THE SUJRANTON TBIBUNE-MONDAY. NOVEMBER
1898.
A WOMAN'S
MERCY.
rrom Iilncl. mid Whlto
Ho liml Htoppocl bclilnil tlui oilier
callers utiil Miu enina lati. unil Aunt
Tcicsn was lsu uiollfili to lenVu Ilium
together.
"tt Is a Iouk time hlnco c mot,"
paid In.
"la If 1 tlon't icincinbur. It doesn't
beciu long."
"Only ii ai "
"Is tli.it all?" Slip sunk litticuldly
upon nn ottonnm und ho pat down be
Bldu liur.
"Ynii tuo not IooMiir vvrll."
"Oh, that's only my Ht.vlo. 'A pm.ill,
rale, blR-pyed Rlrl w ho looked Inter
esting to avert eiltlc Ism fiom her na
ture",' na :,ou put It In one o :,c)Ui
novels "
"Thut was written Ions before I knew
you."
"Still, It was a useful hint."
"To those who feaud the ciltlclsun."
"I fcaivd criticism veiv nun h thru."
'You m c uiitniKlvIni?." he paid bit
terly, with a slight Hush on his dai!;
lace.
"Oh, no! I've lonpr coaled to cue.
Besides, the critics haven't boon po bid
lately. You see, I haven't wiltten nii
thlnt' rictentlous tnoush foi notice by
jou."
"I have Riven up nlllclsm. It's a
poor liuslnr&8, anjliow "
"Have you wiltten iin.v thing lately?"
She knew his Ricat success nhnost by
heart, In fpiti of the iiiirstlun.
"Nothing ery good. A novel that Is
celling "
"It must bo nice to sell. 1 am tiv
Ins to viilto down to that level my-
bOlf "
lie looked at her dls.nppiovln.'ily al
most .tcinlv. lie had put his heart
Into the hook.
"I don't think tli.it is the Miiest way
of success "
She laiiRlicd qcoiiifully. "Peiliaps
not for n (renins. Hut I nm not unt :
ns was pointed out by u Rieat cilllc,
nine "
' Probablv he would now admit thai
he was mistaken. Time may have
taught him that our Idea of u woman
wns truer than ho supposed. Time."
he siRhrd, "destiojs a Rood many ot
our Illusion "
"Gieat critics should be fno fiom
Illusion"."
"My Illusion of woman's t'ooilnr-bs Is
not quite Ron", neeithelrrs, ,-ia win
h "IU. paused nwkwanllj.
"Other women""
"Another woman. T'ne li.Ilo dame
sans men I," ho conorted, looking
hungrily at her.
' I uppoio lim mean a woman whom
jou treated badly and limn whom mi
desoiveil no metcy." said she, leinlm;
her elbow on the cciuili and putting hei
cheek on her thin hand. Tin n wa 1ut
tho faintest pink Hush upon her c hei k
und her ocs looked fathoniles
"Jly Ilcnuis, liow pietty she Is'"
the man croancd to himself.
"I am try twiij vciy boirv to s..(.
jou looking so fi agile?," he said, as If
he had not heaid her (luestlon. ' .iav
we not hae a truce? I,ct me fetch jnti
ti glass of wine or smithing?" She
bhook hei head.
' Thou. Is nothing the matte i." said
she. "Only only 1 am not stiong. and
things, hurt me. IVi Iting Is too nnu h foi
me, I suppose. If I could wilte one
leally good book, ono that the gieat
dltlcsi " Ho rose angilly. "No, im
please don't go: I am not aiming it
ou now. Ono that good judges would
praise, I mean I would givu up wilt
ing and be content."
"Tho 'good judges?' You want theli
praise' The men who a No date to con
demn?" ' Yes "
"Yc t when they condemn "
Then oh, I supofco It Is all light
It is just enough. Oh, yes! I know it Is
Jut Hut it nearly kills me." She
liughed lather historically. "Absuid
isn t it?"
lie looked at her verv compassion
ately "You are too excitable Forgive
me for saying &o, but you hae altered
veiy muih eluilnur this last yen. You
look overworked, overworked, over
wrought. You must rest or vdu will
never write jour great book-"
'You know I noer eould "
"I do not. I bald tiniii the flint that
you had abilltj cneri In the 1 1 ttlclsm
which ou which hurt jou" (pho dug
her nails passionately into her llttlo
whit" pihns) "and foi which jou lmvo
taken the fullest icvongo in jutir
pow 1." ,
lie tmlled a wlntiy smile and would
have looked blttcily at her It ho could.
