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Holden had his foot upon the gunwale
of the proa, and in twinkling mao
plunged beneath the water. SeVeral
kanaka wildly hurled their spears al
ter him, but they were too exclteo 70
be accurate Several others began PAD
ding after him, but a gun fired at them
from the rowboat terrified them so tney
dared not go nearer.
Meanwhile Holden was still under
water The sailors stood up ana
watched for his appearance. above the
surface The kanakas in the proa stooo
gazing about with spears poised IN
their powerful right hands, ready 10
transfix the swimmer the second MS
head became visible. Still the white
man was under water. The sailors
were sure he had gone down to MS
grave in the ocean. They had seen
wonderful feats of submarine SWIM
ming, but never anything like this.
At last, when Holden came up. he
was out of range of the spearsmen.
For few minutes he padded slowly
about until he could breathe. Then he
yelled to the sailors in the rowboat-
They pulled toward him, and he vas
hauled, exhausted and almost Painting.
into the boat. The kanakas In tho
proa, seeing this, padded swiftly 10
shore.
Half dead with excitement and ex-
haustion, young Holden was carried on
board the ship, which proved to be the
Britannia. in the English merchant ger
vice. He was shorn of his locks and
whiskers and soon became the pet OF
the forecastle. His stories of his ao-
ventures on the strange island always
had an audience. 1t was October TO-
1884, that he was taken aboard the
Britannia. 1t was the first calendar
day or month he had known for five
and a half years. He went to Llntln,
China, on the Britannia There ne
shipped for Cadiz, Spain, and from
there to New York He reached New
Bedford early in the summer Of 1885.
The story of his adventures IN the
Sandwich Islands attracted attention
from the great daily newspapers In
New York and Boston in those days,
and William Cullen Bryant wrote sew
eral editorials in the Evening Post on
the pioneer survivor of early Hawaiian
saVagery.
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polar Is governed by the impermeability
of the balloon The captive balloon which
by Souvigny vanished and finished
inside and out that will not lose per day
of If much But he is calculating upon daily
loss of be the tighten
ing the ballast the balloon great
in the air, and Souvgny expects up forty
One unique feature of this balloon will be smaller
balloon in the interior, which
of the balloon. No
wind blows the balloon will keep her shape This will
make it possible employ regular steering apparatus
is hardly possible that if the right
ship will need to remain sixty days air, but the
inventor claims that he easily make float long
that.
Surrounding this big balloon will
looms, which make the loss of These bal
looms can be so hat
amount equivalent to exhausted be pumped
smaller balloons. According this calculation
the air need to give out but NJ Souvigny.
looming calculates the loss of small daily
UNEMPLOYED regions the pole
only 5000 klomeers, 1850 miles; and Souvgny cal
with ordinary wind they could traverse
unexplored regions in weeks They will
with them telecamera telephoto which takes
long distance photographs with great accuracy.
There will be besides aeronaut.
of two second chemical
meteorological explorer who has navgated the polar
stefan VIII his way the polar The
will be appointed by of the Ministers Of
Marine
The money necessary building equipping
small for such glorious work. His Mejesy,
King gladly Andree this sum for his
give much that to place the of glory
the of their country.
Souvgny delay owing to the sowness of the build
ers He time which eapse before
his balloon go He is but his friends
console the thought that would be glorious
until the Paris Exposition, when he could return
arshp with the words Returned from the north
poe!'
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de vries' number. He sang 80 well that
ever-like the babbling brook.
Thursday was the red-letter day OF the
week. In the afternoon I went to an in
formal affair at Mrs. Buckbee's. The
house was simply but beautifully deco
charming hostess: The guests of honor
were Mrs. Allen, Miss Anderson and Miss
Merriam of Vancouver Barracks.
Miss. Merriam is the daughter Of Cen
personality. Everybody talked red,
white and blue" and we civilians quite
envied the others their military knowi-
edge.
Thursday evening we were invited to
hop at the Preside. but, as we had an
other engagement we declined.
the Bohemian Club. There were about
thirty guests, and we dined to the soft
tinkling of mandolin and guitar or
chestra. 1t was Mr.. Greenway's birth
He had not invited any disagreeable peo-
pie whose memories went back far
enough to really know SO we all STOOD cd an n
really on the sunny side of 50. looks 80
and feels half-past 16. We did not go to
dinner until half-.past s.. and we did not
Friday night the Salisbury Cotillon
opened. Mabel went and said 1t was
a very pretty affair. Most Of the girls
were there, and they all say Olive Hol-
I did not go myself as had accepted
an invitation to a theater party. Law
renee Van Wrinkle was host, and Mrs.
