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CHAPTER TX.

At the moment that l saw Hayle
enter my room, you might, as the
saying goes, have knocked me down
with feather. OF all that could
possibly have happened, this was
surely the most unexpected! The
man had endeavored to get me out
of his way in London, he had played
all sorts of tricks upon me in order
to put me off the scent, he had bolt
ed from England because he knew 1
was searching for him, yet here he
was deliberately seeking me out, and
of his own free will putting his head
into the lions mouth. 1t was as
astonishing as it was inexplicable.
Good morning, Mr.. Fairfax" he
said, bowling most politely to me as
he spoke. 81 hope you will forgive
this early call. l only discovered
your address an hour ago, and, as I
did not wish to run the risk of losing
you, | came on at once"
"You appeared to be fairly desir-
Gus of doing SO last week." I said.
what has occurred to make you
, change your mind so suddenly?"
ga variety of circumstances have
conspired to bring such result
nbout," he answered. 81 have been
thinking the matter over, and not
being able to determine the benefit
of this hole-and-corner sort of game,
1 have made up my mind to settle it
once and for all"
II am glad you have come to that
way of thinking" I said. at will
save us both an infnity of trouble
You understand, of course, that rep.
resent Messrs. Kitwater and Codd
81 am well aware of it," he replied
"and in common fairness to myself
1 can only say that I am sorry tc
hear it."
May ask why you are sorry?"
Because you have the honor tc
represent the biggest pair of scoun
drels unhung," he answered. "And il
saying this I pledge you my wore
that | am by no means oversteppins
the mark. 1 have known them botf
for great many years, and can
therefore, speak from experience"
Before going further with him
was DESTROYS of convincing myself
upon the point.
"You knew them, then, when they
were missionaries in China. / sup
pose?"
That's the first time I have ever
heard what they were" he replied
"Kitwater missionary! You mus
forgive my laughing, but the idea is
| too ludicrous. I'll admit he's done 9
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selves by endeavoring to find out
how the dinner at the Cafe des Ann
bassadeurs was progressing.
"They will proceed to theater
afterwards, you may be sure" my
companion said. ''In that case if you
like we could catch a glimpse of them
as they come out. What do you
say?"
answered that had not the least
objection.
Zone night does not make much
difference. Tomorrow morning !
shall make a point of meeting him
face to face"
''Should you require any assist
ance then, I shall be most pleased to
give it to you," my companion re-
piled.
I thanked him for his offer, and
then we left the restaurant together,
hailed a cab, and drove to his fat.
1t consisted of four rooms situated
at the top of a lofty block of build
ings near the river. From his win.
dows he could look out over Paris,
and he was wont to declare that the
view he received in exchange was the
most beautiful in the world. Fine
as it was, was scarcely so enthus.
iastic in my praise.
Among other things they were re-
markable for the simplicity of their
furniture, and also for the fact that
in the sitting-room there was moth,
ing to reveal the occupation of their
owner. His clever old servant
Susanna, of whom twas said she
would, did she but choose, make as
clever a detective as her master (she
had served him for more than &C
years., brought us coffee so quickly
that it would almost seem as if she
had been aware that we should reach
the house at that particular moment
eve have plenty of time to spare,
said my host. in the meantime il
will be necessary for us to find out
what they are doing. If you will
wait l will dispatch a messenger
who will procure US the informa
ton
He wrote something on a half
sheet of note-paper, rang the bell
and handed it to Susanna.
.'Give that to Leon" he said, "anG
tell him to be off with it at once"
The woman disappeared, and wher
she had gone we resumed our con
versation. Had he not had the gooc
fortune to be such a great success il
his own profession, what an admir-
able actor the man would have made!
His power of facial contortion was
extraordinary, and L believe that or
demand he could have initiated al
most any face that struck his fancy
"And now with regard to our lit
tie excursion" he said. what would
you like to be? AS you are aware
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full to him In his procession was to
be found in the room.
For my own part am not fond Of
DISCUSSES. Indeed on only two or
three occasions, during the whole
course of my professional career,
have found it necessary to conceal
my identity. But to this willy little
Frenchman disguise was, as often as
not, common occurrence.
Half an hour later, two respect
able elderly gentlemen, looking more
like professors from some eminent
Lycee than detectives, left the house
and proceeded in the direction of the
Folly theater. The performance was
almost at an end when we reached
it, and we mingled with the crowd
who had assembled to watch the
audience come out. The inquiries
we had made proved to be correct,
and it was not very long before T
saw the man I wanted emerge, ac-
companied by a female, who could
be no other than Nine. Beaumarais.
Hayle was in immaculate evening
dress, and, as could not but admit,
presented handsome figure to the
world. A neat little brougham drew
up beside the pavement in its turn,
and into this they stepped. Then the
door was closed upon them, and the
carriage drove away.
That's my man." I said to my
companion, as we watched it pass
I shall pay him little visit. 1 think
you were quite right in what you
said about the money. That woman
must have made fairly big hole in
it already"
"You may be quite sure of that"
he answered. "When she has
finished with him there will not be
much left for anybody else
'And now to get these things off
and then home to bed. Tomorrow
will in all probability prove an ex-
citing day."
1 accompanied him to his room and
removed the disguise which had en-
abled me to see Hayle without his
being aware of my identity, and
then, bidding my friend good night,
returned to my abode. Before I
went to bed, however, I sat down
and wrote report of my doings for
Miss Kitwater. Little as I had to
tell, the writing of this letter gave
me considerable pleasure. j could
imagine it coming like breath from
another world to that quiet house at
Bishopstowe. ! pictured the girls
/ face as she read it, and the strained
attention of the two men, who, need
less to say, would hang on every
word. When 1 had finished it went
4 to bed, to dream that Gideon Hayle
and l were swimming a race in the
Seine for five gigantic rubies which
were to be presented to the winner
by Miss Kitwater.
Next morning I arose early, went
for a stroll along the boulevards,
and returned to breakfast at eight
/ o'clock. In the matter of my break
/ fasts in Paris, l am essentially Eng
fish. l must begin the day with a
good meal, or 1 am fit for nothing
On this particular occasion I sat
down on the best terms with myself
and the world in general. I made an
excellent meal, did the best I could
with the morning paper, but my
French is certainly not above re-
proach, and then wondered when I
should set out to interview the man
whose fight from England had
proved the reason of my visiting
Paris. Then the door opened and the
concierge entered with the words:
"a gentleman to see monsieur!"
Next moment, to my overwhelming
surprise. no less person than Gid
con Hayle entered the room.
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require very little or that young
lady's society to enable you to make
fool of yourself"
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Council Bluffs police made 1902 ar
rests during the last fiscal year.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-29