I don't suppose u huit jou much'"
she Iuiiuiud, with a suaiige wlstful
!' Tf he had i eail In r as he i id w o
iiieii in his-' books he would slmpl hno
taken her in his aims. Hut ho meic'.v
felt .t tin III of hoiror at hei ieom;
lulniss a mental shudder that such
a si, ft, fair, small cieatiuo .should wish
to mi pain.
oh no, not much." said he. "Not
eiuugh to .iimll m nit, 'such as It It.
Mv kit. 'Ft laily-ln-a-liooU has caught
a t'Hich of jou. Hut oeii she comes all
nglit in the thlid oluniP at least,
what would be tliu thltd volume It they
w icn t all In ono now."
Yes." said she, thoughtfully. "I tin
clei stood when 1 lead It. Sho Is'n much
better woman than 1."
1 gatheiel that jou hadn't load the
book '"
)h, that was niv Hastiness. O'
coui-u l'u uad It. Kveryono has nad
it Uesldt t, It Is port of my business
now to r ad tho bonks of jou gieat
people."
What! Tiu a tilth ' What rui"
The 1 tally Thunderbolt."
He looked at her in mute astonish
ment. I'oi Hi-' Thunclicbolt had call
ed his book tho gnatest woik of llio
Midicat wiltcr of tho ase width ho
Kin w w.tsn t Hue. ,
'Yi u wrotu that rlUjiw?" said h,
Floidj. I ought to thank you. I sup
Pojp Ih.t I coiift'i,s 1 Uo not under
otunJ jou."
' (," .she answeietl sadlj', "j-oti ijo
not underhand nn. You iter win
undetstarU mi . 1 caunol uwWrftaiid
rns If om 'times. nm full of
wiolci'ed tier-'s, the iloetou puy anil
only i wo things can euro in-"
"Wnat nio tlii'j"' ho ofclst'O tnEerlj'.
"I)c ctli or '
"or""
'I haa forgotten. TIuppliiojs, I
huppobe." That was what thu apoilaU
if t said, but she Intt i pieuctf U aa lovo
this loan's luvo'
Ho l.)okd nt her . omlf Is-Kly. Was
It loo or Kinorso or further reieng"
that was In Ilt mind? Ilc would
liao bacilPic i his life for her. Jf need
be, but not his pi'du. ,u, no: ono ru
buff was enough.
"If happiness wno offered, you
vonld probally throw t aside." ha
said, very Pteinly. She gave a quick
glance anil lead his mind,
"You do not undirstanil," alio an
Bweicd, cilily, with tho team vtiy
near her ecs. "You nilue1o me;
no'.v and ahvujs."
TORT SAID.
Ho bent n little forward toward her
anil Just touched htr bltoo with his
hand.
"Is there nnj' wnj- any possible way
In which I can iinilei stand?"
Dainty touches of pink stole out on
her pale feutur, and something soft
ei'ed out the disdainful cutl of her
pretlv lips.
"You might read some of my stories
If you could enduro them. They ato
'mo,' I think."
"Then you nre ve-y nice lately; but
' ho hesitated and stopped.
"lild you read 'A Woman's Mercy,'
in tho Sew Mngai'lne? slu asked sud
den 1.
"No. I'm ufiald I didn't. But I
will."
"I will he :t judge of that. What Id
It about?"
"Oh, a mnn und a woman tho usual
thing"
"What man and woman?"
"A eiltlc and wiitct." He became
aleit with Inteicst.
"Tell m u about It."
"1 I don't think I cin jomomber."
I Ir face was ery pink now.
'I should so much like jou to," ho
pi- aded.
"Well, sho wns a would-be-w liter,
n pool, sensitive, nruiullu creatine,
llko me onlv not so niustj-" "he paus
ed fur i otitriidli Hon, but ho was silent.
"She wiot- a book oiiro," sh" con
tinued, 'when she was Joung and
lamllul. Theie was a woman In It
a bitter, hatd. eiuol woman bonowcd
fiom Hirie vellow -backed novel not
her own creatine. ieall not even her
nastj" self " She pui-ed again and
look m1 nnIcusl, ippe iliniv at him.
"Stil htr tiiii- si If- Ik l bettet belf,"
he Miggestcd g nti
"Not aeeiiriiiiiR to niv tale. Well,
the book went oft falily well lor u llrst
cntuic; but a gieat eiltlc lashed the
heiolno meiellesslv."
"You own the hetolne was bad" ' The
Imiulty seemed lolccel liom him, It
was so sudden and ehciuetit.
"Yob oh, j-e.s' ilut the eiltleism hint
her the gnl who wiote It the neuio
t !-, passionate Rill teulbly. She woi
ileil all dav ocr it; she lnj' awake nt
night and cried oer It; she she "
Hei oleo broke and she blushed away
a tear with an angrj little sob.
