~ him. 'What Is ,hs
object of this meeting? He said mat they nau
come togethei to witness my tak'ns y, ~" -
Of Office told him at once thd' u" - 70"
IN take the oath lust then. and asked why such
nrocccdings could not be- deferred nnNl an,
my brothers funeral He said that OUTFITS .h ~
decided that / must take my "iici" o''' ''''
and ;hcre. , .t,ho,,
~ ncrsous have ever been placed without
a word OF warning in such trying SITUATION
and doubt If there was any Othei ""i"" Us
the city who could have borne WIN P1as""'
oou,nfn,itv what had 20 cndur" that uay. /
viii scarcely limit the comparison 20 my SEX
! doubt IL many men could nave paSS'u Su
cessfully through such an ordeal fte -
lied what was involved. ! was comp','r W
take the oath to the con ititutlon the adoption
Of which had led TO my brothers deith'
The substance Of the next few chapters may
me- understood from a few II their titles.
"Hawlans Plead for A New Constitution
The Crimes ! am Charged Wthal over
throw Of the Monarchy i am Placed Under
Arrest" and Brought to Trial" OF her SEN
tence Her Ex-Majrsty says:
At > o'clock on the afternoon q the 9TH u
February | was again called into court. ana
sentence passed upon me. II was me XII me
penalty for misprision OF tr' as'h me VI
- 600 and imprisonment at hard labor TOT NE
years. I need not add that II was never exc
outed. and that it was probably no part OF
the intention of the Government To execute II,
z
Its sole present purpose was 10 tcrlorZ. ia"
native people and 10 humil.dte me. After MAJOR
Potter had read 10 me my sentence. ana care
fully pocketed the paper on which II was Nrit-
ten toge Their with the other papers ~ IN" case
Il might have valued them. perhaps as sou
venrs). | was conducted back To my place Of
confinement
No especial change was pcrccptible In my
treatment or mode OF life by reason 81 my trial
and sentence. Though | still not allowed
e have newspapers or general literature 10 read.
and | was thereby able to write music. AFT r
drawing for myself the lines Of the staff At
first | had no instrument and had % tran
scribe the notes by voice alone. but found.
notwithstanding disadvantage IS. great corsOla-
ton i'm COMPOSING. and Transcribed "A number
II songs. Three found their way from my
prison To the city Of Chicago. whore they were
printed. among them the Aloha Oe.' or Fare
well to Thee" which became a very popular
song.
TIE closing chapters Of the book are devoted
to the ex-Qu,en's departure from Hawaii after
her release. and her travels I'm this country.
Before leaving Honolulu she called on President
Dole informing him Of her intention 90 visit
the United States. They were apparently on
good terms. Tor she says
In the course Of an agreeable conversation
they president and Mrs. Dolce expressed their
great anxiety and solicitude FOR me. in that !
vas undertaking such l journey IN the I,pth
IF winter Thanking them for heir
Kind interest. | babe them goodby: but the
President very gallanty escorted me To my
carriage. and Of his own accord proposed To send
from the Foreign Office ps Ssports for myself ana
for those of my party. He then politely bowed
an adieu as the carriage was driven out Of his
yard and thus We parted
OF her reception by President Cleveland in
January 1874 Liliuokalani speaks with great
qualification, referring to the courtesy which he
and Mrs. Cleveland had 'NenGed 10 her on her
previous visit. in 1887. She tells also OF her
interest in the Inauguration Of President Nc
klnley and of her cordial reception by the latter.
The last chapter is plea for a separate ma
tonality for Hawaii and a protest against the
p!tess and tireless annexation policy"