The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-11-11

Walla Nambuka, the Child of the Sun" To the
simple minded islanders he was always looked
upon as supernatural being. His recent death
has plunged his people In gloom. The mourning
robes OF his subjects have been brought out Of
the napa huts and worn In the dead kings honor.
His two little sons the prlncengs Of Ealkeya.
will reign In his stead and King Walla sleeps at
the crest Of gentle slope overlooking a coral
reef where the leaguelong breakers thunder
hour after hour. His bones lie far from those OF
Scotch'American forbears. who settled In south
ern Illinois nearly n century ago.
disappointment in love started him out upon
the long road Of adventure when he was u youth
of nineteen or twenty years. one OF these untor
Inmates who run 10 extremes IN matters OF sonti.
mout he fell IN love with one Of the pretty VII,
lagc girls Of old Albion. Things move slowly In
this one Of the oldest and proudcs towns OF I'LL
nos. In the natural course Of events Il was 10
be expected that the two would marry IN the full.
Of time. There was home to be built and
preparations made for a start IN life. Something
Of the mcthodicul sluwncss Of their English an.
costors chung then and stlll cllngs 20 the every
DAY life Of the citizens Of Albion The town has
changed but little In the years that have flown
since Thompson left under cover Of nlghtfall. The
same houses line the spacious public square. The
same homestoads that sheltered the pioneers now
shelter their descendants of the third and fourth
generations Red brick homes, low.eayed and
with wide docrstops sim line the older streets OF
inc llllt hhulUtIU llllNbh lbNU
outwardly the town has changed but little
and In spirit not at all, since the days when
young Thompson waited for his girlish sweet
heart at the halfllghtcd corner Of the court house
square. The Albion Of the Flowers the Thomp
sons the Hulmcs, the Brlbecks, Of Park House"
and Marlborough Place" still remains. Had the
white monarch Of the savage isle NJ Naikova
como back TO the place Of his birth In the last
year Of his life he would have found Little Brit
ain" as the region IS known, much as he left II.
IL Is the same little city Of schools and churches,
Of quiet homes and Qulotor streets that II was
when he was a barefoot lad stealing away 10
fish and loaf along Bonpas creek The future
ruler Of Nakcya spent many an idle hour with
hook and line along the shadows Of old Banpas
n the traditions Of the folk Of Little Britain" are
true He was fond Of making long trips 10 the
shores Of the Wabash with his chums, but ne
seemed 10 lack the ambition dear 10 every boHsh
hoart the hope of getting ont and seeing the big
round world There was nothing to set him
apart from his fellows ms ono who would taste OF
strange adventures before his death IN the an.
tIpodes The prosy, uncyentfu life Of farmer
a storckeepcr or Al the most humdrum prof's'
Ronnl man In q country town was all 10 which
he could took forward
There came an interruption an awakening To
HIS loves young dream that drove him out OF his
homo town between shutdown and sunrise one
summers night This spur TO his pride, TINS
wound TO his solfloye sent him adyenturng
among the spicy Isles Of the sonth seas ana made
him a king In his own right before he was twenty
five He was Of that shy, retiring loyal type OF
the Scotch who love deeply when they love al all
He had become engaged 10 the village beauty
The day had been set for the ceremony ana me
unmarried youth Of the town looked uoon him ns
one already lost to the fun and rc'ac OF the
single state.
About this ting a new business mouse was
opened IN the little town and youthful eastern
,nor,,,r ,vps sent on bv the owners 10 look after