"And so she h ited the e l Itii ""
"She hated the clitic, oi she thought
she did."
Thiiu was a long slleme.
"Old she take her lelenge upon him
In jour tale.'" Ills tone was chilly
with assumed iudlflVn nee.
"She meant to, but "
' Tell me "
"When she met him she didn't know
that he was the e rltle "
"And he Jell in lose with hei?"
"lie said so."
"Dhl she like him Rii"?" Ills face
was still (olel, but his voice was almost
lleieo In its eagerness.
' In the story she did."
"Hut when lie told her that he was
the- ciltie?"
"1 didn't say that he told hei."
"Hut he did, didn't he?"
"Yes In tin- stoij"
' So bin haled hlm"
"V i s not I'Mii tly I don't know."
Her hands kept opening- and dosing
aimlessli.
"Anyhow, she lesohed upon re-
onge?"
"Ye", a sort of icvenge."
"A sou of unenge?" She shumk and
ejuhered at the seom In his olie.
' You should read the sloij," she
pleuUed.
' Po I not know It?" he tiled.
'No," she answered Uimly, "you do
not know it "
'Then I should like to hear." Hut
she knew that he had haidened his
heart.
"Well, sho iesoled to let him go on
liking her "
"A soit ot reienge'"
'She mado heiself as attractive as
she could. She wasn't very prettj-, you
know, mereH a 'small, pale hlg-eje-d'
' Tor heaven's Bake!" ho cited, tierce
ls', find hoatsely.
"Well somehow she made lilni llko
her, and she"
' Hated him all the time""
'Nv-o-not ultcKfethei In the tale"
' Then ho proposed to her "
' 1'S, he proposed to her."
' J.ame !y e nnut h but eu nestly."
There was tho i igo i a eageil anliual
unde-nenth b'w unlet olee
'Oh no' Not 1 im.lv nt all. honestlv
and mntitiilly and lolngl-. Ho was ,'i
biilnndld chnractei in the tale." u
was stiauge that he could not nail tho
hi'i-woiHhln In hei tone
' Hut she thought he wasn't'"
"No She thought he was. She knew
he wns" She tied her handk-pn ii,,r
tiemblluglv In 1 nuts
Agnes, Mm aio tiylng to play with
me 1 Jo not uiidi rstund "
No," she said, passlonatelv, looking
up at him with white, drawn face and
quivering lips ami tjes full of pain:
' you du not undeu'tand. He did not un
il"i stand "
"Did she not nluso him" Did he not
tell lilm that the cilticlsm had ne ml v
I hi oheii her heart? Did she not tell him
I that she hud lesjohed to take the hit
i uiest i n-enge that a woman could
take? Did Hheot tell him that she
had studied hirboks to lind the wavs
that atti acted him moiu, to make him
ciiit- fur her? Did shu not tell him thut
she had miMiit him to propose that she
might refure him.' Did she not nay that
sh wanted him to caro for hei oil tho
lest of his life"" He stood up and
towered over her like an accusing angel
Ye," she tmUJ with a svih. Ilut "
' Hut! There Is no huf to excuse
such conduct ns thut!"
"Ah, but she had a lot nn- to say
If hi would hao ht.u id her. Hut he
i in wed iirr und 'cent awaj In th tale!"
"Agres!" Slio sob'.ed uinonttulh 11$
behind hei handkei chief. "Agnes, f.i
mi rev's sake tell nm what would i.he
have told htm if he had not gone." She
looked up w till a tent -stained faee.
Sh,. would have told lilni," she said,
st.aljhirf her vdte biavely and lujinsr
her liiigei-tlpn upon his utm, "that he
hnJ cuniiueieel her pusalon and her
wickedness, that frho had found out
how criit and strong and kind ho
w no"
"Acnes', little Agnes' Would bho liave
told htm that sho loved hlui.'"
"11 don't know. The tnlo stops "
"Hut our talo, deal .'" Theie was
something in his voice that was past
fid'crlblng.
Tlion she louked up nt him, with eyes
bilminlng over, and whlperoil re word
no biokenly that ho eould scat rely
hear. Rut ho tool; her in his aims anil
held her as close as could be, und bhe
tried to nestle dorer.
"Oh, Aggie, AcBle," he ciled; "I
ought to lmvo l;uuwn-a woman's
mt'iiy "
Hhe lifted n iltishei1, happv face and
thunv n pair of llni, willml pmus
uiounrt hlrf neoU, "No," she whispered.
"iiij dwci, dear boy. A womana lovol"
A Brief Survey of the "Wickedest
Place on Earth."
rrom tho Tavorlto Magazine.
