The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-12-29

Mr.. EDITOR: Sir-In common JUS
tiee TO my husband, il is only fair
that you should contradict the state
ment made in your paper Of the 18th
inst, which is utterly false. Not one
cent Is owing to Mrs. Lack, a. / can
prove. When Mr.. Bradley wished to
give a concert, he desired to purchase
a cello, but had not the spare cash at
the time. Mrs. Lack, whose great
generosity is well known when there
is anything to gain by it, offered to
lend $50 at 20 per cent. This offer
was accepted, and the cello was
bought from Mr.. Patty OF Bishops
bank and not from England. The
cello was a valuable and sweet-toned
one and worth considerably more
than was given for 1t. When in ur-
gent need Of money for pressing ex-
penses, Mr.. Bradley tried to sell it,
and stated it was worth 500, which
it certainly was. Mr.. Berger very
kindly lent him s25 and promised to
try and sell The cello for him. Mr..
Bradley has gone away on an impor
tant matter Of business and TO give
series OF concerts in different towns,
TO help his wife and children for
whom be could do nothing here.
AS to Mr.. Bradley telling his friends
of his departure, I beg to state we had
no friends, nor do we even enter any
ones house but to give music lessons.
His name was printed in the paper
three days before he left; this ought
n Nv IN
niture has not been seized. L have
allowed Mrs. Lack to take my school
desks and sewing machine because L
knew this act was unlawful and the
matter is now IN lawyer Kinney's
hands. On the day that L left Mrs.
Lacks cottage she took beautiful
large cornice of mine and cut it up;
value $3.50. i taught her grandson
for two months and only charged her
So. This amount of Sl3;5 has been
deducted from Mr.. Bradley's account,
and the difference paid, for which
Mrs. Nicoll gave him receipts, and
vet Mrs. Lack sends the "minions Of
the law, for the whole amount, in
lieu Of which they take my own per-
sonal property. Is this just? Mrs.
Lack may have had il all her own
way with other people, but her ans
wer to others will have to be more
substantial than it usually is with
others.
Further, L wish to state that
greatly object to being brought
into any publicity whatever, and
have only contradicted your state
ment that your numerous readers
NAV have the chance of hearing the
other side, which is the truth, and
can be proved by the gentlemen
whose names are mentioned: MIR.
Bradley came here on Mr.. Mackin-
tosh's recommendation, whose letter
L have in my possession, and also In
consequence of q paragraph, which ap-
neared i'm the Anglican Church
Chronicle, written by Mr.. Mackin-
tosh, which stated that there was a
great demand for a good musician
here and q choir trainer. Mr.. Brad
LEWIS testimonials are OF the best, as
those wishing to know can find out
for themselves by calling on me. His
father was for twenty seven years Or
ganist of the parish church, Whitby,
Yorkshire, England, where all his
family are now. L hold his Royal
Academy certificates, and now rejoice
that he was not able to succeed here,
as had he done so he would have re-
manned. I am doing my best to earn
what / can to pay the few debts
which / unfortunately owe through
sheer force of circumstances. My hus-
band never contracted one, solitary
debt here, of even five cents. L did,
for the sake of furnishing the house to
take roomers, to help my husband and
children; and ought to be commiser-
ated and not censured. Apologizing
for taking up so much of time and
space, and hoping you will kindly in
sert this for me, / remain,
Yours truly,
a. BRADLEY.