Allen, Miss Anderson, Miss Merriam,
Mrs Buckbee, Frederick Greenwood and
Ned Greenway completed the party.
Saturday was such a crammed, jammed
up day-like a -go-round. In the
afternoon Mabel and l helped Josie
Loughborough to receive. 1t was very,
very pretty affair, and Josie looked like
rose. Gertie Carroll, Therese Morgan,
Blanding and Kate Salisbury did the act
with us. We had constant bulletins OF
the happenings at the Cushion tea, for
great many took in both.
I threw prudence to the four WINDS,
and subduing the inevitable tired FEELING
that follows a tea, went to Mrs. de
Young's III the evening. Some or the
cushions were really exquisite. The tab,
leaux were excellent. Mr.. Houseman and
Dick Hotaling arranged them. There
were several scenes from the new stan
ford calendar that were excellent, Car :,
rie Ayers, as the little May f1eld-g1rl,
easily carried off the hOnors. Gertie For
man looked the stunning Thanksgiving
girl and Grace GiSelman was perfect as
the "Good-by -Summer-Vacation girl.
Adelaide Dibble, Marie Wells, Rosaltnd
Bryant and India Scott posed for the
other tableaux and did beautifully.
But more anon. The sleeping lady
from hush-a-by street is knocking, and
my eyelids heed her bidding. Lovingly,
FLORA McFLIMSEY.
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wait and get gifts from the rich white

wait and get gifts from the rich white
men.
At last, after he had exhausted his
lung power he saw a yawl let down
from the ships davits. 1t came eau
tiously within a quarter of a mile of
the proa, and Holden saw that the sail
ors had no idea they were looking at
white man, for his hair and whiskers
were then like Samson's, and his flesh
was as dark as his kanaka associates.
AS the yawl drew nearer Holden was
able to call in English to them and he
says he almost swooned with delight to
hear his own tongue spoken in reply.
None of the kanakas who sat open
mouthed and wondering near him, I'M
derStood word of English. Come
nearer. / am a poor caStaWay sailor,
and / want you to save me from these
savages,' he shouted.
I'VE don't want to be speared by
those devils in the canoe with you,"
one Of the sailors returned.
Holden urged the men to come nearer
and make a sudden demonstration
against the savages, so that he could
escape to the boat, but they did not
want to risk their lives against poison
ed spears; besides. all sailors knew the
frightful fate Of Captain Cook and his
crew on the shore of the Sandwich Is
lands.
The ship signaled the yawl to i'm
mediately return. Holden knew the
signal His heart beat fast and his
brain whirled He realized that 1t was
then or never. He was doomed to a
lifetime of barbarism and slavery on
a lonely island if he let another minute
go unimproved. The kanakas were
restless and had laid down their spears
and taken up their paddles to go back
to shore.
For Gods sake, save MEL he
shouted
Swim to us and we will" was the
sailors reply.
But look at their spears"
olive and swim under water out of
spear range"
It was a desperate moment, but his
decision was made as quick as a fash.
Hold up. I'll risk it anyhow" he
called to the sailors. He threw his head
back and took deep breath. kan
aka saw the swelling chest and knew
what it meant. He shouted and jumped
to grasp Holden. But he was too late.
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NJ M souygny, the French aeronaut name
is a synonym aerial adventure, will start for
- the his great balloon the Triumph,
H completed failure of Andree far from discourage
ing this has only stimulated his ZEAL and he is
nreparing to the palm reserved for him
who is bold enough reach the pole
Souvgnys project does not date from yesterday; 1t
that he proposed the build
ing of a balloon upon that accepted by
after there the Andree
sation and it decided wait until the result of An
dree's trip At the time the Swedish
of his hand M Souvgny who the spectators,
said aloud: He will come back the conditions of
sufficient to the enormous risk
long voyage-such the loss of the reformation
Of airshp and the ability to repair.
experience in aerial voyages and a scientific
of the different elements of balloon
sary expedition and while Andree had neither
nor these NJ. Souvigny possesses both He
has made O and time matched
any aeronaut in the world to make more ascensions
than he.
