The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-07-29
Letter from Mr.. Grundy.

To the Editor Of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser i:
SIR Just after Betsy Jane had cleared away the
tea things on Saturday night and / had lighted my
pipe, and Mrs. Grundy had taken up your valuable
paper to read to me the news of the week as is her
custom, and having drawn my chair up to the fire
1 mean the door-and putting my feet ON the fender
-confound 1.-THE table-(how these old country
ideas do stick to one) 1 said Now! go on my
dear! Anything about the Gazene, or the hotel, or
the Victoria Regia. or that unfortunate bill sticker,
or collector, who stuck in the mud the other day on
the Esplanade and had to be dredged out minus a
leg"-I was suddenly startled by an hysterical ejac-
uiation from Mrs. g., 20 what's this2 Oh a
challenge. oh Fire Police Help Stop EN- Mr..
Grundy Oh the dreadful man -" Why what
the deuce is the matter ?' said 1. "Oh look
That horrid Park has challenged Mr.. Rawson to a
duel. Goodness !" said 1, "I'l run down to the
Marshal and have him arrested at nce-but let me
read it first" I was much relieved when 1 done SO,
and told Mrs. Grundy it was all right, all in fun.
"There was a little man, and he had a little gun,'
and so forth, but she would not be comforted-ffor
from the day our little Dick sat on the darning
needle and Susie got q mango stone fast in her throat
she has been very nervous) and insisted that I should
see MIR. Rawson, and beg of him not to accept the
challenge as she was sure it would end in bloodshed.
But my dear, I demonstrated, &c have not suff-
cient knowledge of Mr.. Rawson to do such a thing.''
sc Bother Well, write to him can't you? % 'He
MOuNI II lIuIcItlu6Hls III ueAE. Don Z
dear me, Mr.. Grundy.' So seeing clouds looming,
l at last compromised the matter by consenting to
write to you, Mr.. Editor, to interfere, and / must
say that Mrs. G~rundy-who is a particularly sensible
woman-has very reasonably argued that Mr.. Raw
sons long established reputation as the best shot in
these Islands needs no further endorsement than the
fact that his bag and his bounty are always full upon
his return from a shooting excursion. And though,
unhapplly we are not known to Mr.. Rawson, still
Mrs. Grundy, who is a particularly sensible woman,
AYERS, that from what she has heard, she is sure Mr..
Rawson will bag more game in a day than 7. K.
Park can in q v week, by aid of either the muzzle of
his dog or the muzzle of his muzze-loader. With
this parting shot, Mrs. Grundy has gone out to tell
everybody all about it, so I will have a word or two
upon the subject myself before she comes back.
1 have been resident in the best duck shooting
country in the southern hemisphere, and have seen
many such trials of skill as proposed by Mr.. Park,
and never yet saw one satisfactorily settled, so that I
would strongly advise Mr.. Rawson to have nothing
to do with it.
1 have not the pleasure of Mr.. Parks acquaint-
ance, nor have / heard of him before, but of Kinney
Rawson and his celebrated dog and gun I have, and
l trust MIR. Rawson will rest content with his we'll
earned laurels and be satisfied that such q puerile
attempt to detract therefrom is ~fruitless, and that he
will not be lured into o contest so derogatory to the
character of the true sportsman by the temptation
to enrich himself ut Mr.. Parks expense. Probably
this challenge would never have been issued but that
L. *. Park is cognizant of the fact that his quiet,
unassuming, and gentlemanly rival would decline to
enter the lists with such an antagonist or in such q
cause.
If Mr.. Parks stream is ruf1ed by Mr.. Rawson's
successes, let him move higher up and not act the
wolf In the fable. Now if this philistine is 80 anxious
to engage an opponent in mortal strife amongst the
feathered tribe, 1 will find him a " foeman worthy of
his steel "a David for his Goliath-now resident
in the province of Auckland, New Zealand, providing
he will make the amount worth while, and allow
reasonable expenses for my friends loss Of time in
coming hither, and the merits involved shall be.
MIR. Parks personal, and those of this dog and gun,
at duck, snipe. pheasant, or the pigeon trap, or all
combined, but let US call it by its right name-a
betting ransaction-and not pollute the honest
s~portsman's. Any communication through your
columns shall be promptly attended to.
By jove here comes Mrs. Grundy Il wonder what
she will say when she sees this last clause in print
never mind, I'll swear the editor did it, or that it's a
clerical, typioai VI geographical error, or better stu
that The priaferts .iogil has done Il, fshe'l Ieiieve