The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-13

lowed thought. Soon thereafter |
followed the road that lead me to
my point in view, arriving there
after about en- hours walking. My
Chinese guide seemed to have been
waiting for me, and as both of us
we're ready we soon entered a Chi
ussC business place, notwithstand-
ing that it seemed TO have been
closed for business, at least for
that day, Tor not sign could be
noticed from the outside of any
presence of life or light in the in
terror Of the house, except that
Chjuaman was seen TO walk up and !
down in front of the building, act
ing rs probably sentinel would on /
duty before the palace gates Of His
Imperial Chinese Majesty. A knock |
at the door and a word in some glib
berish from my guide opened the
door for our entrance as 10y magic.
The front room was dimly lighted.
Around The counter some ten or
twelve Cinnamon were seen sitting,
deeply interested in some games
that seemed to be in full sway on
our entrance. Cross aud suspicious
looks were cast towards the pale
faced intruder; gihberish was eX-
changed all around in which my
guide took part, probably assuring
luem that l only visited TO have the
honor OF their acquaintance, and
that they had nothing to Tear Of me.
This explanation seemed TO have
been satisfactory, Tor presently l
received an invitation TO take part
in their games. | assured them that
| should he only too happy to take
part in their enjoyment, but that my
ineXperjonce of the games prevented
me from taking part for the present,
unless they should explain to me
the intricacies of them, which they
were willing to do. There were two
games in full sway, one they called
ia ham" the other sta hin kau."
The last mentioned game resembled
somewhat our game of dominoes,
while the first was played in the fol-
lowing way A Chinaman would take
q handful of white buttons, deposit
them on the table, and then ask
the players TO make a guess of one,
two, three, or four rs the number of
buttons that were to remain after
all had been divided into smaller
lots of four each. After each
PLAYER had recorded his guess
and deposited one or more man"
(dollar), the proprietor took a spoon
and with the handle of it began to
divide the heap of buttons into
smaller lots of four each. This
done, the number of the remaining
buttons, numbering either one, two,
three or four, were declared the win
ming number. Those who had
guessed correct received three dol
lars in return for every one dollar of
their bet; those who lost forfeited
their deposits to the proprietor.
Asking my guide to inform me in
Chinese as TO the numbers to 10,
ue did so; here they are: jet %,
gis(2), saam (3), sab [l), ghu (5),
? 10 (0), stat (7), baad (8), geo (9)
shib (lO). Good morning mean:
"dsau shin" good evening means
'Zcisho hola 90 fan To-" Chinese
, violin ''lau Ike sin, - good man che
, mean" | continued to watch tho
Gaines with some interest for awhile
! Nhcn suddenly all were startled by
knock ut the door. Tie buttons
were quickly thrown into a worl
- basket containing needles, twinc
=. buttons, etc. The money was re
q turned to the pockets, while tht
4. Iomlnoes were ANONYMOUSLY thrown
i, uto the Fireplace Of a stove. Al
=. uTcathed i'll silence, some casting
y their looks to a direction undcr tn
t. counters, others TO an opening ol
r the roof. The suspense did not las
. long, Yet the writer suffered il tha
short time probably more agon,
,. ihan Oh any former period OF hi
O. lie. In his Imagination he saw him
~ sell marched amongst lot OF celes
q tiaIs surrounded by policemen t
H. Jail. OF course lie could explain
4. baG then if Judge MaioLo ehoul
a happen not TO be at home, chance
were that the police would lock hil
- up with the rest until the folowinI
,r day, when he could clear himsel
ii oi the charge of Intentionally break
n ne the laws of this country. Fl
l. nally it might be possible that
it summons would arrive by that time
W commanding the writer to appea
nf forthwith at the office OF his employ
,e ers, there to receive the diploma {
ir c.. b. which means in plain English
nj the grand bounce. This settled il
ct and l concluded tin ref to max
T. my exit as quickly as possible. Th
:. knock at the door causing so muc
cr CONSERVATION inside of the house
ST was caused by a native girl VIII
ut came for pipe Of opium, Her
TX was an opportunity to obtain nor
I'd information casting all scruple
ST and fears aside, l concluded t
to await further developments. Th
j. girl was ushered into an adjoinin
IN room, to which my guide and my
- self followed. The room was flu