The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

A DOCK WALLOPER.
myself surrounded by iabbering crowd of
aliens, with only here and there an Ameri-
can, it was only natural | should think the
people strange.
Elbowing my way through the motley
mob of miners, lumbermen, dock WALLPAPERS
and human drift in general, my quick gait
soon brought me into the center of the
community-of the Sandy City as its rivals
call it--of the Iron Capital of the Upper
Peninsula, as it revels in calling itself
A lively town of 5000 people is Escanaba,
and one possessed of a lovely situation
withal 1t stands on long, narrow, pictur-
esque spur of sand that runs far out into
Little Bay de Noque an arm of Lake Michi-
gan Back of it-back of the blue, bold
pillows that beat and break on the sides of
it's an interminable forest of immortal
pines
A new town is Escanaba, as have said
very new town, and yet it has the largest
iron ore shipping docks in the world and
does a larger shipment in that staple of
commerce than any other port on the great
lakes. 1t has gathered together in conse-
quence a queerer combination of cosmopo-
lites than any other place of it's size on our
planet.
walked down to the docks. A storm
had just passed, winding up with water
spout that swayed and swung between the
waves and the wandering clouds. The sky
had cleared to a crimson crystal, and the
roses nodded and dragged themselves in
the August grass as | went my way be-
tween the brave green lawns on either hand.
Suddenly, sharply, as it seemed to me,
the street made trend, and straight before
me stretched the dark, sullen, noisy docks
sharp silhouetted against the savage scar
let of the shutdown sky. The smoke, rattle
and din in their vicinity contrasted strange
ly with the peaceful picture beyond-the
picture of great ships going out and away
out and away until they sank in silence
below the radiant rim of the hectic horizon.
"'Ello, pardr' cried a great beefy brute,
coming toward me. Hits a ard time
we're a-awvin. Cawn't ye set up an arr
an arf?"
What Isl an arr an arf?' queried sharply.
Nov, listen to that, lads, will ye? Well.
he'll dawnce to our music fore he's out o.
this, unless he let's us AWE drink" and
he laughed a low, brutal laugh that made
me shudder and look round for possible
policeman.
BY this time they were three to my one,
so, being unarmed, surrendered with all
possible good grace | followed them into
dirty little dive, where IA parcel of fly
freckled bottles stood behind "A counter,
presided over by a ferocious female, who
seemed more fly freckled than the bottles
themselves. Before | could arraign them
boforo bar bor their number had been
swollen to aft least n dozeu-no two of the
dool, ,yaIIoners haing of tho same nation.
ality.
| stood. treat for the whole grisly gang
perforce, and it was wonderful to witness the
iP,o,;ot,, nf tha insone intoxic.ntc for ybicI
tbav colIad Tho EpgIishmon wanted hi.
arf an arf tho Frencbman his vine tb,
Cormon his LAGER fbe Scandinavian His nj
cohoI the American his whisky and 50 on
on and on TO the end of the serio-comedy
and the bottom of NV nurse. when man
aged to make nv escane
went hack tStbe hotel where | left nv
valise "Weu I must say YOU got of
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Good and bad"
money made at itS"
Eyes and no. It's all "a matter of luck
Now there's my friend -, naming
prominent citizen whom | hardly think
have right to designate by more than Tn
initial OF his last name mere mere III
friend 5, who was pig' STUPID larky
Jest bout maze Doth enus meet az VI
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