The case of James H. Boyd will be
examined into by the grand jury, and
beyond laying the facts in the case be-
fore the public, there is nothing for a
newspaper to do. The investigation
may result in criminal prosecution, and
it may not, that will be decided by the
grand jury. That the Superintendent
of Public Works has been remarkably
careless in his methods of handling
funds is evident on the face of it. Sup
posing that upon his trip abroad the
hand Of death had suddenly struck Mr.
Boyd how could his accounts ever have
been unravelled. There was nothing to
show where these various special de-
posits We're, on how they could be OBJ
tanned, were Mr.. Boyd suddenly in
capacitated
There must be some kind of standard
in such matters. The Auditors act is
explicit, but the provisions of that act
do not seem to have been attended to.
How lon" is a government official au-
thorized to keep money on special de-
post, before making a record of the
transaction and turning the money into
the treasury? And if moneys are kept
in an unrecorded special deposit what
reason is there for the action? If a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-29

There seem prospects of a very hard
winter in Europe, This means the loss
OF labor among the poorer classes and
consequent great distress. In Germany
many of the cities are preparing for
relief works. The business situation in
Germany is very much depressed, and
there will be a very large number Of
men out Of work. We who live in a
climate where work is plentiful the
year round, and where the poorer
classes have not to struggle against a
season where the biting cold necessi-
tates complete change of clothing
and the liberal use of~fuel, cannot re-
alize the distress which comes upon a
poverty stricken population during a
winter season In the city of Frank
fort the Main there has been 81, OOO,-
900 appropriated out of the city funds
TO meet the local demand only, and this
win have to be supplemented by pri-
vate donations. No wonder people look
upon the winters with dread.
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ROOSEVELT AND MORGAN.

