The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11

scanning the throng on shore witt
keen interest. The Kanakas, withtth
smiling broad faces and their barbara,
richness OF color crimson hlbkcui
blossoms and marigolds of dusky gol,
around the brown throats and inter
twined with the black locks werel in
teresting enough surely. but NOR,
lively curiosity possessed him. Wert
there any missionaries In the polychEo
matte multitndef
Hawaiian missionaries had been de
scrlbed 70 him In America asst nsost
comprehensive rogues ia creation
showing In their dealings .cisnt, hypoe
risy, covetousness, unscrurmlousness
fraud. deceit and gross abuse Of power
In about equal proportions" AS though
this were not enough TO piqre the ca.
riosity, he had heard on the steamer a
curlously variant account oflthem.
They're daft on the subject of up
lifting people i fellow passenger de-
elared. They had to set up sort Of
aristocracy In government few years
ago. fW the ship was making straight
FOR the rocks. But they're possessed to
make the kanakas our equals aud
members Of the governing Glass The
crew are all TO be officers In their nice
little craft. Some of these days they'll
Try to- put the Asiatics on the white
mans level, and then there'n be the
devil to pay
Osborne ran his eyes over the motley.
merry multitude below searching for
these knayish sentimentalisrs, at once
pioua and greedy. soft headed aud
high handed Then his aunt came
aboard and carried him off. On shore
flower drowned straw hats and bright
hued shirts and Mother Hubbard
gowns sliut but other things at FIRST.
He supposed picnic was afoot until
his anIt explained that witA the gay
'Polyilesians life was aIi picnic. Pres
emily, with wave Of perfume, a gar
land u white pLnneri.i blossoms de
scehded on his shoulders. and he found
cofnely natlve dan'sei with white
teeth and lustrous. laughing eyes re-
gardirg him with the frankest sort Of
interest.
'Wllat'd she DO that forls he said to
Miss Peters when he had thanked the
girl and passed on
Why. she likes your looks; that's
ALL"
on, does shes I'm obliged to her,
I'm sure. The girls are more appreeia-
tive here than III my country
The little woman looked III, ut her
big nephew aud smiled, Thinking that
perhaps the girls were not 30 different
III minded, She, too, liked the young
mans looks. IIe was stalwarr fell
low. upward Of 200 Ia weight. Ii was
not without substantial reasons thai
he had sbeen center rush on many
1 hard fought field, Then Ne had
broad brow and a firm chin, and CHEEKY
good fellowship was In the steady,
honest eyes.
Osborne's chief inquiry remained un-
satisfied for several days His aunt
Was q recluse, living apart In the midst
of her oyergrown grounds us iii the
center Of a maze. So he explored the
elnbowered. flower planted city alone.
He found white men enough In All
shades Of clothing. from white duck to
conventional black, but nowhere the
typical missionary figure. Moreover,
along the avenues, where tamarinas
and algarobas make a mist OF green
through the treetops and iordly palms
proclaim the supremacy or beauty. he
found be conld not distinguish the man
sion Of the wealthy Hawaiian and
half caste from that OF the chief OF the
missionary Offenders.
One afternoon he reclIned on n
craggy spur Of the Koolau range The
greater submits were cloud hung, as
usual, the lower fringcs Of the moist
curtains reaching farther and farther
down until every now and then they
swept over the idle youth with a chill
Ing touch. More than ever. however.
between their gray gates was the out
iock beautiful- the bird shaped city.
reaching one green wing up the vale
q Nuuanu and another out to the
cocoa palms and sensible cottages OF
Waikiki; the stern. rnddy mass OF
diamond head, an old crater extend
ingSout into the sea ike q titanic lion
couchant; the lovely violet and blue
Waianae peaks westward, with the In
digo~like Pearl lochs between, and the
long white sweep OF the fonming reef
frlnglng the ocean
#s He WINS aroused by the sound OF
iron striking on rock not far away.
Hs looked around, but cloud envel.
oped the ridge. In moment 1t swept
over him Also. Out Of the heart of Il
came again the sound OF iron and
then Of heavy feet He rose and went
back. He had just snrmounted the
first OF two lodges OF rock when sud.
denly through the fog a horse and
rider appeared on the second one, the
animal scrnmbling down timorously
He had only time to see that II was a
white lady riding Hawaiian fashion
(nstridc) when, with cry, rider and
saddle came sliding over the anlmaYs
name ALMOST At bis feet. He sprana
e heg assistance, but Il was some mo
nlerits before he could untangle thu
confused mass Of saddle girths and
N pAus.