The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-06

for yourselves. But would you now like
to know some of the stories it contains ?"
Oh, yes, Albola said, nodding eager
~ i love to hear good stories ~
Then listen" Mr.. Draggs began,
and | will tell you of the first man
and the first woman that lived"
With this preliminary, he made rapid
summary OF the early portion of Genesis,
passing lightly over the creation of the
world, of the plant and animal life, and
reaching as soon as possible the Garden
OF Eden, the blessedness of which he
sketehed as brilliantly as his memory
-of Paradise Lost" permitted.
Albola was delighted Beautiful gar
den," she said Il love the beautiful
gardenl And the man Adam and Eva
his wife had it all to tbemselvesl
Nothing to bother them, and all day to
do whatever they pleasedn
Yes" Mr.. Draggs agreed, they
surely must have been very happy, so
long as they were good
"And why not good?" Albola
said. stThey could do whatever they
liked. How could they do wrong ?"
i will tell you," answered Mr.
Draggs. impressively. 'There grew in
the middle of the garden one tree with
beautiful fruit. and that fruit would not
be good for them to eat So the Great
Spirit told them that they must not eat
of this fruit, and that it would kill
them if they did eat it"
Albola stopped her work, and looked
very sad.
Yes Mr. Draggs repeated, there
was one forbidden tree And though
they had the whole garden for their
pleasure, yet Adam and Eve disobeyed
their Lords command, and I'll tell you
how it happened"
Albola listened with bated breath to
moving character sketch of the
Satanic serpent and his wiles. Ewes
beguilement followed, then the con-
demnation, the expulsion from Paradise,
and the entai1ed curse on mankind
Mr.. Draggs told the story with dramatic
power, and kindly Albo1a was affected
to tears of sympathy for the father and
mother of mankind
Thus the lesson ended, the pupil
warmly thanking the missionary for his
beautiful story, and then fastening
homeward to the midday meal, ac-
companied By her son and heir.
"How did she like the lesson?" Mrs.
Draggs inquired, as she sat down to the
luncheon table with the missionary.
''It was a perfect success" he replied
with enthusiasm Imagine, my dear
she wept bitterly over Adam and Ewes |
ransgression and its punishment Nat |
urally, was highly gratifed Who can |
foresee the result of so favorable a |
beginning? :" Il
"Then / do not regret INV morning
said Mrs. Draggs, though / ought to
have been at my mending. But l kneN, /
that the youngster must be kept away"
'sHe was as quiet as a mouse" Mr.. |
Draggs remarked "How did you man
age? | find him exceedingly restless"
"He loves stories" the missionary's |
wife replied, "and will keep still so long |
as he hears one So I brushed up my /
memory of the nursery classics. and /
gave him as spirited a version as I I
could manage on the spur or the I
moment of an old favorite of my own.
/ told him the strange and marvellous I
experiences of Fatima, the unhappy wife T
of the bloodthirsty B1uebeard"
EsWhat remarkable contrast" observ-
ed Mr.. Draqgs, laughing. Sacred lit
erature within doors, and profane liter
ature outsider
Still it teaches the child and amuses
him." his wife replied. Perhaps the
cruelty and the unreasonableness he
learns to hate in B1uebeard may be-
come something to avoid in himself
when he becomes chief of his fathers
stead'h
'sVery true her husband admitted.
''You have a wise little head, and have
taught an excellent moral lesson"
That afternoon, while the missionary
was out in his garden, he was surprised