In I'oit Hilel Itself there la llttlo
whatever to eoc, except divers foims
of lco anil wickedness. It Is pio'i
ably tho most thoroughly lmmoinl
und vicious place on tho Xace of tho
cnith. Hut passcngets ure more or less
bound to go ashore, for It is hie
thut tho steamcts take In coal. Thu
ship Is soon black with fine coal dust,
and, as every port-holo and door Is
closed below, the place Is decidedly
dirty and lnt, and generally uneoiii
foi table.
The only amusement on lnnd Is don
key riding. There Is an old Atab in
Purl Said who looks ns though ho was
steeped In oil and sut, but who intimi
ty Informs s-ou: "My name, sir? 1
am.iohn roi-r-r-guson of (Ilasgaw
of fllasgaw, mind ye" Ho owns sK
donkeys of which ho Is etieniely
proud. Ho Is a cute Individual, and
eiV smatt at dolectlm al u glance
the paitlcular natlonalltj of any pet son
he ees approaching. He sees u
Frenchman coming along: ' Oul, oul,
monsieur, ties bon, ttcs lion master
want a donkey tide? Mv donkey tin
bon donkey co veil vatts. V hleh d m
dey master llkeo best? This on naio
Xapoleon, this ono Victor Hugo and
this Coloneeit ITnteipilsp." He pei
saades the rernohnian to ttj' the pcn.
eis of Coloneeal Hntoiprlse, whi'h, by
tho iv ay, aie lemaikibly feeble, and
then turns to meet a Geiman, sijirg:
"All m donkejs name after Geinmiiv.
Very gut countiv, Ocimanj. Nut
same as duty rienchmiiii. Miimm'
a ride. 'J his donkey Illsmaiek, 'iind
that one the Hmpiror William" If
the tiavelltr Is an Italian lu has Oar
Ibaldl, and If by dieis of ypeic'i ho
leeognlzes the lsltor to bo an Hngllsli
'naii he bows piofoundlv and iitiests
that for .i shilling an hour jou will
be pleased to make Mr. Clad done,
vjueeu Vletoil.i or Mis. l.tiigtij Hot
m oiiud the souaio
Thu Journey thiough the Siii-2 e ami
is monotonous in the etiemp lor the
ship moves very slowlj-. and on i llhei
side Is a wide expanse of bandy elesut,
whose feaiful glate Is tijlng to the
ejcs. The canal widens out at tin Hit
ter lakes, across whoso not the in end
the Jsi.ulitlsh ehlldlcn nuule their
mliaeulous passage, jt then naiiows
again, and pio.seives Its unluteioatlng
nppeaianee light on to the end. The
steamcis stop in the tiull of Suez lor
a few houis and take In in ills, and
Hume times a few passengi is, but no
one goes nshoie hcie, as the town of
Hue?, is several miles distant. The gen
ual rbaiactcr ot the illinate and of
the morality of tho countiles ljing east
of this jilae o have been well summed
up In one of Kipling's songs, when- he
puts Into the mouth of Tommy Atkins
tho woids:
Ship mo Eonii where eiist of Su a.
Where Hie best is Ill,o the woi-t
Whero tin to ain't no Ten ('euninaml
ineiits. And a man cm raise a tl.iint.
Out of the Gulf of Suez and we
leach the IJed sea. At eettain s asons
eil the j ear the Heel sea Is ulinost un
bearable. The watei tal uti from -evenly
to eighty leet below 'the ii(a
of th. tt at fi nV'ock In the rao'i.l ig
will of tin ieglster tx t nipciuttlie n
high as 9fi degiees. f, ju uelillt' m, i
ti ndstoim thinks lit to blow, the whole
air Is full of a mist made or innuni
oiable pnitlclcs of tine hot sand, whidi
Mind and suffocate at the same time.
POI IS POPULAR
IN HAWAII
DUT IT DOES NOT APPEAL TO
EVEKY PALATE.
Each Kind Worse Than tho Other.
One Wiitei's Opinion of This Fam
ous E-lsli A Ulscouiaglng X)eli-
cacy.
CHINESE JUSTICE.
It I& Sometimes Meted Out With a
Vigor That Shocks Euiopeans.
li m 'J'l IV'lI.
One night we halted at a pi n e called
Hungaj', which In ihe stem, stiff lang
uage of "Tho lnl versa! GaKetter. ' may
be said to bu a small town in tin
Yunnan piovinco of China; population
ulitmt r.,000; products, ileus and mhei
stnall deer. We weio making a hunted
esiapo fiom the wietelnd plnie when
Diwu suddenly missed his cnmeia. rive
mlnutcj liefoio staitlng it wns snapped
mi the machine, but now It was gone.