Morgan will find that the people will
continue to chose their Presidency
Quincy Ill) Wing.
If it is true that the President splits
the infinitive, then he may as we'll give
up all hope of the Massachusetts vote.
Baltimore American.
If Mr. Morgan is camping on Roose-
velts trail, he should buy more blank
cts and prepare for some very cold
weather.-Detroit News Tribune.
When the leader of the trusts says
the Republicans must not" nominate
Roosevelt and the people must not"
elect him, it is not hard to foretell the
result.-Illinois State Journal.
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TWO SIDES.

never made any inquiry into the subject
The franchise is settled and will not be
altered.
Kuhio, on the other hand, has start
ed out with the idea and has shown
during the campaign that he valued the
voter as a thinking man, man who
had to be reasoned with and shown why
he should give his vote for the Republi-
can instead of the Home Ruler. Kuhio
did not degrade his Countrymen by
planting lot of lies and false state
ments before them, and expecting them
to swallow the dose whole He has
treated them as reasonable and intelli-
gent begins, and his followers have
carried on their fight on similar lines.
Thus at the outset of the campaign
standard bearer of the Republicans, the
voters were listening to him and weigh
ing his words. While Wilcox was play
ing the mountebank, Kuhio was giving
food for thought. At that time the Star,
which had the opportunity of knowing
the Hawaiian mind, and the way it was
trending said "the Hawaiians will laugh
with and laugh at Wilcox, but they
listen attentively to what the Prince
says and think over his words after
wards Events are proving the truth
of this statement.
The Princes campaign has been one
of education and elevation, it has not
been one of degradation and falsehood
as Wilcox's has been, and the voter has
turned from the false to the true, as the
traveller in the desert turns from the
arid sand to the cool waters of the oasis
Not only has the Republican campaign
been one of education but the Republi-
can speakers have very promptly re-
futed the falsehoods which have been
put forward by the Wilcox partizans
II may be easy work to tell falsehoods,
but it is not easy work when they are
constantly being disproved. This has
leaders, and their campaign has Ian
guished in consequence.
How utterly lost the Home Rulers are
was shown by the meetings of last
night. A Home Rule meeting was
started in Palama at the same time
with a Republican meeting. To start
with the Republican meeting was the
larger, but it began to grow and grow
in size, while the Home Rule meeting
became small by degrees and beautiful
ly less, till the speakers were left with
out an audience. The crowd wanted to
hear common sense and not lies, and
left the prevaricators to themselves.
While they cheered those who appealed
to their thinking capacity to the echo.
The fate of the two parties is no
longer in the balance. The Republicans
have won and have won through their
appeal TO common sense, and their
quick refutatiOn of Home Rule false
hoods. The landslide is moving. 1t
VIII come with rush on November 4.
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possible speaker for the Democracy.
Such being the case why not make 1t
unanimous. - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
AS Mr.. Cleveland may not care to
run for a third term, as suggested by
Pierpont Morgan, why is not the Ma
poleon of finance himself a good enough
Morgan to head the Democratic ticket
in l9O4?-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The President has not changed his
views with respect to Cuba. 1t was
not to be expected that he would
change them. Mr.. Roosevelt does not
shrink from standing for what he be-
lieves to be right.-Cleveland Leader.
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The Home Rulers are so quiet that
one might almost imagine that they did
not exist, were it not that Caypless OF
some other malahini who has butted in
10 the Hawaiian councils gives vent to
a foot every now and then which is
promptly shown to be utterly untrue.
OF course this is very trying, but the
built up is so nimsy, that it is not to
be wondered at that it falls to pieces.
Where there is no foundation there can
be no superstructure.
The leader of the Homie Rule party
has chosen to degrade instead of elevat-
ing his fellow countrymen. He has,
and his coterie of speakers has put a
set of untruths before the people, treat
ing them as if they We're ignorant of all
things which are going on around them.
1t has been foolish and a suicidal
policy. The Hawaiian voter reads, and
he can think over what he reads. His
intelligence is insulted, and rightly, If
he is treated as child and told buga-
boo stories to keep him voting in a
particular line. He is no child and he is
no fool, and the present campaign is
proving it.
1t is in this that there is the essential
difference between Wilcox and Kuhio.
Wilcox has perverted truth and has
made up statements which are wholly
lies. He has talked of rotten food for
the lepers, and has been refuted by the
lepers themselves. He has talked of the
city and county bills as being opposed
by the Republicans, when as a fact
such measures are prominent plank in
the Republican platform, and when the
Republican party at the last session
brought in carefully thoughtout bill,
which the Home Rulers did not even
look at and would not consider
under any circumstances. Instead,
they brought forward an undigested
bill, pasted together almost with
out order, which among other rub
bish provided that fuel should be
supplied to all government build
ings and that "colored" schools
should be established, thereby degrad-
ing their fellow countrymen's children
to the position of negroes in the south
ern states. Moreover there was NO
proper provision for the distribution of
the taxes. Wilcox and his coterie have
vainly tried TO explain why it is that
Wilcox, as delegate, failed to obtain any
thing in the way of Federal appropria-
tons And here again he could rot
stick to the truth, but tried to make out
that he was thwarted by the CONNER
cial men and what he is pleased to call
1.-THE missionaries" Only the other
evening Caypless was out with the
amazing lie that the Governor had ask
ed the Senatorial Commission to restrict
the franchise. The subject had never
come up the Governor never made any
such suggestion, and the Commissioners
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HOLSTER DRUG GO.
FORT STREET
KING LEOPOLD.

