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Show WHAT INTERESTED THE CHIEF. South Sea Potentate Anxious to Hear of Famous White Men. Dr. Rusfcell Cool of California hap-pened hap-pened to suppress an epidemic of measles while on a vacutlon tilp to Tahiti, and Chief Oreaori gratefully Invited In-vited him to a banquet In his primitive palace. The South Sea potentate and bla white RUfHt Bat amiably on the floor, and dined off ro-m pip and other native delicacies served onx broad leaves and eaten with the finger. After dinner, host and guest adjourned to seats outside thp palace, lit lonK, fat black cigars, and gazed out ovci the moonlit Pacific. In the eyes of Chief Oreaori, Robert Loula Stevenson, who did so much to Improve the condition of the South Sea islanders, was tho greatest white man that over lived. The chief related re-lated to Dr. Cool many incidents to illustrate il-lustrate Stcvenson'B kindliness, then asked a score of questions about tho health of Stevenson's widow and of his BUspchlldrcn. When the last question ques-tion had boon answered thore followed fol-lowed a long period of Bllence. The two friends puffed slowly nt their cigars and luxuriously regarded the rndlant tropic moonlight ulowlng upon irustllng palm fronds and Ue silyery, ocean. Then Orenorl turned'to tljp doctor doc-tor and demanded. "Now, (ell me about John L. Sullivan I" |