The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-09-17
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STREET TALK.


One OF THE -. +. H"
Smith, Of the Poi and Kukui Plantation. has
made a big turnout Of sugar this season. aud
was at the Highwayan Hotel a few days ago
ami as | knew him when he used 20 suckle a
hoe-handle in the cane rows Of a boss. he has
always been kind o. cosy with me-. and so he
invited me to a tuck out, with a wash-aown Of
Hcidsick.
Smith Is now an exclusive sort Of a fellow
since he got a lift into some plantation stock,
and has substituted a sugar-keg for a boe-handle
in his scutcheon, and he claims to be an f. F. H.,
or"of the /" First Families Of HswAii." IL IL
trne that he once sawed cord-wood at four bits a
day al Shutdown, in his native State and that
he came out TO the islands in the steerage Of the
Sunhower, and was glad 20 get a Job on the
Beach at "a dollar a day after his arrival.
But now he employs hands, and. with his
thumbs in the arm-holes Of his vest, talks know
ingiy of what's got TO be done about the Treaty,
aud what the Government has got 10 do in sup
plying the plantations with cheap labor.
WAS speaking to Smith about the lot Of folks
that came by the steamer. Too Bad T" en-
claimed Smith, with an up-turn Of his nose. a.
lac >quinted at the bead Of the Heidsick he held
mp in his right hand, We are getting overrun
with new people-Tom. Dick. and Harry-from
the slums of Frisco, Chicago, and New York are
now coming here Thinks ]. what about the
slum, Of Shutdown 2 But. a. he paid ion the
HcidSick, | responded with the deferential smile
of a sucker drawing ON patronizing pap.
He went on 1T used to be- like one family
when | first come here
He come along somewhere about the sixties.
g One knew everybody then he met in the streets
of Honolulu. He never got a nod from anyone
then. except from IA hummer on two that used 20
hang about Cape Horn Nov, said Smith.
as he leaned back with his thumbs i'm his arm
holes, and raising his upper lip into a sort OF
lanyard grin, You are jostled by n lousy crowd
that nobody knows. or a rifraf Of excurtionists. Il"
/ could not help but think of the immigrant
from Shutdown, without a change Of shirt, AS lac
shambled out OF the steerage OF the Sunhower.
Smith continued 1--WE have got too many
interlopers in the country, and a few Ought 10 be
run out. There's that Jack on Richard-street,
you know,-I have got n point or two on him,
and | think l can get the law worked 50 as 10
make him vamose the ranch. And / wouldn't
mind coming down with something TO get a few
more bilks out of the country"
You have contributed on several occasions. l
remark either to run men Of You did not
want or to pay some ead-beat's passage home.
40, yes | have done both. The fact Is. /
would like TO work of "A good-siZed brigade OF
foreign semi out of this Highway nay. You see,
Don, ! have worked wcll-in with Fort-street,
and we are working things about right and we
don't want a new crowd elbowing around here.
The islands belong to Ms, and they are just big
enough for n score or two of planters, with hands
enough to run things easy, and make a few
decent piles. When | go back to Shutdown, l
want to hire my own car, and label IL, Smith q
Slceef, Of The Poi and Rukuf Plantation. And
as he spoke, he traced the contemplated label
with IA pencil ON a six-inch cuff that ran out 10
his knuckles. Nov, he continued 10 say,
" n send-off like that is reasonable, after a fellow
has been working himself grey in building up
the ID country, that would have gone 60
everlasting smash long ago but for men like me.
And do you think we care to see n new lot of
bummers coming out here, poking and rummag-
ing about, and looking for chances ? Why the
pickings and ceteras are small enough anyhow.
And I'd Just AS lief have the most OF the steamer .
coming this way suuk,-and only have one or
two to bring galoots to work my cane, and carry
my mail. Don't talk 10 me about new arrivals
by steamer. as though il. were a big thing. It's
a ID nuisance
Then Smith rose mp from the table, pulled
down his vest, pattcd his stomach gently with
both palms, twirled n heavy gold chain, gave a
sag 10 his pants and, as we reached
the vcrandah, he pulled out some choice Manila
cheroots. and as he handed me one he said,
soto UOce, By the way, j am going 10 look into
that Manila basis the old man Of the ADVERTISER
has been talking about. 1 amt going to be out
done by the sharps of Frisco, any more than TN
be overrrn by their scum