La France built by Surcouf although
essentials is balloon In
man might live forever, only coming to earth when he
wanted which could not be killed in the air.
The balloon 1900 is crcumfer-
sc 1t will be inflated with hydro
gen gas it will have lifting of $4,000
resented by the weight OF weight Of
the crew. the provisions, the baggage.
gines making gas and the ballast, which will very
When Andree' went up took gas generator with
him. he need it. He expected the
next day, expressed it, three days at the
It was very simple reckoned without wind
Stephens, balloon
predicted Andree would return
ributing wholly to the lack of
Andree would inevitably descend must re-
main land, long food lasted
The length Of time in which balloon
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capacity for office, not his private char
acter.'
You like Mr.. Phelan personally then,
Father"
Il love all men in charity, said the
priest piously, but 1 owe no man
friendship
II think" I said, still loyal to the
Mayor, that he is an honest man."
DO you?" asked Father Yorke, very
much as the Mayor himself said the
same thing in answer to very much
the same remark.
Yes" 1 said, and he certainly had
the Improvement of the city at heart"
He may have had it at heart" re-
piled the priest, but he did not carry
it in his eye"
MOP"
art here seems to rise through sue
cessive eras of fountains" he contin-
ued thoughtfuliy. And Art is long.
We began with the Cogswell era and
we are only as far along as the Jim
ME Phelan era now. Still I could
forgive him his fountains if he was the
right man otherwise. The trouble Is
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II lHOIHlnSp -tSs we lS etW dfAC anu
II have been all week. We rub our
~ eyes and even pinch ourselves
to make sure It's not dream.
For this wide-awake feeling is new one
to all of us, we've been sleeping beauties
go long. But the Prince came with his
magic wand and waited visions of teas,
Iuncheons, dinners and dances. We awoke
with a jump and have been on the jump
ever since.
I've had Just the sort of week that /
like. The more the merTier, for society
in somber hue pleases not mine eye. III
Dame Society is to hold me captive she
must not bangle me at the sflken end or
Incidence. l want to be dragged h1ther-
thither, helter-skelter, hurry-frSry from
one amusement TO another.
l cannot complain of this week. The
cup of enjoyment was full to overlooking.
1t has been anything but "early to bed
or early to RISE and the result is a
thinness that is no. longer ethereal but
absolutely painful.
The first part of the week I spent in
Sausalito There were eighteen of US, and
we had Mrs. Gregory's house. Mrs. Leon
ard Everatt chaperoned us-you probably
remember her as Mabel Estee. We
stayed two days and wished we could
lengthten 1t out a week.
Grace ,shain was the life Of the party:
She Is her we'll old aSa g s She fha on
banjo until her hand was black and blue
and the boys declared mat they sang
off a lung" l can youch that off the
key.
i came home from Sausalito exhausted.
but summoned UP enough strength to go
to Mrs Crocker's dinner on Wednesday
evening It was given in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Childs. There were very few
there, but it was very swell affair.
There was a London atmosphere about
1t, don't you know. After dinner we were
entertained by talent engaged for the &C.
casion. The talent really didn't bother
us any; we talked right through their
numbers. That is, all excepting Signor
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The Priest and The Politician.
By Alice Rlx.
Continued from Page Seventeen.

he isn't big enough, and he feels 50
much bigger than he Is. But then tnere
are some birds that were born TO ny
and some that were born to walk, ana
the poor fowl don't have the choos-
ing"
Phelan," / said.
Father Yorke winked takingly-not
a f1ippant, worldly wink, but one that
was born to his eye like the soft. sweet
brogue to his tongue, and he said:
"Why should I denv the Archbishop
a right to his own opinion when am
so fond of mine?"
you know your enemies claim 1t is
unchristian of you to express It
my enemies" replied Father Yorke.
with the humorous twist at the cor
ner of his mouth, ARE not always just
to me-
How are you going to answer them
on that point?"
do I have to answer them?
Don't you like to answer themF
Faith. Them said Father Yorke.
! land / do"
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into one with his chief. Everybody was
so excited over the visiting ship that no
attention was paid to Holden's sup
pressed eagerness and emotion.
