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Britain and the United States It used to be the boast of tile cltliena of Rome that to be a Roman was ffeiter than to be a hlns In the opinion of Lieutenant Charles Ripley1 Mtlted of hc United States Navy tftbe a plain American cltllen Is better than to be the King of the Semoao aflchrpeb It Isnt a mere academic ttmeiit bf opinion nor the answer a purely nypomeucai qiinumi im him Tno cnoice was nia ne utaerlean cltlienshlv and has experienced a ejuarm of regret Aa It Isnt often that the etiance to turn down a crown a thron and a kingdom falls the lot of any one this prosaic money making age It may be worth while to tell Just how it happened ih aineo narlv colonial days the RJpleya hare lived a1on tho rocky coast of Maine pursuing the nosaraoua vocations of sailors and fishermen Sam alghtr or ninety years ago ono pf these old sea dogs set sail for the Orient by way of Cape Horn expecting to fortune trading fraa rum and other proaucis oi TTTn gUn far the teas silks aad spice Krhartc Bast He never re turned nor were any tidings ever re eslfsd to tell what untoward fate had befallen him It was therefore conjectured that he and his good ship irith eraw and cargo had gone to the bottom of the sea Two generations of Rlpleys grew to minkood played their little parts on lifes great stAget and almost permit led the legend of the lost seaman to lapse Into obllvton Then Charles 8 tie tils and appeared behind the iiiht In blra the love of adven tirra that had carried Jit great great unola over seas never to return was re ilil int his desire for a life the Knl His Aeaire Itlny was flrmry vetoed Not to be zli wv fmm home and fnwsnvo faWVtb whr11 of time bfought to pass tha triangular lmbrog ft thaSamoan areBlpelago tharal wost rclpttatec war between ar Clreat Britain and tb Unlt i Btatea those oays in nr Jest oi ivs smj xr forthe protection of Araertcan in tats On tha war ahl Vandallawa ilatenaat Ripley hiw iKjif wadutlea took Mm to the paac i rfAAiv iiMiiiwi moHrcn usuv iW oinw taai wn was ariven iby thaVdeulaada of Xh4 Oarmaa Arm ml theaajwer enforces oy tna er fk wltnn MMlri tA PiliaAII je Min bktk yw itv JSrai Jiatle or ecjUtty Kerelyas a word Swi A itatr thaafuU title of tha German arm Is orh MIrP or record Hera iW lelajlJautiecha Hstndaia und PlanUgen fv OeaViaeliart uV Bud Sea Insets tojjllmlurar Mh tf 2ne Mie laqtrfrfa 6 ilii tetltIJ pr everyTA marf Kr eZJrwaa paratnva grata at ther palace i ferlatha praaaBea ofthaJUnarteaftwar PJ ahlpaHaIlto PrtlVJ tha oeir hop It Itar monarehxiwoUloV ba navad tror Jtf fff extmatioa at thahand of tha apteloua Germans in WSutenantKiji ley however ho seemed to take an extraordinary Intereat asking Questions concerning hU family history that seemed strangely Impertinent even for a King nnallv his curiosity seemed to be fully eatlefled and to tha astonishment and perhaps disgust of the officer threw his arms around hi neck andl hailed him aa a friend aad brdther Then he began to explain It appeared that the family history of the New England Rlpleys dovetailed Into that of tha royat house of Samoa to a nicety The seaman who had sailed away never tor return had Indeed met with shipwreck but hi vessel had gone down cjft the eoast ot the archi pelago and nis lire naa seen savea or the dusKy oouin sea isiaoaers aum tha manner shipwrecked sailors ha becama a great roan on that far off tropfe Isle wooed ana won a ouskt prlncees aid became tha progenltolr of a Una of Kings Lieutenant Ripleys grat grtt uncle therefore and MU toas griat grandfatber war on and the same person Th old Klnayappear to hv retained more sentiment even Inthemtdst of his trouble thai on would expect In a semi barbarian Anyway nothing would satisfy him bat tha adoption of tlon son After demurring a lonr as to eoorleey de to royalty woum permit th Lieutenant consented The barbarlo rites at1 adoption wrtir i formed with a pomp andl eclat that are yt held tri rjnrabrancron the islands and th naval omer became amember Ueroyat famllyof Samoek Th story of th iBleraatloaar mlx trp In the archJpelago haabean told so well and so fully by Robert Louis gtavenson lp jiu A rooty ota 1 Uli Wry S03 JSLZVOrt SFOS OAT COZOlZueteo i 3Hi3g ii 0 LJEUT CHSr 5FZY STT that It would be presumption for any on to attempt a further elucidation of th tale Warbetwert th three 41 Icordant powets was averted only by the dlsastraua tempest that wrecicea in Oerman and American ships When the Ill fated Vandalia went to pieces on the eTdafcylroclfa Ueutertant Ripley swam th Apia Irr to sarety ana then returnea in the rescue of hi fellow officers and marine on the sinking Trenton As reward for hi bravery he was given a year leave ot aaaenc on inn sea pay and sent to th United States to tell th Ua of th shipwreck regard ad th Hamoan incident a closed so far as kls personal interest was con hie newly discovered family connec cerfied Malietoa was deposed and Ma i tsafiwas slevatsof to the thron In Ms steal Th trlpartltr protictorate on dr tba GermanfEagIlsh