New-York tribune., 1903-03-19


at the Taufusi Club dance their friends had seen
we're invited everywherc together. and me affair
h esTS or GFGm soen mn r SUNDAY ve the
Eleee sa The third thai OF carpenters adding % Grs
in Miss Potters little establishment. was looming
up close in view .,a-
Never was match in Ana that gave rosiSr
ggGmss Of Silver M 80 o aef p 6s who 9h
IN ony qp M o eS to h spp
ton OF Oppenstedt had been making very good
regarded throughout Aria a man of responsihil,
ity and substance H" tall spare German faors| Of
the before Fate had brought him to the isIands
settle down. The little Samoan had died leaving
behind her nothing but a memory In silver lonsus
a host OF relations who lived in turn5ledown quar-
ers in the rear OF the 6akery In ] 1 Tsy bsn com
siderable drain on Silver Tongues resources; and
by er.lns ing mSy car; ar sI9 FraF Tewood for the
Iui1otic generosity Silver Tongue had reply ever
ready on his lips Il lofe dem like my tader" he
would in his deep. iqty voice and the :, eonyer
BY one Ill advised enough to do soasX;eT scs1;
1d FACE naTf Crimson SOP 93f b the
year debt Of gratitude he owed his dead wires
aInga.
Indeed. If Silver Tongue had fault it was Ger
tain moroseness and hercenesS Of temper. reaot-
fence, that made him somewhat Of a solitary in our
5 sna Of his h so night
when one had occasion to seek him out; he was
house smoking his pige or playing sweepy bt %fh hif
m 6uky h tbnr inttrsf fe a. AHA besides myself
and though 1 must confess we often disagreed, and
was too much his friend and mindful OF the old
days the Ransom to let such trihes come be
was. besides Rosae's friend well: for old
snd with his last breath had constEned her to my
care. This obligation rendered sacred by an asso-
and Bully Haves when IN the Moroa and the
Eugene We had slept under the same mats @ snd nae
Stewart and the great Atuona Plsntati9n.this
R"saie 'Ia was child and safe in the convent at
salvalalo But when she grew to wonSnhood an and
the Firm. began to experience some anxiety IN
not at all the kind Of natives liked They had been
too long the hangers-on Of the Firm and had seen
guardians OF a very pretty half caste Of eighteen
They had an ugly name besides.hTt I b5 w9nt ta1 he
But they certainly whining, begging lot: the
never saw Rosalie in their midst but It made me
heertsck for her future did the little ~ could @ 10
that The who played "a fast and Io4se With her
x0d en 20 got the missfonary ladies to
up and as I never stnted a bit Of money for her
wasn't worthy of the best in the land). she made
good headway in What little Fayse+ @ - tGos asr place m m
on her-that is when they asked me to their
narGn Tn,c yerv short work Of one felo labor
"a aptain from the westward. who seemed bent on
En5Tns' Eho9ed him I'M the '8 SGznass end Of my gun te
the ruth nd cssre dso for he was good deal the
kind Of man at thirty and he hung NJ e., on IN IN
Tbe q kent the other and he even landed the first
ht with M ged oars rs T With 5 he OF ran n
me- laying for him under an umbrella: 4, .
T ThsT 2.e RoR as e SRo not vas
She was one of those tall queeny women; Win IN a
cent dark ewes and a way Of smiling, @ brilliant I.
he nedrC
inmper Yes had a pretty soft spot for Rose lie
neDer meant her for an old sea like myself
And lacking me-whom the weight 2 OF bt Sc.
3rettv game old devil yeti could see nobody in
+Ss hair st1aton ito Gn til the war 81 ss
came along 10 tumble all up and knock t 1Yesg p
1!e. ERosaIie in love with Oppenstedt: Balm ard
Sid Tayor r0se werTaS BaSerr Miss Potter doing double
tides at the trousseau and the friend o. OF 4h[h he
Wedding present, fair wind mort in sight ,ia9 ara
a yo everything drying gS 1Issy - al4 %sfe Whn
the vaimaunga came mourning in at dusk oear,5e ,ys
p aboTe the the heads Of dead enemies It
made me feel R9G 10 and Te Il seemed horrible thev
shouid Kill one another and It made me scker SUI d
watch the wounded caFTe ca Tbe bood Stained boards
Though not drinking man 5raced up , al ~ Ell t
bar and then went on 20 pass the time OF Gay WIN
found HIM usual on the ma mats ,I IT. the nocs
r3th Pspaiangi Ma+iva. His lean. dark ha1d1on1e
t2ss Ts b,r ff brave ss an should thoEh
fnG tbs h R certainly GIr vepy Pgrcg c5
and short in greeting me. ano nae nlhl pe''7l
+Io1 that nv visit unwelcome
9gT,is "a . MACK busineeS Silver Tongue; s7lG.
++oI,gb 70 he exact I called him LeoaIlo-"hlch
nee1s +he same thing IN native ~ ,., 81.
sroIo cIyi'' he exclaimed. TITS horrible jtE rlS
pus+irg they have been cutting on oeople :
nea4s .F91r+een bv one count" said. twenty-five
by another 80, ,,. - .~+-s so-ainary
gravity. "dere's worse nor that!
" have II straight from Papalangt MatiVa him
self"
.EYceuenrv said Papalansi MatiVa, perha pS II
.. no+ hieh-chief-known TO thee that anG ullIle
co-1s rom noble Savati stock. snd tnat efe sun
oF nv mother's sister Etrtplng named ~ nun IN
b.rnd himself among the enemy: and was to-oaF
,TI.S and his head taken on the field Of Naitele
mAUe'" T said which In Kanaka Is being sym
pef1s{'c r,s is not all said Silver Tongue listen
gartain' ,s
I'D m Wsrror that K'lIed was Tooto,o the
netai" continued PapaIangi Mattva with tne ar
-. &c or1rIncIre the end Of the world
..-ro,oto,o cried Silver Tongue: why Rosahe.s
l ~ ~ raInuIe IN whose house this very minute
Ne head Of nv murdered relation les! ,, -
,po1 nv soul" exclaimed. this - reahE un-
norunats, cried Silver Tongue, E IT with
MISS HEWITT AIDS IN ELECTION.