The proas were padded out two
miles toward the ship. Nearer than that
none of the savages dared go. Several
proas started back to the shore because
the kanakas in them were afraid of
capture. Holden vainly begged and en-
treated the men with him to go nearer
the ship. But it was all that he could
do to keep them from starting back Cor
the shore Finally he waved his hands,
halloed and whistled with his fingers
to draw attention from the ship. Twice
the kanakas in the proa were ready to
paddle back to the island and let the
ship go, but Holden begged them to
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ON HAWAII

CONTINUED From Page 22.)
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4 BUD'S
GOSSIP.

EAREST MARGUERITE: Good
\ morning, Peg! We're awake and
u have been all week. We rub our
eyes and even pinch ourselves
u rr,aho e1,ra it,a NOT q dream
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T OF discouraged by the fate of Andres, who. Twin
| or dead, has spent fifteen months in the unknown
4 NJ Souyigny the French aeronaut, whose nan
is a synonym for aerial adventure, will start fl
the pole as soon his great balloon, the TRIUMPH
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. w Dayan. whose
daughter. Miss Katherine Clemmons,
was lately married to Howard Gould
in New York, gave reception in honor
Of President and Mrs. David Starr Jor-
dan at their home on University ave-
nue., Palo Alto, Saturday evening, Oc-
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IUWH IIIU " III
its meshes most of the male members
of the smart set.
To the masculine mind affairs social
pale into utter insignificance before
the all absorbing question of politics.
The glorious weather, too, which, If
it continues much longer will leave US
without any winter season at all. con-
tinues to lend a charm to out-of- door
sports. and golf and tennis still be-
guile in spite of town attractions.
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AT . ZOO 60 pieces CHECKED PLAID AND STRIPED
81 rs; will be sold 81 q
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Mr. and Mrs. D. Ernest Melliss left for
New York City last week, whence they
will shortly sail for Venezuela
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Boardman have
been spending the past week in Southern
Mrs. E. ]. McCutcheon left for the East
on Saturday last.
Lieutenant E. E. BENJAMIN, First In
fantry, U. S. A, is at the Preside re-
cuperating from fever contracted during
! the Santiago campaign. He expects
shortly to rejoin his regiment.
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and dancing
Among those present we ei1io P MT and
Bertha Geopel. Florence Barr, Julia
VIM. Mamie VIM, Annie Siegler, Lottie
Spies, Hattie Heider, Bertha Siegler,
Katie Meyer, Lena Bastian, Adele Hell
der, Annie Petry, Rosie .Siegler, Sophie
Spies, Josie Sibrian, Messrs. Louis
Schultz, Louis siegler' Thomas WI
Arthur Larsen, Tom Morgan, Edward
Peck. Tom Vim, Edward Parker, Wal
ter I,ebrecht Gus Petry Sam Davis, C.
Bastian, Edward Gonzales and George
Siegier.
The home of Chester NJ. Arthur at 1860
Buchanan street last Monday evening
was the scene of a Halloween reception,
rendered to a. few intimate friends.
Among the guests were: The Misses
Edyth and Anne MacCrossen, Miss Edith
Ferries. Miss Daisy Jeffries, Frank Nc
Cormick, Carl johnson. Lieutenant I.
Jean Rosenberg, U. s. v, and c. Hill Of
Larkspur.
Miss Mae Curley left on the I'd for
Providence, r. l., to attend the wedding
of her cousin, which will take place in
that city November 8. Miss Curley in
tends remaining East until after the holt
days.
On Wednesday evening last J, N. Lyon
of Sonora was married to Miss Alice
Fitzgerald of Stent, Tuolumne County.
A delightful Halloween party was given
last Monday evening at the home of Miss
Acadia Morris, 1887 Green street, to a
number of friends of the Fifty-frst Iowa.
Games, dancing and music were INDUCED
in until late hour, when the guests par
took of a bounteous repast. Among the
invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. Cor
neIius Remsen Morris, Mrs. Caroline E.
Hildebrand, Gus Cook, Company f, Tween
tieth Kansas; Carl March Gardner, Com
pany l., Fifty-frst Iowa; Arthur Gard
ner, Company i, Fifty-first Iowa; Miss
Acadia Morris William Ernest Corris,
Miss Caroline Timer, Rudolph Timer,
Miss Monte Jennings, Miss Delphine Jen-
nings, Richard Rutherford, Company l.,
Fifty-frst Iowa: William Johnson. Com
pany L, Fifty-first Iowa; Frank c. Rey-
nolds, Miss Marguerite Duffy, Lieutenant
Harry NJ Gurren, Company D, First Cali
fornia, u. S. ": Edward Bowes, Miss
Mary Cosgriff and Harry Hall Cosgriff.
