The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02
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taEe ~ Uatherine Tnrts.

taEe w thihering Ihris.
\ reporter called nt the home " one MIR
Cage Co learn some facts regarding nn acct
dent that bad happened that morning lle
softly assembled the stone steps, pulled the
dourhcl lightly and did not forget 10 take
OIL bis hat When he stepped over the thrtsh
old ln low voice and with mild man.
ucr hr yruturrd to ask if that was where
Mr. Cage lived and 70 be- had not been CON
ceruyi boo u yachting accident hat morn
lux A spundiugly unprrttntiuus al.
frmuliyc reply was ,ouch~nfet on he pant
~ the gcutcel lady ~ - 81 hu had presented
Scr.cll ut the doom
II do not know much about the accident,
only 1t was an awful thing. They were out
boating. and do declare ! don't see how
. they ever escaped, and do you know
"Well, would you mind calling Mr.. eager
I'd like to see him. | believe lac was one
of the principals, was he not2" queried the
reporter
/ "Oh, yes. will call him"
| She was gone several minutes before the
| sound of footsteps down the stairs an
nounced the coming of some one. 1t was
Mr.. Cage, and he entered directly into the
/ room where the newsgatherer sat
Are you the man who wanted to see me2
If so, can tell you right now that you'll
not get bit of news regarding the accident
( from me, and you might as well not ask a
word about il. am firmly set in that de.
cision, and you need not try on any of youi
schemes for getting news. Us people have
to suffer untold injustice at the hands of
you newspaper men, and you fellows get
entirely
Everybody | have seen on the street to-
day speaks of your undaunted bravery and
coolheadedness in that time of great peril, +"
broke in the reporter, land you certainly
deserve the most hearty congratulations
and for one wish to congratulate you as you
most honestly deserve"
YES, that was pretty hard pull | made
/ pretty tough, that-don't care about ever
| trying it over. Too much salt water for me.
/ But, as was saying, you reporters try to
get hold Of many things that are none of
/ your business and somebody has to suffer
| for it, No, shall not give you one''-
Now, Mr.. Gilbert tells me that if it had
not been for you some eight lives would
have been lost right there. That 1 call an
almost unprecedented record and"--
/ You see, the way of that was, when the
boat heeled over on her lee rail had to
fairly fight those fellows to keep them in
their right senses. There wasn't really
much danger just then, although there had
! been two people drowned right there only
{ three weeks before You remember where
that was. 1t was just about midway be-
tween Crage's and the West Boston bridge
just above where the old ironclad used to
lie. We had just gone out for little sail
that morning, and there wasn't boat on
the river when that squall struck us. ]
don't know what we would have done if a
boatkeeper hadn't come down to his float
and seen us. That must have been about
$50 o'clock. Still, as was saying awhile
ago, I'm not seeking notoriety, and you
can't get anything about the accident out
of me. No, sir; not one thing"
''No, no, of course not, if you do not want
to give anything out. But ! was just think
ing how grateful those eight persons must
be, since they must know that they owe
their lives to you. And those eight names
you just named over are the identical ones,
are they2 Why | am well acquainted with
two of them. They don't live a great WAYS
from me-
Yes, they are the identical ones, and
wouldn't be surprised if they did feel a lit
tie grateful like to me, for tell you things
looked like close call there for a bit just
before the cat rig came up. We had been
over well on to IA minutes. Suppose the
papers will be apt to get some iukling of
I the accident after awhile, bun yuu cont
get anything about it out of me now, for
I'm not seeking notoriety Perhaps they
know something about it down at the sta
tion-don't know, though"
YES; would have been glad to have some
notes regarding the affair directly from
you, since you We're the principal, but if
you will not give out any information then
that settles it. Good morning, Mr.. Cage"
Ard the reporter, closing the door softly,
started off down the stone steps and around
the neighboring corner
And the mild hammered reporter with the
low voice chuckled to himself Guess
they're worth II column and halt. BIOS
ton Herald.