The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-01-28
CORRESPONDENCE.
VINO oIsKALAKAUAs Is
A Romance in Real I.ife-Traih Stranger than
Fietisn.


wonld have thought of receiving letter FROM Almost
thirty years. Can be possible that long time has
passed since took leave Of aid West Aecki And us
boys, who then were fishing swimming in Parkers s
deep hole or stealing plums in old Teeny Kising 8
black bottom, keeping peeled for Kate Oswat
and the dogs the face Of the earth
and getting to be old fellows" suppose you have
not kept the Of during all this intervening me
but have Of You, / have had many opportunities Of
hearing Of you by frequently seeing paper or ex-
tracts from it, But however much surprised may be
at receiving letter from will be more so at what
have to wrte-and write il you, because you have
the through the medium Of your paper of telling
it of the Oldt boys than else whom
can think Of
King David Kalakaua Of Sandwich Islands has been
here within few days past and the sensation Of the
DO you know DAVE OF You will answer
Permit to dispute your word and tell you that
you do and that the King Of the Cannba Islands and
you and were boys together This is what set me
writing to You
Do you remember Dave Badsleyl The question is I'M
necessary ANY whocEer lived in West Aeck, during
period eommencin. forty and reaching down to twenty
five years ago and college in the old scoohouse
ON Chicken Street has Dave and his sister Nance en-
bamed in his mem~y. Dave was the bad boy "i the
town, and forever in some mcanness or Others ana
every piece of wickdness Of which the author was u
found convenient to escape responsibility for
was generously placed 10 the creu' Oh D4'e W.
II The deSilneht was s's@'e. t'An on' pe's " US
ty could possibly na's a.o"nphsneo' N"n,r gu ~.
credit Of having assisted him. public was not
willing that should go outside Of the family He was Of
saow or rather yellowis complexion, and exraor'ii
nanly hardheadrdi ms hhs' was h"hss
himSrh anu ne was 81 '"sP " u N y. :. =,
that In school, ne never got ou' vi "'s ~ H.
two or three letters thal nc "o"u so"e''s "''e'" "
learning dnrihs "is, ne """'u i"'S
He utal 10 be than half -vited
ana II was irerS preui''u 'i'' ~, ",S "e.s ~ -: " ~
hansed. Nhe'her ''''s "'s""s = sum -, ' ~
not 'he Ptopne's "'' ~"
badsiey Is hihS "i '"e o'i" ~" i'''"''
While the King was being onzed mere anu WISHING all
the noted places in the ey my curiosity was eNeted 10
him. On the l2tb he visited the Water-Works and
fell in with the crowd that followed the elephant This
cold climate and the cold weather do not agree WIN MN
ana ne was elose'S ",onie" aP' o"' ""en "' gu ',
oniluihg' ne io"'ehe" s""e vi ms "'"rPs' ~"u A
s'"" VIC" VI "i oo ~ ~ ' :,
red to me- that had a' s"me .ne sec" '"o'e
features a'housn s"'he h' e"'a.''i O'' ""'" VI 49,
could not nA IN my nehrny- Inc hunger i"oAeu t"e
more positive did this feeling become My mhd wander
ed back back into the distant past was sure tha those
features belonged somewhere In the long ago. out sun
could not locate them But simple circumstance came
to my aid, and solved the problem Kaakaua is great
tobacco chewer and while was watching him. he pulled
out plug. and took chew That peculiar jerk Of the
head and twist of the mouth kneic had seen Then he
began to spit and that setting of the teeth together and
squirting the juice through or between them with sort
of kissing sound too natural to be mistaken. Like
flash of lightning the recognition burst upon 1t
Dare Badgiy But not having heard of him for
almost thirty years utterly at loss to account for
his appearance in his present character But of thing
positive-that the hard of Chicken Street
for whom every used to have spare kick here
being onzed by the authorities Of this great city he