The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-14

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stranger, who had
Just entered his teens, If he would like
trip to London. The boy admitted that he
didn't know where London was, but sup
posed it part of the great world unknown
to him, and said that anyway he would
Jump at the chance of swapping conditions
with fate
His wealth consisted of an extra suit of
clothes and 81 in money, the proceeds Of
two years. hard labor as a drover's help on
the track between east Tennessee and the
seaboard. This little all was deposited in
trust with a teamster, who as chance road
acquaintance had given him a ride on a
load of -four from the valley of Virginia to
Baltimore. He hunted up the wagon in
the market place of Baltimore only to have
his fond hopes crushed by the burly team
ster, for the latter bluntly refused to sur
render the valuables to their owner, and,
furthermore-brandis heavy rawhide
whip--swore that if the would be runaway
didn't stick to the wagon and go quietly
back to his Tennessee home he would
thrash him into submission.
Too well the helpless boy knew what that
meant, for kicks and cuffs had been his
portion ever since memory dawned upon
him. He was real runaway and had left
his fathers cabin in the Tennessee noun
tains to escape an expected thrashng for a
deed that inevitably bore such sequel. For
more than two years he had been buffeted
about from drover to teamster and from
teamster to drover, herding cattle from
Tennessee east and choring for freight wag-
oners on the return route Often he had
been lost in the wilderness and several
times had barely escaped perishing in fierce
winter storms He now yielded sadly to
the logic of events and the whip lash, there
by cheating the maritime world of another
Paul Jones or London of another Dick
Wilmington, but saving to America her
inimitable Davy Crockett, to Texas her inn
mortal hero of the Alamo
After many adventures he made an hum
BILE bow at the door of his fathers noun
tain cabin, but, contrary to expectation, was
treated like the original prodigal. If not a
calf, mountain fawn was slain and the
thrashing with accrued interest omitted
Davy's mysterious absence had softened
the old mountaineer, and he bargained to
give his long lost son, who was then 16
years old, the balance of his time" for S36,
payable in farm labor 1t took six months
to wine out the account and make the boy
free man.
Then, for the first time, the future con-
gresham and popular speechmaker, who
had never enjoyed days schooling and
could neither read nor write, felt that a lit
tie learning would be an acquisition. But,
as luck would have it, he fell in love. The
stern father of the girl opposed the match
successfully, and the lad persevered and
found another backwoods goddess That
one Tilted him on the eve of the bridal day,
and he persevered and found a third nymph,
whom he bore off in the good old Irish
fashion of abduction, married, effected a
reconciliation and settled down. The out
fit of the young couple was a pillow horse
bought on credit and household utensils
given or loaned by the brides parents.
In the course of a few years the Crock
etts moved three times onward into the
ever lessening wilderness, and Davy grew
to mans estate as reputed pioneer and
hunter. During the excitement caused by
the Minis massacre he volunteered for the
Greek war and came in contact with new
force, the mysterious entity called govern
ment. His first encounter with it fore
Swallowed his later conduct. The little
Tennessee army, commanded by a major,
advanced to the Tennessee river to invade
the Greek country. The region swarmed
with hostiles, vigilant and bloodthirsty
Before crossing the river into the jaws of
death 1T was thought best to reconnoiter
the ground, and Davy's captain pointed
him out as suitable man to be one of 10
advance guard. He eagerly consented to
go and asked to have for his companion q
beardless youth named George Russell.
II called him up" wrote Crockett in his
biography, ''but the major said he hadn't
beard enough to please him. He wanted
men, not boys was nettled at this, for ]
knowed George Russell, and knowed there
was no mistake in him, and didn't think
that courage ought to be measured by the
beard for fear goat would have the pref