Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-08-30
ORR HovoLuLu LETTERS.



In the cool haunt, of an oriental garden
lantuished the fair soon Kiss, as pretty
Chinese maiden as one would wish to see.
Her father was a wealthy mandarin and was
herccIy proud withal, ording It in the most
savage manner over Miss soon Kiss and her
little brothers and sisters At times she
would 90 to bed crying, and forget to take
down her hair and put it up in curl-papers. But
as pretty maidens were not bern to weep las
Csnfucius sayethl Soon Kiss shortly forgot
her troubles and commenced to fiirt with the
young Mr.. Al Fun who lived just acrots the
way It was said tina, he carried royal blood
under his pajamas and the mandarin looked
favorabiy upon his suit but as soon as the
fair Soon Kiss found this out she kicked, and /
plainly told old tHntfihG5.familiaf that she /
loved glt-edged Bri,sher who had been !
feeding her on English bon bons and prasing the +
cut Of her trouserloons. One day when Soon
Kiss came home from market she found the |
house in hubbub and the pig in the audience !
room drinking sam shoe out Of the soup
tureenc where the oIdma had putt preparatory
to elsting the gay All Fun. Soon Kiss gazed
upon all this with a smile Of quiet sarcasm and
said to herself, Well guess the old man is
off again, and has been raising the very
! Jericho But Soon Kiss had her mind
Immediately disabused Of this idea when the
servants brought through the room on a stretcher
the mangled form Of her British lover, who
it seems had scaled the garden in hopes Of
stealing a meeting with her, but had
been grabbed by the watch dragon who
had most numerically laccratcd his leg. Soon
Kiss told them they had better put some Of
that famous Chinese salve Of her fathers on
the wound so it would be we'll by evening, as
she wanted him to take her to the ice cream
saloon, but the old man was obdurate and
swore that he would keep his salve and let the
red headed heather die unless Soon Kiss
promised TO marry the festive All Fun. Soon
kiss decided that she must forego ice cream
for one night at least. "Then the English.
man shall die and be buried without roast pig
on his grave" quoth old man All Kiss. $50
let it be, sweetly murmured Miss Soon Kiss,
| and she immed ately ordered her carriage and
drove to the house Of the American Consul
and asked him ifhc wouldlend her his American
, eagle for about an hour and twenty minutes.
. The bald old gentleman trss tried to ilirt with
, the fair Soon Kiss, but when he found it was
no go he put his spectacles on the table be.
side him and acted a fatherly part. Well,
Soon Kiss got the loan OF the eagle and re.
paying the old duff-r with daughtcrly kiss,
started for home. When she arrived she
' found the old man under the table and the
& Englishman dying. Now, Soon Kiss
= wanted to keep the Brtisher alive a few
~ months till the ice c1eam season was over, sc
= she brought the American bird into the
= room and placed him on the back Of chail
y at the foot Of the bed. The English
man Immediately revived and yelled a
=" the top Of his voice to take tina
: blawsted bird away" The eagle turned his bal,
head sidcwsc to listen while Soon Kiss smiled
family, sighed with relief and took sup 0
: sam choo which had been prepared for tn
Englishman. ~ would rather marry you
:" Soon Kiss, than have that buzzard in til,
room" muttered the Britisher, ~ he sank bacl
on his mat. A far-oH light filled the eyes q
u Soon Kiss as she kicked off her shoes AM
IN tripped lightly after a bottle of florida waite
u with which to lave her lovers brow, and sh
" called to the wash Chinaman to take the bir
D. into the back yard. As the coole led tn
x rooster on, by string, he turned to Soon ks
IL and said sweetly, "Velly good allie sam
IN hen On tlade.do,iar. The face or soon KS
IL famed with indignation, and her proud Ii
ny curled with scorn as she commenced her viii
oi ering reply, 'Your sordid soul y but just
"a this point the old man and All Fun appeare
les in the doorway. They seized Soon ks
Nv ruthlessly and hurried her away to the bar
III Ccylon which was about to sail for the Sane
- wich Islands. 1t is the only hope for N
ng wiped tear from his eye, "Ah Fun shall 70
en- low you Immediately, and in the meantiu
H. new scenes will deaden the pain of your hear
lie yea, perchance you may be fortunate enouf
on to catch the eye Of an Hawaiian prince-su'
'ill things have been ~ Soon Kiss wept bitter
Iba and wiped her eyes on polka-do, handke
'ch chief, for the world looked very dark. II
raj ship sailed away--away into the mystic ea'
up to the world Of poetry and poi, and the hu
ate dance, until at last it broke into tropic S
ing and was yanked up TO Brewer & Co.'S VIII:
oil by the kings flag ship, the pele. As ! was wa
ih' dering along Nuuanu street last night, hea
a wahine chanting the sorrowtul tale OF t
ria love and disappointment the fair Soon hi
no. and, after much inquiry, managed to disco'
re- her abode knocked at the door, but "
ng. not admitted. Soon Kiss put her fair spirit'
ling face, on which still fingered traces Of sorrow a
oys seasickncss, out OF the window, and, alter loo
asic ing me over from derby to insole, denande
er What you want II"
the
hen
for A recent addition TO the Press Staff,
of ye, up in Honolulu localities failed to attend
User opening of the new library bui lding Mon'
A n night, and was consequently detailed the nj
day to look up one or two matters in q
connection, As pointer he picked pp a CO
nk Of the ma,udinal daily--,he valuable sh
H. which boasts its dude reporter. who in 4
= pours out adulation on 1.-THE finest edito
ana staff in these islands and STATED for
"' new library building fronting on Ala
"e street," Arriving there he gently knocked
'ay' the Alakea.sidc OF the house with a piece
NPs seantling until Doctor Rogers pu, his h
"a out OF the window and indignantly asked h
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