Mrs. Ell Lewelling of San Lorenzo and
Mrs Edward B. Young have issued cards
for a series of informal receptions during
the month of November at 100 Fell street.
The engagement reception of Dr. Ralph
]. Schirman and Miss Hannah Edwards
will be held to-day, from to 5, at TIA
Buchanan street.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Hattie Joseph to Louis Bernstein.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Rahwyler announce the
engagement Of their daughter Lille to
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just wait till he's gobbled at me, sassy
like, once or twice, and then you'll see
slap! heads off and we've got him
on the blue p}atter!'' &
From this time on Noah roasted each
night in the lone tree. The flight
seemed in no way to disagree with
him, for he waxed bigger and bigger
and fatter and fatter. He gobbled oc-
5casionally, but no more than was nee
essary to keep him in good voice.
Through the fall he continued to
range the prairie and gather belated
gra shoppers. Nothing ever ruffled
his dignity, and only once did he be-.
come excited, and that was when Mr..
Daisy and his sons one afternoon
burned circular frebreak a, quar-
ter of mile out around the buildings.
When Noah saw the flames and heard
the cracking of the dry grass, he ut
tered, an alarmed gobble and few into
the pine, where he gobbled some more
and stayed till the next morning.
The sason advanced and the wea Their
became wintry, but all efforts to in
duce him to enter the coop with the
other fowls were useless. Even the
cold winds of November did not seem
to disturb him. To be sure there was
no snow, or only few flakes, even up
to Thanksgiving week, but the winds
blew chill, and tossed the top Of the
pine about and threatened sometimes
to sweep him off; but he chung to his
perch.
It was late Tuesday afternoon be-
fore Thanksgiving. Mrs. Dassy had
been bustling- about with the work
since dinner time, but her husband had
sat by the fire and scarcely spoken.
She knew that he was thinking Of
Noah, but she said nothing. She had
her own private feelings about Noah,
but she knew that he had got to die.
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George Washington, leaping around
like kitten. ''Look at him! I saw
him do it,
The others looked up in the direc-
ton the boy pointed. Far out on a
long and scraggy limb Of the pine tree,
a dark blot against the red of the
western sky, sat n oah, craning hisneck
this way and that as he gazed at the
world below.
'.Good gracious alive, Melvira,' Z cried
Mr.. Dassy, when he fully took in the
situation, che has done it, sure's
you're born! Noah's flown into the
lone tree to roost! Who'd have
thought he could have done It'll
1T was a big fly, and that's a fact"
assented Mrs. Dassy.
Big fly! roared Mr.. Dassy, Il should
say it was a big fly! It's the biggest
fly any turkey in America ever made.
That Noah is the mos t. =
Just then the turkey stretched out
his neck and gaNe@a loud gobble, the
first he had ever been heard toautter.
Mr.. Daisy stopped short, struck one
fist agains tsthe 9th er, and wentson:
here, is 4 begun! MA s. knew tina t
pesky gobb1ing would have to come.
Nothing else but gobble, gobble, COB
BILE, now! " Y B & 83s s85
u, come in before supper all gets
cold. Let him gobble. if he wants to.
You'd gobbie, too, if you'd just flown
up into the one tree. s.
The 81 went in, a nd Mr.. Dassey. seemed
to forget, or at sleast to forgive, the
gobble, and said: IN Q, sir, N eiyira ;
there isn't another turkey like I hat
there Noah in America. Wouldn' t
take quarter section Of the best land
in Keyapaha county for him.
.'1Yo QUILL get#so took up with him." q IN
swered his wife, that you cant kill
him when Thank sgiving comes.
oh, pshaw,''' retorted her husband.
ssI'll show you. Think I'm a woman,
hey? Whatsare we raising Noah for?
i like him, Of course, and I've got re-
spects for him, but we raised him for
Til nllsgii that's what he's or
and when Ii eE time comes, Whack! off
goes his head ''ssSs s8
VT. Daisy paused and seemed lost in
thought then he cont inued:: ssOf
course to kill justt TO kill him
plain know iiins col God, as they
lsa might be = tles hard but q