The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-22

| ROYAL BROTGHTON RETURNS TO
CIIlLDHOOD'S HOME.
KING OF THE KANAKAs HERE.
PEARL ISLANDS AND DEEP WATER
SHIPS FLY HIS FLAG IN FAROFF
PACIFIC. WHILE COPPER HUED
SUBJECTS LOUT Low TO MAT
THEW FIRST
ROMANTIC STORY OF MANASWAN
BOY SHIPWRECKED IN LABYRIN-
THINE SEAS AND HIS AMAZING
RISE TO GREATNESS
Would Murder Him For His Teeth-Isles
Where Old Mems Boards Pass as Cur.
rencs-Palm Wine Jags. With Ten Thou
sand Savages on the Blink-How the
Christian Half Of Tapatuea Massacred
the Heather Half eachcombers. ri.
rates and Mysterious Characters Vio-
llnist Who Held Attacking Cannibals
Spellbound Till Wind Saved the BE.
claimed Nessel--Rlack Pearls and Gold
Tipped Shell-Fungus, Reachdamar, Am
bergris and Sharks Fins Vast Lagoons
Awaiting Modern Exploitation. but Mat
thew First Would Leave Them as They
Are--His Majesty Only Smiles at CUES
tons and Remarks Significantly That
He Is Satisfied-s0O,O0O Worth Of Pearls
In Matchbox-Royal Plans Uncertain,
but Will Probably Remain Here Few
Months-Say Girls. Don't Any Of You
Want to Be Queen?
Matt had scarcely reached the end
when there was violent eOmmotion
outside-horses ealloping, men descend
Ing eXcitedly. the porch shaking with
the tramp Of feet. and pull. pull. pull
at the bell ~ though the house We're
on fire. A second later crowd of
newspaper men and photographers
surged into the room. SCATTERING the
carpet with mud and snow: a noisy.
jostling throng IN heavy oyercoats. all
demanding 1.-THE Kanaka king"
ME first gentlemen" cried May
nard. grabbing Matt rs though he were
bale Of goods THE kings mine till
noon"
"The dickens he is." exclaimed one
of the mob. elhowing up to Matt
Were all In on this. aren't we. boys"
"Yuu bet we are" came from dozen
ready throats.
Matt rose. speeches. with rage. and,
tearing himself clear. strobe to the
door and up to his bedroom. Here
with a bang he locked himself in the
whole pack pounding ut his heels like
school boys after n runaway
I'm not Il king" he roared through
at them There's not a word of truth
in that idiotic article. The first fellow
that breaks down my door will get his
head punched"
1t was fully half an hour before they
descended. disheartened and crawling.
to bundle into their sleighs and depart.
''Three boots for the king" cried one
Of them, trying to lead of. but his
suggestion met With no response. and
the iingling bells drowned his solitary
effort.
A little later there was a shutting.
numbering sound outside MATHS door,
and Iloyt's husky voice came through
the keyhole
"Shay. ole man. you aren't angry
with me. are you? Good Joke prcsh
It up bit and cit fif' dollarsh. Didn't
mean any harm -sholp and honor. didn't
mean any harm. Great newspaper
stuff. shat story Royal Hroughton re.
furnish to childhood's home and | got
4 IF dollarsh for it. Come along and
! nainsh town red Come along, you
old stiff."
The Manaswan Banner printed the
! Clarion tale In full AMI by that one Is
sue lifted Matt from obSeurity to local
greatness.
+ MATHS own appearance contributed
not little to the deception Me, who
have led adventurous lives on -. ron
tiers OF civilization usually jet Pc
culiar stamp-a peculiar gnd mas'led
individuality. Matt WAS II nnlv Cd
looking. but there was somrhiag IN
usual. attractive and even dl~tslruts 4
ed about him II was IMPOSE -
any one to "place" Matt; the Sherlock
Holmeses were always baitled: be fit
ted into no class and yet had an "air."
This capacity to rouse interest. fayora-
bic interest. Is human possession OF
great value. 1t has also. OF course, its
drawbacks. When the Banner raised