The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-11
HE'S A CHILD or LUCK,
THE BOY OBE-TROTTER is
DOING WELL.
Free Lodgings at the Hotel, Free Hacks
and Hospitality at Distinguished
Hands

who is journeying around the globe on
his wits, is having a good tine at Ho-
nolulu. The Hawaiian Hotel manage
ment has given him a furnished room
in one of the cottages and feeds him
with the best the market affords, all
free Of charge. The hackmen know
the lad, and when he wants to 60 any.
where in style carriage is put at his
service gratuitously The other day
his funds ran short, 50 he had some
photographs taken and has been selling
them for half dollar apiece. This
gives him the wherewithal to buy little
necessaries and send his mother some
thing
Louis mother lives in Berlin and is
very poor She could not do much
for the child and he felt that he was a
burden to her SO he started on his
travels. "She was afraid at first that
would get lost" said the boy, "but
told her that | should get along all
right as people are kind to a little fel-
low, and that | should work when | got
a chance and send her what | could
save | mailed $IS to her from New
York which earned IN doing odd jobs.
The last time | wrote mother was when
| was al the Volcano House. Wouldn't
it be fine if she could have such a nice
place to live in as mine? Why, my
room at the hotel has a big bed with
white sheets, an easy chair, a bureau
with flowers on it and pictures on the
walls.
The eX-Queen and Admiral Skerrett
both invited the boy traveller to come
and see them at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, the one to visit her at Washington
Place and the other to 90 aboard the
Philadelphia. Louis hardly knew what
to do about it, but being naturally a
gentleman he decided that the wishes #
a lady should have the preference, so
he made his excuses to the Admiral.
After his call this morning he came
and told the STAR about it as follows :
81 never had nicer time in all my
life. | went to the place where the
Queen lives and gave my card to her
captain-I forget his name; he is fine
man-but the Queen did not wait for
it. She was sitting in a chair all by
herself and she called out, How do
you do, Louis Morningstar Her
hand was held out to me and kissed
it as they do to queens at home and
told her | was very well, indeed She
said she had read all about me in the
papers and told me | was a brave boy
Then she asked me about my travels
and | told her of Chicago and how !
rode on the breakbeam of train OF
cars. She laughed and laughed and
SO did her captain.
& showed the Queen my picture,
and she laughed again and said it was
funny. You know | draw pictures
myself, SO ] handed her one # Mr..
Gladstone, which she said looked just
like him, and then one of an Eng ish
dude, which made her laugh and say
something in her own tongue to her
captain. What's his name?"
IN wleir?"
ives, Nowlein was the name. !
tell you he is a nice man
"Well, | showed her the Volcano
article which | had written for the
STAR. The Queen said she had read
It before and II krd it very much indeed,
and that the description Of the volcano
was good. Then she read something
in it to Mr. Nowiein, that part about
my finding my notebook again some
day if | should be sent back there after
| am dead. Both laughed over and
over again. They seemed to think it
was funny.
"The Queen sad that she would
give me one of her pictures before !
went. Oh, she had fl wer in her lap
which she gave NE, and here it is"
The lad opened his note book and
there lay a delicate bouquet tied with a
blue RIB IA white fl wer with little
sprigs Of maidenh,ir fern ard a few
minute blue buds about it. He in.
hailed the fragrance and carefully re
placed the book in his pocket.
"You say in your paper that | would
not sell that bouquet for any money
and that l might go hungry but | would
not part with it. shall take it to my
mother"
"What else happened7" asked the
reporter,
sob, the Queen wanted me to write
, in book she has | went to my
vaIlse, in which | always carry a Per
and some irk, and then | wrote this
81 leave my kind regards to Her Roya
Ilighness, Queen Liliuokaani, with man
thanks. Your humble servant,
"LoU!S MoRNlNGSTAR,
Globe Irotler
81 also wrote snmething like that OF
the back f my picture.
"When | Came away ! kissed he
hand again, and she SAID something
like this to me; 'Gcd protect goa, M
dear b y. ! wish you good luck il
your trip and a safe journey home
give you up to the care OF Cod
"Just as | was going the Captain
told me he would bring me pictur
of the Queen, And say, somebod
told me not to tell this to the STAR, be
cause that paper didn't Ike her No