A bwift tun was made to the inn Had
the luudloid seer, it? No, lie had not,
feed litsldei ho didn't want to be di
Uirhed. for ho was eating lire Hud
nirvbndj' seen tho caine.-a? Not a soul.
'J.hcie was nothing for It but a visit to
the lyiundniln at the jainen. He was a
klndlv joang lellow of about our own
age. Ho listened quietly while the loss
was epl:iliiud, and when he undei stood
there had beer. till, vlng he tinned the
color of papet with lage. A tioup of
soldlety was dispatched to the Inn with
ordeis to uirert eveijbodj-.
Thero ft a Chinese piovcib about the
aiHIsablhl? of the dead keeping out of
hell and tho Irving out ofyamen. I.and
loid, cook, sweepoi, stable cleaner and
all tho hawseis-on weio. however,
maiehed to the- janvn In chains, and
every one was trembling with flight.
There was much confued jabbering.
In the end erne of the men was maiehed
awuv, but in ten minutes he was
brought back with the cameia. His
rounteiianco pioclulmod hlui an niinnt
loj-ue, and when the innndailu ww
tint Ihe Icuther case had been tut open
with a. knife and was Infoimeel that
tluee photographic appliance's were
still missing his lage was unbounded.
Putting on his magisterial robes he
sentenred the thief to be thrushed, He
held up one hand ns an imniliy If fifty
strokes would be sullltlent punishment,
l'lentv, Intimated tho foieigner. Down
was the man pitched on uis face, the
hs tied, tin llesh baud und heavy
fe 11 ihe blows.
' Well," said I.owe, 'as I've been put
to consldeiablP Inconvenience over tills
rawi.il, I think I'll take a snap shot of
bis 'brushing." And ono was taken. The
beating went mi and on, the itilllun
rriiaincd and blood wns tunning ironi
the wounds on his limbs "ilejii't ho
hud the lltty jet"' was asked "Fifty
V.i. his punishment is 1m, bundled
Ktrukes, and he lias n t had foiu hund
red vet." A plen was put foi w aid f . r
meny. Hut the imindailn with bia llpa
tlr' t, would not listen. It w is tiu r mil
trill ig him that tho iiiM'lly of ii'eny
ii af not st. alned, or thut It dioppeth
'l' tho (Imv fiom heaven, or that it
bcvaino the iiumaith hotter tbun his
erown. He wns paid to purlsh off.mdtis,
nu J be won ge lnj? in pualsh them. How -over.
It vna soon all over, and the
wret'h lay on tho gtouiul groaning,
wrltblns;.
Valuable Facts.
"1 see It stated," lomarl.cd Mo, T. n
ppot, "thut tiu AtctU explorer Nmseiii,
his lecelved twentj-llve ihuusind dollii's
tor thrio nowspuifl aiiklis. '
"That is tho row aid for handling told
fuels," leplled Mr. Ttimput Puck,
The Difference.
Utile Coke Blackstcne I think a due
tors path nts got off easier than a law
j pi's clients: don't they, pa?
I.uwjer IJlnckstono Think aguln, my
son! Did sou over hear of a lav. t r kill
ing his cllont utter ho had cleaned him
out? Puck.
Mabel Loomls, In tho Independent.
Am lice Is tho national dish of Japan,
t.o a eel tain vegetable called pol has
that high honor In tho Hawaiian
Islands. Propaied In a lailetv of
wajs, each, to th" uvoiagj foreign
visitor, Is less appetlrlng than the last.
When a native family Is seen hap
pily clustered about n largs central
bowl, dlppplug theiefiom with two
fingers ti substance of nondescript col
or which seems hugely composed of
an Irdifferent qunllty of mm lingo, one
i lay be moi" than toletnbly sine they
aie Indulging In the dellghu of this
dellcncj". Leprosy Is s-ald to bo largo
Ij tiansmllte d thiough this custom,
when all the im tubers ot a fnmllv,
clean and unclean, tlnust ihelr lingers
Into tho common toeejituelo.
A trip ot something oor 210 miles
list sumnior on one ot the native Intct
Isiaiiel bte'imi'is fiom Honolulu to
Hawaii was the occasion of my flist
mcmoi able experience with th" deleet
tblo pol. Having meiely tastcl It bo
fote, and without ma iked satisfaction,
I noticed fi Jiiend seated ne ir me on
the deck, herself an old resident of thu
islands, ctu.iged in drinking fiom u
glass something evldentls cold and
possibly good. Wishing nlwajs to c -peilcncp
novel sensations whenever
mailable, 1 onUiid u similar bevei .
from the obliging llttlo Japanese ate w -aid.
When the glass airlvel it was
found to contain a gtay and elastic
material, Indtscilbably sour and
alat'nlng In Uivor.
