Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-06

md he really did not know what he
should do then When he imagined
himself on his ancestral throne, Mrs
Rivers was always very near at hand
" neither actually on tho throne beside
him or Just behind II was a point he
was prone to shirk At any cost, though,
she must be very near
Is time went on there were many |
mt Palace Gate, The prince, |
Mr. Shum and Lady Craigenoch were |
present sometimes. Mrs Rivers and
Byers were never wanting. The princes
was immensely stimulated
in those days. Lady's Craigenoch's love
for Il speculation was splcndidly indulg.
ed Mr. Shum' cautious disposition 10.
ceived terrible shocks. Mrs Rivers dis
cusscd European politics, tho attitude
Of the church and the secret quarrels Of
the cabinet in Prince Julian's country,
and Bycrs silently gathered together
NIL the money Of his own and other poo.
pies on which he could lay hands. He
was meditating great coup, and just
now and then he felt queer touch of
remorse when no reflected that his coup
was so very different from the coup TO
which Mrs Rivers disquisitions and
the princes vivid imagination invited
him But he believed in tho survival of
the Gttcst, and, although Mrs. Rivers
was very I'll. hU himself was just ny q
little bit filter still Meanwhile lnc
government in the princes country
faced its many difficulties with much
boldness and seemed ON the whole safe
enough
The birth and attributes of ruInor
have often engaged the attention OF
poets Who can doubt that their rhet.
oric would have been ombollished
and their metaphors multiplied had
they possessed moro intimate acquaint.
ance with the places where money is
bought and sold? For in respect Of
awakening widespread interest and af
fectipg the happiness Of homes what is
the character of any lady, however
highborn. conspicuous or beautiful
compared with the character of stock {?
Here indeed is field for calumny, for
innuendo, for hints uf frailty, for wins
pers of intrigue. for scandal mongcrs
have their turn 10 serve, and the hold
crs nrc swify 10 distrust When soma
body writes Sheridan's comedy anew
let him lay the scene of it in boursc
Between his slandered stock aud his
slandered dame no may work ont very
pretty and fanciful parallel
Here, however. the facts can be set
down only plainly and prosaically On
all the exchanges there arose feeling
of unoasincs5 respecting the stock Of
the government Of Prince Julian s Coun
try Selling was going on, not in large
blocks, but cautiously. continually, in
amending dribiets Surely on system
and with purposo2 Then came para
graphs in the papers like whispers he.
hind fans) discussing the state Of the
government and the country muck IN
the vein which Ind marked Nv xiv.
ers dissertations BY now the stock
was down three points BY pure luck It
fell another, in mysterious sympathy
with the South African mining market
Next there was riot in u provincial
town in the princes country. then q
minister resigned and made n d1mag
, ing statement in tho chamber Upon
this 1t seemed no more chan natural
that attention should be turned to
Prince Julian. his habits, his ent0ur
age, his visitors And now there We're
visitors Mobiles and gentlemen crossed
the channel TO see him They came
stealthily. yet not so secretly but that
there was paragraph These great
folk had heard the rumors. and hope
had revived in their breasts They
talked to Mrs Rivers Mrs Rivers had
talked previously to Mr. Byers
A day later a weekly paper which
possessed good and claimed universal
information announced that great nc.
tivity reigned among Prince Julian 8
party and that his royal highness was
considering the desirability of issuing IA
manifesto Certain Interior steps.
the writer continued. ''are in contem.
plation, hu, of these it would be prema-
ture TO speak. There was not very
much in all this, but il made the friends
Of the stock rather uncomfortable. and
! they Were no more happy when lead
! ing article in n leading paper demon.
strated beyond possibility of cavil that
Prince Julian had II fair chance OF sue.
cess. but that. il he rCgained the throne
he could look to hold it only by seeking
glory in aL aggressive attitude toward
his neighbors On the appearance Of
this luminous forecast the poor stock
fell two points more There had been n
sauve qui reut Of the timid holders,
Then actually came the manifesto,
and IL was admitted on all hands to he
amount to an event Of importance
Whoever had drawn II up-and this
question was never settled-he knew
how to lay his fingers on all the weak
spots of the existing government, how
! To tnnch ON tho plnrins Of PRINCE In