The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-05-19

Kaiulani, and he was as good as his n
word. Mr.. Blount was dispatched to {
Hawaii with orders to look into mat L
tiers impartially, and the results OF his IS
investigations were very prejudlcial to I
President Dole and confreres. Il
Then Mr.. Willis was sent with or
ders, which, duly carried out, would
have made matters straight for the
monarchy. But Mr.. Willis did not
carry out his orders. When Kaiulani
returned to Hawaii and saw how
things stood hope died within her. The
mischief that the cablegram began was
then accentuated; her heart weakness
became notorious.
"Was 1t apparent to others? Yes, in
deed" and the colOners quiet voice
trembles. Il had evidence enough OF
her heart weakness and heartsickness
| in my last talk with her, the day she
parted with Liliuokalani. They little
thought 1t was a final parting, but 1t
was none the less pathetic. The boat
was delayed, and though the hour was
late and Kaiulani delicate, she refused !
to leave, and stayed on board some five |
hours to see the last of her aunt. Any ,
heart must have been touched at sight |
of those two royal women clinging to- |
gether in their fallen dignity. ] was
trying to console Kaiulani with some |
cheerful prospects. All has not been
taken from YOU said. The American
Government respects your position and
will help you to keep II up. Your aunt
will receive an income that will still
enable her TO live as an eX-Queen. You
will still he able to live as an eX-Prin-
cess; your birth and antecedents will
, never be forgotten, and you will remain
leader Of society here, the first lady in
the land
Yes she answered me. with tired
SMILE but | shan't be much of real
Princess, shall ]? They haven't left
me much to live for And as she
spoke she caught her hand to her side
and | could see the rapid beating of
her heart. I don't talk about it, she
went on; I try not to grieve my father,
who watches over me so devotedly and
seeks to make up to me with his love
for all l have lost. For his sake try
not to mind-to appear bright and hap
py; but | think my heart Is broken
"Then she remembered herself as a
} Princess. There Is one last thing I
should like to say she added, what
ever my aunt attempts to do. what
ever she wishes or approves, l am with
her. All Liliuokalani's decisions will
} have my adhesion and signature
And so this girl Of % turned, back to
the society where she was but mock
Princess. to the natives among whom
she might never play her queenly part.
, Back to the artificial life and the make
believe cheerfulness and resignation:
: back to the cavalcade and the picnic at
Mr.. Parker's on the island of Hawaii.
whore, answering the remonstrances OF
those who wished to shield her from
the elements. she pleaded, What does
1t matter: what have ! to live for?"
Back to that couch where she tossed
about delirious, crying aloud to the
doctors to mitigate her torture, and,
finally, with one last glance to her des-
pairing father, one last passionate cry
of Mother" she passed away to the
D.. land Of heartsease.
I at was the most dreadful shock to
us all, even to people who did not know
+, her personally" says Colonel Macfar-
9 lane. "She had so endeared herself
/. and her story was so pitiful. Her
1 funeral procession, at dead of night,
r when she was removed from her own
; beautiful home to the old church,
A where she was to lie in state for anoth-
= err day, was the most pathetic, tragic,
r effective scene that can be imagined.
5 Words cannot describe II, but those
t who were present will never forget It,
y Brown and white were there to do her
a honor. The natives thronged the
0 grounds. lighting up the midnight
h darkness with their torches. Above, in
1 a quiet room, away from the native
Z demonstrations Of grief, two or three
Y of us stayed with the broken-down
!. father, trying to get him away before
Q the body was moved, for We knew that
: as soon as the procession was forming
: the native dlrge would break out in
I full force and the scene would he
heart-rending. But he was not to be
= moved till he had once more stood
/ face 20 face with his dead. And so at
!, last he had TO have his way. He en-
tered the death chamber, the kahili
Q bearers and mourners were removed
4 and Mr.. Cleghorn was alone for fifteen
/ minutes with his dead When he came
o lout--"
;. The colonel stops abruptly. For
[ come minutes he had been furtively
y winklng away moisture from his eyes,
= now he abandons pretense and uses his
I handkerchief openly, II cannot help
!, Iit," he says, simply, II never can think
! OF that now without my eyes filling;
I nobody could, Strong men as We were,
I We were all sObblng with sympathy for
: tho brOken-hearted father Of the girl
: we had lO'ed so we'll
and then the procession, az III
wound along the road" continues Ka-
iulani's friend the hearso, the flow
, ,rs the sVmhals the thouRania ~