The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-01-30
From Godey's.Lady's Book.1
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM HONOLULU.
BY C, J. EVERETT.

BYC,J. EVERETT.
It was only last summer that it al
happened-it is April, now. hardly three
fourths Of year-so you will have
before the daintiest tints have had tim
to fade from my memory. And whel
these pictures that hang in ''der iSaah
der Vergangemheit" do fade-ah yo,
may retouch and recall at your best-i
is vain | They will come, perhaps, as
to data, like the shadow OF a tair wo
mans face. The outline is perfect; every
curve of the delicate profile is there, but
where is the color, the radiance, the
smiling lip, the changing cheek the
speaking eye? You have perfect sha.
dow, indeed, but no face.
Last June the CARTONS were welcom.
ine with the roses their fve-years absent
brother, just arriving from California
and the Hawaiian Islands. The clan was
moved to its remotest depths, and hosts
of ffah consins burst upon Mr.. Frank s
astonished vision, who began 10 think
he must have just struck "heavy Lode
of kinsfolk. With the excitement Of
welcome, and the killing of the fatted
calf for the dear boy wfN had not wasted
bis substance, you have nothing to do.
Your acquaintance with the family shall
open on bright July morning, when
tho high tide of relatives having turned
to ebb, had left stranded but solitary
cousin, lovely, winsome, dangerous Step
phanie Moore.
The returned Californian, aehandsome
fellow of perilous thirty, was reading
letter, throwing word, now and then,
to the three eager girls who were clamor
ing for crums Of news.
'.And he is really coming some day
this week, Frank 2'
$50 he says. And I shouldn't be sur
prised tosee him at any moment Red
Is such an energetic fellow, asd besides
he thinks it is Yankee to go into every
thing headlong."
What did you call him :" Mary Car
Teton asked. |
"Ethelred his name is, but he is al
ways called Red"
Goodness me ! Red Garnett What
funny combination p
- "Why, so it is, puss Never struck me
80 before; but I'll warrant you women
would see any fun that's going.''
"Red Garnett! | d+s iare it sounds
qnite savage Just like ked Jacket, you
know ~ and Stephanie hugged herself in
delight. Does he come in costume,
co,,siu !" *.t
"Ha, ha! Well, that's good Kanaha
costume, do you mean? Vell, no-de-
cidedly not. It would befather cool for
this latitude, and lin fact, | don't think
you'd appreciate it,"
With bewitching pout the young
lady retreated behind the broad, and
now shaking shoulders of her barbarous
relative, and his sister Alice spoke next.
.sDoes he eat like other people They
used to be cannibals, didn't they"
"Eat like other people ? You bet On
ly more so"'
20 Frank" interposed the Mortified
Mary. s'Do please give up those dread
full expressions! You never talked so be
fore you went away"
This was a perilous topic IA the fami-
IT,. Franks California slang seemed lit
tie short of penal offence to the ladies.
So he veered off from that rock to give
some further particulars concerning the
gentleman from Honolulu; how they had
become friends in their long voyage by
the Nicaragua route, and their still more
tedious shipwreck and detention at
Greytown. Told, furthermore, that
young Garnett was sent by his parents
to be civilized by tour through the
States and Europe, and would then go
back to the enjoyment Of great wealth,
unlimited kalo patches, aud an infnity
Of poi 3.t.E.s.. i
r. aAnd what are kalo patches, and
what is voi, sir z" questioned imperious
! T.. ..-..
POI, my dear, is. the national dish
of the ka1aba that means a native,
young ladies), and kazo is the vegetable,
whereof that delectable preparation is
compounded. Ask Red about it," l.
"But how shall we talk with him,
brother Does he talk English r. i
Nonsense !. Do I talk kamaka, or
doesn't that look like English 2" holding
out the letter, Of superb penmanship.
Besides, his father is English, as you
might guess By the name and"- II
"ButAe is o native, isn't .he-Red '
Garrett is native, of course2''
"Oh, ofcourse" Frank answered, with
q fanny twinkle Of his gray eye. "Of
course, he's native, and naturally loves !,
the kamaka lingo. Pity you girls can't 4
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