Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-03

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'When the man woke" he had said.
"he cursed the sea for bringing him, as
he thought. nothing. One desire tor.
mented him II hycamp lntulpm bln.
Day after day he went down to the
ocean. hGi the surf only lcapcl IN do
rhiUu Fer the thousnndth TIME he
cursed IT, the isle Ia which he was
bouid Weeks passed. until almost
. mad through the m,ilGtony of the long
hours. oun day hr inadvertently pick
ed up book the brute convict could
Just read where. how he ever learn.
ed. FORGET He began to pick out the
words. Aler that
Through the hong months. the long
years. the man Ind fuu shi for knowI.
edge rs he had always fought for any.
thing with all his strength. passion.
energy
"Inrrcdihle. by Jovp!" she heard
SIR Charles voice. nwcd and ndmiring
81 nm vlud to have had your conn.
dence urd--ard tell me. how did YOU
happen to light an the law for special
study aud preparatory"
"Yuu forget that about hnlf your su.
perb library was law books. Sir
Charles 4 most comprehensive col
lection
"rhe law the qualifications II ere
ntcs for the many. the attendant re-
strillnts for tue lndlvldual--l confess
Interested me. You can Imagine per.
sonnl reason or-nu abstract one.
From the lonely perspective Of Tiny
coral Isle. n system or systems--cose
OF conduct or morals built up for the
swarming millions. so to speak could
not but possess fascination for one to
whom those millions had become only
as the faraway shadows Of n dream"
AS boy" John steele repeated the
words almost mechanically. MY par.
ents died when was a child. They
came Of good stock-Ncw England"
He uttered the last part Of the sen.
tence Involuntarily-stopp Il was
bound out, was beaten. | fought. ran
away. In lumber camps. the drunken
rlfirlff cursed the new scrub boy. on
the Mississippi the sailors and steve
loies kicked him because the mate
kicked them. Everywhere II was the
same. The boy learned only one thing
to fight. Fight or be beaten!
"ln Il worldly sense prospered
after | was rescucd-ln New Zealand,
in Tasmania. Fate, rs II TO utone for
haying delayed her favors. now lavish
cd them freely. Work became easy.
A mine or two that | was lucky
enough to locate yielded and continues
to yield unexpected returns"
And then. having fairly. through
your own efforts. won place In the
world. having conquered fortune. why
did you return to England knowing
the risk that some one Of these Eel.
lows like Gillett, the police agent.
might
"Why." said John Steele. because
wished to sift. to get to the very
bottom of, this crime for which was
convicted. For all real wrOncdolng.
resisting officers Of the law. ofFenscs
against oiIicInldom. had paid the
penalty IN full. ,believe But this
other matter TINT was different. II
weighed on me through those years
on the Island aud aftcrwnrd. A jury
had convicted me wrOngfully But
! lind to prove II, to satisfy myself. to
ind out beyond any shadow Of
doubt. and
-'IIe did" For the first time Captain
Forsythe spoke steele has In his
possession full proofs OF his innocence.
and ! have seen them. They 20 to
show that he suffered through the cow
ardlce OF II miserable cad. titled
scOundrel who struck his hand from
the gunwae Of the boat when the
Lord Nelson went down. Yes. you
told that story In your feve:ed ram
blings. steele"
"FOrsythe"-the others voice rang
out wnrningly tell you the
part he played was TO be forgotten un-
Less
AN right: have your way" grudg-
ingly
"A titled scoundrcl. There was only
one person Of rank on the Lord Nelson
b'sllNN fiINf'tlis uHu I'ISs tnt -lut
old noblcmnn's voice called out sharp
ly-" have said too much or too III.
tie"
John Steele made gesture. II have
given my word not to-
But haven't" said Captain For.
sythe. '"The confession procured
and what ! subsequently learned led
me directly to- Here is the tale. SIR
Charles"
II wa" over at last. They were gone.
Sir CD Irles and Captain Forsythe.
Their hand clasps still fingered In his
For o few moments now John Steele
remulHsd motionlcss, listening to their
depar;i " footsteps. then turned and
gaZcd around him.
Never had his rooms appeared more
chccrless. more barren, more empty
No; not empty, They were filled with
memories. The mnn squared his shOu.
dc"s and looked out again from the
window toward That small bit OF the
river he could just discern Once he
had gazed ut II when It's song seemed
to I've OF the green banks ana flowers
II had passed by, but that had been on
a falrer occnsion--at the close of Joy
GUS spring day How II came back TO