The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-16


clOaster than I'm.
But was going % rite 10 you about our visit
% old father Welle-, the sekertary Of the navy
and eheef butler of Andy johnson. That was
jet after him, the Dock, showing me his soard,
~ I told you Of afore. Well, Ills Hines was
bound 10 have a talk with welle- about that ere
gunbOte OF Ourn, that sent out there to look
after our Affairs in that hshpOnd. Saysi, % m
Dock. - a. we, and the Dock, was walking
along and before we cum to the door OF the Dee
IOrtment, -aysi, your Hines, reckon twill be
bert for me To % in fIst and announce you, in
case old Welles, seeing You To Onet, might be
scared into fts- says be, you're right. kunel. l
ree<lekt I scared woman ODct in the Fleece
COort into histerrieks, by mi noble barcing. ~
when / opens the door Of the Oriiee there wasn't
any wun there but welles hi-sclf and orderly
marine. Ses I, good morning, Uncle. God
morning. Kurnsl, SAYS he, what's the noos. Saysi,
the Dock, His Illness from Owihec, is n coming to
see YOU. His Hines, the Dock, says Wellcs,
takin hold with both hands onto his armelare.
Lord, what shall I do, Kunel? y raal ginuine
Dook, you say? Saysi, -Orter one, Yankee
doOk, say-i, as ginuine as anything that ever
comes from Connecticut. No, saysi, cOrrekting
myself you I'M from therc-I meens Moo Hemp
shirt, WHARF tie Dock born, and WHARF his
father fought the young idee how To shoot. Old
Welles, tell you, was purity well in n scare. by
that time the Docks heavy military boots were
heard ON the hDOr, and the orderly marine opens
the door and salOOred him, but His Illness never
bemeent hi-self as much ar To nOtis the marine,
but to Onet come up TO time in hi stile and walk
ed bang up to old WeIles, sitting in his chare
sorter stunned.
Mr.. Welles, saws the Dock, I'm here to demand
from you the reason what for you are keeping
that gunbore for month month n stretch
sortef blOekading my ports. Ii looks susIeechiOus
to me. Ef you have any sinisterous intentions,
say 50, and I am sure, my dear sir, (and the
Dock talked nifty snooth-Iike, sorter purrin-like)
that you and me come to- n private under !
standing about it. IL was like as cf n bumshcl
had bin throne inter the sekertary's run, and
raaIly spectel to exPloshun, and We all sent
to Davy Jones' lockker. 1 could see that Uncle /
weIles was nifty riled up about sassy little |
vol imper,lently askin him what buzines We have I
10 send our ships where VIC like. The /
sekretary ried up instanter, drawed hisself rite 4
back in his eIIare, run both hands up into his 4
long white locks, rs he alters does when his dam
der is up, and says he, our intenshuns is the beet
in the world, but what buzines is that to you?
We nede thar two gunbOtcs insted of one, and .
had idee OF sending another a. soon rs she Gums
of the stOcs but sir, to having any snisterous
inten-huns n YOU imputc, have merely to say /
We are ON the most friendly terms with your guv-
ernment, and it is very strange that your guvcrn-
mcnt-
SIR, saith the Dock, drawing hissclf up consid-
erable in the backline, cutting old Weiles quite
short of, I'm the government. want YOU To un-
dcrstand that. IF gunbote Gums for n short
time to pay there repcks and get water, don't
Ak questions, but when YOU send a gunbotc to
stay and stay for months you Oughter has ritten
to me and AIRED my PeTHIsheH aforehaHd. Ii
looks suspecchious OF sinistcrOus intenshuns, and
that ere gunbOte OF youm has bin the oecasbcn
for my great anxiety to come pusSOnally TO Wash
ington to find all about it. and to settle things
pussOnally In quiet way to our mutual beneficial
satisfaction 30 ct You have any sckrets about it,
eOniide IN me. I'm the hub of the wheel of Stat.
Without me the wheel would bust, and the whole
saperstruckture tumble in. demand full egg
pIanashen from YOU, Sir,
Wall, Cuzzin, His Hines looked more grandcr
than any Moo IIemIzhirt peddler as / ever seed
afure and n soon as he had spoke out me looked
iust at me, and then at the marine, and at the
pikturcs Of Farragut and Dave Porter that hang
on the wall, much a to say, - Do You hear
me ?'' but all uns, me and the marine, and
them pikturcs, looked sOrter deaf and dumb-like,
and that rather peaTcd to take His Illness down
peg. Old Welles all that time had bin steddy
like looking aiore him, and as His Illness wore
blue cote with brass buttons, somewhat like
navy blue, (nOt havin had his reception at Andy,
YOU no be was incok.-likc YETI old father Welles
from looking at the blue cote peared to me riz
peg or ., leastways, says he, in sorter easy and
short way, Mr.. Whats-yOur-name, reIete what
jist told you, that gunbote of ourn Is sent with
the most friendly intentions, and ef one don't
suite we'll send two, for ef thar's many such inn
perllent cus~es thar you, it'll need morn one
and then old Welles slewei hissclf round in his
arul-chare and went to riting, which 1 took it
wus an order to get that tother gunbOte reddy.
That took the Dock down n tall peg, seed by
his nose - tcched him on the elbow, and
saysi, let's go. The darncd marine sorter cock
ell his eye at His Illness and opened the door and
guv another slapping saloOte, but the Dock took
nary notis of it. When We come outside. the
Dock looked sorter down in the mouth. Says
he, KurneI. that old Wcllcs Is either nifty deep
or knows nothing. I'm fraid made jakass of
myself give IN to your pinion, saysi.
Tomorrow or next day I'm going to interdooce .
the Dock To Bill Seward and Andy.
Your loving Cuz, MrN. Il. SMITH, /
Kurnel L. X. late c. \. /