Isn't there some able-bodied man in
Belgium who can give King Leopold a
swift kick?-Atlanta Journal.
If King Leopold hears what Marse
Watterson said of the 400 he w!ll take
the next ship for New YOrk.-Detroit
Tribune. s''
! When King Leopold reaches New
! York he will probably be presented
with the freedom of the Tenderloin.-
Atlanta Journal.
The report that King Leopold of Bel
GUM is to visit the st. Louis World s
| fair removes all doubt as to it having
a midway. Journal.
| King Leopold doubtless wishes that
someone would switch off the current
of the fierce, light that beats upon the
Belgian throhe.-Baltimore Herald.
The more we read about King Leo
pold of Belgium the less we feel like
making our best bow to him when he
comes to visit us.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
In case King Leopold carries out his
intention to come over to visit us, he
will probably have to be shown over
the Grand Duke Boris route.-Wash-
tngton Post,
Late revelations of King Leopold's
follies induces the conviction that we
about coming to America.-Pittsburg
Gazette.
1t would have been more in accord
with the fitness of things If King Leo
polds daughter had objected to his
presence at the funeral of her mother.
Buffalo Express.
1t is to be hoped that even the New
port 400 would draw the line at old
Leopold of Belgium, who has threaten
ed TO visit the United States.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
After King Leopold of Belgium made
spectacle of himself by driving his
daughter from her mothers bier we
Withdraw our invitation for him to Wis
it the United States-PitJsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph.
The spectacle of the King of Belgium
turning his daughter out of the house
where her mother lay dead is not one
calculated to strengthen to any extent
the waning principle of the divinity Of
kings.-Baltimore American.
AS matter of fact, it will make lit
tie difference with the country at large
whether old Leopold of Belgium visits
this country. If he should come GER
tain class of Americans would be sure
to make fools Of themselves
ton News.
The Princess Stephanie ought not to
feel hurt by the refusal of her father,
King Leopold, to receive her at her
mothers funeral. The love of such a
man as Leopold could easily be dis
pensed with by any woman of self-re-
spect, even if she be his daughter
Cleveland Leader.
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clerk keeps public funds in his desk for
three or four weeks instead of turning
the money into the cashier, he is very
apt to fall under suspicion. Is an en-
tirely different standard to be set up
for heads of departments?
There is one other broad view to be
taken and that is that the return of
money is no palliation for taking it and
using it for personal accounts or pay
ments. There has been always a very
loose idea upon this matter in the COM
munity. The present unfortunate sit
uation will probably bring matters Of
this kind so prominently before the
public, that the loose ideas of the past
will be discarded and a proper stand
ard set up.
At present there seems to be a chain
of circumstances leading from one dis
covery to another, first of loose man
agement of funds, then to alleged en-
bezzlement and lastly to actual appro-
priation and flight. 1t is a most UNI
fortunate condition of affairs, and is
regretted most keenly by all. The
Irregularities, even though committed
through carelessness are very serious,
and vitiate the public usefulness of the
parties, even though no crime has been
contemplated or effected.
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Volcanic fires still continue at La
Soufriere and destruction at st. Vim
cent has been Widespread. There is
certainly a popularity about the West
Indian eruption as compared with sim
liar outbreaks elsewhere. The Kraka-
toa eruption and immense devastation,
but after the first outbreak no more
damage was done, In the West Indies
the eruptions have been almost con-
tinuous since last May, The last out
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-29

G. w. r. King of the Audit Office has
overhauled the public accounts on Kau-
al, and has found them all perfectly
straight Tax Assessor Wright's ac-
counts had already been looked into and
his defalcation discovered. The island
which is always conservative, may now
rest in peace as far as public accounts
are concerned.
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So the Porto Rican, who made such
pitiful spectacle on the wharf, was not
so impecunious after all. The ways of
the Porto Rican are wonderful, es-
pecially when it comes to lying. In
that he can give pointers even to a
Home Rule spieler.
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break of La Soufriere has laid waste a
portion of st. Vincent which was sup
posed to be entirely outside the volcanic
zone.
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