Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-07

of an old man--in the Pigeon Roost
settlement"
Her father married her to cousin
nearly as old as himself when she was
T. child. Her husband was reported
dead while she was in hiding. She
herself thought, and SO did her
friends, that he was dead"
Il see. Eth! These girls married
to old men! Nine. Jordan told me
Madeleine's husband was very fretful.
He kept himself like silk and scarcely
let the wind blow upon him for fear OF
injuring his health. When other men
were out toiling at the clearings he sat
in his house to avoid getting chills and
fever in the sun. II was well for her
that she had faithful servant. Made
leine and the servant kept the family
with their garden and cornfield. They
never tasted wild meat unless the other
settlers brought them venison. Nine.
Jordan said they always returned a
present Of herbs and vegetables from
their garden. 1t grew for them better
than any other garden In the settle
ment. Once the old man did go out
with a hunting party and got lost.
The men searched for him three days
and found him curled up in hollow
tree. waiting to be brought in. They
carried him home on a litter and he
popped his head into the door and
said: Here am, child! You can't
kill met"
what did Nine. de Ferrier say?"
Nothing. She made child Of him,
rs II he were her son. He was in his
second childhood, no doubt. And
/ Nine. Jordan said she appeared to hold
herself accountable for the losses and
crosses that made him so fretful. The
children OF the emigration were
brought up to hardship and accepted
everything as their elders could not
do"
II thought the Marquis de Ferrier u
courteous gentleman"
Did you ever see him."
Twice only"
He used to tell his wife he intended
to live a hundred years. And sup
pose he would have done II, II he had
not been tomahawked and scalped
You'll never get De Chaumont,' he
used to say to her. ri see that he
never gets you!' remember the
name very we'll, because 1t was the
name of that pretty creature who
danced for us in the cabin on Lake
GEORGE"
DE Chaumont was her father"
said. HE would have married Nine
I de Ferrier and restored her estate II
she had accepted him and the marquis
had not come back"
Saints have PITY" said Nine. Ur'
sule. And the poor old man must
make everybody and himself SO un'
comfortable!"
But how could he help living?"
True enough. Gods times are moi
ours. But see what he has made Of
her!"
| thought of my cloud mother walk,
ing inclosed from the world upon Q
height of changeless youth. She coult
not feel another shock. She was pas
both ambition and poverty. II she hat
ever felt the sweet anguish OF love
oh, she must have understood wheI
she kissed me and said, Il will CONT
to you some time!'-the anguish, thu
hoping, waiting, expecting, receiving
nothing. all were gone by. Even moth
er cares no longer touched her. Pau
was grown. She could not be mad
anything that was base. Unseen forces
| had worked with her and would worl
. with her still.
p You told me-" said to Nine. Ur
: sule, 1.-The Indians were afraid Of he
: when they burned the settlement. Wa
e the change SO suddea!'
/ NINE. Jordan's story was like this
e II happened In broad daylight. Tw,
0 men went into the woods hunting be
r trees. The Indians caught and kille
them within two miles of he clearin
some of those very WinTebagoes 20
treated with for your land, II was
sunshiny day In September. You coul
hear the poultry growing and the chill
y dren playing In the dooryards. Made
leiIe's little Paul was never far ava
; from her. The Indians rushed in wit
4 yells and finished the settlement in
a few minutes. Nine. Jordan and he
family were protected, but she sa,
. children dashed against trees and he
/, neighbors struck down and scalpe
before she could plead for them. An
little good pleading would have don,