The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-11-21
Copyright. by ROBERT BoNNER's SoSs.
CHAPTER XIV.
CONTINUED.

Gordon met me at the wharf in Homo
fuiu.
"God bless Warren!" he said, as b.
ela.ped my hand. "All Hoaolulu is
rin1lng with his praises. Dole is be-
side himself with Joy at his success.
1t means so much for Hawaii. But
enough Of that. Your uncle IS wait
ing for you on the porch at The Cora!s.
He would have come 10 meet you, but
feared the excitement would be toe
great
Dear OLD unclew I replied. 81
wish Warren could do something for
him. But it is mental worry that is
killing him. There is no cure for
that. ,"
"But your return will do much tc
distract his mind.
"But for short time only. Uncle
Tom will never be himself again until
Winnie is found"
Gordon said nothing. He had got
ten, of late, so that when Winniei
name was mentioned his manner
changed. But with the exception OF
the day before I left The Corals fol
Molokai, he did not mention the fact
that he loved my sister.
1t was o rapid run that we gave tn.
horses up the Nuuanu Valley to The
Corals. Minutes were precious.
When we turned in at the gate,
Uncle Tom stood facing it. He saw
us coming, and stood trembling with
excitement, waiting for me. /
jumped to the ground and rushed up
to him.
He folded me in his arms and
soobed like baby.
"Tom, my dear boy, what day
this is,p he cried. God be praised!
What glorious crown awaits Warren
when he goes to meet his last reward.
Oh, Tom, Tom! How I have missed
you! How 1 have waited and prayed
for this day! But Warren wonld not
:. let me tell you word of it. He said
there must be no false hopes aroused
no effort made in your behalf until
he was sure. Oh, he was sure! We
are sure at last. Thank God!"
MY uncle was exhausted, and led
him to his chair, and sat down beside
him, patting his white head and speak
ing encouragingly to him.
"Well, old fellow, you don't need me
any more to-day" said Gordon, "and
must be of. am quite busy. !
wilCride up this evening, though"
''Do, Gordon" I replied; "and
there is one thing I wish you would do
for me. Find out if the government
will sell the ground where my cottage
stood at Molokai; or if not, if they
will accept proposition from me to
make it public spot"
"Dole is in position to give you
all Molokai if you want it, he is SC
elated over the thing. But what dc
you want OF that ground?"
81 shall erect there monument tt
Warren. I shall not wait till he dies.
It shall be done at once, and it shall
be a worthy tribute. 1 will have
space left upon it for the addition Of
the date of his death. But upon thai
spot, the scene of hopeless waiting
for death, and my wonderful rescue
by Warren, there shall be tribute,
life-size statue of the man, with his
noble record carved in undying Letters
of stone. IT shall stand facing Father
Damien's monument. The one sacri.
feed his life in tenderly caring fol
the sufferers at Molokai; he died toe
soon; the other has lived to see the
grandeur of the accomplishment of hi.
life-work. What do You say to the
plan?"
"a good plan-s splendid one! I'll
see the secretary of the interior and
fix it up. There will be no trouble
about it."
"There's a monument to Warren in
every honest heart in Hawaii" said
my uncle. "He deserves not only
our thanks, but our worship"
"Aud in the fulfillment Of this
great hope, may there not be all
augury for hope that Winnie may yet
be found, and that we may be a united
and happy family?"
"Ah, Tom, Tom" cried my uncle,
breaking down completely. "If ii
could be so, if it could be so, I would
die contentr
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