and American Commissioners mad a sorry mass of affairs and by end by Ualletoa was recalled reign latlrwlth Maaafa Bhortljt alter tnai tn son jaanta balrapparanfta tha thrqnr dld 0oon after Mataafa died alao and la a few month rn4r old King Malletoa was gatheredte hls father Titni wjn upioth1 Intlrsattonal a Commission to find another King Neither of tho dead rulers left direct Issue and there were grav reasons of state for keeping the succession out of th Mataafan line After exhaustive Investigation of the royal archives aad fth interrogation of a oloud of wit nassea th Commissioners round that there was but one person whoe title to th esown waajo clear that ther could no posslpltlty of dlspate That KanJst vaa ka mArmmtJk aiA 10 IHai t4 ywtWJif wB ti uulao4 avu viiiiiiiouu King Malletoa Lieutenant Chart Ripley thert on th retired list of the United Etates Navy and an unaspiring cltlxen of the sovereign 8tat of Colorado fit was therefore notified that th throne of Samoa was his for th taking Mdwa requested to enter Into hla kingdom Btrangelrenough be refuted To thrust aside ilk Caesar a kingly erowm lslanacf a long way removed fronv th commonplace It seems to call for taplanatlon In thl cas th explanation la really ault simple It la simply a nwtdrtloa of the old old story Th TJeutnantraa in loVej A fair young Iaas back In eld Illinois had hi arC af had pledged to urm her hand The prospect of relgnjng in tb palace of the King of the Satnoan Islanders did not appeal to her as alluring Queen of the Lieutenants heart she already was Queen of hi horn aha was willing to be But Queen of theSsraoans Nay nayJpanllne Thus for tb love ot woman tho i rightful King of Somo refused th crown Whoi then shlljsy that th age or romance is uead or that love I less of a power In th affairs of men than If was la th storied day of chlvalcrl And who shall say that In thua choosing 4 lie woanaa of hla hearts desire In preference Its a kingdom the Lieutenant was unwise His MounUin Home Although Lieutenant Ripley thua contemptuously cast aside a throne and scepter i yet unuisputea monarch ot a tittle kingdom of hi Own After th clot of th Spanish American War he waa placed th retlretlatjOt the Navy having en thlrty ftv yrs of active service lie then donned th rough garb of a muotlnei and gatt prospecting In tha heart of tb Contrpett Wvjdef rlpp he srgik It has other features to recommend It besides being the home of th Man who would not bo King It 1 prob ably tha only home of wealth culture and refinement In the world that has the shaft of a gold mine leading from the basement down Into nature secret treasure vaults and It is doubtless th only one In America that contains the Jail of the municipality which It located directly underneath th ballroom The house Is built of giant cedar logs cut in ine mrrQuntiins niouniKiD Spoors ceilings and Interior woodwork are stained and polished in Imitation of rosewood and mahogany It contains 7000 feet of floor space on the ground floor level In addition to Mrs Rlpljiys boudoir In tia lower The ballroom accommodates eighty guests without the slightest semblance of crowding and here hundreds of suet of th Rlpleys have enjoyed tha novl eyperlence of tripping the light fantastic two miles above tlie level of the sea Mrs Ripley Is famous throughaut Colorado as a daring and fearless harsewoman No doubt If she had gone to queen It over the Samosn she would have awaksned those siuggisn uenisena of the South seas pretty thoroughly Two years age ehe made the 209 mlle trip to Qlenwood Rprlngs and back on horseback crossing the continental divide by way of th long lost Ute trail Thl had been lost for mors than a quarter of a century until rediscovered by Lieutenant Ripley It was the road traveled by th Cte Indiana to and from their permanent camp In Middle Park when they went buffalo hunting on the plains Fremont the Pathfinder searched for It In vain although piloted by so renowned a guide a Kit Cars a himself when he mad the famous overland Journey to California that earned for him Ws title Ha was misled by th artifice the redskins and sent on a long detour along th frontier and Medicine Bow range Anally crossing the divide by way ot South pas Had found th Ut trail It would hat saved him hundred of mile of wandering and untold suf fering In th Inclement midwinter weather Tha Rlpleys have recently bought a nlflHl tiAmeln htitvti an tafy ette tret Innhe Capitol Bill district1 where they spend th winter months I IIdwcvrthtr lorty yrie on th oreat of the continent sOemr a rnor fitting abodaf or tha Man who preferred bet empty honor of being numbered among th power that 5jt in tit in mn Elllnpllrey SereHty 1 Omn flnma llTln anrl lt oocuvuw vfjfts 31 tAfV Wt UULMM i i i 1 Seventy seven is iio bettet1 than any of the other thirtjS fiyi Specifics prepared by llr Jlum phreyss for Womens anil ChifJv dren Diseases for Pyjpepsia Inrlic aefinn anrl West Sirnmarh Ml for Headache Sick Headache and I Vertieo for 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