Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 286, 23 Kepakemapa 1891 — A ROMANCE. The Paradise of the Pacific OR The Devil's Kuleana. [ARTICLE]

A ROMANCE.

The Paradise of the Pacific OR The Devil's Kuleana.

(Continued by Uticle-%ke.) : He wāB aoabsorbed, ūtat he 3id not notlce the book-keeper till a etrong voiced aroused him. <l Hello Smithie, what kind of a spell has |iarali2ed you now. Itis no uae she is fiot for the like oSyoa. She is married and may be soot) otherwise* engaged." "Well, ehe'e a little beauty. I thoght ehe wae |a porcelain iznage till I eaw her wink Yes, «r,ehe'e 4 little daisy rijth t out of a picfcure frame, M aald the young man. *I thought," eaid Rowe, "you had a oollēōtion of budding loTelinoßB that oould notfaeequalled." | "The darliqg girlB of Bowow?e are BuperJor in something to all the rest of creation> but in the matter of aad ordeis yon know it requires education of taste to appreciate them. By the way Pn goiz>g to ihrow up the eohool tB9ch> ing bueintes, 1 have loBt £uthinthe thing, | u 'WhaCe happeaed to throwyou off the track at thiB stage V 9 l *oh, th« Board of £duoatioo. They are alwaya afrit. They spoil all the i>leasure of teachisg. They ara alwaye issuing prodamationB, manifestoes* ukaeee, and maudamneee. But Uiie lime it oameiu the form of a pnvate him from the in- ! -

]*&*&?& W W ':■ ../'•?* R's aiegusiing. . I argp@ai with ■;: the nian- I said: * i Lcfo& here ? yoa ' pay me &'ltiin<%r@d doHajrs a iaoulh to try to iha&e soxaetlimg out ōf a fofc of yoang ; eavage». You eau'l - |mt intellect in their heads/aj*y - »aore tian.you <jan „t&ke the:eo3^ of t¥ek skias bytea€hiī% tfeessr—®i3glish. YOQ ean'tedu£at& a js«ml>. calf into aOm-ham . kin a wktermēlon. Improvei3aents have tol>emade aoc@zdmg to the laws <©f uatore. I eai* ia£?er * Mtoy make s la% a&4 ge»&©man oot 6f i&eae briite, but 1 cottld haveT*S%y hat£whifco& that #oolrfW great impTovemmt oā l&e al&rlginal — a better br©ed: Hē seemd( to ;take ia my aad said ; woald speak to tiie boa*d about it. ;3ut those old fossi!s will ne?er bs able to appreeiate modern and improved methods. I'm g<ung to wsign, 1 am and he dropped onto andpartl£ mto a keg , of nails by the eounter in a yery dejected attitūde. * * * "You are too adyaisjed for this age of the world, Smithie," Rowe l&nghing. 4l Genius i$ never appreciated till it rots m the grave," said Smith sententiously. Think of ali I have suf&red in the eause ofeducaUon! Think cf the,shooks tormyfeeliags. Think of my past inno6en66, my vhtue, • my cl»aracter, my mim«rtal soul! When I eame out £rmn England from the foeteritig cāreof my mother and my grandmother and my aunt and the good old family I.knew notlung of the wi<&e&xiess of this worid the flesh'afid tlbe devil Whenl wasemployed to teāch school, und I went in my virgm simplicity and —fouad my pnpls, ttie whole lot of them% young ladiee andall playing ia a neighbori&g pond~"with their clothes pled up onarock, I faltlike ahen with a brood <rf duckUngs. I sat down x on thedottae andtried tore&son with ihsm<