The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-06-28

from home for a few days. ny clothes al seem to
be aware Of the intention, and hide themselves
in places where they never were belore my
papers-uSnally most regular IN arrangoment--oi
sudden become tOpsy.t1rvy loveditty gets
into an essay on chemistry, aud Christmas tale
into the British Constitution. For the faculty
Of jamblng themselves together in mextricable
confusion, however. on these occasions. and at the
shortest mOmeat. commend me to the KEYS -
they bea; all, The scissors you have Just laid
down may indeed be found in q book you have
no, opened for mouths the razor you shaved
with this morning, in drawer locked up last
summer; aud yoGT gloves and oari-case have
seized the opportunity Of getting into the deepest
corner Of a portmanteau you don't intend open.
iug iill your journeys end, days hence. But all
these are nothing to the keys; there they are,
bunch stuck together in manner that defes
all attempts at extrieation the large KEYS have
got into the small ones the small ones. webs,
pipes, rings. are all spontaneously intermingled.
with eOmpleSity Of ENHANCEMENT tha. hours
Of perseverance, would not have enabled one
to achieve. l should Ike. too, TO be informed
what i, is that takes possession Of nv pens. l
most particular about them. yet constantly
ind their uibs in one Of two conditions: either
the form Of letter '. spill, up to the feather, or
as sharp, and for the purpose Of writing as useful
as skewer.
Why. again. do two lett-hand gloves always
dad their way into the pocket Of my evening
coat, and. in the effort to accommodate myself to
circumstances, cause me to appear as though
had paralysis in the right1 The alternative
70 this disaster is. the fate BY which meet
rural friend Of warm temperament; who grasps
ne warmly by the hand. bursting my glove up
the back whilst the button hits the opposite
wall stop not to inquire why all your swell -
friends meet you when you don't want them. and
never when yOa Dc. This is simply the coutra-
risiy Of human nature. But I should ike to
know why an indiyidnal-bs il man or woman
With whom for ages may not have corresponded,
juvariably Is seized with 1T Of writiag to me at
the same moment as break silence to him or
her. our two letters crossing each other with an
exaeiuess no paius could insure. Has any one. 1
would ask, ever yet taken up what he thought
vas poker that he did no, find it was shovels
or was / pair Of bellows or tongs ever yet
found IN any inn or lodging house! When was
that enormous stock OF hair-e!oth sofas and
chairs constructed, which abound in every one Of
the said inns or loigiegs and why are the
cushions invariably loose, and their padding com
posed Of shinslef Who grew the worsted flowers
tbs: flourish there and what fish ever inhabited
those brown shells now devoted to earwigsl
Why Is 1872 the only room ever vacant a. any
hotel when | arrive "a gVroH. although there is
not the slightest evidence Of there being any
other traveller in the house! But Why, o Why,
DO things and people all get as,ray that you do
want and zhy are those always IN sridsaes that
yOu don't. and even these disappear when at last.
for once their presence would be desirabIei
And why don't things happen-yes happen
that's it, lmy belief Is, everything Happens, and
Life Is passed in a chronic condition Of tOss-up)
Why, l ask. don't things happen the very reverse
OF what they do2 And then another thing
would happen and that is that shouldn't have
written this article and you would have lost
great opportunity Of improving yOar mind and
enIlrging yoar understanding Adiea-EagiisH
Socisfy