I had eaten black bread In ('criuniiy
with accessoiles ui.n'imcd, raw l.sh lu
Japan with unilasltled eiuitacius
and shoots ot bamboo, and national
illblu .; In a .irlrts of legions, but It
tcnuiied evetj' kind of cosmopoUuin
lm 1 could summon to lefialn lioin
uireemls' demonstration alter one
eliaft of this liiiihi oi iluld or -vIkious
pol. It is n dlseoui lging dlleac v
Kencvved llteiet aicse in the se n
rj, which happily at this p ilut o'ni
i il as ItH elilt t iituaclloii the moiiU
liunt to Cmuaiu Coolc, suiiouiid d bj'
a 1 me of chains and old e mnnii
t 'lifts ovei Ml) leet high iisu hero
stialght up from ihe s, a, and uoiiiul
the baj', wliMe the watur is im el ,ii
uiul gicen n an e meiald, nestles tin.
little- town of Ki.awaloa.
Tho silo of the astionomle.il eb-.il-M.tnij,
established bj" Captain Conk
leaiby, wa tut teen, but it w.u ii'i
Intel etlng thought that Insltuin'Mits
hacl i in p been set up and observations
made' hi this liu-awny Haw litnn h.'i-boi.
rSHIllttlD IN A NEW Pit .
His dlscoveiy of the Islands In 177s
was certainly tho lun.ing polrl In
tli"li histoiv tisheilng In a new . 1,1 ot
pioMiss and liospeiitj. The- sumi'l
visit of the gi it nuv Igateit was in
ilie autumn ef lb ame jtai.-un In
Inii'iaij of 17i'j he atihoiiil I Keal
akeuku i bav. Ills mutiki in l'ibiuai'
so atlicted Ihe woilel at laig. thai nu
ovei pel en jcais no foieign t-els
uttcltipted to nut hoi theie. And j.ow ,
neiulj a c"iitui' .mil ti ciuaiter liter,
a few Aineik aus weie looking cuiious
!' ton .nil the little village fiom the
deck of a modem steuini r, pui.iilng
to go nshoie mid ttlepnone acioss the
lurj Island.
1 wonder if the uufoitunate mnlner
was giv a pol to ei.t. In addition to his
oth'f dlsujt 'is.
The monument Itself was eintnl in
lbJ5 by l.oid Bjron, comm Hiding the
trigato Hlond", m ihe name ot Cap
tain Cook's (ouutisnun, on land pie
sinted by tho Pi luces I.ikellke
A day or two later a. delightful up
Iiortuiuty to take pol again, and pi i -chance
ltvrse the sad Judgment
against a nation's btaple tuod, on air. 1
at a lovely lamh an oasis of inline
In tho midst of vulcanic eh suiation on
the slopes of Maun i Lea, the gnatest
Volcano In the vol Id. ,
When its oiitei gate vji passed,
blight gicen giass and a f-vv old tiees
gretteil evis weai led with indliss
masseji of pahoehoo as the natives call
tin smuuthls Ilowing lava, now o'd
and bllffened in o aw ling curvs. Tho
bouses nestled in its gai lens like onie
great tniplcal llowei. Kuehsliu hung
their billlliint blos-soms ln.inj feet
above our heads, avcmiet' bold led b
tall eolius not less than sis teet hieh
led Into a labsrlnth of abloom and
beauty v heio he.ntj welcomes waited
In thu shue'o.
P.u the benefit of the guests, untie
ci'stomed to Hawaiian customs, even-
thing at thin "pol luncheon" was done
ns enthelv after tho native manner as
might be consistent with comfoit
NATIVi: COOKING.
Peyoud tho gat den joung iUs ami
chlckeiib weio Mill iSastlng lu an
undergiound eivcn (umu), wheie foi
tluco oi four hours they had Iain, el. h
cately wrapped In hi (or tl) leaves
ugulnst red-hot stones, lajeis of vege
tables between, and the whole coveied
with eaith and stones.
