The evening Republican., 1902-05-13
Before thy conning,smiles-
And haste, gnd find them where

they wait,
Let summer winds blow down
that way,
And all they long for, soon or iate,
Bring round to them-some day"
It was not altogether the pathos
of the poetry with which he filled
his mind that brought the burrows
of sadness into Brother Pauls race
at this time. He had great attec-
tion for Meri Foani, and it cut him
to the heart to see that hard work
and long fretting were beginning to
make their mark ON the pretty Kan
aka. Once, when she had to give
in for a time, Brother Paul sounded
the doctor he brought out from
Noumea, and was plainly shocked
at what he heard. IT would be a
slow matter for another few weeks,
the doctor said, then rapidly WouId
come the end-what is roughly call
cd a galloping consumption, in fact:
Before the next new moon Mefi
had colne to the threshold. she
asked Brother Paul TO see, when the
end had come, that the little cruclhx
WAS taken tram round her neck and
sent to Saigon, that her lover mlght
wear it in remembrance. Ihen sue
slipped out of the world that had
been u weird experience for her, ana
shrlven and BArouded. was lald 10
rest under the ooce-palms down oy
the yellow beach.
II was u strange thing that a
transp port from Salsoe should drop
anchor in the Noumea roads tt1M
dav. The deported rebels from
Bourail and purged their sin against
the Government and we're home
again. The young chief. eager Tor
more than a patriotic reason 10
step ashore on his at.ye lan nd again
was too impatient TO wall ior t1e
punts to come alongside, ana. oe.
inr free, jumped overheard ana
made ior the beach. lie cou'a
swim 10 we'll with QUE arm as most
men Can with two, aud he was 5000
making good hcadway. But pres
emily The one arm was suddenly
| thrown up there mas strange
commotion lu the water ana d
| boat was pushed out hurrledly
from the transport. The shark
made OFT as the boat approached
| the spot and the men were able 70
secure the mutilated boi1.
Brother Panl, who had for years
been in regular communication
with Saigoa. and knew how the
| Bouar chief had been going on
there, was soon in from st. Louis
when he heard Of the incident Ii
Nonu,ea Harbor, and had the re-
mains carried back with him over
| the hill crest to the beach below
the mission station. There, with
the cheap little crucldx swung
round his neck, the young che
now sleeps beside the lover wht
| had SO long and patiently AWAITED
his comlng. The summer wind
! blow down that way, truly enough
and in one sense. at all events, al
that the parted couple longed toi
| has been brought round 10 them
| I>heir dream had been that the!
would walk yet again together
some day that Beaver would Grln;
| 10 them. through the yam patches
aud about the cocoanut groves "
the valley behind Bourail the littl'
bow legged Marist brother at >ss
| Loy.s exponnds a iavorite theor
| 10 his Kauaka friends and pupil
about the mission station-a theof.
| that lie is full Of faith in-that Met
Foaui aud her young chief nov
roam together about the Grea
Plantation beyond the moon, wher'
| the ' am vines have golden flowers
and JEST Karisto is the ruling chic
! Of kanakas and kai-oul.ouls al'k
in that far-of region.
Many indeed Of the rough, long
haired 1olk OF the wild bush there
| about have caught up Brolhe
| Pauls simple faith. At the eud
the dark ravine through whlc
they have passed, with The br'gh
lie ht Of another lite dawniEg upo
them. they are absorbing the an
bition to hope for sor,ethlng ina
may come to them somc day. 1t ma
Come aud find them where the
wait,
| And summer winds blow dow
that way,
! Aud all they long Tor, soon or lat'
Come round to thetfl-some day!