The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-11-30
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The street dround me cockpit was
thronged with Heterogeneous crowd. Bet
ting was lively, and even the ubiquitous
small boy wngered cigarettes and Creole
beer. Abut / o'clock hush fell upon
the throng. The little lawyer in the upper
window Announced, "rhe birds are in the
pit" The heat was so great inside he had
taken off his coat, and was hopping his
face with handkerchief.
"They commenced' he shouted, and
the crowd echoed the announcement with
cheer.
"Jose,' whispered Juanta, leaning on
her lovers arm in the outskirts OF the
multitude, 81 do not wish any harm to
your fathers chicken, but l want our
bird To win"
She said this in such sweet Spanish that
Jose himself felt inclined to weaken in
his allegiance to his fathers champion
He limited that IL made no difference to
them who won.
"But you know" she continued, 'papa's
chicken was the best in oil Cuba"
Jose agreed to this, provided his faith
ers was not included in the sweeping as
sertion.
al do not think your chicken is to be
compared to ours" she went on.
perhaps not" meekly answered Jose.
"Rovero has put in good blow"
| shouted the man in the window, and
smile overspread jose face.
"You need not laugh about 1t, JOSE"
Juanita said, Indignantly, the color
mounting to her face; zone blow is moth
lug"
"Rovero has Escuedo DOWN. yelled the
man at the window. The Rovero hackers
cheered
Juanita was now full of the excite
ment.
at is mean of your father to take adj
vantage of mine" she said, letting go
Jose's arm. ut is not fair. know it is
not fair. They are cheating in there. p"
Her face was white now
Jose said nothing, but looked good
naturedy down upon his fiancee.
The beautiful brunette would have pre-
ferred that Jose should show some resent
ment. His silence made her more angry.
jose" said she, "you Havana people
think you are SO smart, ard you will take
advantage of poor old gentleman like
my father 1t is mean, too mean,
say"
"The Escuedo bird is killed, shouted the
lawyer, throwing his hat high IN the air.
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There was one tumultous yell. 1t could
be heard squares away.
| Juauitl trerabled in every muscle. Her
family pride had been wounded to the
qnck. 1t was an insult to her personally,
% she reasoned Jose said nothing and
his hurt her more. Unable to endure
The agony any longer, she turned to the
iOncbalant young man with "Senor Jose
tvero II is shame the way your fam
ily treat my family, and will not stand
L. They have insulted my father by let
ting their chicken kill his and j will have
nothing more to do with you"
jose was appalled,. He could not I'M
derstand Juanita's system of logic and
pndeavored To appease her. She left him
abruptly and started homeward. lie was
lazcd. He had cared little about the
d sht and had less feeling in the matter.
tie looked after the disappearing form of
his sweetheart with sorrowing eyes
They never met afterward. Even to this
lay, when there is roast chicken on the
able at the Escuedo house, not a word is
.poken, as it awakens unpleasant assocla-
lions of the great fight of lS49, when the
Rovero bird broke The neck of the Escu-
do chicken and Juanita's engagement at
he same blow.-Charles l.. Whitney In
fines Democrat.