Native servants, epeits in nn art
now dvhig out, wete engagul In n
inovlns the uilous ediblis fiom the
;)U, so daintily cooked that they hard
ly held In shape while being can led to
the house
Later this most delicious luncheon
win served on the wide veraiidu. or
luniil, i ich chair diaped with wrc iths
and gfi lands of lloweis, which wne
tb.own over theshouldois of the guests
at tho conclusion of the least. Hoses
wen evcijwheie. for that undesirable
luse 1 1 by which tho Honolulu loses tin
eUn-uve.c had rot. last summei,
m cluil Haw-all, the hugist island
To be thoroughly native the com
I iiij should liaio had in chaiis, but
n co'iccsslon was made t Anutleun
backn, and sitting on the lloor was
omitted from the pol ceremonIe. The
Unit In on w.ib so lavish, illespcetive of
this mj,( table, that I thought of it
mole hindlv. and leained to manipu
late tt in tho Hup "two-llugeied ' lncth
td. Mill, I could not but legal d pol
with lingering suspicion. Its color Is
i.galnrt It. (iranlto giay Is not an at
U active tint In an at title uf diet
Talcs ot old touit life filled the pleas
ant afternoon, as tho shadows gnw
lon' aeiosa tho giass, and it las-t the
k'udly host ai.d his family g.itbuied
at tho gate, when alolius dilfled out
to us far down the r ad, as tho uiicm--tain
stugo boio us oiku moie to the
outer bin en.
Suiiounded by friends and flowers, a
deep. blue tioplcal sea, vast volcanic
jiiouutiiln slopes and tho soft, sweet
ntiuosphero of enohnnted Haw till, even
pol has become poetic In retiospect.
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SCRANTON
STORC.
SCRANTON
STORE.
124 and 126 Wyoming Avenue.
This morning: at 8 o'clock we shall open a most extraordinary
Alteration and
Rebuilding Sale.
This sale will continue for two full weeks, preparatory to closing com
pletely duritirr the last weak of this month. This entire store will be remod
eled and not an old fixture will remain, Our present front will be replaced
by a vestibule front, the equal of which cannot be iouud anywhere, and thou
ands of dollars will be invested for the sold purpose of making this store the
most attractive in this entire city.
A special reduction of prices "vm bcgiu thl"? m?ru!ns for
r r the purpose of reducing our
stock. We must have more room, and the only way to make stock move
quickly is to cut the price AND CUT IT DEI, P. Kvery department is af
fected by this change, and every one of them will have to stand its proportion
of the sacrifiqp during this sale. Be on hand early. The best things jjo fast.
Remember, that the loss of sales during the week in which we
shall b2 closed, will have to be made up NOW, and to accomplish
this no sacrifice will be spared.
Alteration sale of dress goods
The bulk of this stock must be sold in order to make room for carpenters
and mechanics to work in. There are only about two weeks for this to be
accomplished in and every day counts. Prices have been cut special for this
sale and every item is a winner.
One lot double fold checked and plaid Dress Goods, reg- fL
ular price 10c. Alteration sale price L
All of our 15-cent plaid and figured Dress Goods.
Alteration sale price
94c
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.tilii .ind cIimUj inn i. Il i Ii .0 i''i
tiiid ' i , nlti tattoo ili i U .
One hit .I.koi aid inlstiiiix ii -I ii-
1,'iVtll llrllllll! lllll u'l . .llti I Itlllll -ll
pill I"
VII of oil"- l",i ami iii mliiriil witiil
itiKtiiux, iilti r.itlim .-.ik pi it i
Oim lot 50-lntli iliiokiil oil wmi! ilii-.
KiiuiK Just thu llihiK ln t-l.lrt" iittn h i
been T."e , nlti ration Mile pile.
All uf on i all wool 'ttiilitti prii , Ii i
hi n mi , .ill' I itiiui - ili pi I
25c
27c
4c
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25c
All uf ime "i-hiili l nlli' i In tli. i'ii
h lllll .ill. I lllull Kllll' Hll .
Din Im niniltv ilns p.m. in- .ill thl
(ii IIH.I l 1 l'iiimN plim h IS Ii i n iloill vl!''l
to $P alteration - .le price
nu lnt l.lii. 1; htcirm hi'iBe, 'K: m ul,
alli l ii t ton Mile pilee . .
All of inn 'lit hliuK uipiiix, nlti rutiuit
S.ilf lilic c- , .
All nt oiii hi ult .Incunuru llHtirul iIicsk
Roiiil. lrsiilai tiilec linn 1i en :xie alp ra
tion wile piict
11 ut our $1 r. mill $ .. imuiii imii, nl
ti I II t lull i lie pill c . .
45c
7.98
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75c
29c
98c
Alteration sale of new fall silks
After our improvements have been made this stock will occupy a new
section in this store, and will be placed where the lijjht is more perfect than
in auy other dress goods department in this city. Our first object is to make
this stock LESS so that it can be moved more easily. This sale will continue
until this store closes up entirely during the last week of this month.
