Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 209, 12 September 1894 — UNREQUITED LOVE. [ARTICLE]

UNREQUITED LOVE.

• . ..w A Demented Lover s Desparale Deed. i The talc bas ālreadr been to!d in ali of the newspapers of tbis city of «scaj>e5 from the Insane Asylnm at Palama and tbe recapture and retara of all but one of ; tbe escapees to ihe institatioa. Testeniay afternoon Mr. A. F. . ftiude. a late &rrival m this city, - wā‘> h.is amhiiion to btecome a 1 jb£-nber ot the Sharpsh<>«ters’ was in tke Vicinity of the old cattle wbarf iu the h’ārbor engag».'d in rifie practice. Immediately after tbe discharge cf his Iaat shot ha beard a piteous cry of roingled terror and help pro--caeding frona the wharf, whieh was witbiu his line of fire and fears of an injury to «me ope from a split lmllet caused him iuvestgate the sorroun<l icgs. I Arriviug at iiie wbarf, he found a man strnggl.ipg in the w.»ter. 1 Render.ng noces9\ry assisUcce the almost drowned human was at last laid upon the wharf and bv-'u'rb-BS of vigoroos aud welldirected eff.>it.s was soon enab1ed to exereiae his fic ltie». Wiiilo . the m in wm iecoveriug waml aud streugtU his rescuer notioed tbat b!no«l was ocz ng from a wound 1in the head of the res<?hed, a fragmeut o! a rope encircled hia neek and tho lower portion of one of tho legs of the overalis, whieh encompassed the limp limbs, was burned. the amell of kerosenebe1 ing yery noticeable. Recovering apeeeh and in aus\ver to a natnral inqa ry of how sqch things oould be, the delapid-»ted specimen told iu half maudHn manners and in brief, the following story. Ho said that; he was of French extractiou, h’ad lived hero for vears but baving had means was j but littlo known as he was not forced to make acquaintances ; In an inauspiciois moment he t heeame acquaiuted \vith ft youug lady whose domicile is withiuihe shadow of tbe CentrUi Uniouj He Iavished his beart’s treasures ! witb au UQstiuting haud but, 1 alas, tbe usunl tale, a moie woalthy wower ānd'hiaiov« c..st aside. , Tlien followed the idea of self- j destructiou and to assure a suc- , cessful shutfling off he had procurod a pisto!, rope, laiulanmn and korosene all of whieh articles weie to play their part in the oonsarnmation of his wish for a long last sleep. He had walked ' from Iwilei that raoruiug through the shallo\v water to tho eaUle wharf. but had beou. eompelled, bv the preseace a bo,its crew of AmeHoan man-of-wars men. to delay his prepiration3. They gone, he had aftised the rope to ooeof tlie beams otthe cattle gu trd ] the noose aroutid his neek, s<tui: ated his ovcralls with the oil drank the laudanum and placing the pistol to his head had fired. But here a directing rrovidence intervened and the bullet glanced on the skull and severed the rope causing the would-be suicide to fall into the water thus estiq1 guishing the burniug clothing whieh had been iguited. The sudden bath made life agaiu worthy living and a struggle with ī that end in view was commenced | the despondent lover however baving a heavy handicap in his laek of Eaowledge of swimming. His struggles bowever had the effect of makiug him sw«Uow | many mouthfuIs of the detestable water of the bay whieh oaused a revulsion of the st >mach relieving it of mueh of the Iaudinuiu. A last effort in whieh his despairing cries were heard and answer. ed closad tbe wretched man'a tale, and b«* walked landward tbrough tbe sballow w .ter whioh lies between the wbarf and Iwi- ! lei. The rescuer, after tbe departuro of his eompauiou, in a casual look abmt the ground discovered a memoiumlum book evidently the property e.f tbe strauger and ou one le.\f of whioh was written iu a elear, Iegible hand, the followtng uote: “Miss — That a heart such as yours will feel pity for aRyoae jis uot beiiered by roe. How i you haue amiled at me wnen you knew yoar smile aud your 16st love death to • me. Aud, so it Uas become>