The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-03-20
Gordon and myself.

Gordon and myself.
Our wedding tour lasted neacly
year.
We visited the many places of in
terest and scenic beauty in the United
States, the Yosemite Valley, Yellow.
stone PARK and Lower California. We
made stops at all the principal cities.
chiefly New York, Chicago and Wash
ing!on. We went to London, thence
10 Paris, where we remained for some
little time. From there we went to
Nice and did the Riviera. Egypt and
the Nile and Burmah were visited and
studied. Then back to Honolulu.
Helene and Winnie thoroughly en-
joyel this travel, and we all benefited
by it very much. To Helene in par
ticular it was q revelation, so little
had she known of the world outside
her temples. Her mind broadened
under the stimulus of study, and she
proved her possession of mind capa-
bic OF grasping the greater truths OF
life, and was not long in patting Eer-
self upon all equality with the most
accomplished. She readily acquired
a knowledge of music, and her nature
being essentially artistic. she was An
adept in oil the studies of higher cut
ture which she took up. By the time
we arrived at Honolulu again hau
reason to be proud of my WIFE mem
tai attainments as we'll as her pbysicaI
beauty.
Where the fair Nuuanu Valley
spreads its fairest vista, with the
mountains in the distance. the palms
and mangoes shading the fertile land,
Q new mansion stands, surrounded by
D beautiful lawn. 1t is Palm Bower,
the home of Winnie aud Gordon, and
is not far from The Corals, where
Helene and I have taken up our
abode.
Our existence in Oahu is an ideal
one. We race up and down the valley
on our favorite horses, have picnics on
Diamond Point, have lawn parties
and balls to which all the best people
in Honolulu delight to come.
Old Doctor Warren is dead, but his
memory is held dear by the people of
Hawaii, to whom he left the precious
legacy of health; for his treatment Of
leprosy was taken up by the Govern
ment, and the leper colony at Molokai
is no more. Where my cottage stood
the scene of my miserable waiting
for death-a pretty little park sur
rounds a marble monument, upon
which have had inscribed q fitting
tribute to the great beneiactor whose
life-study eliminated in the effort that
gave me back my life and happiness.
Patua and Nimolau have been amply
provided for, and frequently come to
The Corals or Palm Bower with sup
ply of fish which they have taken in
the fshing-schooners that were part
of the reward for their faithfulness.
Old Jean Chicot, nearly blind, tot
tering on the verge of the grave, still
fingers, and his worship of Helene is
pathetic and beautiful to see. Like o
faithful dog he watches her graceful
movements, and murmurs to himself:
"Helen.-my Helenel Itaughth her,
and see how beautiful she isl"
And Heleneis beautiful. Her trans
cendent beauty increases with her hap
piness, and in the infatuation that has
enthralled me, and will ever hold me,
I can see nothing but perfect happi-
ness, sweetest bliss in our future.
And Gordon, grown so stout that
his old uniforms are like those OF a
boy to him, lolls on his porch or mine,
bangles his sword-sheath over his leg
and talks proudly of his Winnie and
the great days that are ahead for all
Of US.
END