Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-14


THE, Indians regarded you with
superstition"
s"What have I said and done?"
Nothing, madame. that need give
you any uneasiness."
But what did | say?" she insisted.
you thought you were cloud
mother"
"A cloud mother!" She was aston
ished and asked, What is cloud
mother?"
you thought was Paul and you
were my cloud mother"
Did say such foolish thing as
that?"
Don't call It foolish, madame"
II hope you will forget it,"
Il don't want to forget it,
But why are you in Illinois terri
tory, sire?"
Il came to find land for the lroquois.
l intend to make state with the
tribe"
But what Of France?"
"Oh, France is oversupplied with
men who want to make a state Of her.
Louis Xviii has been on the throne
eleven months, and was recently chased
of by Napoleon"
Louis XVIII. on the throne? Did
true loyalists suffer that"
Evidently"
"Sire, what became of Napoleon"
He was beaten by the allies and
sent to Elba. Louis XVIII. was
brought in with professions. But in
about eleven months Napoleon made a
dash across France
:. Tell me slowly. You say l have
been i'll more than year. ] know
nothing Of what has happened"
Napoleon escaped from Elba, made
a dash across France and incidentally
swept the Bourbon OF the throne. The
last news from Europe shows hin
gathering armies to meet the allies"
"Oh, sire, you should have been
there!"
"Abbe Edgeworth suggests thai
France is well supplied with dauphins
also. Turning of dauphins has been
a pastime at court"
"Abbe Edgeworth? You do not mean
the priest you saw at Mittau?"
"Confessor and almoner to his mai.
esty. The same man."
rs he here?"
you saw him pass the door"
why has he come to American"
II have not inquired"
why is he here with you?"
Because 1t pleases him. not me-"
He brings you some message?"
| so he says"
| what is it,"
IL have not had time to ask"
She stood up. As she became more
herself and the spirit rushed forward
In her face saw how her beauty had
ripened. Hoeing corn and washing In
the river do not coarsen well born
women. knew should feel the
sweetness Of her presence singing
through me and following me wher-
ever went In the world.
! Call the priest in. sire. am afraid
have hindered the interview"
Il did not meet him with my arms
open, madame"
But you would have heard what he
had to say II had not been in your
house. Why am in your house!"
you came here"
Was l wandering about by my
self?"
| Yes, madame"
1 IA, \ IL
ing. When | came to myself was SO
tired and my shoes were muddy. If
you want to see the priest will 60
into another ROOM"
mo, | will bring him in and let him
give his message in your presence"
When Able Edgeworth was present
ed to her he slightly raised his eye
brows, but expressed no establishment
at meeting her lucid eyes. Nor did
explain, God has given her back her
senses in night"
The position in which she found her.
self was trying, She made him a
grave courtesy. My house might have
been the chateau In which she was
born, so undisturbed was her manner.
Her night wandering and mind sick
ness were simply put behind us in the
past with her having taken refuge in
my house, as matters which need not
concern Able Edgeworth. He did not
concern himself with them, but bent
before her as If he had no doubt of
her sanity.
asked her to resume her place on
the settle. There was stool for the
able and one for myself, We could
see the river glinting in its valley and
the windows of heights beyond it.
A wild bee darted into the room, dron-