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Show THE SM1THF1ELD SENTINEL. SMITH FIELD. Scenes and Persons in the Current News ITT AH Bob' Annals of Kauai, the Garden Island, $1,000 in Silver. I FT me tell a tale of this fruit--- 4 ful and beautiful Pacific ocean jewel that harks back to the early days when land could be bought for a song and singers urre in voice. Out of the many-storiecalled to my attention 1 selected one that came to me through Mr. Eric Knud-seborn in Kauai sixty odd years ago, eldest son of Yaldcmar Knud-ceone of the earliest settlers Mr. Knudsen's method of rce ing the dramatic past involves Use of mountains, from which may survey the land and sea of his beloved island. Kawaikini peak, 5,170 feet above sea level and lo--, cated almost in the center of Kauai, is his favorite elevation when discussing panoramic beauty. The spot of green a few miles off shore to the southwest," said Eric, waving a brown arm over the whole of Christendom, is Niihau island, where my mother once lived. Site was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Eliza Sinclair, who brought her whole family from New Zealand in 186.1, two sons, two sons - in - law, three daughters, six grandchildren, and settled there. About seventy-tw- o square miles of rich pasturage for sheep, cattle, other domestic stock and honey bees, its highest elevation rose 1,300 feet above sea level. It was like the arrival of another nation, this family from New Zealand. Father Suggests a Way. However, if I am to get on with the story of how my father, Valde-mKnudsen, found a bride among the Sinclairs, you must turn your thoughts back to Niihau, small, but important in my own affairs. After taking over the property, Mrs. Sinclair discovered there a Hawaiian-bor- n settler who had long occupied a small strip of the island and who held in fee simple a royul grant that interfered with her plans for development. She offered to buy the parcel. No, the native would not sell at any price. Both he and his wife wished to remain until death. They were cold to all proposals; a sentimental blockade, as it were. My father, a Norwegian who had come to Kauai in the early '50s and set up a stock ranch and orchard at Waimea, enjoyed no little distinc--; lion as one familiar and friendly with the Hawaiian people. To him Mrs. Sinclair came with her problem, authorizing the purchase of the controversial strip at whatever fig- ure Valdcmar Knudsen considered fair to all concerned. Give me 1,000 trade dollars, he said, 'and leave the rest to me. Upon receipt of the coin, much of which was tarnished, he devoted three full days to putting a bright polish on the sinews of war, which he loaded into a canvas bag and lugged after dark to the straw hut of the Hawaiian couple, where he was welcomed both as a visitor and an old friend. Silver Hood Descends. Casting the silver burden on the center table, he mopped his brow and straightaway launched into a flood of gossip along general lines. In the midst of the babble, he opened the canvas sack and began to stack shimmering trade dollars, ten in a pile, all over the table top, commenting the while on what each tower of silver would buy in the open market. Under the light of a coal oil lamj), shedding its golden rays on the white metal monuments scattered about, Valdcmar Knudsen, fingering the coin as he talked, described boots, brooches, bracelets, clothing, silk bodices, axes, sewing machines, bureaus, in-- laid bedsteads, cooking utensils, saddles, grandfather clocks, dinner dishes and rocking chairs that could be bought and delivered at the humble domicile of the old couple, now huddled over more purchasing power than they had ever beheld in their whole lives. All of this for your land, said my father. Yours to have and to hold ; enough to last all of this life.' Natives Won Over. , Hypnotized, the aged couple, alternating between chilled indifference and melting acceptance, held their breath, the man battling with resistance, the woman yearning for speech. Flat upon that table, midst the piles of money; lay the canvas bag, empty of all temptation. Hie Hawaiian, immobile as stone, made no sign. With a quick movement, my father, encircling the hoard with his arm, began to draw the $1,000 in silver into the sack. Paul! (It is' ended) he. said. No, no, Kannuka, exclaimed the woman. We will sell It is enough. . . . Leave the money there. Where is the paper? Turning to her hua-- 1 band, she smothered him with an appeal to close the transaction. He nodded, . burying his hands in the j silver, flood. Mrs; Sinclair allowed the couple to remain until they passed away, j Evidently, the Norwegian! business tactics made a profound impression upon the Scotch woman, as my fa- VENUS MODEL,; Rotary Elevated Airport in Model I a rotary elevated airport, designed by Captain Charles Frobisher was exhibited at the Inventions Exposition held recently in Central hall, London, England. One of the big advantages claimed for the rotary airport is that it can be turned in the direction the wind is and landing of planes. blowing, thus facilitating the take-oA model of Grant of Chicago; tailed the perfect model" is shown Miss Grant was Wng measured. (teen from among 140 girls who were regarded as almost perfect. il New Machine' Speeds Beet Digging LEAGUE PRESIDENT Counsel The first person to bear the title King's counsel was Sir Francis Bacon annninti'ii hv Quern F.lirohoth It's Cby topsoil. 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