The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-24
Cy SEWARD w. HOPKINS.

sumed a hostile attitude toward Dote's
government, and began collecting cv,.
dence in favor Of tho queen. Certain
men, who had bean powerful un!cl
the ez-troen's rule, and who ha1
hoped to gain by her as2endancy,
poured their poisoned words in;a
Blount's car until their opinions as
sumcl, III the mind of TIE commits.
sioncr, tho dimensions of the will q
the majority. SO between Biount anG
his advisers. President Cleveland wa!
Stiu IurI1er mlsIeu, ana uIiIuUaaia7I--
stock went up.
Then Blount went home, Ministe:
Willis came, and Admiral Irwin as
sumed command of the American
forces. Disorder came with them.
I was sitting on the porch one day
smoking and talking to Uncle Tom
haying just returned from fruitles:
search after slight clew Of Winnie.
whereabouts, when Gordon dashed
up. Leaving his horse in the care O.
on attendant, he joined us.
There's the deuce to pay" he said,
"Whst's Id noy?" I asked
"Why, Willis is running things &c
suit himself. Blount, it appears, IL
his report, made Liliuokalani the EN-
bodiment of all the graces, who had
been shamefully abused and put down
by horde of riotous rufians who had
20 interest in order. Think of it!
When the American League own:
more than threeifths of the cultiyat.
ed land. I had a conference with
Dole to-day. He is terribly worked
up. Blount came simply to collect
evidence to destroy Dole's government,
and yet he came in friendly guise.
"What has actually been done?" J
asked.
"Willis sent communication de,
manding the restoration of the queen
He demands that the provisional
government step down and out anc
Liliuokalani resume control. More
than that, he has had an interview
with the queen and offered to restor.
her to the throne and to use the United
States forces to do it,"
Incredible! Would they dare?"
He~Sssys they will do it. Dole vii.
not submit He-vsSsI he will fight
first. We have at least 3U06~shle.
bodied men who will take up arms.
But I hope it will not come to that.
But if it does, you will have chance
20 wear uniform.
81 do not aspire to military honors.
but if it stands between Llliuokalaui,
,pium and misrule on one side, against
war on the other. am in for war. Il
could be no worse if we were beaten.
"No. Nothing could be worse thar
to be under the queen, with her new
constitution, or, rather, no constitu
ton"
'It does not seem possible" sait
my uncle, "that the United Statei
Government could stoop to so undig
nifed a position. If Willis's propo
sition is carried ont, as Dole and .
attempted to tell him yesterday, il
will mean death and ruin to US ali. J
have said little to Tom about it. Poor
fellowl He has enough on his mind
now. But the position is very seri'
ous. The queen has declared that il
she regains her power she will cause
the leaders of Liberals to be beheaded
and con6scate their property. That,
of course, means Dole, Warren, Sell
don, Seacamp and myself, not to speak
of the many others. And no doubt
Gordon would 60 first of all, on ac'
count OF his action when the queen
expected the army to stand by her. I"
Gordon patted his sword.
"Some of the queens gang OF ruff
ans had better take care, or they will
60 before I do"
1T remains to be seen," continued
nv uncle, "whether Willis is simply
barking or if he is really going to bite.
He may be blufing, to scare us. Bntwe
shall not be forced out of our position.
Dole is firm on that point. So am L.
II they crowd us to the wall We must
Sight"
Uncle Tom set his teeth hard and
turned away. L asked Gordon, as 1
asked him every tins | saw him, II he
had news of Winnie.
"No," he said, sadly, yet savagely,
"not q word. But it cauuot go on
like this forever. Surely there is news
to be had, if we can only strike the
right trail. Sharp, the lieutenant in
charge at Maui, reports that he thought
he had q clue, but it came 10 nothing.
In Hawaii they are overhauling every
town and village. If we could only
ret some of these dod-rotted natives