reflected splendour. He also modestly explained. that it was his own expert fingers that had made that wonderful blanket, embroidered stars and all. Finnegan's history was briefly this: He appeared suddenly in the camp, shortly after the men came ashore, and was kindly fed and made much of. Neither man nor dog can withstand material blandishment of this sort. Finnegan had duties and affiliations elsewhere. He had a short, though doubtless severe, struggle with his canine conscience, and disappeared at intervals to make amends to his original benefactor. But these spasms of conscience became rarer and less imperative. His visits to his home grew briefer and fewer; he called at first semi-weekly, then weekly, and then, alas! not at all. He had had a fatal taste of martial life. He was ensnared by the position to which he had been so suddenly elevated, and he finally cut the civil service once and for ever, and enlisted for life in

the navy.

"What will you do with him when you leave Honolulu?" I asked Captain Swinburne.

"Take him with us; Finnegan belongs to the Boston now, and whenever the ship goes, he goes too."

Thus it will be seen that while the residents of Hawaii were awaiting diplomatic and legislative formalities, Finnegan had quietly annexed himself, and was to be henceforth, for the remainder of his

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life, an inseparable part of the American Navy. One could easily imagine his future career. A sailor's life on the high seas, a hero in port, a participant in other revolutions, a central figure in State ceremonials, and finally burial with honours of war in a neat little shroud in some calm sea under tropical skies. A dog's life, like a man's, depends upon who and what he is.

Our expressions

But to return to the needlework. of admiration over Finnegan's blanket encouraged the men to bring forth other treasures, which were all duly admired.

"A sailor can make anything if you give him a needle, thread, and a bit of soap," said Captain Swinburne, and one could easily believe it after having seen what we were shown. Upstairs we were taken through the officers' quarters, the tables were spread for luncheon with some crisp young onions already set out upon the board. We declined the generous offer to share this part of the prospective meal, and so said good-bye with a promise to come again, an invitation that was gladly accepted several days later.

CHAPTER IX.

KING KALAKAUA'S PALACE.

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HROUGH the courtesy of Lieutenant Laird of the Boston, and Colonel J. W. Robertson, Chamberlain of ex-Queen Liliuokalani, I was permitted to go through the Palace, which was then closed to the public. It was rather a melancholy experience one more reminder of the unstable. nature of human institutions and of monarchical splendours. To Colonel Robertson had been entrusted by the Provisional Government the custody of the insignia of State, the crowns, robes, and jewels, and the valuable gifts of other governments to the sovereigns of Hawaii. All the personal effects of King Kalakaua reverted to the Queen-Dowager and to ex-Queen Liliuokalani, but the collection retained passed into the possession of the Government, and has been carefully preserved in the museum. The Palace was built by King Kalakaua, as has been stated elsewhere; it is a piece of modern French architecture, with Mansard roofs, balconies, and many windows, each of which commands a view of

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unimaginable beauty, lofty mountain peaks, over which the clouds descend; green slopes and valleys, with masses of tropical vegetation at their base.

The

As we drove to the entrance a sentry from the native infantry opened the iron gates to let us pass, and Colonel Robertson met us on the steps at the entrance. We were conducted upwards first, and in the grand corridor on the second floor were shown an interesting collection of portraits—all the noble old Kamehamehas, Queen Emma, Kalakaua, and ex-Queen Liliuokalani. The most striking was that of the first Kamehameha - the greatest of the line, a warrior of marvellous power, who united the domains of rival chiefs on the other islands into the government of which he became the head. face in the portrait was that of the best Hawaiian type, uncontaminated by alien blood, the dark skin and dark eyes of the natives, with short snow-white hair. Over the scarlet uniform he wore the yellow feather mantle of royalty. Another scion of royalty, the wife of the successful Kamehameha, wore a magnificent tiara of ostrich feathers like that in one of the familiar portraits of the Empress Josephine. The portrait, and that of her husband, had been painted in England. It was a most interesting collection.

A portrait of Louis Philippe, presented by the French Government, was also one of the chief objects of interest with a history. It was four months

in its passage round Cape Horn, and was received with imposing ceremony the very day the monarch was deposed, an event of which the Hawaiians received tidings just four months later. The portrait of Mr. John Dominis, the husband of Liliuokalani, a man of Italian descent, was that of a delicate, feeble-looking person, and he was a striking contrast to his robust spouse, who has all the embonpoint of the Hawaiian.

Two empty gilt chairs stood upon the daïs in the throne-room, with a staff on either side surmounted by the Hawaiian coronet, and behind these two towering kahilis - the ancient emblem of Hawaiian chiefhood huge plumes, made of the black feathers On the walls, framed and protected with glass, were decorations received by royalty from the various European Powers.

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On the floor above were the library and the private apartments of King Kalakaua. The King's chamber, with bath and dressing-room, was hung with pale blue; the furniture was of gold and ebony; but the place was dismantled, all his personal effects having been removed. The Queen's suite, in the wing opposite, was still more simply furnished. The hangings and curtains were of chintz, and the rug in the centre of the bed-chamber had a pattern of huge roses in which the primary colours predominated. The library contained some volumes of the Edinburgh Review, a number of medical works, a small edition