One lnt lil.ll 1. lilix lil il Willis ",li t. I
ulu union i.iln pili i
One lot In i. iikil (Ilk" in vv ifi'it "
Sialic, ultii.itlon Mli liiie
One lnt c In ckiil unci nuiul III.-- I
m.ilrc m Imii, il . Ii i- li ' n ''v M-' '1
Jl "iii cholio of mi, aid latlnii sih in in
33 c
65 c
73c
(in, lul 1,1 ii k rutin ilui In -si , till .-Ilk,
I ii ut uli .iln i itliin 1- ill II i I . .
tliu lot 1,1 tik tiff I i sPk li'i J.I .nit il.
tt I lllllll llll UIC
Oil. kit .7-ii i 11 lil nk hitm iliklli--,,
I'KUlut prii ! SI ii nlti i ulna s ili pn .
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46c
79c
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AH trimmed hats at a big reduction
Here, too, the price-cutter has becu at work. vSoiue of our finest trim
med hats have been reduced spec ally for this occasion. There will be
marvelous selling in this department today, and you should not fail to take
advantage while the opportunity is here. Space is more valuable than merchandise,-
and the best of it MTST GO, else we run chances of having the
same ruined during the rebuilding. There will be a special lot at
$1.50, $2.50, $3.50 $4.50
Children's Trimmed Hats-Triinmed with ribbons and quills and
conic! from artistic models, real value from $2
Alteration sale price.
to $3.
l'ifU ilozrn laclici.' ami cIilMnriH 5..1II
01 mill walking hat- triinmcil lo.nlv 101
w vir pike litis been T5c . Hpeclal
Ono lot chlMicns school li.itn, In ml
olui. trlinmc.il Ktidy tnr weal, T .
gitiili. spsclal ....
Ono lot latest !npi.il clilliliiii - "iliuul
hilt ulinniiil In cpilllK 1II1I1011 hiii.i,
shoulil ho $1 21 npctlul
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49c
69c
Din lnt -.Viii-Iiuli n-tiiili plmin s In
lilac k, ."i hi.i Ii sn 1 i.il
O111 lot 1 1111 v 1, ulicis in all tolors,
pllOU UtlH l)Ll 11 .'I -ii 1 lal
One lot fnnev li ithi is in all tcilii,
pilfo Iijh lie. n lyc . sptital
1 Imii e ot mi j nt i ur 'iv iiiitiiinmiil
fhtip K, Hpeclal .
Mm lot clilliluiiH tiibnB"iin regular
pilco SDc, sptclal
21c
19c
10c
49c
25c
Bargain counter specials
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Ol'TIXO l'I.ANXi:i.-()iie lot inilliu'
flanticl In slioit 1 iiMh" Altu itlun sali
Itl'D KlMtKAIW-Oiie lot Mill -1 ill h
S)tPinl3 CM 1 lallte mi II iWIimI ule
9'e rrailo. Altei itlun Sale pile."
I'OWi:i.S-Oro Im limn tiw.iix. I'a.m
nStUku pilic ISc Alteration SviIl pile .
One lot li.ltll towili, U'.i Biailc Al
tc latlcm Salo piiio
DltKSS ri..lIJs-"i.ouO v mis twlilnl
pkild fur cliililn w'n dies 4oi uvular prii e
h'jc Altetallou fc.ite price.
5.34C
75c
10c
8c
5c
DAMASIv-Onc lot rxtia nuallly iloulilo
dam sk In bloulnil and nliblccirliiMi,
icsul ir pilie '"i . Altciiallon Halt pilic ...
1NUK.O I'ltlNTP-All of our 5c. Stan I.
aril IihIIro print. Alteration Sulo price! .
JU'hl.lX l-J brown muslin, So. Kradf.
Altciatlou H.vlo pruo
CIIASII I'uro llnuir ciash. 7e. sraoo.
Alteration fialo prb o ... .
ri.ANNl-I3 fienulnn Jlnipsilolo Ibii'
ncls. sell ovoij'wlicio at JSc Alteration
Halo price
39c
3J4c
434c
27'c
Alteration sale of
Sadies' an.i children's underwear
COMBINATION suits Utiles' WojI Combination suits in white, Krev anl bl.icl;. Allcwtlon snls price:
S'oo suits . . 1! 5 ) Sjo3 SuiU . 9150 Sj.w bults .... $1 19
ICI'SLY I'lIMil.n rsfS-One lot of lulios' vvluto iiieruu jerbe ribbd ests, e.llent qunllt, -yf
Jilgh necU t U sliont sleeves. riKiilai prue ,$;, Altetation sale price ?vC
CHILDREN'S HII3UI.D UNDl IUVI AH-Oie lut clulJien's(;rey jerse rilili-J vets anJ pants at the folio Ins prices:
Sies 10 18 JO .. J4 on .8 30 32 34
Nebular price 13 i-;c uc 18c jic 24c jSc 31c i wc 3s;
Altiratlun rrUe Ho itie 13o lo li)o at aflo '-.'."ics UTu ,.
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